The Bundahishn (Knowledge from the Zand)ZoroastrianismAccepted by Some TraditionsPahlavi (Middle Persian)ShareBundahishn 33E. W. West (1880) - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableE. W. West (1880)LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Bundahishn 1Bundahishn 2Bundahishn 3Bundahishn 4Bundahishn 5Bundahishn 6Bundahishn 7Bundahishn 8Bundahishn 9Bundahishn 10Bundahishn 11Bundahishn 12Bundahishn 13Bundahishn 14Bundahishn 15Bundahishn 16Bundahishn 17Bundahishn 18Bundahishn 19Bundahishn 20Bundahishn 21Bundahishn 22Bundahishn 23Bundahishn 24Bundahishn 25Bundahishn 26Bundahishn 27Bundahishn 28Bundahishn 29Bundahishn 30Bundahishn 31Bundahishn 32Bundahishn 33Bundahishn 34›Chapter 33Bundahishn 33ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter00. The family of the Mobads ('priests'). 1. Bahak was son of Hubakht, son of Ataro-bondak, son of Mahdad, son of Maidok-mah, son of Frah-vakhsh-vindad, son of Maidok-mah, son of Kad, son of Maidok-mah, son of Arastih, son of Paitirasp. 2. As Bahak was Mobed of Mobads (high-priest) unto Shahpuhr, son of Ohrmazd, so Kad was the great preceptor (farmadar) unto Darai. 33. Adarbad [Mahraspandan] was son of Mahraspand, son of Dadarda, son of Dadirad, son of Hudino, son of Adarbad, son of Manuschihar, son of Vohuman-chihar, son of Fryano, son of Bahak, son of Faridoon, son of Frashaitar, son of Pourushasp, son of Vinasp, son of Nivar, son of Vakhsh, son of Vahidhros, son of Frasht, son of Gak, son of Vakhsh, son of Fryan, son of Rajan, son of Durasrobo, son of Manuschihar. 44. Mitro-varazh was son of Nigas-afzud-dak, son of Shirtashosp, son of Parshtva, son of Urvad-ga, son of Taham, son of Zarir, son of Durasrobo, son of Manush 5. Durnamik was son of Zagh, son of Mashvak, son of Nodar, son of Manuschihar. 6. Mitro-akavid is son of Mardan-veh, son of Afrobag-vindad, son of Vindad-i-pedak, son of Vaebukht, son of Bahak, son of Vae-bukht. 7. The mother from whom I was born is Humai, daughter of Freh-mah, who also was the righteous daughter of Mah-ayar son of Mah-bondak, son of Mah-bukht. 8. Puyishn-shad is son of Mardan-veh, son of Afrobag-vindad, son of Vindad-i-pedak, son of Vae-bukht, son of Bahak, son of Vae-bukht. 99. All the other Mobads who have been renowned in the empire (khudayih) were from the same family it is said, and were of this race of Manuschihar. 10. Those Mobads, likewise, who now exist are all from the same family they assert, and I, too, they boast, whom they call 'the administration of perfect rectitude' (Dadakih-i Ashovahishto). 11. Yudan-Yim son of Vahram-shad, son of Zartosht, Adarbad son of Mahraspand, son of Zadspram, Zadspram son of Yudan-Yim, Adarbad son of Hamid, Ashovahisht son of Freh-Srosh, and the other Mobads have sprung from the same family. 1212. This, too, it says, that 'in one winter I will locate (jakinam) the religion of the Mazdayasnians, which came out into the other six regions.'] ‹Previous chapterBundahishn 32Next chapterBundahishn 34›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