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18 (p. 15). To the lesser man labour, to the greater one, commandment(?).
19. On went Pourusaspa, on go these sons of Thraêtaona's(?).
20. He makes himself guilty of the yâta sin".
21a (p. 16). A year's delay for a virð-mazô contract.
21 b. They : boiled up, they fell back. 22. yaêtus zaêmano (?) 23. yaoskina surahê (?) 24. Let one pluck stems, three stems *. 25. The edge of a razor. 26. If they have come (or have not come). 27. The progeny and son of Ahura Mazda. 28 (p. 17). The several sorts of corn.
29. I offer up the sacrifice to the Frazdânava waters 6
30. Who is the judge who knows the law ? It is the one who sees the due decision. 31 (p. 18). And clothes magnificently wrought. 32. Lands fit for tillage. 33 (p. 19). All the agreements in the world, 34 (p. 23). ... happiness with his eyes". 35 (p. 30). Goods carried by force. 36 (p. 31). gathwo-stakad.
1 Yata, yât: the sin of breaking a man's leg.
• A contract to the amount of a man (valued 150 istirs=500 dirhems). - The waters. For the Baresman (Yasna LVII, 6).
A river or lake in Saistan, where Vishtaspa sacrificed to the Goddess of Waters (Yt. V, 108).
• He sees the right and legal decision which results from the facts of the case. Cf. West, Pahlavi Texts, IV, 64, note.
? This refers to the good eye, to some beneficent being who sends luck with his look : cf. Yt. XIX, 94, and reversely Yasna IX, 29.
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