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CHAPTER XIII, 23-29.
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28. The twenty stanzas of Tad-thwâ-peresâ (Yas. XLIII) are the twenty judgments (dâdistân) between the beneficent spirit and the evil spirit; and for this reason they should every time utter Tadthwâ-peresâ again', because they should utter the original judgment again, and the twentieth time the evil spirit becomes confounded.
29. The eleven stanzas of Ad-fravakhshyâ (Yas. XLIV) are made up from the six chieftainships 2 and the five accomplishments (farhâng) owing to religion; one is thus, not to do unto others all that which is not well for one's self; the second is to understand fully what is well-done and not well-done; the third is to turn from the vile and their conversation (andarag-guftano); the fourth is to confess one's failings to the high-priests, and let them bring the whip; the fifth is not to neglect the season-festivals at their proper hour (dên hâsar), nor the other things which go to the bridge; and the six chieftainships are not his property who has not these
1 That is, the first line (tad thwâ peresâ eres môi vaokâ Ahurâ! that I shall ask thee, tell it me right, O Ahura !') is repeated at the beginning of each of the first nineteen stanzas, and the first stanza being recited twice (as in all chapters of the Gâthas) these words are recited twenty times before the last stanza is reached. The phrases 'and for this reason' and 'because they should utter the original judgment again' are omitted in M6.
These cannot be the same 'chieftainships' (radîh) as those mentioned in § 11, of which there are only five; but perhaps they are the spiritual chieftainships, or primacies, of the six other regions of the earth (see Bund. XXIX, 1).
Assuming that aîsan stands for aîsân.
• The Kinvad bridge, or route of the soul to the other world (see Chap. XII, 31). Part of these fourth and fifth clauses is omitted in K20 by mistake.
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