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13. When thou makest a corpse 1 Av, ithyég6, Pers. sif. In Pahl. Vend. XIX, 4, 6 she is said to be ‘a secret-moving deceiver ;’ in Bd. XXVIII, 26 she is said to ‘cause annihilation.’ * Or ‘dead matter.’ 5 Bzg has ‘it is necessary to make z¢ apparent.’ ‘ Av. spenta Armaiti, ‘bountiful devotion,’ the female archangel who is supposed to have special charge of the earth (see Sls. XV, 20-24). 5 Bag has ‘in a sleeping garment.’ CHAPTER XXXII, 4--XXXIV, 6. 295 beneath the ground as z¢ weve apparent, thou makest the ground liberated from that affliction. CuarterR XXXIV, 1. The thirty-fourth subject is this, that it is greatly necessary to refrain from much slaughter of animals and the cattle species'. 2. Because it says in revelation? that, for every one who slaughters many animals and cattle*, every fibre of the hair of a goat becomes, in that other world, like a sharp sword, and adheres in the soul of that person. 3. And there are several things the slaughter of which is very bad, and the sin very abundant, as the lamb, the kid, the ploughing ox, the war horse, the swallow bird that catches the locust, and the cock; and of the whole of these the sin is most as regards the cock. 4. If it becomes a necessity‘, it is proper to kill a cock ¢/a¢ does not crow‘, and it is necessary to consecrate their heads. 5. Any head of an animal, not consecrated, it is not desirable to eat, so that it becomes so far® a righteous gift. 6. If one be not able to consecrate the head, it is requisite to consecrate one kidney as a substitute (badal) for it. 1 Lp, Bzg, J1g omit ‘species.’ 3 In the Stfidgar Nask (see Sls. X, 8, 9). 5 Lp has ‘slaughters much.’ 4 Lp, Bzg have ‘if it becomes inevitable.’ 5 Lp has ‘that has not crowed.’ ® Lp, Bzg have ‘ when it is not along with,’ 296 SAD DAR. Cuarprer XXXV. 1. The thirty-fifth subject is this, that, when they wish to wash the face’, they shou/d recite one Ashemvohi2, avd set the mouth firmly closed, so that the water, not staying away from it’, ska// not go into the mouth. 2. And, as one washes over the face, they should recite the Kem-n4-mazd4‘, so that the fiend Nasrust> may become smitten. CuapTrerR XXXVI, 1. The thirty-sixth subject is this, that it is strictly incumbent on mankind, on man* and woman, to perform the Bareshnim ceremony’, because mankind feed on menstruous matter in the womb of the mother. 2. For that reason it is necessary to perform the Bareshndm once, so that one may become pure from that pollution. 3. For if one becomes fifteen years of age, and does not perform the Bareshnim, whatever he puts a hand on, the glory and purity of that thing will diminish; and it 1 Compare Chaps. L, LXXIV. ? See Chap. VII, rn. 5 B2g omits these five words. * A stanza of the Ustavaiti Gatha (Yas. XLV, 7) beginning with those three words (see SBE, vol. xviii, p. 443).
2L, LXXIV. ? See Chap. VII, rn. 5 B2g omits these five words. * A stanza of the Ustavaiti Gatha (Yas. XLV, 7) beginning with those three words (see SBE, vol. xviii, p. 443). 5 Or nisrfist, ‘contamination’ (see Sls. X, 32); probably the same as the demon Nas or Nasu (see Bd. XXVIII, 29). Also mentioned in Chap. XXXVI, 7. * Bzg omits ‘on man.’ 7 A tedious ceremony of purification that lasts nine nights (see SBE, vol. xviii, pp. 431-453). Its name is Av. (acc.) bareshnfim, ‘top’ of the head, the first part of the body to be washed. CHAPTER XXXV, I-XXXVI, 9. 297 is not proper that they put a hand on a sacred cake or any thing washed with ceremony. 4. In revelation it says, if any one who has not performed the Bareshnim shall die, the demons make 42m} as though he were a corpse kept one month in the hot season. 5. And, when the soul arrives at the head of the Kinvad bridge, the archangels and angels complain of the stench of that soul, avd are not able to make wf its account and reckoning. 6. It remains at the Xinvad bridge and is not able to pass; it experiences much repentance and has no advantage from it. 7. If it be necessary for any one to perform the Bareshnam of the head, and he be able to do 2¢, ut does not do 7¢, if he performs the ceremonial ablution of the head a thousand times, it does nat become pure from that pollution’, and that is the pollution of Nasrust’, which is amid the veins and sinews, and the flesh and bones ; it does not become pure through any other thing except through ¢he Aguid consecrated éy the religious formula‘. 8. And as ¢o that person, also, who performs the Bareshnim for mankind‘, it is necessary that he be a man, a friend of the soul, a truthful speaker, and an abstainer, because through chastity and modesty (mastirt) he becomes employed. 9. If complaint of any perfidy in him is publicly diffused‘, in that disgrace (mal4mat) it is necessary that the high-priests * B2g has ‘it makes his soul.’ 2 Lp omits ‘ pollution.’ ® See Chap. XXXV, 2. Bz2g has ‘that is bodily refuse (hi*har) and pollution.’ * That is, bull’s urine, the liquid that is first used, in a consecrated state, for sprinkling the body in the Bareshntim purification. Compare Chap. LXXVII, 9, ro. * That is, the purifying priest. * B2g has ‘publicly comes on.’ 298 SAD DAR. should dislocate his joints one by one, and it is requisite that they give him as food to the dogs. 10. So that by this action they may make a man observe more chastely and continently, that this result (‘h4,il) of sin may not occur. CuarpTER XXXVII.
3* B2g has ‘publicly comes on.’ 298 SAD DAR. should dislocate his joints one by one, and it is requisite that they give him as food to the dogs. 10. So that by this action they may make a man observe more chastely and continently, that this result (‘h4,il) of sin may not occur. CuarpTER XXXVII. 1. The thirty-seventh subject is this, that, when the days of the guardian spirits' come on, it is necessary that all persons, among their own food and devotion, should order and provide the sacred cakes and ceremonial, the sacred feast and benedictions (4fringdn). 2. For these ten days it is incumbent on every one; azd those are better which they prepare in their own houses, because the souls? go every one to its own house. 3. And they should have an ear for them’, so that they may prepare the sacred cakes and feast and benedictions. 4. Those ten days any one of all the souls—¢hat are in this way* in every house where they provide the feast more abundantly—proclaims, as to that master of the house®, that family, and the whole who are in that house, and the year’s affairs of every kind, ¢ha¢ they are very good, and their entry (da‘Al) and coming in are very good. 5. And every single 1 See Mkh. LVII, 13n. 2 Which are supposed to revisit the earth during those days. 5 Or ‘for these words,’ as the Gugarati translator assumes. * Lp, Bzg have ‘those ten days all the souls are in this worldly existence.’ 5 Lp omits these five words, and Bzg adds ‘the mistress of the house.’ CHAPTER XXXVI, IO—XXXVII, II. 299 good work, on account of which we have spoken of the souls of the departed, becomes just like those we have done for our own souls. 6. And, when they pass away from this worldly existence, those souls come again, meeting them, and cause gladness, maintain? their courage, and also render them honour in the presence of the creator Hérmazd, and speak ¢hus: ‘ These righteous souls did not put us away from remembrance while they were in the world, amd we have been satisfied with them; now we are unanimous that thou shouldest provide them equal shares of those good works of ours, and make their souls attain to the position of the righteous. 7. They utter these words, and give those souls confidence, while they make out their account. 8. Afterwards, with them, they make the passage of the Xinvad bridge, till they arrive at their own position, azd then they return.
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.
13. When thou makest a corpse 1 Av, ithyég6, Pers. sif. In Pahl. Vend. XIX, 4, 6 she is said to be ‘a secret-moving deceiver ;’ in Bd. XXVIII, 26 she is said to ‘cause annihilation.’ * Or ‘dead matter.’ 5 Bzg has ‘it is necessary to make z¢ apparent.’ ‘ Av. spenta Armaiti, ‘bountiful devotion,’ the female archangel who is supposed to have special charge of the earth (see Sls. XV, 20-24). 5 Bag has ‘in a sleeping garment.’ CHAPTER XXXII, 4--XXXIV, 6. 295 beneath the ground as z¢ weve apparent, thou makest the ground liberated from that affliction. CuarterR XXXIV, 1. The thirty-fourth subject is this, that it is greatly necessary to refrain from much slaughter of animals and the cattle species'. 2. Because it says in revelation? that, for every one who slaughters many animals and cattle*, every fibre of the hair of a goat becomes, in that other world, like a sharp sword, and adheres in the soul of that person. 3. And there are several things the slaughter of which is very bad, and the sin very abundant, as the lamb, the kid, the ploughing ox, the war horse, the swallow bird that catches the locust, and the cock; and of the whole of these the sin is most as regards the cock. 4. If it becomes a necessity‘, it is proper to kill a cock ¢/a¢ does not crow‘, and it is necessary to consecrate their heads. 5. Any head of an animal, not consecrated, it is not desirable to eat, so that it becomes so far® a righteous gift. 6. If one be not able to consecrate the head, it is requisite to consecrate one kidney as a substitute (badal) for it. 1 Lp, Bzg, J1g omit ‘species.’ 3 In the Stfidgar Nask (see Sls. X, 8, 9). 5 Lp has ‘slaughters much.’ 4 Lp, Bzg have ‘if it becomes inevitable.’ 5 Lp has ‘that has not crowed.’ ® Lp, Bzg have ‘ when it is not along with,’ 296 SAD DAR. Cuarprer XXXV. 1. The thirty-fifth subject is this, that, when they wish to wash the face’, they shou/d recite one Ashemvohi2, avd set the mouth firmly closed, so that the water, not staying away from it’, ska// not go into the mouth. 2. And, as one washes over the face, they should recite the Kem-n4-mazd4‘, so that the fiend Nasrust> may become smitten. CuapTrerR XXXVI, 1. The thirty-sixth subject is this, that it is strictly incumbent on mankind, on man* and woman, to perform the Bareshnim ceremony’, because mankind feed on menstruous matter in the womb of the mother. 2. For that reason it is necessary to perform the Bareshndm once, so that one may become pure from that pollution. 3. For if one becomes fifteen years of age, and does not perform the Bareshnim, whatever he puts a hand on, the glory and purity of that thing will diminish; and it 1 Compare Chaps. L, LXXIV. ? See Chap. VII, rn. 5 B2g omits these five words. * A stanza of the Ustavaiti Gatha (Yas. XLV, 7) beginning with those three words (see SBE, vol. xviii, p. 443).
2L, LXXIV. ? See Chap. VII, rn. 5 B2g omits these five words. * A stanza of the Ustavaiti Gatha (Yas. XLV, 7) beginning with those three words (see SBE, vol. xviii, p. 443). 5 Or nisrfist, ‘contamination’ (see Sls. X, 32); probably the same as the demon Nas or Nasu (see Bd. XXVIII, 29). Also mentioned in Chap. XXXVI, 7. * Bzg omits ‘on man.’ 7 A tedious ceremony of purification that lasts nine nights (see SBE, vol. xviii, pp. 431-453). Its name is Av. (acc.) bareshnfim, ‘top’ of the head, the first part of the body to be washed. CHAPTER XXXV, I-XXXVI, 9. 297 is not proper that they put a hand on a sacred cake or any thing washed with ceremony. 4. In revelation it says, if any one who has not performed the Bareshnim shall die, the demons make 42m} as though he were a corpse kept one month in the hot season. 5. And, when the soul arrives at the head of the Kinvad bridge, the archangels and angels complain of the stench of that soul, avd are not able to make wf its account and reckoning. 6. It remains at the Xinvad bridge and is not able to pass; it experiences much repentance and has no advantage from it. 7. If it be necessary for any one to perform the Bareshnam of the head, and he be able to do 2¢, ut does not do 7¢, if he performs the ceremonial ablution of the head a thousand times, it does nat become pure from that pollution’, and that is the pollution of Nasrust’, which is amid the veins and sinews, and the flesh and bones ; it does not become pure through any other thing except through ¢he Aguid consecrated éy the religious formula‘. 8. And as ¢o that person, also, who performs the Bareshnim for mankind‘, it is necessary that he be a man, a friend of the soul, a truthful speaker, and an abstainer, because through chastity and modesty (mastirt) he becomes employed. 9. If complaint of any perfidy in him is publicly diffused‘, in that disgrace (mal4mat) it is necessary that the high-priests * B2g has ‘it makes his soul.’ 2 Lp omits ‘ pollution.’ ® See Chap. XXXV, 2. Bz2g has ‘that is bodily refuse (hi*har) and pollution.’ * That is, bull’s urine, the liquid that is first used, in a consecrated state, for sprinkling the body in the Bareshntim purification. Compare Chap. LXXVII, 9, ro. * That is, the purifying priest. * B2g has ‘publicly comes on.’ 298 SAD DAR. should dislocate his joints one by one, and it is requisite that they give him as food to the dogs. 10. So that by this action they may make a man observe more chastely and continently, that this result (‘h4,il) of sin may not occur. CuarpTER XXXVII.
3* B2g has ‘publicly comes on.’ 298 SAD DAR. should dislocate his joints one by one, and it is requisite that they give him as food to the dogs. 10. So that by this action they may make a man observe more chastely and continently, that this result (‘h4,il) of sin may not occur. CuarpTER XXXVII. 1. The thirty-seventh subject is this, that, when the days of the guardian spirits' come on, it is necessary that all persons, among their own food and devotion, should order and provide the sacred cakes and ceremonial, the sacred feast and benedictions (4fringdn). 2. For these ten days it is incumbent on every one; azd those are better which they prepare in their own houses, because the souls? go every one to its own house. 3. And they should have an ear for them’, so that they may prepare the sacred cakes and feast and benedictions. 4. Those ten days any one of all the souls—¢hat are in this way* in every house where they provide the feast more abundantly—proclaims, as to that master of the house®, that family, and the whole who are in that house, and the year’s affairs of every kind, ¢ha¢ they are very good, and their entry (da‘Al) and coming in are very good. 5. And every single 1 See Mkh. LVII, 13n. 2 Which are supposed to revisit the earth during those days. 5 Or ‘for these words,’ as the Gugarati translator assumes. * Lp, Bzg have ‘those ten days all the souls are in this worldly existence.’ 5 Lp omits these five words, and Bzg adds ‘the mistress of the house.’ CHAPTER XXXVI, IO—XXXVII, II. 299 good work, on account of which we have spoken of the souls of the departed, becomes just like those we have done for our own souls. 6. And, when they pass away from this worldly existence, those souls come again, meeting them, and cause gladness, maintain? their courage, and also render them honour in the presence of the creator Hérmazd, and speak ¢hus: ‘ These righteous souls did not put us away from remembrance while they were in the world, amd we have been satisfied with them; now we are unanimous that thou shouldest provide them equal shares of those good works of ours, and make their souls attain to the position of the righteous. 7. They utter these words, and give those souls confidence, while they make out their account. 8. Afterwards, with them, they make the passage of the Xinvad bridge, till they arrive at their own position, azd then they return.
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