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1O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus for the sixth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what penalty shall he pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 29 (82). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty shall he pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-farana.’ 30 (85). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another and hurt him sorely, what is the penalty that he shall pay? 31 (87). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Thirty stripes FARGARD IV. 43 with the Aspahé-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraoshé-arana ; “The second time, fifty stripes with the Aspahéastra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana ; ‘The third time, seventy stripes with the Aspahéastra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana ; ‘The fourth time, ninety stripes with the Aspahéastra, ninety stripes with the Sraosh6-£arana.’ 32 (89). If a man commit that deed for the fifth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6-arana.’ 33 (90). If a man commit that deed and refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura. Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6-éarana.’ 34 (93). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that the blood come, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Fifty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana ; ‘The second time, seventy stripes with the Aspahéastra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana ; ‘The third time, ninety stripes with the Aspahéastra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 35-(95). If he commit that deed for the fourth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshdétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6é-Aarana.’ 44 VEND{DAD. 36 (96). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that the blood come, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6é-Aarana.’ 37 (99). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he break a bone, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé- Aarana ; ‘
2O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he break a bone, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé- Aarana ; ‘ ‘ The second time, ninety stripes with the Aspahéastra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana.’ 38 (102). If he commit that deed for the third time, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana.’ 39 (104). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he break a bone, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshdétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana.’ 40 (106). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he give up the ghost, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ FARGARD IV. 45 41 (109). If he commit that deed again, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 42 (112). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he give up the ghost, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 43 (115). And they shall thenceforth in their doings walk after the way of holiness, after the word of holiness, after the ordinance of holiness. IIIa‘. 44 (118). If men of the same faith, either friends or brothers, come to an agreement together, that one may obtain from the other, either goods’, or a wife, or knowledge‘, let him who desires goods ? We return here to contracts; the logical place of §§ 44-45 would be after § 16. ? The analysis of the Vendid4d in the Dinkard has here : ‘a proof that one professes the Religion well is to grant bountifully to the brethren in the faith any benefit they may ask for.’ 3 Woman is an object of contract, like cattle or fields: she is disposed of by contracts of the fifth sort, being more valuable than cattle and less so than fields. She is sold by her father or her guardian, often from the cradle. ‘Instances are not wanting of the betrothal of a boy of three years of age to a girl of two’ (see Dosabhoy Framjee’s work on The Parsees, p. 77; cf. ‘A Bill to Define and Amend the Law relating to Succession, Inheritance, Marriage, &c.,’ Bombay, 1864). 4 On the holiness of the contract between pupil and teacher, see Yt. X, 116. Cf. above, p, 35, n. 4. 46 VENDIDAD.
377; cf. ‘A Bill to Define and Amend the Law relating to Succession, Inheritance, Marriage, &c.,’ Bombay, 1864). 4 On the holiness of the contract between pupil and teacher, see Yt. X, 116. Cf. above, p, 35, n. 4. 46 VENDIDAD. have them delivered to him; let him who desires a wife receive and wed her; let him who desires knowledge be taught the holy word, 45 (123). during the first part of the day and the last, during the first part of the night and the last, that his mind may be increased in intelligence and wax strong in holiness. So shall he sit up, in devotion and prayers, that he may be increased in intelligence: he shall rest during the middle part of the day, during the middle part of the night}, and thus shall he continue until he can say all the words which former Aéthrapaitis? have said. IVa. 46 (128). Before the boiling water publicly prepared*, O Spitama Zarathustra! let no one make bold to deny having received [from his neighbour] the ox or the garment in his possession. IIIb. 47 (130)*. Verily I say it unto thee, O Spitama Zarathustra! the man who has a wife is far above him who lives in continence’; he who keeps a house is far above him who has none; he who has * He sleeps ‘the third part of the day and the third part of the night’ (Yasna LXII, 5). * A teaching priest (Parsi Hérbad). * This clause is intended against false oaths taken in the so-called Var-ordeal (see § 54 .n.) It ought to be placed before § 49 bis, where the penalty for a false oath is given. * §§ 47-49 are a sort of commentary to the beginning of § 44. 5 What king Yazdgard found most offensive in Christianity was ‘that the Christians praise death and despise life, set no value upon fecundity and extol sterility, so that if their disciples would listen to FARGARD IV. 47 children is far above the childless man!; he who has riches is far above him who has none. 48 (134). And of two men, he who fills himself with meat receives in him Vohu Mané? much better than he who does not do so; the latter is all but dead; the former is above him by the worth of an Asperena *, by the worth of a sheep, by the worth of an ox, by the worth of a man *. 49 (137). This man can strive against the onsets of Asté-vidhétu*; he can strive against the welldarted arrow; he can strive against the winter them, they would no longer have any intercourse with women and the world would end’ (Elisaeus). 1 In Persia there are prizes given by the king to those who have most children’ (Herod. I, 136). ‘He who has no child, the bridge (of Paradise) shall be barred to him. The first question the angels there will ask him is, whether he has left in this world a substitute for himself; if the answer be, No, they will pass by and he will stay at the head of the bridge, full of grief and sorrow’ (Saddar 18; Hyde 19). The primitive meaning of this belief is explained by Brahmanical doctrine; the man without a son falls into hell, because there is nobody to pay him the family worship.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus for the sixth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what penalty shall he pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 29 (82). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty shall he pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-farana.’ 30 (85). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another and hurt him sorely, what is the penalty that he shall pay? 31 (87). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Thirty stripes FARGARD IV. 43 with the Aspahé-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraoshé-arana ; “The second time, fifty stripes with the Aspahéastra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana ; ‘The third time, seventy stripes with the Aspahéastra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana ; ‘The fourth time, ninety stripes with the Aspahéastra, ninety stripes with the Sraosh6-£arana.’ 32 (89). If a man commit that deed for the fifth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6-arana.’ 33 (90). If a man commit that deed and refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura. Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6-éarana.’ 34 (93). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that the blood come, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Fifty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana ; ‘The second time, seventy stripes with the Aspahéastra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana ; ‘The third time, ninety stripes with the Aspahéastra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 35-(95). If he commit that deed for the fourth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshdétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6é-Aarana.’ 44 VEND{DAD. 36 (96). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that the blood come, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosh6é-Aarana.’ 37 (99). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he break a bone, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé- Aarana ; ‘
2O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he break a bone, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshé- Aarana ; ‘ ‘ The second time, ninety stripes with the Aspahéastra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana.’ 38 (102). If he commit that deed for the third time, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana.’ 39 (104). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he break a bone, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshdétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana.’ 40 (106). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he give up the ghost, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ FARGARD IV. 45 41 (109). If he commit that deed again, without having atoned for the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 42 (112). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so that he give up the ghost, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 43 (115). And they shall thenceforth in their doings walk after the way of holiness, after the word of holiness, after the ordinance of holiness. IIIa‘. 44 (118). If men of the same faith, either friends or brothers, come to an agreement together, that one may obtain from the other, either goods’, or a wife, or knowledge‘, let him who desires goods ? We return here to contracts; the logical place of §§ 44-45 would be after § 16. ? The analysis of the Vendid4d in the Dinkard has here : ‘a proof that one professes the Religion well is to grant bountifully to the brethren in the faith any benefit they may ask for.’ 3 Woman is an object of contract, like cattle or fields: she is disposed of by contracts of the fifth sort, being more valuable than cattle and less so than fields. She is sold by her father or her guardian, often from the cradle. ‘Instances are not wanting of the betrothal of a boy of three years of age to a girl of two’ (see Dosabhoy Framjee’s work on The Parsees, p. 77; cf. ‘A Bill to Define and Amend the Law relating to Succession, Inheritance, Marriage, &c.,’ Bombay, 1864). 4 On the holiness of the contract between pupil and teacher, see Yt. X, 116. Cf. above, p, 35, n. 4. 46 VENDIDAD.
377; cf. ‘A Bill to Define and Amend the Law relating to Succession, Inheritance, Marriage, &c.,’ Bombay, 1864). 4 On the holiness of the contract between pupil and teacher, see Yt. X, 116. Cf. above, p, 35, n. 4. 46 VENDIDAD. have them delivered to him; let him who desires a wife receive and wed her; let him who desires knowledge be taught the holy word, 45 (123). during the first part of the day and the last, during the first part of the night and the last, that his mind may be increased in intelligence and wax strong in holiness. So shall he sit up, in devotion and prayers, that he may be increased in intelligence: he shall rest during the middle part of the day, during the middle part of the night}, and thus shall he continue until he can say all the words which former Aéthrapaitis? have said. IVa. 46 (128). Before the boiling water publicly prepared*, O Spitama Zarathustra! let no one make bold to deny having received [from his neighbour] the ox or the garment in his possession. IIIb. 47 (130)*. Verily I say it unto thee, O Spitama Zarathustra! the man who has a wife is far above him who lives in continence’; he who keeps a house is far above him who has none; he who has * He sleeps ‘the third part of the day and the third part of the night’ (Yasna LXII, 5). * A teaching priest (Parsi Hérbad). * This clause is intended against false oaths taken in the so-called Var-ordeal (see § 54 .n.) It ought to be placed before § 49 bis, where the penalty for a false oath is given. * §§ 47-49 are a sort of commentary to the beginning of § 44. 5 What king Yazdgard found most offensive in Christianity was ‘that the Christians praise death and despise life, set no value upon fecundity and extol sterility, so that if their disciples would listen to FARGARD IV. 47 children is far above the childless man!; he who has riches is far above him who has none. 48 (134). And of two men, he who fills himself with meat receives in him Vohu Mané? much better than he who does not do so; the latter is all but dead; the former is above him by the worth of an Asperena *, by the worth of a sheep, by the worth of an ox, by the worth of a man *. 49 (137). This man can strive against the onsets of Asté-vidhétu*; he can strive against the welldarted arrow; he can strive against the winter them, they would no longer have any intercourse with women and the world would end’ (Elisaeus). 1 In Persia there are prizes given by the king to those who have most children’ (Herod. I, 136). ‘He who has no child, the bridge (of Paradise) shall be barred to him. The first question the angels there will ask him is, whether he has left in this world a substitute for himself; if the answer be, No, they will pass by and he will stay at the head of the bridge, full of grief and sorrow’ (Saddar 18; Hyde 19). The primitive meaning of this belief is explained by Brahmanical doctrine; the man without a son falls into hell, because there is nobody to pay him the family worship.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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