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Mainyo-i-Khard 4

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The sage asked the spirit of wisdom

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thus: 'Which is a good work that is great and good?'

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The spirit of wisdom answered

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thus: 'The greatest good work is liberality, and the second is truth and next-of-kin marriage.

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The third is keeping the season festivals, and the fourth is celebrating all the religious rites.

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The fifth is the ceremonial of the sacred beings, and the providing of lodging for traders.

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The sixth is the wishing of happiness for every one.

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And the seventh is a kind regard for the good.'

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Pahlavi Texts, Part III: Dînâ-î Maînôg-î Khirad, Sikand-gûmânîk Vigâr, Sad Dar, translated by E. W. West. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 24, ed. F. Max Müller (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1885). Public domain. Text read from the scan on Wikimedia Commons (digitised by the Internet Archive): English Wikisource's transcription where proofread, OCR elsewhere. · Source ↗

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