When shall, Wise One, humanity settle down in dwellings?
When shall they throw out the filthy intoxicant?
It is through it that the priests
and the wicked rulers of the lands form their evil intellects.
Gathas: Song 13.10
and
Waters we venerate,
The dammed [pond], the collected [lake],
The running [stream], the well-banked [river],
The well-gushing [waterfall] and the well-bathing [sea].
(Haptanghaiti: Song 4. 3 = Yasna 38. 3)
"The reward of the Magnanimity Fellowship; shall be yours
as long as you remain united in weal and woe with all your in wedlock. ...
May each of you win the other through righteousness.”
Pouruchista, the daughter of Zarathrushtra, the Iranian prophet, (he who founded Zoroatrianism, and who wrote the verses above) was given freedom to choose her marriage partner.
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