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Yt 13.16 å®h¼m raiia xvarçna®haca huuarç auua paþa a iti
å®h¼m raiia xvarçna®haca må auua paþa a iti
å®h¼m raiia xvarçna®haca st¡rÚ auua paþa yei÷ti
47 See Hintze 2007, 171–177.
Almut Hintze
Because of their [i.e. the Fravashis’] wealth and glory
the sun goes on that path;
because of their wealth and glory
the moon goes on that path;
because of their wealth and glory
the stars go on that path.
It is also stated in this Karde that, but for the support of the Fravashis, deceitful Angra Mainyu
would have prevailed in the material world. If one assumes that the basic meaning of frauuaÙiis
‘choice’, 47 such a statement may be interpreted as indicating that the ‘choices’ of truthful
men and women assist Ahura Mazd¡ in making his cosmic plan to overcome Evil succeed. The
‘choices’ by truthful people contribute towards the Ÿght against disorder, destruction and
deceit, and show the way in which the material world evolves towards its own perfection in
FrašÚ.kçrçti. With regard to the heavenly bodies, this is stated in stanzas 57–58:
Yt 13.57 aÙ¡un¼m va® vh£š s¥rå spç÷tå
frauuaÙaiiÚ yazamaide
yå str¼m må®hÚ h¥rÚ
anaÐran¼m raoca®h¼m
paþÚ da saiiçn aÙaon£š
yÚi para ahm¡½ hame g¡tuuÚ
darçÐçm hištç÷ta afraš£ma÷tÚ
da uuan¼m parÚ ½ba ša®ha½
da uuan¼m parÚ draomÚhu
We worship the good, strong, bounteous
choices of the truthful (men and women),
the truthful ones who pointed out the paths
of the stars, the moon, the sun
(and) of the lights without beginning,
which before that stood still in the same place