11 (37). The eighth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was Urva of the rich pastures[1].
Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created the sin of pride[2].
12 (41). The ninth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was Khnenta which the Vehrkânas[3] inhabit.
Thereupon came Angra Mainjru, who is all death, and he counter-created a sin for which there is no atonement, the unnatural sin[4].
13 (45). The tenth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the beautiful Harahvaiti[5].
Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created a sin for which there is no atonement, the burying of the dead[6].
14 (49). The eleventh of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the bright, glorious Haêtumant[7].
- ↑ Urva, according to Gr. Bd. Mêshan, that is to say Mesene (Μεσήυη), the region of lower Euphrates, famous for its fertility (Herodotos I, 193): it was for four centuries (from about 150 b.c. to 225 a.d the seat of a flourishing commercial state.
- ↑ 'The people of Mêshan are proud: there are no people worse than they' (Gr. Bd.)
- ↑ 'Khnenta is a river in Vehrkâna (Hyrcania)' (Comm.); consequently the river Gorgân.
- ↑ See Farg. VIII, 31-32.
- ↑ Harauvati; ᾽Αραχωσίά; corrupted into Ar-rokhag (name of the country in the Arabic literature) and Arghand (in the modern name of the river Arghand-âb)
- ↑ See Farg. Ill, 36 seq.
- ↑ The basin of the ᾽Ετύμπυδρος or Erymanthus, now Hermend, Helmend, that is to say, the region of Saistân.
