Song 15.1 (Yasna 50.1)
Does my soul seek any help?
Who has been found as a protector for my flock? Who for my men?
None, Wise Lord, except Your righteousness and best mind,
when truly invoked.
How can one best help himself, his property, and his people? By using his best mind to concentrate and then have his very best thoughts translated into proper actions. That is what Mazda wishes.
Song 15.2 (Yasna 50.2)
How, Wise One, shall one seek the joy-bringing world,
when one wishes it to have settlements,
with the honest living in righteousness in a fully sun-bathed region?
I shall, with all clarity, settle down among the houses of justice.
In a world afflicted with destructive wars and unproductive nomadism, Zarathushtra expresses his wish for the betterment of the world with a rhetorical question, as he wants humanity to seek and attend to our living world. It will bring us joy if we promote it through the creation of settlements in which we live as honest inhabitants. We shall truly enjoy a bright, righteous life of peace, prosperity, and progress.
Those who seek to advance the world and make it prosper will prosper in kind, as a truly good, joy-bringing world will always reciprocate care and affection.
Song 15.3 (Yasna 50.3)
Indeed, Wise One, it will, through righteousness,
dominion, and good mind, be his to whom a promise has been given.
That person, strengthened by the reward,
will promote his immediate world, so far consumed by the wrongful.
The ideal living world belongs to the person who works through good mind, righteousness, and sovereignty. Successful in his work, such a person will bring peace, prosperity, and progress to a world torn apart by the wrongful.
Seek first to aid those nearest to you who are being harmed by the deceitful.
Song 15.4 (Yasna 50.4)
Wise Lord, singing praises, I shall always venerate You
with righteousness, the best mind,
and sovereignty so that the aspirant stands on the path
and listens for the manifestations of revelation
for the devotees in the House of Song.
Zarathushtra beautifully defines the veneration of Mazda Ahura. It is working through the best mind, righteousness and the divine dominion so that one is well on the right path to listen to the divine voice within and be guided to the House Song, a state in which one enjoys a mental melody.
Venerating The Lord of Wisdom will always lead you to revelations on the nature of life and wisdom.
Song 15.5 (Yasna 50.5)
Wise God, indeed, it is for Your praise through righteousness.
If you are pleased with Your thought-provoker,
then manifest a clear help
with Your powerful hands which shall give us happiness.
Zarathushtra properly praises Mazda by working through the best mind, righteousness, and the divine dominion. He wants to be sure that if his is the right way of provoking people to think right, then he should soon see the divine help in making his mission a happy success. Events proved that he was right.
The Wise One intends for us all to be happy, it is up to us to seek him out.
Song 15.6 (Yasna 50.6)
Wise One, I, Zarathushtra, am, through righteousness,
his friend who carries this thought-provoking message.
May the Creator of Intelligence fix the course of his tongue
so that he teaches my doctrine through good mind.
Prepared to spread his Divine Thought-Provoking Message, Zarathushtra declares he is that person’s friend who joins him in spreading this message. He prays that The Wise One, the Creator of Intelligence, would guide that person’s speech so that he teaches, through his good mind, solely the Divine Doctrine that was taught by Zarathushtra.
Wisdom, understanding, and intelligence should guide your tongue, so that you may speak forth true and enlightening words.
Song 15.7 (Yasna 50.7)
Now, I shall yoke for You
the swiftest and most appropriate invocations
on the roads to victories of Your glorification,
victories which are, Wise One, strong through righteousness
and good mind, and with whose urge, You shall be my help.
Assured of the success of his missionary endeavor, Zarathushtra begins to glorify Wisdom, offering the best of his prayers. Using the good mind and precisely working toward the righteous plan, he is well on his road to victory, and he owes the success of his mission to the Wise Lord.
The Wise Lord deserves the highest praise for He created existence and is always forthcoming with help.
Song 15.8 (Yasna 50.8)
Wise One, I approach You
with loud devotional songs and outstretched hands,
You through righteousness with the adoration of a devotee,
You through the virtue of good mind.
The glorification continues with loud devotional songs and outstretched hands; it is an offer by a devotee who is righteous in action and good in mind. It is devotion through thoughts, words, and deeds.
All prayers to the Creator should be complemented with good thoughts, words, and deeds.
Song 15.9 (Yasna 50.9)
Praising, I shall resort to You, Wise One, with these praises
and with deeds of good mind done through righteousness.
I shall, until I achieve self-reliance as a reward,
wish to be a suppliant of one who is munificent.
Zarathushtra’s glorification of God is practical; his songs are accompanied by deeds directed by good mind. He would continue his mission until he achieves his objective, and success in his mission, rather than personal advancement, would be the reward for his prayers and deeds.
Pray and follow up with your Good deeds and Good mind to achieve success in your goals.
Song 15.10 (Yasna 50.10)
Now, whatever I have performed and shall perform,
and whatever, like the rays of the sun, the wide dawning days,
which one will esteem through the eyes of his good mind, are,
Wise Lord, through righteousness, for Your glory.
Zarathushtra dedicates all his past, present, and future actions have been done and will be done through the good mind and righteousness in order to glorify Mazda.
The benevolence of the Lord of Wisdom is witnessed through the beauty of creation.
Song 15.11 (Yasna 50.11)
I am, Wise One, Your praiser and shall continue to regard myself so,
as long as I have the strength and the will through righteousness.
This shall promote the laws of life through good mind,
for true actions make life most renovated as the Lord wishes.
The dedication to the Divine Mission is thorough, as Zarathushtra would continue until his very last breath. His dedication to duty would promote the Laws of Life for mankind; because; when truly translated into action, life on earth will be always fresh, always modern. And Mazda wishes us to continuously renovate our lives and life as a whole.
As long as we are able, we should seek to renovate existence by actualizing the laws which The Wise Lord has established for us.
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