If a man rise up with a weapon in his hand, it is an Agerepta.  If he brandish it, it is an Avaoirista.  If he actually smite a man with malicious aforethought, it is an Aredus.  Upon the fifth Aredus he becomes a Peshotanu.

O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!  He that committeth an Agerepta, what penalty shall he pay?

Ahura Mazda answered:—­

“Five stripes with the Aspahe-astra, five stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the second Agerepta, ten stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ten stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the third, fifteen stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifteen stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the fourth, thirty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the fifth, fifty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the sixth, sixty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, sixty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the seventh, ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraosho-karana.”

If a man commit an Agerepta for the eighth time, without having atoned for the preceding, what penalty shall he pay?

Ahura Mazda answered:—­

“He is a Peshotanu:  two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana.”

If a man commit an Agerepta, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty shall he 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 commit an Avaoirista, what penalty shall he pay?

Ahura Mazda answered:—­

“Ten stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ten stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the second Avaoirista, fifteen stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifteen stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the third, thirty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the fourth, fifty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the fifth, seventy stripes with the Aspahe-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the sixth, ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraosho-karana.”

O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!  If a man commit an Avaoirista for the seventh time, without having atoned for the preceding, what penalty shall he 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 commit an Avaoirista, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty shall he 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 commit an Aredus, what penalty shall he pay?