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14. He is a truly discreet man through whom ¢here is ceremonial for the three days, on account of his own father, and privileged wife, and infant child, and well-behaved servant, on ¢hety passing away; and it is indispensable to order the triple ceremonial of the three days. 5. This, too, is said: where it is not possible to solemnize his three days, or they solemnize them afterwards, when information of the death arrives ?*, three days are to be solemnized as a substitute for those three. 6. For the good work of the ceremonial which is ordered by him himself, or bequeathed by him, or is his ¢hvough consenting to it by design®, exists—even though it is thus possible that it will be conducted afterwards—whenever it comes into progress ; therefore he is exalted for it at his account 1 See Chaps. XXIV, XXV. * Mrq has ‘or they do not solemnize sem, after which the information arrives,’ which is clearly inconsistent with the context. When a person dies away from home, and the ceremonies are not performed on the spot, they must be performed at his home immediately after information of his death arrives, and the three succeeding days are considered as representing the three days after the death (see Sls. XVII, 6). * Comp. Chap. VIII, 5. — CHAPTER LXXXI, 2-II. 239 in the three days, and it comes on for his deng exalted, 7. When that which is conducted afterwards comes on for aiding Azs deeng exalted in the three days of the account, that which was conducted by him himself beforehand is more hopeful ava more certain of being exalted in that position. 8. On account of there being also a diminution (aité-& gahid4rth) of risk about their own souls, in the event of (min zak atgh hat) their children not ordering the three days’ ceremonial, or it not being possible to solemnize z¢ at that time, it is desirable to order, in their own lifetime and a@/ their own convenience, the ceremony for their own living souls, advisedly, without doubt, and faving appointed the mode of \ife of the three days, and also to appoint by will him who is to conduct 7¢ in the end. 9, And when both are conducted, the increase of good works and exaltation, though the end is not possible, or is not proceeded wz¢h—and the previous good works are commendable, and, therefore, preservatory—as reached even unto the most lordly wishes. 10. As ¢o the man wth great and powerful children, to whom the ceremonial of the three days for himself a¢ the final day, and also the progress of many good works ave seemed certain, du¢ on account of yet another way to freedom from doubt effectually (frarAstth4) existing, he Aas bequeathed the conduct of the three days’ ceremonial, and also other good works, unto 4zs children, in order that the ceremony for the living soul may de conducted at the final day, with him the angels are in triumph, the glory of the religion in the most lordly glory, and the solemnizers of ceremonial worship are many. 11, Then, moreover, owing to the contest of the
211, Then, moreover, owing to the contest of the 240 DADISTAN-{ DfNik. demons—so unjust that o# the day of his passing away it is due to the uncleanness (apA4dy4vth) which has attained unto z¢s fud/ extent!—all the solemnizers zn the country, of the acts of worship solemnized, may have become thoroughly doubtful of the worship, and until it goes on to the disciples, and the ceremony is prepared, it is not proper to perform the whole ceremonial ; in that way is manifested the great advantage and commendableness which avzses from that ceremony for his living soul. 12. The nature of the ceremony ordered for the living soul is a counterpart of the three days, so z¢ is needful that @¢all times of the three days and nights, successively emancipative (avadigtnisntk), a ceremonial 7” honour of Srésh? de always conducted, and that it proceed; and a fire is lighted in the ceremonial, and the clean ligature of the limbs is to be tied. 13. Asa rule it is so considered that* in the three days ¢here are fifteen* ceremonies (yastand) in honour of Srésh, and three sacred cakes (drén)é which are consecrated in each dawn (b4m-1) with various dedications; and the fourth day they solemnize the Visparad®, the portion’ of the righteous guardian spirits (ard4t fravardd). 14. And there 1 The corpse being considered utterly unclean. ® See Chap. XIV, 4. * The following clause, about the three days, is omitted in Mr4, which skips from ‘that’ to ‘the fourth day.’ ‘ The Pers. Rivayats merely say that four priests are employed, two at a time, so as to relieve each other in the continuous series of ceremonies for three days and nights. 5 See Chap. XXX, 1. * Here written Visparédd (see Chap. XLV, 6). 7 Reading bén, instead of nib; M14 omits the word. CHAPTER LXXXI, 12-17. 241 are fugitives of families of the period, avd other still further diminishers! of good works, who have wished to produce the wealth which is necessary to perform advantageously, as a custom of the soul in those three days, one celebration of all the religious rites (ham&k din6) 2” honour of Srésh, and the consecration of three sacred cakes for Srésh every day ; and the third night, at dawn %, the consecration of a sacred cake dedicated in three modes. 15. In accomplishing the consecration of the sacred cake specially for the righteous guardian spirits, 07” the fourth day, one is supposed to order a Dv4zdah-hémast * zm honour of the righteous guardian spirits, and the rest of the ceremonial. 16. And he who has intended much more laudably is declared as the more devout and more judicious of worshippers; and for the sake of the ceremonial he is cleansed by the Bareshndm ceremony *, and is to practise other descriptions of cleanliness as regards Azs body and clothing. 17. While in the performance of the ceremonial, bread made from corn which is ground dy those of the good
317. While in the performance of the ceremonial, bread made from corn which is ground dy those of the good 1 Mrq has ‘there are ghostly observers of the families of the period, and many other teachers.’ But the original meaning was, no doubt as in K35, that there were many persons at that period who would have been glad to possess the means of ordering even a small portion of the proper rites for the dead. * That is, at dawn on the fourth day. The rites here mentioned seem to have been considered as the minimum that could be approved. -* See Chap. XLVIII, 25. * A tedious ceremony of purification, lasting nine nights and detailed in Vend. IX, 1-145 (see App. IV). Its name is the Av. word which commences the instructions for sprinkling the unclean person (Vend. IX, 48), and means ‘the top’ of the head. , [18] R 242 DADISTAN-f DIN?K. religion, wine from that made dy those of the good religion, azd meat from the animal? which is slaughtered in the ceremonial are eaten ; and owe is to proceed into the abode of fires * and of the good, and to abstain from the rest of the other places which are dubious * azd food which is dubious. 18. And with that thorough heedfulness ome is to conduct and order that ceremonial in the abode of the ever-growing fire, or other fire of Varahrén‘*; whereby his numerous good works are effectual, azd the path of good works® is very broad. 19. Concerning® the suffering of 42m whose capability in that which is his preserving efficacy” is less, it is thus revealed, that not he who is righteous is overwhelmed, as z¢ were unwilling, by incapability °. CuapTeR LX XXII. 1. As ¢o the eighty-first question and reply, that which you ask is thus: As ¢o a man who shall order a ceremonial and shall give the money (diram), and the man who shall undertake his ceremonial 1 A goat or sheep is meant by géspend here. * The fire temple, in, or near, which the priests (‘the good’) reside. S Or, var-h6mand may mean ‘open to choice,’ but it is generally used as the opposite of aévar, ‘certain.’ * Sacred fire (see Chap. XXXI, 7). 5 Over the Kinvad bridge (see Chap. XXI, 5). ® Reading r&f, instead of 14, ‘not,’ here, and vce versa further on in the sentence, as in Mrq. 7 That is, in good works. Mz14 omits the word ‘less.’ ® The construction of this quotation is suggestive of its being a literal translation from the Avesta. CHAPTER LXXXI, 18—LXxxIl, 5: 243 and shall take his money, dé has not performed the ceremonial, what is then the decision; and what is then the decision aéou¢ the man who ordered the ceremonial ?
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14. He is a truly discreet man through whom ¢here is ceremonial for the three days, on account of his own father, and privileged wife, and infant child, and well-behaved servant, on ¢hety passing away; and it is indispensable to order the triple ceremonial of the three days. 5. This, too, is said: where it is not possible to solemnize his three days, or they solemnize them afterwards, when information of the death arrives ?*, three days are to be solemnized as a substitute for those three. 6. For the good work of the ceremonial which is ordered by him himself, or bequeathed by him, or is his ¢hvough consenting to it by design®, exists—even though it is thus possible that it will be conducted afterwards—whenever it comes into progress ; therefore he is exalted for it at his account 1 See Chaps. XXIV, XXV. * Mrq has ‘or they do not solemnize sem, after which the information arrives,’ which is clearly inconsistent with the context. When a person dies away from home, and the ceremonies are not performed on the spot, they must be performed at his home immediately after information of his death arrives, and the three succeeding days are considered as representing the three days after the death (see Sls. XVII, 6). * Comp. Chap. VIII, 5. — CHAPTER LXXXI, 2-II. 239 in the three days, and it comes on for his deng exalted, 7. When that which is conducted afterwards comes on for aiding Azs deeng exalted in the three days of the account, that which was conducted by him himself beforehand is more hopeful ava more certain of being exalted in that position. 8. On account of there being also a diminution (aité-& gahid4rth) of risk about their own souls, in the event of (min zak atgh hat) their children not ordering the three days’ ceremonial, or it not being possible to solemnize z¢ at that time, it is desirable to order, in their own lifetime and a@/ their own convenience, the ceremony for their own living souls, advisedly, without doubt, and faving appointed the mode of \ife of the three days, and also to appoint by will him who is to conduct 7¢ in the end. 9, And when both are conducted, the increase of good works and exaltation, though the end is not possible, or is not proceeded wz¢h—and the previous good works are commendable, and, therefore, preservatory—as reached even unto the most lordly wishes. 10. As ¢o the man wth great and powerful children, to whom the ceremonial of the three days for himself a¢ the final day, and also the progress of many good works ave seemed certain, du¢ on account of yet another way to freedom from doubt effectually (frarAstth4) existing, he Aas bequeathed the conduct of the three days’ ceremonial, and also other good works, unto 4zs children, in order that the ceremony for the living soul may de conducted at the final day, with him the angels are in triumph, the glory of the religion in the most lordly glory, and the solemnizers of ceremonial worship are many. 11, Then, moreover, owing to the contest of the
211, Then, moreover, owing to the contest of the 240 DADISTAN-{ DfNik. demons—so unjust that o# the day of his passing away it is due to the uncleanness (apA4dy4vth) which has attained unto z¢s fud/ extent!—all the solemnizers zn the country, of the acts of worship solemnized, may have become thoroughly doubtful of the worship, and until it goes on to the disciples, and the ceremony is prepared, it is not proper to perform the whole ceremonial ; in that way is manifested the great advantage and commendableness which avzses from that ceremony for his living soul. 12. The nature of the ceremony ordered for the living soul is a counterpart of the three days, so z¢ is needful that @¢all times of the three days and nights, successively emancipative (avadigtnisntk), a ceremonial 7” honour of Srésh? de always conducted, and that it proceed; and a fire is lighted in the ceremonial, and the clean ligature of the limbs is to be tied. 13. Asa rule it is so considered that* in the three days ¢here are fifteen* ceremonies (yastand) in honour of Srésh, and three sacred cakes (drén)é which are consecrated in each dawn (b4m-1) with various dedications; and the fourth day they solemnize the Visparad®, the portion’ of the righteous guardian spirits (ard4t fravardd). 14. And there 1 The corpse being considered utterly unclean. ® See Chap. XIV, 4. * The following clause, about the three days, is omitted in Mr4, which skips from ‘that’ to ‘the fourth day.’ ‘ The Pers. Rivayats merely say that four priests are employed, two at a time, so as to relieve each other in the continuous series of ceremonies for three days and nights. 5 See Chap. XXX, 1. * Here written Visparédd (see Chap. XLV, 6). 7 Reading bén, instead of nib; M14 omits the word. CHAPTER LXXXI, 12-17. 241 are fugitives of families of the period, avd other still further diminishers! of good works, who have wished to produce the wealth which is necessary to perform advantageously, as a custom of the soul in those three days, one celebration of all the religious rites (ham&k din6) 2” honour of Srésh, and the consecration of three sacred cakes for Srésh every day ; and the third night, at dawn %, the consecration of a sacred cake dedicated in three modes. 15. In accomplishing the consecration of the sacred cake specially for the righteous guardian spirits, 07” the fourth day, one is supposed to order a Dv4zdah-hémast * zm honour of the righteous guardian spirits, and the rest of the ceremonial. 16. And he who has intended much more laudably is declared as the more devout and more judicious of worshippers; and for the sake of the ceremonial he is cleansed by the Bareshndm ceremony *, and is to practise other descriptions of cleanliness as regards Azs body and clothing. 17. While in the performance of the ceremonial, bread made from corn which is ground dy those of the good
317. While in the performance of the ceremonial, bread made from corn which is ground dy those of the good 1 Mrq has ‘there are ghostly observers of the families of the period, and many other teachers.’ But the original meaning was, no doubt as in K35, that there were many persons at that period who would have been glad to possess the means of ordering even a small portion of the proper rites for the dead. * That is, at dawn on the fourth day. The rites here mentioned seem to have been considered as the minimum that could be approved. -* See Chap. XLVIII, 25. * A tedious ceremony of purification, lasting nine nights and detailed in Vend. IX, 1-145 (see App. IV). Its name is the Av. word which commences the instructions for sprinkling the unclean person (Vend. IX, 48), and means ‘the top’ of the head. , [18] R 242 DADISTAN-f DIN?K. religion, wine from that made dy those of the good religion, azd meat from the animal? which is slaughtered in the ceremonial are eaten ; and owe is to proceed into the abode of fires * and of the good, and to abstain from the rest of the other places which are dubious * azd food which is dubious. 18. And with that thorough heedfulness ome is to conduct and order that ceremonial in the abode of the ever-growing fire, or other fire of Varahrén‘*; whereby his numerous good works are effectual, azd the path of good works® is very broad. 19. Concerning® the suffering of 42m whose capability in that which is his preserving efficacy” is less, it is thus revealed, that not he who is righteous is overwhelmed, as z¢ were unwilling, by incapability °. CuapTeR LX XXII. 1. As ¢o the eighty-first question and reply, that which you ask is thus: As ¢o a man who shall order a ceremonial and shall give the money (diram), and the man who shall undertake his ceremonial 1 A goat or sheep is meant by géspend here. * The fire temple, in, or near, which the priests (‘the good’) reside. S Or, var-h6mand may mean ‘open to choice,’ but it is generally used as the opposite of aévar, ‘certain.’ * Sacred fire (see Chap. XXXI, 7). 5 Over the Kinvad bridge (see Chap. XXI, 5). ® Reading r&f, instead of 14, ‘not,’ here, and vce versa further on in the sentence, as in Mrq. 7 That is, in good works. Mz14 omits the word ‘less.’ ® The construction of this quotation is suggestive of its being a literal translation from the Avesta. CHAPTER LXXXI, 18—LXxxIl, 5: 243 and shall take his money, dé has not performed the ceremonial, what is then the decision; and what is then the decision aéou¢ the man who ordered the ceremonial ?
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