Pahlavi Texts, Part III (SBE24), E.W. West, tr. , at sacred-
texts.com 1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus:
'Which land is the happier 5?' 3. The spirit of wisdom answered
(4) thus: 'That: land is the happier, in which a righteous man,
who is true-speaking, makes his abode. 5. The second, in which
they make the abode of fires. 6. The third, when oxen and sheep
repose upon it. 7. The fourth is uncultivated and uninhabited
land when they bring it back to cultivation and habitableness.
8. The fifth, from which they extirpate the burrows of noxious
creatures. 9. The sixth, on which exist the ceremonies and
coming of the sacred beings, and the sitting of the good 1, 10.
The seventh, when they make populous that which was desolate.
11. The eighth, when from the possession of the bad it comes
into the possession of the good. 12. The ninth, when of the
produce and yield (bêdŏ) which arise from it they provide the
share of the sacred beings, the good, and the worthy. 13. And
the tenth, in which they provide