Chapter IX
CHAPTER IX.
Sûdkar Nask.
1. The eighth fargard, Hvaêtumaiti 4, is about the abstinence of mankind, for special propitiation, from being unreliant upon religion, on account of reverence for the evil spirit 5; that from the habit of
being ungirdled, on account of reverence for Andar 1 and that for Sôvar 2; that from walking with one boot 3, on account of reverence for Tâûrvŏ and Zârîkŏ 4; that from being harmfully inquisitorial, on account of reverence for Akatâsh 5; and that from the habit of being without a serpent-scourge, on account of reverence for all the demons 6.
2. About the hungry intention (gusnakŏ-mînisnîh) of him who eats 7 and drinks chattering; the delight of the demons on that account; and advice as regards not speaking a word during eating and drinking. 3. As to the praise and gratification of the sacred beings before eating and drinking,
and also on finishing; and the purity 1 of the mouth owing to its praise of righteousness 2. 4. About him whose ownership of any good work, that they 3 may perform, does not attain to the best existence, on account of not possessing a high-priest by habit.
5. About the period of the ceremonial of Srôsh 4, the righteous, being mostly on the passing away of the first half of the night, and the announcement 5 of him who is the celebrator (yastâr) is for his protection from the fiend spirit. 6. The period of the ceremonial of Rashnû 6 and Âstâd 7 is mostly after that, in the jurisdiction (radîh) of the Aûshahîn 8, and the announcement of him who is the celebrator is abundance of grain. 7. The period of the ceremonial of Mitrô 9 of the wide cattle-pastures, and of the spirit of the pleasure of eating 10, is mostly in the
jurisdiction of the Hâvan 1, and the announcement of him who is the celebrator is a flock of sheep. 8. The period of the ceremonial of Ashavahist 2, and also of the fire of Aûharmazd, is mostly in the jurisdiction of the Rapithwin 3, and the announcement of him who is the celebrator is an assemblage of righteousness. 9. The period of the ceremonial of the lofty lord of females, the descendant of waters 4, and also of the water created by Aûharmazd, is mostly in the jurisdiction of the Aûzâêrin 5, and the announcement of him who is the celebrator is a troop of heroes (vîrân ramakŏ). 10. And the period of the ceremonial of the guardian spirits of the righteous, of the females with troops of heroes and years of pleasant dwelling, of the might which is well-formed and handsome, as well as victorious and created by Aûharmazd, and of the fighting which is in the ascendant 6, is mostly in the jurisdiction of the Aiwisrûthrim 7, and the announcement of him who is the celebrator is the origin of all excellence,
and the produce of all manifestation of righteousness.
11. Righteousness is perfect excellence.
Footnotes
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Or it may be 'he,' as the optative 3rd plural is often used for the singular; but it is a doctrine of the religion that a person who causes good works to be done by others, as he does when he employs a priest to perform ceremonies, is as much the owner of the good works as the actual performer is (see Sls. X, 22, 23 for cases of less direct agency).
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