The Happiest

It is the place whereon one of the faithful steps forward! with the holy wood in his hand 1, the baresma 2 in his hand, the holy meat in his hand, the holy mortar 1 in his hand, fulfilling the law with love, and beseeching aloud Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, and Râma Hvâstra 2.

It is the place whereon one of the faithful erects a house with a priest within, with cattle, with a wife, with children, and good herds within.

Wherein afterwards the cattle go on thriving, holiness is thriving 3, fodder is thriving, the dog is thriving, the wife is thriving, the child is thriving, the fire is thriving, and every blessing of life is thriving.

It is the place where one of the faithful cultivates most corn, grass, and fruit, O Spitama Zarathustra! where he waters ground that is dry, or dries ground that is too wet.

It is the place where there is most increase of flocks and herds.

It is the place where flocks and herds yield most dung.

It is the neck of Arezûra 1, whereon the hosts of fiends rush forth from the burrow of the Drug.

It is the place wherein most corpses of dogs and of men lie buried.

It is the place whereon stand most of those Dakhmas on which corpses of men are deposited.

It is the place wherein are most burrows of the creatures of Angra Mainyu.

It is the place where the wife and children of one of the faithful are driven along the way of captivity, the dry, the dusty way, and lift up a voice of wailing.