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FARGARD XII.
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dies, how long shall they stay? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ?
Ahura Mazda answered: “They shall stay fifteen days for the righteous, thirty days for the sinners.'
16 (50). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gåthas three times ; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the AmeshaSpentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !'
17 (53). If the son or the daughter of a cousin dies, how long shall they stay? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ?
Ahura Mazda answered: “They shall stay ten days for the righteous, twenty days for the sinners.'
18 (55). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gåthas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the AmeshaSpentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra l'
19 (58). If the grandson of a cousin or the granddaughter of a cousin dies, how long shall they stay? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ?
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