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16 (15). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The daéva Zairimyangura', which evil-speaking people call the Zairimydka*, this is the evil creature among the creatures of the Evil Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Good Spirit. 7 (18). ‘ And whosoever, O Zarathustra! shall kill the daéva Zairimyangura, which evil-speaking people call the Zairimy4ka, his sins in thought, word, and deed are redeemed as they would be by a Patet ; his sins in thought, word, and deed are atoned for *. Il. 8 (21). ‘Whosoever shall smite either a shepherd’s dog, or a house-dog, or a Vohunazga dog‘, or a trained dog , his soul when passing to the other world, shall fly* howling louder and more sorely grieved than the sheep does in the lofty forest where the wolf ranges. * The tortoise (Framji and RivAyats). * “When not so called it is less strong’(Comm.) Zairimy4ka is a lucky name, and means, as it seems, who lives in verdure; Zairimyangura seems to mean ‘the verdure-devourer.’ ® Cf. Farg. XIV, 5. * See § 19, n. 2. 5 A hunting-dog. * «From Paradise’ (Comm.) 158 VEND{DAD. 9 (24). ‘ No soul will come and meet his departing soul and help it, howling and grieved in the other world; nor will the dogs that keep the [Xinvad] bridge! help his departing soul howling and grieved in the other world. 10 (26). ‘If a man shall smite a shepherd’s dog so that it becomes unfit for work, if he shall cut off its ear or its paw, and thereupon a thief or a wolf break in and carry away [sheep] from the fold, without the dog giving any warning, the man shall pay for the loss, and he shall pay for the wound of the dog as for wilful wounding *. 11 (31). ‘Ifa man shall smite a house-dog so that it becomes unfit for work, if he shall cut off its ear or its paw, and thereupon a thief or a wolf break in and carry away [anything] from the house, without the dog giving any warning, the man shall pay for the loss, and he shall pay for the wound of the dog as for wilful wounding 2.’ 12 (36). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a shepherd’s dog, so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Eight hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, eight hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana.’ 13 (39). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a house-dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seven hundred stripes * See Farg. X1X, 30. * Baodh6-varsta ; see Farg. VII, 38 n. FARGARD XIII. 159 with the Aspahé-astra, seven hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 14 (42). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Vohunazga dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ?
2VII, 38 n. FARGARD XIII. 159 with the Aspahé-astra, seven hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 14 (42). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Vohunazga dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, six hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana.’ 15 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Ifa man shall smite a Tauruna dog? so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Five hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, five hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana.’ 16 (48). ‘ This is the penalty for the murder of a Gazu dog, of a Vizu dog?, of a porcupine dog’, of a sharp-toothed weasel *, of a swift-running fox; this is the penalty for the murder of any of the creatures of the Good Spirit belonging to the dog kind, except the water-dog 5.’ ITI. 17 (49). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the shepherd’s dog ? 1 Tauruna seems to be another name of the trained or hunting-dog (cf. § 8 compared with §§ 12-15), though tradition translates it ‘a dog not older than four months.’ * Unknown. Cf. V, 31, 32. 5 A porcupine. Cf. V, 31. * A weasel. Cf. V, 33. . 5 The otter. ‘For the penalty in that case is most heavy’ (Comm.) Cf. § 52 seq. and Farg. XIV. 160 VEND{DAD. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He comes and goes a Yugyésti? round about the fold, watching for the thief and the wolf.’ 18 (51). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the house-dog ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He comes and goes a Hathra round about the house, watching for the thief and the wolf.’ 19 (53). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the Vohunazga dog ? Ahura Mazda answered : ‘He claims none of those talents, and only seeks for his subsistence 2.’ IV. 20 (55). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Ifa man give bad food to a shepherd's dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of the first rank *’ 21 (57). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a housedog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself 1 A distance of sixteen Hathras (16,000 paces). * «He cannot do the same as the shepherd’s dog and the housedog do, but he catches Khrafstras and smites the Nasu’ (Comm.) It is ‘the dog without a master’ (gharfb), the vagrant dog; he’ is held in great esteem (§ 22), and is one of the dogs which can be used for the Sag-dtd. 5 Invited as a guest. FARGARD XIII. 161 guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of middle rank.’
35 Invited as a guest. FARGARD XIII. 161 guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of middle rank.’ 22 (59). O Maker of the material. world,. thou Holy One! Ifa man give bad food to a Vohunazga dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a holy man, who should come to his house in the character of a priest’.’ 23 (61). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a Tauruna dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a young man, born of pious parents, and who can already answer for his deeds *.’ 24 (63). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food -to a shepherd’s dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshédtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana *.’ 1 The Vohunazga dog has no domicile, therefore he is not compared with the master of a house, but with a wandering friar, who lives on charity. 2 Probably, ‘Who has performed the nfi-zfid, fifteen years old.’ The young dog enters the community of the faithful at the age of four months, when he is fit for the Sag-did and can expel the Nasu. 5 «I also saw the soul of a man, whom demons, just like dogs, ever tear. That man gives bread to the dogs, and they eat it not; but they ever devour the breast, legs, belly, and thighs of the man. And I asked thus: What sin was committed by this body, whose soul suffers so severe a punishment? Srdsh the pious and Atar6é the angel said thus: This is the soul of that wicked man who, in [4] M 162 _ VENDI{DAD. 25 (66). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a house-dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered : ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 26 (69). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a Vohunazga dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshd- Aarana.’ 27 (72). O Maker. of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a Tauruna dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Fifty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana. 28 (75). ‘For in this material world, O Spitama Zarathustra! it is the dog, of all the creatures of the Good Spirit, that most quickly decays into age, while not eating near eating people, and watching goods none of which it receives. Bring ye unto him milk and fat with meat!; this is the right food for the dog *.’
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.
16 (15). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The daéva Zairimyangura', which evil-speaking people call the Zairimydka*, this is the evil creature among the creatures of the Evil Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Good Spirit. 7 (18). ‘ And whosoever, O Zarathustra! shall kill the daéva Zairimyangura, which evil-speaking people call the Zairimy4ka, his sins in thought, word, and deed are redeemed as they would be by a Patet ; his sins in thought, word, and deed are atoned for *. Il. 8 (21). ‘Whosoever shall smite either a shepherd’s dog, or a house-dog, or a Vohunazga dog‘, or a trained dog , his soul when passing to the other world, shall fly* howling louder and more sorely grieved than the sheep does in the lofty forest where the wolf ranges. * The tortoise (Framji and RivAyats). * “When not so called it is less strong’(Comm.) Zairimy4ka is a lucky name, and means, as it seems, who lives in verdure; Zairimyangura seems to mean ‘the verdure-devourer.’ ® Cf. Farg. XIV, 5. * See § 19, n. 2. 5 A hunting-dog. * «From Paradise’ (Comm.) 158 VEND{DAD. 9 (24). ‘ No soul will come and meet his departing soul and help it, howling and grieved in the other world; nor will the dogs that keep the [Xinvad] bridge! help his departing soul howling and grieved in the other world. 10 (26). ‘If a man shall smite a shepherd’s dog so that it becomes unfit for work, if he shall cut off its ear or its paw, and thereupon a thief or a wolf break in and carry away [sheep] from the fold, without the dog giving any warning, the man shall pay for the loss, and he shall pay for the wound of the dog as for wilful wounding *. 11 (31). ‘Ifa man shall smite a house-dog so that it becomes unfit for work, if he shall cut off its ear or its paw, and thereupon a thief or a wolf break in and carry away [anything] from the house, without the dog giving any warning, the man shall pay for the loss, and he shall pay for the wound of the dog as for wilful wounding 2.’ 12 (36). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a shepherd’s dog, so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Eight hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, eight hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-£arana.’ 13 (39). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a house-dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seven hundred stripes * See Farg. X1X, 30. * Baodh6-varsta ; see Farg. VII, 38 n. FARGARD XIII. 159 with the Aspahé-astra, seven hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 14 (42). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Vohunazga dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ?
2VII, 38 n. FARGARD XIII. 159 with the Aspahé-astra, seven hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 14 (42). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Vohunazga dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, six hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana.’ 15 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Ifa man shall smite a Tauruna dog? so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Five hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, five hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-4arana.’ 16 (48). ‘ This is the penalty for the murder of a Gazu dog, of a Vizu dog?, of a porcupine dog’, of a sharp-toothed weasel *, of a swift-running fox; this is the penalty for the murder of any of the creatures of the Good Spirit belonging to the dog kind, except the water-dog 5.’ ITI. 17 (49). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the shepherd’s dog ? 1 Tauruna seems to be another name of the trained or hunting-dog (cf. § 8 compared with §§ 12-15), though tradition translates it ‘a dog not older than four months.’ * Unknown. Cf. V, 31, 32. 5 A porcupine. Cf. V, 31. * A weasel. Cf. V, 33. . 5 The otter. ‘For the penalty in that case is most heavy’ (Comm.) Cf. § 52 seq. and Farg. XIV. 160 VEND{DAD. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He comes and goes a Yugyésti? round about the fold, watching for the thief and the wolf.’ 18 (51). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the house-dog ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He comes and goes a Hathra round about the house, watching for the thief and the wolf.’ 19 (53). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the Vohunazga dog ? Ahura Mazda answered : ‘He claims none of those talents, and only seeks for his subsistence 2.’ IV. 20 (55). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Ifa man give bad food to a shepherd's dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of the first rank *’ 21 (57). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a housedog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself 1 A distance of sixteen Hathras (16,000 paces). * «He cannot do the same as the shepherd’s dog and the housedog do, but he catches Khrafstras and smites the Nasu’ (Comm.) It is ‘the dog without a master’ (gharfb), the vagrant dog; he’ is held in great esteem (§ 22), and is one of the dogs which can be used for the Sag-dtd. 5 Invited as a guest. FARGARD XIII. 161 guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of middle rank.’
35 Invited as a guest. FARGARD XIII. 161 guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of middle rank.’ 22 (59). O Maker of the material. world,. thou Holy One! Ifa man give bad food to a Vohunazga dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a holy man, who should come to his house in the character of a priest’.’ 23 (61). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a Tauruna dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a young man, born of pious parents, and who can already answer for his deeds *.’ 24 (63). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food -to a shepherd’s dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He is a Peshédtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahé-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-Zarana *.’ 1 The Vohunazga dog has no domicile, therefore he is not compared with the master of a house, but with a wandering friar, who lives on charity. 2 Probably, ‘Who has performed the nfi-zfid, fifteen years old.’ The young dog enters the community of the faithful at the age of four months, when he is fit for the Sag-did and can expel the Nasu. 5 «I also saw the soul of a man, whom demons, just like dogs, ever tear. That man gives bread to the dogs, and they eat it not; but they ever devour the breast, legs, belly, and thighs of the man. And I asked thus: What sin was committed by this body, whose soul suffers so severe a punishment? Srdsh the pious and Atar6é the angel said thus: This is the soul of that wicked man who, in [4] M 162 _ VENDI{DAD. 25 (66). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a house-dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered : ‘ Ninety stripes with the Aspahé-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ 26 (69). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a Vohunazga dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seventy stripes with the Aspahé-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshd- Aarana.’ 27 (72). O Maker. of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a Tauruna dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Fifty stripes with the Aspahé-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana. 28 (75). ‘For in this material world, O Spitama Zarathustra! it is the dog, of all the creatures of the Good Spirit, that most quickly decays into age, while not eating near eating people, and watching goods none of which it receives. Bring ye unto him milk and fat with meat!; this is the right food for the dog *.’
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