The translator’s English as printed (E. W. West). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
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The best protection, friend, supporter of fame, helper of enjoyment, wealth, and pleasure
The poverty and opulence which are good, and the characteristics of good and bad government .
The best food, grain, and fruit. The effects of wine on different tempers, and when drunk in moderation and in excess. Also why silk clothing is better for the body, and cotton for the soul
The pleasure that is worse than unhappiness . .
Why people disregard the changeableness of worldly things, death, the account of the soul, and hell .
Living in fear and falsehood is worse than death
The best and worst conversation for kings
The fate of men who are worldly, scoffing, idle, malicious, lazy, false-hearted, and arrogant :
How far worldly wealth can be acquired through exertion .
The impossibility of contending with destiny .
Providence can over-rule destiny; but rarely does 50, because of Aharman’s evil doings .
The poorest of the rich, and the richest of the poor
A blind mind is worse than a blind eye, and an ill-informed is worse than an ill-tempered man .
The several advantages resulting from the actions of Géyémard, Héshang, Takhmorup, Yimshéd, Az-f Dahak, FrAsiyak, Frédin, Manfisfthar, Kai-Kavad, Sahm, K4i- Us, Siyavakhsh, Kai-Khfsréi, Kaf-Léoharasp, and Kai-
Vistisp .« . .
The most forgiving, strongest, swiftest, happiest, and most
miserable . . . .
What must be most regarded and protected
The worst life and most unforeseeing man
The business of the three classes—priests, warriors, and husbandmen
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The business of the fourth class, the artizans . ‘
The worst ruler, chieftain, friend, kinsman, wife, child, and country ‘ . . . . .
Aharman can hardly disturb a wise and contented man .
The seven kinds of men who are rich, and the seven who are poor . . . .
The thirty sins. :
The thirty-three good works .
Why worldly happiness is not allotted to } the worthy who are accepted in heaven . . . . ‘
Whose power is most seemly, wisdom most complete, disposition most faithful, speech most proper, goodness least, friendship worst, mental pleasure least, heart most seemly, endurance most approvable, and who is not faithful. What should be kept by every one and no one, and also in conversation. Who cannot give evidence, to whom obedience is due, who must be minded and praised, what must not be unrespected, who is like Afharmazd, and who like Aharman .
What is coldest, warmest, brightest, darkest, fullest, emptiest, most fruitless, without superfluity, incapable of deprival, cannot be bought, satisfies every one, and satisfies no one. What Afharmasd desires from men, and what Aharman does; and what is the end in the worldly and spiritual existences . . .
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The best protection, friend, supporter of fame, helper of enjoyment, wealth, and pleasure
The poverty and opulence which are good, and the characteristics of good and bad government .
The best food, grain, and fruit. The effects of wine on different tempers, and when drunk in moderation and in excess. Also why silk clothing is better for the body, and cotton for the soul
The pleasure that is worse than unhappiness . .
Why people disregard the changeableness of worldly things, death, the account of the soul, and hell .
Living in fear and falsehood is worse than death
The best and worst conversation for kings
The fate of men who are worldly, scoffing, idle, malicious, lazy, false-hearted, and arrogant :
How far worldly wealth can be acquired through exertion .
The impossibility of contending with destiny .
Providence can over-rule destiny; but rarely does 50, because of Aharman’s evil doings .
The poorest of the rich, and the richest of the poor
A blind mind is worse than a blind eye, and an ill-informed is worse than an ill-tempered man .
The several advantages resulting from the actions of Géyémard, Héshang, Takhmorup, Yimshéd, Az-f Dahak, FrAsiyak, Frédin, Manfisfthar, Kai-Kavad, Sahm, K4i- Us, Siyavakhsh, Kai-Khfsréi, Kaf-Léoharasp, and Kai-
Vistisp .« . .
The most forgiving, strongest, swiftest, happiest, and most
miserable . . . .
What must be most regarded and protected
The worst life and most unforeseeing man
The business of the three classes—priests, warriors, and husbandmen
PAGE
p. 37
39
41
p. 42
45
49
49
5°
50
51
54
54
55
55
p. 56
p. 57
66
66
67
p. 67
CONTENTS,
ix
CHAP.
32.
33-
34-
35:
36.
37-
38.
39-
40.
41.
42,
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
«
The business of the fourth class, the artizans . ‘
The worst ruler, chieftain, friend, kinsman, wife, child, and country ‘ . . . . .
Aharman can hardly disturb a wise and contented man .
The seven kinds of men who are rich, and the seven who are poor . . . .
The thirty sins. :
The thirty-three good works .
Why worldly happiness is not allotted to } the worthy who are accepted in heaven . . . . ‘
Whose power is most seemly, wisdom most complete, disposition most faithful, speech most proper, goodness least, friendship worst, mental pleasure least, heart most seemly, endurance most approvable, and who is not faithful. What should be kept by every one and no one, and also in conversation. Who cannot give evidence, to whom obedience is due, who must be minded and praised, what must not be unrespected, who is like Afharmazd, and who like Aharman .
What is coldest, warmest, brightest, darkest, fullest, emptiest, most fruitless, without superfluity, incapable of deprival, cannot be bought, satisfies every one, and satisfies no one. What Afharmasd desires from men, and what Aharman does; and what is the end in the worldly and spiritual existences . . .
Part III, 1885. Third of West's five. The methodological ground — which Pahlavi writings can be checked against a surviving Avesta original and which cannot — is laid in Part I and is not restated here.
same translation project as Pahlavi Texts, Part I — SBE Vol. 5 (trans. E. W. West, 1880)