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1‘Thou shalt cleanse the lord of a borough for the value of a bull of high value. ‘Thou shalt cleanse the master of a house for the value of a cow three years old. 38 (151). ‘Thou shalt cleanse the wife of the master of a house for the value of a ploughing? cow. ‘Thou shalt cleanse a menial for the value of a draught cow. ‘Thou shalt cleanse a young child for the value of a lamb. 39 (154). ‘ These are the heads of cattle—flocks or herds—that the worshippers of Mazda shall give to the man who has cleansed them, if they can afford it; if they cannot afford it, they shall give him any other value that may make him leave their houses well pleased with them, and free from anger. 40(157). ‘For if the man who has cleansed them leave their houses displeased with them, and full of anger, then the Drug Nasu enters them from the nose [of the dead], from the eyes, from the tongue, from the jaws, from the sexual organs, from the hinder parts. 1 Cf. the tariff for the fees of physicians, Farg. VII, 41-43. * See Farg. VII, 41, note 3. ® Doubtful. FARGARD IX. 133 41 (159). ‘And the Drug Nasu rushes upon them even to the end of the nails, and they are unclean thenceforth for ever and ever. ‘It grieves the sun indeed, O Spitama Zarathustra ! to shine upon a man defiled by the dead ; it grieves the moon, it grieves the stars, . 42 (162). ‘That man delights them, O Spitama Zarathustra! who cleanses from the Nasu the man defiled by the dead ; he delights the fire, he delights the water, he delights the earth, he delights the cow, he delights the trees, he delights the faithful, both men and women.’ 43 (164). Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What shall be his reward, after his soul has parted from his body, who has cleansed from the Nasu the man defiled by the dead ?’ 44 (166). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The welfare’ of Paradise thou canst promise to that man, for his reward in the other world.’ 45* (167). Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Nasu who from the dead defiles the living ?’ 46 (169). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Say aloud those words in the G&thas that are to be said twice *. 1 Literally, ‘the grease.’ * This clause and the following one as far as ‘and the Drug shall fly away’ are further developed in the following Fargard. * The Bis-4mrfita formulas, as enumerated in the following Fargard. 134 VEND{DAD. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice}. ‘Say aloud those words in the GAthas that are to be said four times’. ‘And the Drug shall fly away like the well-darted arrow, like the felt of last year’, like the annual garment? of the earth.’ Ill.
2134 VEND{DAD. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice}. ‘Say aloud those words in the GAthas that are to be said four times’. ‘And the Drug shall fly away like the well-darted arrow, like the felt of last year’, like the annual garment? of the earth.’ Ill. 47 (172). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man who does not know the rites of cleansing according to the law of Mazda, offers to cleanse the unclean, how shall I then fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead defiles the living ? 48 (175). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Then, O Spitama Zarathustra! the Drug Nasu appears to wax stronger than she was before. Stronger then are sickness and death and the working of the fiend than they were before 4.’ 49 (177). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the penalty that he shall pay? , Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The worshippers of Mazda shall bind him; they shall bind his hands first; then they shall strip him of his clothes, they shall cut the head off his neck, and they shall give over his corpse unto the greediest of the corpse- 1 The Thris-4mrfitta and Xathrus-A4mrita formulas, as enumerated in the following Fargard. ® The felt of an oba made for a season (?). Cf. Farg. VIII, t. 8 The grass. ‘ The plague and contagion are stronger than ever. FARGARD IX, 135 eating creatures made by the beneficent Spirit, unto the vultures, with these words! :— ‘“ The man here has repented of all his evil thoughts, words, and deeds. 50 (183). ‘“If he has committed any other evil deed, it is remitted by his repentance; if he has committed no other evil deed, he is absolved by his repentance for ever and ever ®.”’ 51 (187). Who is he, O Ahura Mazda! who threatens to take away fulness and increase from the world, and to bring in sickness and death ? 52 (188). Ahura Mazda answered; ‘It is the ungodly Ashemaogha *, O Spitama Zarathustra! who in this material world cleanses the unclean without knowing the rites of cleansing according to the law of Mazda. 53(190). ‘For until then, O Spitama Zarathustra! sweetness and fatness would flow out from that land and from those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass 4,’ 54 (t9t). O Maker of the material world, thou 1 «The cleanser who has not performed the cleansing according to the rites, shall be taken to a desert place; there they shall nail him with four nails, they shall take off the skin from his body, and cut off his head. If he has performed Patet for his sin, he shall be holy (that is, he shall go to Paradise); if he has not performed Patet, he shall stay in hell till the day of resurrection’ (Fraser _ Ravaet, p. 398). Cf. Farg. III, 20-21 and note 5. * See Farg. III, 20 seq. ® See Farg. V, 35
3If he has performed Patet for his sin, he shall be holy (that is, he shall go to Paradise); if he has not performed Patet, he shall stay in hell till the day of resurrection’ (Fraser _ Ravaet, p. 398). Cf. Farg. III, 20-21 and note 5. * See Farg. III, 20 seq. ® See Farg. V, 35 “ Cf. XIII, 52 seq. The false cleanser is punished as would be a man who would introduce an epidemic. He undergoes the same penalty as the €vak-bar, but with none of the mitigation allowed in the case of the latter, on account of the sacrilegious character of his usurpation. 136 VEND{DAD. Holy One! When are sweetness and fatness to come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass ? 55, 56(192,193). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘Sweetness and fatness will never come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass, until that ungodly Ashemaogha has been smitten to death on the spot, and the holy Sraosha of that place has been offered up a sacrifice’, for three days and three nights, with fire blazing, with Baresma tied up, and with Haoma prepared. 57 (196). ‘Then sweetness and fatness will come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass.’ FARGARD X. Nowadays, before laying the dead in the coffin, two priests recite the Ahunavaiti Gatha (Yasna XXVIII-XXXIV): it is the so-called G&h s4rn4 (chanting of the Gathas: g&th4o sravay€iti). From the following Fargard it appears that formerly all the five GAthas and the Yasna Haptangh4iti were recited. Certain stanzas were recited several times and with a certain emphasis (framrava): and they were followed with certain spells. The object of this Fargard is to show which are those stanzas, how many times each was recited, and to give the corresponding spells. 1. Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Ahura Mazda! most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the ma- 1 The sadis sacrifice, that is to say, the sacrifice that is offered up to Sraosha for three days and three nights after the death of a man for the salvation of his soul. FARGARD X. 137 terial world, thou Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead defiles the living ?’ 2 (3). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said twice}. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice *, ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said four times®’ 3 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which are those words in the G&thas that are to be said twice ? 4 (10). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘These are the words in the Gathas that are to be said twice, and thou shalt twice say them aloud ¢:— ahy4 y4s4 ... urvanem (Yasna X XVIII, 2).
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.
1‘Thou shalt cleanse the lord of a borough for the value of a bull of high value. ‘Thou shalt cleanse the master of a house for the value of a cow three years old. 38 (151). ‘Thou shalt cleanse the wife of the master of a house for the value of a ploughing? cow. ‘Thou shalt cleanse a menial for the value of a draught cow. ‘Thou shalt cleanse a young child for the value of a lamb. 39 (154). ‘ These are the heads of cattle—flocks or herds—that the worshippers of Mazda shall give to the man who has cleansed them, if they can afford it; if they cannot afford it, they shall give him any other value that may make him leave their houses well pleased with them, and free from anger. 40(157). ‘For if the man who has cleansed them leave their houses displeased with them, and full of anger, then the Drug Nasu enters them from the nose [of the dead], from the eyes, from the tongue, from the jaws, from the sexual organs, from the hinder parts. 1 Cf. the tariff for the fees of physicians, Farg. VII, 41-43. * See Farg. VII, 41, note 3. ® Doubtful. FARGARD IX. 133 41 (159). ‘And the Drug Nasu rushes upon them even to the end of the nails, and they are unclean thenceforth for ever and ever. ‘It grieves the sun indeed, O Spitama Zarathustra ! to shine upon a man defiled by the dead ; it grieves the moon, it grieves the stars, . 42 (162). ‘That man delights them, O Spitama Zarathustra! who cleanses from the Nasu the man defiled by the dead ; he delights the fire, he delights the water, he delights the earth, he delights the cow, he delights the trees, he delights the faithful, both men and women.’ 43 (164). Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What shall be his reward, after his soul has parted from his body, who has cleansed from the Nasu the man defiled by the dead ?’ 44 (166). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The welfare’ of Paradise thou canst promise to that man, for his reward in the other world.’ 45* (167). Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Nasu who from the dead defiles the living ?’ 46 (169). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Say aloud those words in the G&thas that are to be said twice *. 1 Literally, ‘the grease.’ * This clause and the following one as far as ‘and the Drug shall fly away’ are further developed in the following Fargard. * The Bis-4mrfita formulas, as enumerated in the following Fargard. 134 VEND{DAD. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice}. ‘Say aloud those words in the GAthas that are to be said four times’. ‘And the Drug shall fly away like the well-darted arrow, like the felt of last year’, like the annual garment? of the earth.’ Ill.
2134 VEND{DAD. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice}. ‘Say aloud those words in the GAthas that are to be said four times’. ‘And the Drug shall fly away like the well-darted arrow, like the felt of last year’, like the annual garment? of the earth.’ Ill. 47 (172). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man who does not know the rites of cleansing according to the law of Mazda, offers to cleanse the unclean, how shall I then fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead defiles the living ? 48 (175). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Then, O Spitama Zarathustra! the Drug Nasu appears to wax stronger than she was before. Stronger then are sickness and death and the working of the fiend than they were before 4.’ 49 (177). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the penalty that he shall pay? , Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The worshippers of Mazda shall bind him; they shall bind his hands first; then they shall strip him of his clothes, they shall cut the head off his neck, and they shall give over his corpse unto the greediest of the corpse- 1 The Thris-4mrfitta and Xathrus-A4mrita formulas, as enumerated in the following Fargard. ® The felt of an oba made for a season (?). Cf. Farg. VIII, t. 8 The grass. ‘ The plague and contagion are stronger than ever. FARGARD IX, 135 eating creatures made by the beneficent Spirit, unto the vultures, with these words! :— ‘“ The man here has repented of all his evil thoughts, words, and deeds. 50 (183). ‘“If he has committed any other evil deed, it is remitted by his repentance; if he has committed no other evil deed, he is absolved by his repentance for ever and ever ®.”’ 51 (187). Who is he, O Ahura Mazda! who threatens to take away fulness and increase from the world, and to bring in sickness and death ? 52 (188). Ahura Mazda answered; ‘It is the ungodly Ashemaogha *, O Spitama Zarathustra! who in this material world cleanses the unclean without knowing the rites of cleansing according to the law of Mazda. 53(190). ‘For until then, O Spitama Zarathustra! sweetness and fatness would flow out from that land and from those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass 4,’ 54 (t9t). O Maker of the material world, thou 1 «The cleanser who has not performed the cleansing according to the rites, shall be taken to a desert place; there they shall nail him with four nails, they shall take off the skin from his body, and cut off his head. If he has performed Patet for his sin, he shall be holy (that is, he shall go to Paradise); if he has not performed Patet, he shall stay in hell till the day of resurrection’ (Fraser _ Ravaet, p. 398). Cf. Farg. III, 20-21 and note 5. * See Farg. III, 20 seq. ® See Farg. V, 35
3If he has performed Patet for his sin, he shall be holy (that is, he shall go to Paradise); if he has not performed Patet, he shall stay in hell till the day of resurrection’ (Fraser _ Ravaet, p. 398). Cf. Farg. III, 20-21 and note 5. * See Farg. III, 20 seq. ® See Farg. V, 35 “ Cf. XIII, 52 seq. The false cleanser is punished as would be a man who would introduce an epidemic. He undergoes the same penalty as the €vak-bar, but with none of the mitigation allowed in the case of the latter, on account of the sacrilegious character of his usurpation. 136 VEND{DAD. Holy One! When are sweetness and fatness to come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass ? 55, 56(192,193). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘Sweetness and fatness will never come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass, until that ungodly Ashemaogha has been smitten to death on the spot, and the holy Sraosha of that place has been offered up a sacrifice’, for three days and three nights, with fire blazing, with Baresma tied up, and with Haoma prepared. 57 (196). ‘Then sweetness and fatness will come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass.’ FARGARD X. Nowadays, before laying the dead in the coffin, two priests recite the Ahunavaiti Gatha (Yasna XXVIII-XXXIV): it is the so-called G&h s4rn4 (chanting of the Gathas: g&th4o sravay€iti). From the following Fargard it appears that formerly all the five GAthas and the Yasna Haptangh4iti were recited. Certain stanzas were recited several times and with a certain emphasis (framrava): and they were followed with certain spells. The object of this Fargard is to show which are those stanzas, how many times each was recited, and to give the corresponding spells. 1. Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Ahura Mazda! most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the ma- 1 The sadis sacrifice, that is to say, the sacrifice that is offered up to Sraosha for three days and three nights after the death of a man for the salvation of his soul. FARGARD X. 137 terial world, thou Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead defiles the living ?’ 2 (3). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said twice}. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice *, ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said four times®’ 3 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which are those words in the G&thas that are to be said twice ? 4 (10). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘These are the words in the Gathas that are to be said twice, and thou shalt twice say them aloud ¢:— ahy4 y4s4 ... urvanem (Yasna X XVIII, 2).
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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