Избранные фрагменты, английский перевод Джеймса Дармстетера; издание 1900 года. Избранные фрагменты; это не полное собрание текстов.
"Six hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, six hundred stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man break the
sheep-contract, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Seven hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, seven hundred stripes with
the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man break the
ox-contract, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Eight hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, eight hundred stripes with
the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man break the
man-contract, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Nine hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, nine hundred stripes with
the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man break the
field-contract, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"A thousand stripes with the Aspahê-astra, a thousand stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana."
If a man rise up with a weapon in his hand, it is an Âgerepta. If he
brandish it, it is an Avaoirista. If he actually smite a man with
malicious aforethought, it is an Aredus. Upon the fifth Aredus he
becomes a Peshôtanu.
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! He that committeth an
Âgerepta, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Five stripes with the Aspahê-astra, five stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana; on the second Âgerepta, ten stripes with the
Aspahê-astra, ten stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the third, fifteen
stripes with the Aspahê-astra, fifteen stripes with the Sraoshô-karana;
on the fourth, thirty stripes with the Aspahê-astra, thirty stripes with
the Sraoshô-karana; on the fifth, fifty stripes with the Aspahê-astra,
fifty stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the sixth, sixty stripes with
the Aspahê-astra, sixty stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the seventh,
ninety stripes with the Aspahê-astra, ninety stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana."
If a man commit an Âgerepta for the eighth time, without having atoned
for the preceding, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
If a man commit an Âgerepta, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty
shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an
Avaoirista, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Ten stripes with the Aspahê-astra, ten stripes with the Sraoshô-karana;
on the second Avaoirista, fifteen stripes with the Aspahê-astra, fifteen
stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the third, thirty stripes with the
Aspahê-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the fourth,
fifty stripes with the Aspahê-astra, fifty stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana; on the fifth, seventy stripes with the Aspahê-astra,
seventy stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the sixth, ninety stripes
with the Aspahê-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an
Avaoirista for the seventh time, without having atoned for the
preceding, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an
Avaoirista, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus,
what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Fifteen stripes with the Aspahê-astra, fifteen stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana.
"On the second Aredus, thirty stripes with the Aspahê-astra, thirty
stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the third, fifty stripes with the
Aspahê-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; on the fourth,
seventy stripes with the Aspahê-astra, seventy stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana; on the fifth, ninety stripes with the Aspahê-astra,
ninety stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus
for the sixth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what
penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man commit an Aredus,
and refuse to atone for it, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another and
hurt him sorely, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Thirty stripes with the Aspahê-astra, thirty stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana; the second time, fifty stripes with the Aspahê-astra,
fifty stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; the third time, seventy stripes
with the Aspahê-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; the
fourth time, ninety stripes with the Aspahê-astra, ninety stripes with
the Sraoshô-karana."
If a man commit that deed for the fifth time, without having atoned for
the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
If a man commit that deed and refuse to atone for it, what is the
penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that the blood come, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Fifty stripes with the Aspahê-astra, fifty stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana; the second time, seventy stripes with the Aspahê-astra,
seventy stripes with the Sraoshô-karana; the third time, ninety stripes
with the Aspahê-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
If he commit that deed for the fourth time, without having atoned for
the preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that the blood come, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the
penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he break a bone, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Seventy stripes with the Aspahê-astra, seventy stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana; the second time, ninety stripes with the Aspahê-astra,
ninety stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
If he commit that deed for the third time, without having atoned for the
preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he break a bone, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the
penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he give up the ghost, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Ninety stripes with the Aspahê-astra, ninety stripes with the
Sraoshô-karana."
If he commit that deed again, without having atoned for the preceding,
what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he give up the ghost, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the
penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshôtanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana.
"And they shall thenceforth in their doings walk after the way of
holiness, after the word of holiness, after the ordinance of holiness.
"If men of the same faith, either friends or brothers, come to an
agreement together, that one may obtain from the other either goods, or
a wife, or knowledge, let him who desires goods have them delivered to
him; let him who desires a wife receive and wed her; let him who desires
knowledge be taught the holy word, during the first part of the day and
the last, during the first part of the night and the last, that his mind
may be increased in intelligence and wax strong in holiness. So shall he
sit up, in devotion and prayers, that he may be increased in
intelligence: he shall rest during the middle part of the day, during
the middle part of the night, and thus shall he continue until he can
say all the words which former Aêthra-paitis have said.
"Before the boiling water publicly prepared, O Spitama Zarathustra! let
no one make bold to deny having received from his neighbor the ox or the
garment in his possession.
"Verily I say it unto thee, O Spitama Zarathustra! the man who has a
wife is far above him who lives in continence; he who keeps a house is
far above him who has none; he who has children is far above the
childless man; he who has riches is far above him who has none. And of
two men, he who fills himself with meat receives in him Vohu Manô much
better than he who does not do so; the latter is all but dead; the
former is above him by the worth of an Asperena, by the worth of a
sheep, by the worth of an ox, by the worth of a man. This man can strive
against the onsets of Astô-vidhôtu; he can strive against the
well-darted arrow; he can strive against the winter fiend, with thinnest
garment on; he can strive against the wicked tyrant and smite him on the
head; he can strive against the ungodly fasting Ashemaogha.
"On the very first time when that deed has been done, without waiting
until it is done again, down there the pain for that deed shall be as
hard as any in this world: even as if one should cut off the limbs from
his perishable body with knives of brass, or still worse; down there the
pain for that deed shall be as hard as any in this world: even as if one
should nail his perishable body with nails of brass, or still worse;
down there the pain for that deed shall be as hard as any in this world:
even as if one should by force throw his perishable body headlong down a
precipice a hundred times the height of a man, or still worse; down
there the pain for that deed shall be as hard as any in this world: even
as if one should by force impale his perishable body, or still worse;
down there the pain for this deed shall be as hard as any in this world:
to-wit, the deed of a man, who, knowingly lying, confronts the
brimstoned, golden, truth-knowing water with an appeal unto Rashnu and a
lie unto Mithra."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! He who, knowingly lying,
confronts the brimstoned, golden, truth-knowing water with an appeal
unto Rashnu and a lie unto Mithra, what is the penalty that he shall
pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Seven hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, seven hundred stripes with
the Sraoshô-karana."
[Footnote 11: This chapter is the only one in the Vendîdâd that deals
with legal subjects.]
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