Sad Dar. Chapter Xcvi
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"Pahlavi Texts, Part Iii (sbe24)\", E.W. West, tr. [1885],
Chapter Xcvi.
1. The ninety-sixth subject is this, when any one departs to that "other" world it is not proper for others that they "should" utter an outcry, maintain grief, "and" make lamentation "and" weeping. 2. Because every tear "that" issues "from" the eyes becomes one "drop" of that river 5 before the "K"inva"d"
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bridge, "and" then the soul of that dead "person" remains "at" that place; it is difficult for it to make a passage there, and it is not able to pass over the "K"inva"d" bridge. 3. It is therefore necessary that they recite the Avesta and celebrate the ceremonial, so that the passage of that place "may" become easy for it.
Footnotes
358:5 'This river is the many tears that men shed from "their" eyes, as they make lamentation and weeping for the departed. They shed those tears unlawfully, and they swell to this river. Those who are not able to cross over are those for whom, after their departure, p. 359 much lamentation and weeping were made; and those "who cross" more easily are those for whom less was made' (av. Xvi, 7-10).
"Pahlavi Texts, Part Iii (sbe24)\", E.W. West, tr. [1885],
Chapter Xcvi.
1. The ninety-sixth subject is this, when any one departs to that "other" world it is not proper for others that they "should" utter an outcry, maintain grief, "and" make lamentation "and" weeping. 2. Because every tear "that" issues "from" the eyes becomes one "drop" of that river 5 before the "K"inva"d"
p. 359
bridge, "and" then the soul of that dead "person" remains "at" that place; it is difficult for it to make a passage there, and it is not able to pass over the "K"inva"d" bridge. 3. It is therefore necessary that they recite the Avesta and celebrate the ceremonial, so that the passage of that place "may" become easy for it.
Footnotes
358:5 'This river is the many tears that men shed from "their" eyes, as they make lamentation and weeping for the departed. They shed those tears unlawfully, and they swell to this river. Those who are not able to cross over are those for whom, after their departure, p. 359 much lamentation and weeping were made; and those "who cross" more easily are those for whom less was made' (av. Xvi, 7-10).
