Videvdad 1.2
Vīdēvdād 1.2
- Language
- Avestan
1.2
paoirīm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. airiianəm. vaējō. vaŋhuiiā̊. dāitiiaiiā̊ āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. ažimca. yim. raoiδitəm. ziiąmca. daēuuō.dātəm.
3 (5). The first of the good lands and countries Vaêgô was still believed to be in the far-off lands of the rising sun, or already on the banks of the Aras, we leave undecided. which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the Airyana Vae/go by the good river Daitya.
Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft the serpent in the river and winter, a work of the Daevas.
Translations (1)
- The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4) — James Darmesteter 1880, English