Ahura Mazda answered:—­

“Fifteen stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifteen stripes with the Sraosho-karana.

“On the second Aredus, thirty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the third, fifty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the fourth, seventy stripes with the Aspahe-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the fifth, 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 Aredus for the sixth 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 Aredus, 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 smite another and hurt him sorely, what is the penalty that he shall pay?

Ahura Mazda answered:—­

“Thirty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, thirty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; the second time, fifty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; the third time, seventy stripes with the Aspahe-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraosho-karana; the fourth time, ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraosho-karana.”

If a man commit that deed for the fifth 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.”

If a man commit that deed and 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 the blood come, what is the penalty that he shall pay?

Ahura Mazda answered:—­

“Fifty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; the second time, seventy stripes with the Aspahe-astra, seventy stripes with the Sraosho-karana; the third time, ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ninety stripes with the Sraosho-karana.”

If he commit that deed for the fourth 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.”