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O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he break a bone, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Seventy stripes with the Aspahe-astra, seventy stripes with the
Sraosho-karana; the second time, ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra,
ninety stripes with the Sraosho-karana."
If he commit that deed for the third time, without having atoned for the
preceding, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshotanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he break a bone, and if he refuse to atone for it, what is the
penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshotanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana."
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man smite another so
that he give up the ghost, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ninety stripes with the
Sraosho-karana."
If he commit that deed again, without having atoned for the preceding,
what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshotanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana.
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