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CHAPTER XIX, 2-XX, 4.
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8. He sat upon the horse, and when he had gone a little way, he fell off from the horse, through severe distress, and died; and the children of his children's children have died upon the same spot!
Chapter XX. 1. About the righteousness of his desires it is thus declared, that when he became fifteen years old, the sons of Pôrůshaspô demanded a portion from their father, and their portions are allotted out by him. 2. Among the clothes there was a girdle, the width of which was four finger-breadths; and of the four 2 portions around and the girdle, which it was possible to bring forth, Zaratūst selected the latter and tied it on himself. 3. This was owing to the precepts (parvânakån) of Vohûmanô who came into his reason at birth ; as to whatever is not the custom his mind was now quite closed, and in that which is the custom it was impetuously exercised by him.
4. About his compassionate disposition and the streams of the Arag province 3, this also is declared,
* Probably meaning that he died childless.
• The MSS. have three,' but there were five sons (Chap. XV, 5), and the numbers are written in ciphers which are very easily corrupted.
• Pahl. Aragistân ôdhâvo (T dhâ)'='odhâ-Arangîstânö' of P. Vd. I, 77 (Sp.); compare Av. 'upa aodhaêshu Rang, hayau,' of Vd. I, 19; Yt. XII, 18. In the Iranian Bd. XX, 8 we are told that 'the Arang river is that of which it is said that it comes out from Albârz in the land of Surak, which they call also Sham (Shâm); and it passes on through the land of Êgiptos, which they call also Misr, and there they call it the swift river Egipitois.' It is
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