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In essence, the greedy priests have given up the gift of foresight/truth,

For the poet seers have forsaken the realizing power of their spirit/mind

Their miraculous skills since olden times

Is known to have come to the support of the treacherous

For they speak of slaying/slaughter of the animal/cow

In order to ignite/blaze forth the favor of the dispeller of death and decay

ahyá geréhmö  á-höithöi

ü öshán pah  grehmak masí

In essence, the greedy priests have given up the gift of foresight/truth,

Ahyá; substance, essential nature

geréhmö; “to be greedy, voracious,” Old Norse graðr

á-höithöi from haithya; Vedic satya, “sooth, truth,” Old English soð,

ní kávayas-chít khratüsh dadat

bará pah kíkán khiradö bará bi dehad [kih pádakhsháhí pah parak/ rishwat bi dehad pah khiradö í öshán kih mindavam í yazadán kör ud kar]

For the poet seers have forsaken the realizing power of their spirit/mind [they have become deaf and blind to the adorable powers of Gd]

kávayas from kávi; “poet-seer, philosopher-king,” Latin caveat, “be aware, watch” Lithuanian kavoti “watch, safeguard”

khratüsh from khratü; Vedic kratú is “the creative power of spirit/mind, the realizing, manifesting power of spirit/mind, Geisteskraft.” Khratü is the passion, energy power/force to manifest visions, create, and do work. It comes from the Proto Indo European base kar-/ker “to have power, bring forth, create.” Greek kratia,Old English cræft ,Dutch kracht, German Kraft, Icelandic kraftur, Old Norse kraptr all come from the same root and mean originally “having power to create, bring forth, realize, manifest.”

varečáhí-chá fraidivá

pah án í varzánán avárünö dánákánö  ud freh pádistánö [kih pah avárünöí hü-böí pah dar dárad];

Their miraculous skills since olden times

varečáhí; Vedic varčas, “Miraculous power, extraordinary skill/work”

fraidivá; Vedic pradiv, “foretime, earlier days,”

hyat víseñtá dregvañtem avö

ud kih ham padíreend án darvand aíyyárí, [ham pah khiradö öshán báshad],

Is known to have come to the support of the treacherous

Víseñtá from víd; “to know, have seen,” german wissen

Avö; “favor, support, aid”

Dregvañtem; “treacherous, duplicity”

hyat-chá gáush jaidyái mraóí

ud kih ham avö gáv zanishö güftö

For they speak of slaying/slaughter of the animal/cow

Gáush; gaia, “living, animal, livestock, cow”

Jaidyái; “to slay, strike, beat, slaughter, kill”

Mraóí; “tell, speak, narrate, recount” German Märchen, Old High German  mari “tale, narrate”

ýé düraóshem saóčayat avö

kih án andar í düraósh güftö avö aíyyárí, [ham pah khiradö öshán báshad].

In order to ignite/blaze forth the favor of the dispeller of death and decay

saóčayat; “shine,  blaze forth, ignite,”

avö; “support, favor”

düraóshem; “dispeller of death and decay” the first part dür means “to dispel, drive away”, also means “long, distant, afar” Compare Greek dolikhos. The second part aósh denotes “defect, falling apart, failing”

ardeshir