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1Farg. VI, ‘10 seq.) ? Until they are clean. The unclean must have their hands wrapped in an old piece of linen, lest they should touch and defile anything clean. 5 See Farg. IV, 48, note 4. ‘ Cf. Farg. VIII, 23 seq. It appears from those passages that the dead must lie on the mountain naked, or ‘clothed only with the light of heaven’ (Farg. VI, 51). The modern custom is to clothe them with old clothing (Dadabhai Naoroji, Manners and Customs of the Parsis, p. 15). ‘When a man dies and receives the order (to depart), the older the shroud they make for him, the better. It must be old, worn out, but well washed: they must not lay anything new on the dead. For it is said in the Zend Vendidad, If they put on the dead even so much as a thread from the distaff more than is necessary, every thread shall become in the other world a black snake clinging to the heart of him who made that shroud, and even the dead shall rise against him and seize him by the skirt, and say, That shroud which thou madest for me has become food for worms and vermin’ (Saddar 12). After the fourth day, when the soul is in heaven, then rich garments are offered up to it, which it will wear in its celestial life (Saddar 87). * «Where darkness can be seized with the hand’ (Comm.; cf. Aogemaidé 28); something more than the ‘visible darkness.’ FARGARD VI. 67 darkness, the offspring of darkness}, which is Darkness’ self. To that world, to the world of Hell, you are delivered by your own doings, by your own religion, O sinners?!’ Farcarp VI. I (1-9). How long the earth remains unclean, when defiled by the dead. II (10-25). Penalties for defiling the ground with dead matter. III (26-41). Purification of the different sorts of water, when defiled by the dead. IV (42-43). Purification of the Haoma. V (44-51). The, place for corpses ; the Dakhmas. I, 1. How long shall the piece of ground lie fallow whereon dogs or men have died ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘A year long shall the piece of ground lie fallow whereon dogs or men have died, O holy Zarathustra! 2 (3). ‘A year long shall no worshipper of Mazda sow or water that piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died; he may sow as he likes the rest of the ground; he may water it as he likes *. 3 (5). ‘If within the year they shall sow or water the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, they are guilty of the sin of “burying the dead” 1 The Commentary has, ‘the place of those who impregnate darkness, for the Drug who conceives seed from the sinner comes from that place’ (cf. Farg. XVIII, 30 seq.) * Quotation from the Gathas (Yasna XXXI, 20). ® Cf. Farg. VII, 45 seq. F 2 68 VEND!IDAD. towards the water, towards the earth, and towards the plants! 4 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda shall sow or water, within the year, the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, what is the penalty that they shall pay ?
2F 2 68 VEND!IDAD. towards the water, towards the earth, and towards the plants! 4 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda shall sow or water, within the year, the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, what is the penalty that they shall pay ? 5 (9). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘ They are Peshétanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-darana 2%’ 6 (10). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda want to till that piece of ground again ’, to water it, to sow it, and to plough it, what shall they do? 7 (12). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall look on the ground for any bones, hair, dung, urine, or blood that may be there.’ 8 (13). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If they shall not look on the ground for any bones, hair, dung, urine, or blood that may be there, what is the penalty that they shall pay ? 9 (15). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘They are Peshétanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana.’ Il. 10 (16). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground 1 <To the water which they pour out, to the earth which they plough, to the plants which they sow’ (Comm.) * ‘If they plough and sow it, one tan4fhr (see Introd. V, 19) ; if they pour water on it, one tanffdhr; if they plough, sow, and water it, two tanafahrs ’ (Comm.) 5 Even when a year’s space is past, the ground is not free ipso facto. FARGARD VI. 69 a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the little finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what. penalty shall he pay? 11 (18). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Thirty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraosh6-Aarana.’ 12 (20). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the fore-finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay ? 13 (24). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Fifty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé- Aarana.’ 14 (25). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the middle finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay ? 15 (29). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraosh6-£arana.’ 16 (30). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as a finger or as a rib, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 17 (34). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 18 (35). O Maker of the material world, thou 70 VENDIDAD.
317 (34). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 18 (35). O Maker of the material world, thou 70 VENDIDAD. Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as two fingers or as two ribs, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 19 (39). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He isa Pesh6tanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-/arana.’ 20 (40). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as an arm-bone or as a thigh-bone, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay ? 21 (44). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Four hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, four hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 22 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as a man’s skull, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 23 (49). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, six hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana.’ 24 (50). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground the whole body of a dead dog, or of a dead man, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 25 (53). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘A thousand stripes with the Aspahé-astra, a thousand stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana.’ FARGARD VI. 71 Ill. 26 (54). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a worshipper of Mazda, walking, or running, or riding, or driving, come upon a corpse in a stream of running water, what shall he do ? 27 (56). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Taking off his shoes, putting off his clothes, while the others wait!, O Zarathustra! he shall enter the river, and take the dead out of the water; he shall go down into the water ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, or a man’s full depth, till he can reach the dead body?’ 28 (61). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If, however, the body be already falling to pieces and rotting, what shall the worshipper of Mazda do? 29 (63). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He shall draw out of the water as much of the corpse as he can grasp with both hands, and he shall lay it down on the dry ground; no sin attaches to him for any bone, hair, grease, dung, urine, or blood that may drop back into the water.’ 30 (65). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What part of the water in a pond does the Drug Nasu defile with corruption, infection, and pollution ? 31 (66). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six steps on each of the four sides. As long as the corpse has * Ready to help him in case of need.
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.
1Farg. VI, ‘10 seq.) ? Until they are clean. The unclean must have their hands wrapped in an old piece of linen, lest they should touch and defile anything clean. 5 See Farg. IV, 48, note 4. ‘ Cf. Farg. VIII, 23 seq. It appears from those passages that the dead must lie on the mountain naked, or ‘clothed only with the light of heaven’ (Farg. VI, 51). The modern custom is to clothe them with old clothing (Dadabhai Naoroji, Manners and Customs of the Parsis, p. 15). ‘When a man dies and receives the order (to depart), the older the shroud they make for him, the better. It must be old, worn out, but well washed: they must not lay anything new on the dead. For it is said in the Zend Vendidad, If they put on the dead even so much as a thread from the distaff more than is necessary, every thread shall become in the other world a black snake clinging to the heart of him who made that shroud, and even the dead shall rise against him and seize him by the skirt, and say, That shroud which thou madest for me has become food for worms and vermin’ (Saddar 12). After the fourth day, when the soul is in heaven, then rich garments are offered up to it, which it will wear in its celestial life (Saddar 87). * «Where darkness can be seized with the hand’ (Comm.; cf. Aogemaidé 28); something more than the ‘visible darkness.’ FARGARD VI. 67 darkness, the offspring of darkness}, which is Darkness’ self. To that world, to the world of Hell, you are delivered by your own doings, by your own religion, O sinners?!’ Farcarp VI. I (1-9). How long the earth remains unclean, when defiled by the dead. II (10-25). Penalties for defiling the ground with dead matter. III (26-41). Purification of the different sorts of water, when defiled by the dead. IV (42-43). Purification of the Haoma. V (44-51). The, place for corpses ; the Dakhmas. I, 1. How long shall the piece of ground lie fallow whereon dogs or men have died ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘A year long shall the piece of ground lie fallow whereon dogs or men have died, O holy Zarathustra! 2 (3). ‘A year long shall no worshipper of Mazda sow or water that piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died; he may sow as he likes the rest of the ground; he may water it as he likes *. 3 (5). ‘If within the year they shall sow or water the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, they are guilty of the sin of “burying the dead” 1 The Commentary has, ‘the place of those who impregnate darkness, for the Drug who conceives seed from the sinner comes from that place’ (cf. Farg. XVIII, 30 seq.) * Quotation from the Gathas (Yasna XXXI, 20). ® Cf. Farg. VII, 45 seq. F 2 68 VEND!IDAD. towards the water, towards the earth, and towards the plants! 4 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda shall sow or water, within the year, the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, what is the penalty that they shall pay ?
2F 2 68 VEND!IDAD. towards the water, towards the earth, and towards the plants! 4 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda shall sow or water, within the year, the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, what is the penalty that they shall pay ? 5 (9). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘ They are Peshétanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-darana 2%’ 6 (10). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda want to till that piece of ground again ’, to water it, to sow it, and to plough it, what shall they do? 7 (12). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall look on the ground for any bones, hair, dung, urine, or blood that may be there.’ 8 (13). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If they shall not look on the ground for any bones, hair, dung, urine, or blood that may be there, what is the penalty that they shall pay ? 9 (15). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘They are Peshétanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana.’ Il. 10 (16). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground 1 <To the water which they pour out, to the earth which they plough, to the plants which they sow’ (Comm.) * ‘If they plough and sow it, one tan4fhr (see Introd. V, 19) ; if they pour water on it, one tanffdhr; if they plough, sow, and water it, two tanafahrs ’ (Comm.) 5 Even when a year’s space is past, the ground is not free ipso facto. FARGARD VI. 69 a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the little finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what. penalty shall he pay? 11 (18). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Thirty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraosh6-Aarana.’ 12 (20). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the fore-finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay ? 13 (24). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Fifty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé- Aarana.’ 14 (25). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the middle finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay ? 15 (29). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraosh6-£arana.’ 16 (30). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as a finger or as a rib, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 17 (34). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 18 (35). O Maker of the material world, thou 70 VENDIDAD.
317 (34). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana.’ 18 (35). O Maker of the material world, thou 70 VENDIDAD. Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as two fingers or as two ribs, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 19 (39). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He isa Pesh6tanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-/arana.’ 20 (40). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as an arm-bone or as a thigh-bone, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay ? 21 (44). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Four hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, four hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 22 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead dog, or of a dead man, as large as a man’s skull, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 23 (49). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, six hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana.’ 24 (50). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground the whole body of a dead dog, or of a dead man, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay? 25 (53). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘A thousand stripes with the Aspahé-astra, a thousand stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana.’ FARGARD VI. 71 Ill. 26 (54). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a worshipper of Mazda, walking, or running, or riding, or driving, come upon a corpse in a stream of running water, what shall he do ? 27 (56). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Taking off his shoes, putting off his clothes, while the others wait!, O Zarathustra! he shall enter the river, and take the dead out of the water; he shall go down into the water ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, or a man’s full depth, till he can reach the dead body?’ 28 (61). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If, however, the body be already falling to pieces and rotting, what shall the worshipper of Mazda do? 29 (63). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He shall draw out of the water as much of the corpse as he can grasp with both hands, and he shall lay it down on the dry ground; no sin attaches to him for any bone, hair, grease, dung, urine, or blood that may drop back into the water.’ 30 (65). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What part of the water in a pond does the Drug Nasu defile with corruption, infection, and pollution ? 31 (66). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six steps on each of the four sides. As long as the corpse has * Ready to help him in case of need.
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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