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II (9-19). On unlawful unions and attempts to procure mis¬ carriage. III (20-45). On the treatment of a bitch big with young. IV (46-51). On the breeding of dogs. 1How many are the sins that men commit and that, being committed and not confessed, nor atoned for, make their committer a Peshotanu1 2? 2Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ There are five such sins, O holy Zaratlmstra! It is the first of these sins that men commit when a man teaches one of the faithful a foreign, wrong creed3, a foreign, wrong law, and he does so with a full knowledge and conscience of the sin: this is a sin that makes him a Peshdtanu. 3‘ It is the second of these sins that men commit when a man gives too hard bones or too hot food to a shepherd’s dog or to a house dog; 4‘ If the bones stick in the dog’s teeth or stop in his throat, or if the hot food burn his mouth or his tongue, so that mischief follows therefrom, and the dog dies, this is a sin that makes the man a Peshdtanu 1. 5‘It is the third of these sins that men commit when a man smites a bitch big with young or affrights her by running after her, with shouting or with clapping of hands 2; 6‘ If the bitch fall into a hole, or a well, or a precipice, or a river, or a canal, so that mischief follows therefrom, and she dies, this is a sin that makes the man a Peshdtanu 3. 7‘ It is the fourth of these sins that men commit when a man has intercourse with a woman who has an issue of blood, either out of the ordinary course or at the usual period: this is a sin that makes him a Peshotanu 4. 8‘It is the fifth of these sins that men commit when a man has intercourse with a woman quick with child5, whether the milk has already i74 come to her breasts or has not yet come: if mis¬ chief follow therefrom, and she die, this is a sin that makes the man a Peshotanu h 9‘If a man come near unto a damsel, either dependent on the chief of the family or not depend¬ ent, either delivered unto a husband or not deli¬ vered1 2, and she conceives by him, let her not, from dread of the people, produce in herself the menses, against the course of nature, by means of water and plants 3. 10‘ And if the damsel, from dread of the people, shall produce in herself the menses against the course of nature, by means of water and plants, there is a sin upon her head 4. 11‘If a man come near unto a damsel, either dependent on the chief of the family or not dependent, either delivered unto a husband or not delivered, and she conceives by him, let her not, from dread of the people, destroy the fruit in her womb. 12‘And if the damsel, from dread of the people, shall destroy the fruit in her womb, the sin is on both the father and herself, the murder is on both the father and herself; both the father and herself shall pay the penalty for wilful murder \ 13‘ If a man come near unto a damsel, either dependent on the chief of the family or not dependent, either delivered unto a husband or not delivered, and she conceives by him, and she says, “I have conceived by thee;” and he replies, “ Go then to the old woman 1 2 3 and apply to her that she may procure thee miscarriage; ” 14‘And the damsel goes to the old woman and applies to her that she may procure her mis¬ carriage; and the old woman brings her some Banga, or Shasta, or Ghnana, or Fraspita®, or some other of the drugs that produce miscarriage and [the man says], “Cause thy fruit to perish! ” and she causes her fruit to perish; the sin is on the head of all three, the man, the damsel, and the old woman. 15‘If a man come near unto a damsel, either dependent on the chief of the family or not dependent, either delivered unto a husband or not x 76 vendIdad. delivered, and she conceives by him, so long shall he support her, until the child is born. 16‘ If he shall not support her, so that the child comes to mischief1, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder/ 17O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If she be near her time and be lying on the high road, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 18Ahura Mazda answered: ‘If a man come near unto a damsel, either dependent on the chief of the family or not dependent, either delivered unto a husband or not delivered, and she conceives by him, so long shall he support her, until the child is born 2. ‘ It lies with the faithful to look in the same way after every pregnant female, either two-footed or four-footed, either woman or bitch.’ 20O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If (a bitch4) be near her time and be lying on the high road, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 21Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He whose house stands nearest, the care of supporting her is words in § 1 6, ‘ so that the child,’ &c. It seems as if §§ 17, 18 were no part of the original text, and as if § 1 7 were a mere repetition of § 20, which being wrongly interpreted as referring to a woman would have brought about the repetition of § 15 as an answer. See § 20. his 1; so long shall he support her until the whelps are born. 22‘ If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ 23O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a camel-stall, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 24Ahura Mazda answered: 1 He who built the camel-stall or who holds it 2, the care of sup¬ porting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps are born. 25‘ If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ 26O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a horse-stall, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 27Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He who built the horse-stall or who holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps are born. 28‘ If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ 29O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in an ox-stall, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 30Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He who built the ox-stall or who holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps are born. 31‘ If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ 32O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a sheep-fold, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 33Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He who built the sheep-fold or who holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps are born. 34‘ If he shall not support her so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ 35O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying on the earthwall1, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 36Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He who erected the wall or who holds it, the care of sup¬ porting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps are born. 37‘ If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ *79 38O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in the moat1, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 39Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He who dug the moat or who holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps are born. 40‘ If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to mischief, for want of proper support, he shall pay the penalty for wilful murder.’ 41O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in the middle of a pasture-field, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her? 42Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He who sowed the pasture-field or who holds it, the care of supporting her is his. 43‘He shall with kind charity2 take her to rest upon a litter of any foliage fit for a litter; so long shall he support her, until the young dogs are capable of self-defence and self-subsistence.’ 44O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! When are the dogs capable of selfdefence and self-subsistence? 45Ahura Mazda answered: ‘When they are able to run about in a circuit of twice seven houses around3. Then they may be let loose, whether it be winter or summer. ‘Young dogs ought to be supported for six months, children for seven years. s Probably the distance of one yu^yerti; cf. Farg. XIII, 17. i8o ‘ Atar1, the son of Ahura Mazda, watches as well (over a pregnant bitch) as he does over a woman.’ 46O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda want to have a bitch so covered that the offspring shall be one of a strong nature, what shall they do? 47(129). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘They shall dig a hole in the earth, in the middle of the fold, half a foot deep if the earth be hard, half the height of a man if the earth be soft. 48‘They shall first tie up the bitch there, far from children and from the Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda2, and they shall watch by her until a dog comes there from anywhere. They shall after¬ wards let another dog come near her, and then a third besides 3, each being kept apart from the former, lest they should assail one another. 50(135). He who smites a bitch who has been covered by three dogs, and who has already milk, and who shall bring forth a young one born from (three) dogs, what is the penalty that he shall pay? 51Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Seven hun¬ dred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, seven hundred stripes with the Sraosho-^arana.’ ‹Previous chapterVendidad Fargard 14Next chapterVendidad Fargard 16›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain 1880/1883/1887 English translation