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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1XI, &c.) 1 ‘He who foreshows the coming dawn ; the cock.’ * «When he is not called so, he is powerful’ (Comm.) Cf. Farg. XIII, 2, 6. * Ushah, the second half of the night, from midnight to the dawn. * The cock is ‘the drum of the world.’ As crowing in the dawn that dazzles away the fiends, he crows away the demons: ‘ The cock was created to fight against the fiends and wizards; ... he is with the dog an ally of Srésh against demons’ (Bundahis XIX). ‘No demon can enter a house in which there is a cock; and, above all, should this bird come to the residence of a demon, and move his tongue to chaunt the praises of the glorious and exalted Creator, that instant the evil spirit takes to flight’ (Mirkhond, History of the Early Kings of Persia, translated by Shea, p. 57; cf. Saddar 32, and J. Ovington, A Voyage to Suratt, 1696, p. 371). 5 The demon of sleep, laziness, procrastination. She lulls back to sleep the world as soon as awaked, and makes the faithful forget in slumber the hour of prayer. * «To perform thy religious duties’ (Comm.) 198 VEND{DAD. intent, namely, bad thoughts, bad words, and bad deeds.” 18 (43). ‘On the first part of the night, Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, calls the master of the house for help, saying : 19 (43). ‘“ Up! arise, thou master of the house ! put on thy girdle on thy clothes, wash thy hands, take wood, bring it unto me, and let me burn bright with the clean wood, carried by thy well-washed hands?. Here comes Azi?, made by the Daévas, who consumes me and wants to put me out of the world.” 20 (46). ‘On the second part of the night, Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, calls the husbandman for help, saying : 21 (46). ‘‘Up! arise, thou husbandman! Put on thy girdle on thy clothes, wash thy hands, take wood, bring it unto me, and let me burn bright with the clean wood, carried by thy well-washed hands. Here comes Azi, made by the Daévas, who consumes me and wants to put me out of the world.” 22 (48). ‘On the third part of the night, Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, calls the holy Sraosha for help, saying: “Come thou, holy, well-formed Sraosha, [then he brings unto me some clean wood with his well-washed hands*.] Here comes Azi, made by the Daévas, who consumes me and wants to put me out of the world.” * The Parsi, as soon as he has risen, must put on the Késtf, wash his hands, and put wood on the fire. ? Azi, the demon of avidity ; he extinguishes the fire, while he devours the wood. * The text seems to be corrupt: it must probably be emended into ‘bring into me...’ FARGARD XVIII. 199 23 (51). ‘And then the holy Sraosha wakes up the bird named Parédars, which ill-speaking people call Kahrkat4s, and the bird lifts up his voice against the mighty Ushah:
2* The text seems to be corrupt: it must probably be emended into ‘bring into me...’ FARGARD XVIII. 199 23 (51). ‘And then the holy Sraosha wakes up the bird named Parédars, which ill-speaking people call Kahrkat4s, and the bird lifts up his voice against the mighty Ushah: 24 (52). ‘“ Arise, O men! recite the Ashem yad vahistem and the Naismi daévé". Lo! here is Bashyasta, the long-handed, coming upon you, who lulls to sleep again the whole living world as soon as it has awoke: ‘Sleep!’ [she says,]‘O poor man! the time is not yet come.’” 25 (52). ‘“ On the three excellent things be never intent, namely, good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; on the three abominable: things be ever intent, namely, bad thoughts, bad words, and bad deeds.” 26 (53). ‘ And then bed-fellows address one another: “Rise up, here is the cock calling me up.” Whichever of the two first gets up shall first enter Paradise: whichever of the two shall first, with well-washed hands, bring clean wood unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, Atar, well pleased with him and not angry, and fed as it required, will thus bless him: 27 (58). ‘“ May herds of oxen and sons accrue to thee : may thy mind be master of its vow, may thy soul be master of its vow, and mayst thou live on in the joy of thy soul all the nights of thy life.” ‘ This is the blessing which Atar speaks unto him who brings him dry wood, well examined by the light of the day, well cleansed with godly intent. 1 The prayer: ‘ Righteousness is the best of all good...’ (the Ashem vohf), and the profession of faith : ‘I scorn the Daévas .. .’ (Yasna XII, 1). 200 VEND{DAD. 28 (64). ‘ And whosoever will kindly and piously present one of the faithful with a pair of these my Paréddars birds, a male and a female, O Spitama Zarathustra ! it is as though he had given! a house with a hundred columns, a thousand beams, ten thousand large windows, ten thousand small windows. 29 (67). ‘And whosoever shall give meat to one of the faithful, as much of it as the body of this Parédars bird of mine, I, Ahura Mazda, need not interrogate him twice; he shall directly go to Paradise.’ III. 30 (70). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘ O thou wretched, worthless Drug! Thou then, alone in the material world, dost bear offspring without any male coming unto thee ?’ 31 (74). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! It is not so, nor do I, alone in the material world, bear offspring without any male coming unto me. 32 (77). ‘ For there are four males of mine; and they make me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive by their seed *.’ 33 (78). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘ O thou wretched, worthless Drug! Who is the first..of those males of thine ?’ 34 (79). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, In the day of recompense’ (Comm.); he shall be rewarded as though he had given a house, &c. . .. he shall receive such a house in Paradise.
3Who is the first..of those males of thine ?’ 34 (79). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, In the day of recompense’ (Comm.); he shall be rewarded as though he had given a house, &c. . .. he shall receive such a house in Paradise. * Sin makes the Drug mother of a spontaneous progeny, as the sinner is ‘the brood of the Drug’ (Yasna LXI, 10). FARGARD XVIII. 201 well-formed Sraosha! He is the first of my males who, being entreated by one of the faithful, does not give him anything, be it ever so little, of the riches he has treasured up}. 35 (82). ‘That man makes me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive by their seed,’ 36 (83). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! What is the thing that can undo that ?’ 37 (84). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! This is the thing that undoes it, namely, when a man unasked, kindly and piously, gives to one of the faithful something, be it ever so little, of the riches he has treasured up. 38 (87). ‘He does thereby as thoroughly destroy the fruit of my womb as a four-footed wolf does, who tears the child out of a mother’s womb.’ 39 (88). The holy Sraosha, letting down his club upon her,askedthe Drug: ‘Othou wretched, worthless Drug! Who is the second of those males of thine ?’ 40 (89). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! He is the second of my males who, making water, lets it fall along the upper forepart of his foot. 41 (92). ‘That man makes me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive by their seed,’ 42 (93). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! What is the thing that can undo that ?’ 1 Cf. Farg. III, 34. 202 VEND{DAD. 43 (94). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! This is the thing that undoes it, namely, when the man rising up! and stepping three steps further off, shall say three Ahuna- Vairya’, two humatanim’, three hukhshathr6tem4m‘, and then chant the Ahuna-Vairya® and offer up one Yéahé hatam*. 44 (98). ‘ He does thereby as thoroughly destroy the fruit of my womb as a four-footed wolf does, who tears the child out of a mother’s womb.’ 45 (99). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! Who is the third of those males of thine ?’ 46 (100). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! He is the third of my males who during his sleep emits seed. 47 (102). ‘That man makes me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive progeny by their seed.’ 48 (103). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! What is the thing that can undo that ?’
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.
1XI, &c.) 1 ‘He who foreshows the coming dawn ; the cock.’ * «When he is not called so, he is powerful’ (Comm.) Cf. Farg. XIII, 2, 6. * Ushah, the second half of the night, from midnight to the dawn. * The cock is ‘the drum of the world.’ As crowing in the dawn that dazzles away the fiends, he crows away the demons: ‘ The cock was created to fight against the fiends and wizards; ... he is with the dog an ally of Srésh against demons’ (Bundahis XIX). ‘No demon can enter a house in which there is a cock; and, above all, should this bird come to the residence of a demon, and move his tongue to chaunt the praises of the glorious and exalted Creator, that instant the evil spirit takes to flight’ (Mirkhond, History of the Early Kings of Persia, translated by Shea, p. 57; cf. Saddar 32, and J. Ovington, A Voyage to Suratt, 1696, p. 371). 5 The demon of sleep, laziness, procrastination. She lulls back to sleep the world as soon as awaked, and makes the faithful forget in slumber the hour of prayer. * «To perform thy religious duties’ (Comm.) 198 VEND{DAD. intent, namely, bad thoughts, bad words, and bad deeds.” 18 (43). ‘On the first part of the night, Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, calls the master of the house for help, saying : 19 (43). ‘“ Up! arise, thou master of the house ! put on thy girdle on thy clothes, wash thy hands, take wood, bring it unto me, and let me burn bright with the clean wood, carried by thy well-washed hands?. Here comes Azi?, made by the Daévas, who consumes me and wants to put me out of the world.” 20 (46). ‘On the second part of the night, Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, calls the husbandman for help, saying : 21 (46). ‘‘Up! arise, thou husbandman! Put on thy girdle on thy clothes, wash thy hands, take wood, bring it unto me, and let me burn bright with the clean wood, carried by thy well-washed hands. Here comes Azi, made by the Daévas, who consumes me and wants to put me out of the world.” 22 (48). ‘On the third part of the night, Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, calls the holy Sraosha for help, saying: “Come thou, holy, well-formed Sraosha, [then he brings unto me some clean wood with his well-washed hands*.] Here comes Azi, made by the Daévas, who consumes me and wants to put me out of the world.” * The Parsi, as soon as he has risen, must put on the Késtf, wash his hands, and put wood on the fire. ? Azi, the demon of avidity ; he extinguishes the fire, while he devours the wood. * The text seems to be corrupt: it must probably be emended into ‘bring into me...’ FARGARD XVIII. 199 23 (51). ‘And then the holy Sraosha wakes up the bird named Parédars, which ill-speaking people call Kahrkat4s, and the bird lifts up his voice against the mighty Ushah:
2* The text seems to be corrupt: it must probably be emended into ‘bring into me...’ FARGARD XVIII. 199 23 (51). ‘And then the holy Sraosha wakes up the bird named Parédars, which ill-speaking people call Kahrkat4s, and the bird lifts up his voice against the mighty Ushah: 24 (52). ‘“ Arise, O men! recite the Ashem yad vahistem and the Naismi daévé". Lo! here is Bashyasta, the long-handed, coming upon you, who lulls to sleep again the whole living world as soon as it has awoke: ‘Sleep!’ [she says,]‘O poor man! the time is not yet come.’” 25 (52). ‘“ On the three excellent things be never intent, namely, good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; on the three abominable: things be ever intent, namely, bad thoughts, bad words, and bad deeds.” 26 (53). ‘ And then bed-fellows address one another: “Rise up, here is the cock calling me up.” Whichever of the two first gets up shall first enter Paradise: whichever of the two shall first, with well-washed hands, bring clean wood unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, Atar, well pleased with him and not angry, and fed as it required, will thus bless him: 27 (58). ‘“ May herds of oxen and sons accrue to thee : may thy mind be master of its vow, may thy soul be master of its vow, and mayst thou live on in the joy of thy soul all the nights of thy life.” ‘ This is the blessing which Atar speaks unto him who brings him dry wood, well examined by the light of the day, well cleansed with godly intent. 1 The prayer: ‘ Righteousness is the best of all good...’ (the Ashem vohf), and the profession of faith : ‘I scorn the Daévas .. .’ (Yasna XII, 1). 200 VEND{DAD. 28 (64). ‘ And whosoever will kindly and piously present one of the faithful with a pair of these my Paréddars birds, a male and a female, O Spitama Zarathustra ! it is as though he had given! a house with a hundred columns, a thousand beams, ten thousand large windows, ten thousand small windows. 29 (67). ‘And whosoever shall give meat to one of the faithful, as much of it as the body of this Parédars bird of mine, I, Ahura Mazda, need not interrogate him twice; he shall directly go to Paradise.’ III. 30 (70). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘ O thou wretched, worthless Drug! Thou then, alone in the material world, dost bear offspring without any male coming unto thee ?’ 31 (74). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! It is not so, nor do I, alone in the material world, bear offspring without any male coming unto me. 32 (77). ‘ For there are four males of mine; and they make me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive by their seed *.’ 33 (78). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘ O thou wretched, worthless Drug! Who is the first..of those males of thine ?’ 34 (79). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, In the day of recompense’ (Comm.); he shall be rewarded as though he had given a house, &c. . .. he shall receive such a house in Paradise.
3Who is the first..of those males of thine ?’ 34 (79). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, In the day of recompense’ (Comm.); he shall be rewarded as though he had given a house, &c. . .. he shall receive such a house in Paradise. * Sin makes the Drug mother of a spontaneous progeny, as the sinner is ‘the brood of the Drug’ (Yasna LXI, 10). FARGARD XVIII. 201 well-formed Sraosha! He is the first of my males who, being entreated by one of the faithful, does not give him anything, be it ever so little, of the riches he has treasured up}. 35 (82). ‘That man makes me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive by their seed,’ 36 (83). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! What is the thing that can undo that ?’ 37 (84). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! This is the thing that undoes it, namely, when a man unasked, kindly and piously, gives to one of the faithful something, be it ever so little, of the riches he has treasured up. 38 (87). ‘He does thereby as thoroughly destroy the fruit of my womb as a four-footed wolf does, who tears the child out of a mother’s womb.’ 39 (88). The holy Sraosha, letting down his club upon her,askedthe Drug: ‘Othou wretched, worthless Drug! Who is the second of those males of thine ?’ 40 (89). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! He is the second of my males who, making water, lets it fall along the upper forepart of his foot. 41 (92). ‘That man makes me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive by their seed,’ 42 (93). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! What is the thing that can undo that ?’ 1 Cf. Farg. III, 34. 202 VEND{DAD. 43 (94). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! This is the thing that undoes it, namely, when the man rising up! and stepping three steps further off, shall say three Ahuna- Vairya’, two humatanim’, three hukhshathr6tem4m‘, and then chant the Ahuna-Vairya® and offer up one Yéahé hatam*. 44 (98). ‘ He does thereby as thoroughly destroy the fruit of my womb as a four-footed wolf does, who tears the child out of a mother’s womb.’ 45 (99). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! Who is the third of those males of thine ?’ 46 (100). The Drug demon answered: ‘O holy, well-formed Sraosha! He is the third of my males who during his sleep emits seed. 47 (102). ‘That man makes me conceive progeny as other males make their females conceive progeny by their seed.’ 48 (103). The holy Sraosha, letting his club down upon her, asked the Drug: ‘O thou wretched, worthless Drug! What is the thing that can undo that ?’
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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