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FARGARD IV.
with the Aspahê-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraoshô-karana;
"The second time, fifty stripes with the Aspahêastra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana;
*The third time, seventy stripes with the Aspaheastra, seventy stripes with the Sraosho-karana;
'The fourth time, ninety stripes with the Aspahêastra, ninety stripes with the Sraosho-karana.'
32 (89). 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 Sraosho-karana.'
33 (90). 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 Sraosh-karana.'
34 (93). 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 Aspahêastra, seventy stripes with the Sraosho-karana ;
The third time, ninety stripes with the Aspahê. astra, ninety stripes with the Sraosh8-karana.'
35.(95). 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 Sraosho-karana.'
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