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18. So that, while their information of a scarcity of corn is even 1 That is, corn is not to be sold to a man who keeps it in store for the purpose of raising the price, nor to his people, nor is it even to be given to the poor whom he relieves, so that he may be compelled to support them out of his own stores, as a penalty. ® Reading tapahi-aft, as in Mr4. * Literally ‘destroying the consciousness, or ‘injuring the existence. Bdédy6zéd is a technical name for sins whereby animals are ill-treated, or useful property injured (see Sls. II, 39). 176 DADISTAN-{ DIN{K. from him himself to whom the price would become profit, or zs the persistence of these same teachings of the good—so that it may become more abundant unto them than unto the bad, even in the time of scarcity when it is very much raised in price they should buy corn a¢ a cheap price during an excess of corn, so that oe may keep z¢ until the time of a period of scarcity. 9. When ¢here occurs a necessity for it among the good he sells z¢ at such price as one buys it at that time, that is, the market price (arg-t shatvéik)®; by that means, in a season of scarcity, much more is obtained in price, and it becomes more plentiful among the good; then a more invigorating (padikh(Qinagtar) praise of him is commendable. to. And, yet, as regards that which is suitable profit—and also apart from the eating of corn, from anything eatable for the maintenance of life, from medicine and remedies for the healthfulness of life, and from whatever is for the preservation of life—it is allowable ¢hat they shall buy and shall sell dear. CuaptTer L. 1. The forty-ninth question is that you ask thus: If they should sell wine unto foreigners and infidels what is then the decision adout it ? 1 And, therefore, likely to be correct, as it is given in opposition to his own interest. * Mrq has ‘ begged at a price,’ by inserting a stroke. 5 Without holding it back for an exorbitant rise in prices. ‘ That is, there is no harm in speculating upon prices, except in the case of necessaries of life. CHAPTER XLIX, 9-L, 4. 177
2* Mrq has ‘ begged at a price,’ by inserting a stroke. 5 Without holding it back for an exorbitant rise in prices. ‘ That is, there is no harm in speculating upon prices, except in the case of necessaries of life. CHAPTER XLIX, 9-L, 4. 177 2. The reply is this, that ¢heve is very vehement danger of grievous sin, and it would be an evil occupation. 3. But if through the operation of that wine-selling of theirs the wine is kept more away from those who become worse through immoderate drinking of wine, amd comes to those who drink wine in moderation 1—whom they cause to become better through drinking the wine—more than when they shall not practise that selling of the wine, then through that selling of theirs the power which is in the wealth 2, by their keeping away of which a man is confirmed (padaytntd6) in the good religion and diverted from going into infidelity, the progress of sin is impeded and good works are promoted, becomes the assistance of the good and protection of religion, the hindrance of sin and aid of good works, which, when they shall not practise that wine-selling, do not arise, avd which are much more promoted than the various sins that might have arisen from the unlawfully drinking of wine. 4. Or, otherwise, the greater decision—and great are the good works which are assured therein—is thus: ‘They who shall sell wine® to foreigners, infidels, and others from whom unlawful conduct arises through drunkenness, act very sinfully and not authorisedly.’ 1 That is, when the supply of wine is so limited that by selling it to moderate drinkers they kéep it away from drunkards. * The wealth they acquire by selling wine, which would have produced evil in the hands of the buyers, and ought to produce good in their own. * K35 has vin&s, ‘sin,’ instead of 4s, ‘wine,’ which is clearly wrong. [18] N 178 pApIsTAN-f DfNik. Cuapter LI. 1. The fiftieth question is that which you ask thus: As 40 one of the good religion who drinks wine immoderately, and loss azd injury happen to him owing to that immoderate drinking, what is then the decision about him? 2. And how is the measure of wine-drinking whch when they drink is then authorised for them ? 3. The reply is this, that whoever through the influence of opportunity drinks wine immoderately, and is adult and intelligent, through every loss and injury which thereupon come to him from that immoderate drinking, or whzch occasion anything unto any one, is then his causing such pollution to the creatures, in his own pleasurably! varied modes, that the shame owing to it is a help (dastakih) out of that affliction. 4. And even he who gives wine authorisedly? unto any one, and he is thereby intoxicated by it, is equally guilty of every sin which that drunkard commits owing to that drunkenness. 5. And concerning that drunkenness, what is said is that that is to be eaten ¢hrough which, when one eats z¢, one thinks better, speaks better, and acts
3unto any one, and he is thereby intoxicated by it, is equally guilty of every sin which that drunkard commits owing to that drunkenness. 5. And concerning that drunkenness, what is said is that that is to be eaten ¢hrough which, when one eats z¢, one thinks better, speaks better, and acts 1 K35 has a blank space here for a word, but no word seems really necessary. Mr4 fills up the blank by changing gvid6 into gardinidé, and reads ‘converted unto his own pleasure, and the mode,’ &c. 7 Mr1q has ‘unauthorisedly,’ a very natural emendation of the text as it stands in K3g, but it does not appear that the author intended to limit the responsibility of the person giving the wine merely to those cases in which his action would be quite unjustifiable. CHAPTER LI, I-9. 179 better; and such even is the food by which, through having drunk wine, one becomes more virtuous, or does not become more vicious, in thought, word, and deed. 6. When an experiment as regards its Jeng good is tried, so that Aaveng drunk it in that propor- ‘tion one becomes better, or does not become worse, then it is allowable to drink zz. 7. When an untried Zerson, for the sake of being tried, 4as drunk a mingled portion, first of one drinking-cup?, secondly of two drinking-cups, azd thirdly of three drinking-cups, avd through drinking z¢ he becomes more virtuous, or does not become more vicious, in thought 2, word, ov deed, 4e is to increase the drinking-cups, and the experiment is allowable unto those tested just so far as the proportion is such that he becomes better, or does not become worse. 8. To those tested z¢ is authorisedly gzven to that amount through which the experimenting that is mentioned 4as extended ; and to 47m who z¢ is proved will become worse through the drinking of wine, that amount, through the drinking of which, whez given ® in the experiment, z¢ was seen that he became worse, is not authorisedly given. g. Ina case of doubt one is to consider Azam who zs orthodox (hd-dind), who as chanted the sacred hymns, and zs of good repute, whose drunkenness 1 Reading 4v gamaké, ‘water-cup;’ but it is written like 4v simaké in the MSS. * K35 has man, Mrg4 minisné. * Reading yehabfintd instead of the unintelligible gin bidd of K35, the alteration being merely lengthening the bottom stroke of the Pahl. b. Mr4 substitutes bara yehevfinéd for bidd gan bfid6, which gives the following meaning: ‘through the drinking of which, in the experiment, #/ 7s seen that he becomes thoroughly worse.’ N 2 180 DADISTAN-? Dinfk.
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.
18. So that, while their information of a scarcity of corn is even 1 That is, corn is not to be sold to a man who keeps it in store for the purpose of raising the price, nor to his people, nor is it even to be given to the poor whom he relieves, so that he may be compelled to support them out of his own stores, as a penalty. ® Reading tapahi-aft, as in Mr4. * Literally ‘destroying the consciousness, or ‘injuring the existence. Bdédy6zéd is a technical name for sins whereby animals are ill-treated, or useful property injured (see Sls. II, 39). 176 DADISTAN-{ DIN{K. from him himself to whom the price would become profit, or zs the persistence of these same teachings of the good—so that it may become more abundant unto them than unto the bad, even in the time of scarcity when it is very much raised in price they should buy corn a¢ a cheap price during an excess of corn, so that oe may keep z¢ until the time of a period of scarcity. 9. When ¢here occurs a necessity for it among the good he sells z¢ at such price as one buys it at that time, that is, the market price (arg-t shatvéik)®; by that means, in a season of scarcity, much more is obtained in price, and it becomes more plentiful among the good; then a more invigorating (padikh(Qinagtar) praise of him is commendable. to. And, yet, as regards that which is suitable profit—and also apart from the eating of corn, from anything eatable for the maintenance of life, from medicine and remedies for the healthfulness of life, and from whatever is for the preservation of life—it is allowable ¢hat they shall buy and shall sell dear. CuaptTer L. 1. The forty-ninth question is that you ask thus: If they should sell wine unto foreigners and infidels what is then the decision adout it ? 1 And, therefore, likely to be correct, as it is given in opposition to his own interest. * Mrq has ‘ begged at a price,’ by inserting a stroke. 5 Without holding it back for an exorbitant rise in prices. ‘ That is, there is no harm in speculating upon prices, except in the case of necessaries of life. CHAPTER XLIX, 9-L, 4. 177
2* Mrq has ‘ begged at a price,’ by inserting a stroke. 5 Without holding it back for an exorbitant rise in prices. ‘ That is, there is no harm in speculating upon prices, except in the case of necessaries of life. CHAPTER XLIX, 9-L, 4. 177 2. The reply is this, that ¢heve is very vehement danger of grievous sin, and it would be an evil occupation. 3. But if through the operation of that wine-selling of theirs the wine is kept more away from those who become worse through immoderate drinking of wine, amd comes to those who drink wine in moderation 1—whom they cause to become better through drinking the wine—more than when they shall not practise that selling of the wine, then through that selling of theirs the power which is in the wealth 2, by their keeping away of which a man is confirmed (padaytntd6) in the good religion and diverted from going into infidelity, the progress of sin is impeded and good works are promoted, becomes the assistance of the good and protection of religion, the hindrance of sin and aid of good works, which, when they shall not practise that wine-selling, do not arise, avd which are much more promoted than the various sins that might have arisen from the unlawfully drinking of wine. 4. Or, otherwise, the greater decision—and great are the good works which are assured therein—is thus: ‘They who shall sell wine® to foreigners, infidels, and others from whom unlawful conduct arises through drunkenness, act very sinfully and not authorisedly.’ 1 That is, when the supply of wine is so limited that by selling it to moderate drinkers they kéep it away from drunkards. * The wealth they acquire by selling wine, which would have produced evil in the hands of the buyers, and ought to produce good in their own. * K35 has vin&s, ‘sin,’ instead of 4s, ‘wine,’ which is clearly wrong. [18] N 178 pApIsTAN-f DfNik. Cuapter LI. 1. The fiftieth question is that which you ask thus: As 40 one of the good religion who drinks wine immoderately, and loss azd injury happen to him owing to that immoderate drinking, what is then the decision about him? 2. And how is the measure of wine-drinking whch when they drink is then authorised for them ? 3. The reply is this, that whoever through the influence of opportunity drinks wine immoderately, and is adult and intelligent, through every loss and injury which thereupon come to him from that immoderate drinking, or whzch occasion anything unto any one, is then his causing such pollution to the creatures, in his own pleasurably! varied modes, that the shame owing to it is a help (dastakih) out of that affliction. 4. And even he who gives wine authorisedly? unto any one, and he is thereby intoxicated by it, is equally guilty of every sin which that drunkard commits owing to that drunkenness. 5. And concerning that drunkenness, what is said is that that is to be eaten ¢hrough which, when one eats z¢, one thinks better, speaks better, and acts
3unto any one, and he is thereby intoxicated by it, is equally guilty of every sin which that drunkard commits owing to that drunkenness. 5. And concerning that drunkenness, what is said is that that is to be eaten ¢hrough which, when one eats z¢, one thinks better, speaks better, and acts 1 K35 has a blank space here for a word, but no word seems really necessary. Mr4 fills up the blank by changing gvid6 into gardinidé, and reads ‘converted unto his own pleasure, and the mode,’ &c. 7 Mr1q has ‘unauthorisedly,’ a very natural emendation of the text as it stands in K3g, but it does not appear that the author intended to limit the responsibility of the person giving the wine merely to those cases in which his action would be quite unjustifiable. CHAPTER LI, I-9. 179 better; and such even is the food by which, through having drunk wine, one becomes more virtuous, or does not become more vicious, in thought, word, and deed. 6. When an experiment as regards its Jeng good is tried, so that Aaveng drunk it in that propor- ‘tion one becomes better, or does not become worse, then it is allowable to drink zz. 7. When an untried Zerson, for the sake of being tried, 4as drunk a mingled portion, first of one drinking-cup?, secondly of two drinking-cups, azd thirdly of three drinking-cups, avd through drinking z¢ he becomes more virtuous, or does not become more vicious, in thought 2, word, ov deed, 4e is to increase the drinking-cups, and the experiment is allowable unto those tested just so far as the proportion is such that he becomes better, or does not become worse. 8. To those tested z¢ is authorisedly gzven to that amount through which the experimenting that is mentioned 4as extended ; and to 47m who z¢ is proved will become worse through the drinking of wine, that amount, through the drinking of which, whez given ® in the experiment, z¢ was seen that he became worse, is not authorisedly given. g. Ina case of doubt one is to consider Azam who zs orthodox (hd-dind), who as chanted the sacred hymns, and zs of good repute, whose drunkenness 1 Reading 4v gamaké, ‘water-cup;’ but it is written like 4v simaké in the MSS. * K35 has man, Mrg4 minisné. * Reading yehabfintd instead of the unintelligible gin bidd of K35, the alteration being merely lengthening the bottom stroke of the Pahl. b. Mr4 substitutes bara yehevfinéd for bidd gan bfid6, which gives the following meaning: ‘through the drinking of which, in the experiment, #/ 7s seen that he becomes thoroughly worse.’ N 2 180 DADISTAN-? Dinfk.
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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