Denkard, edited by Peshotun Dastoor Behramjee Sanjana, 1876
English translation of volumes 2-4 by Ratanshah E. Kohiyar
The DENKARD is a ninth century encyclopedia of Zoroastrianism,
but with extensive quotes from materials thousands of years older,
including (otherwise) lost Avestan texts. It is the single most
valuable source of information on this religion aside from the
Avesta.
NOTE: Books 1 and 2, and the beginning of Book 3 is lost.
BOOK 3 (Sanjana, vol. 1)
Chapter 25.
Twelve questions asked by an Ashmogh (apostate)
(q9.) The knowledge contained in the Manthra communicated to Zartosht
by Ohrmazd
(q10.) The reason why it is a sin to burn green wood on fire
(q11.) The reason why it is sinful to drink liquor to excess
(q12.) Exposition regarding the command for the constant recitation
of Manthra
(q1.) How righteousness resulting from the recitation of the Gathas
is canceled by slandering the good religion
(q2.) To which Mashye and Mashyane was Jamshed commanded by Ohrmazd
to publish the religion?
(q3.) Regarding the food that can be eaten by persons reciting
the Gao Sahudao Baj and the small 'Baj.'
(q4.) Regarding the annihilation of sin through repentance and
the consequent deliverance from hell
(q5.) Which of the deeds of men is the highest in rank?
(q6.) Regarding differences in the decisions of Dasturs and other
religious persons.
(q7.) In what does the greatness of religious persons, of kings
and of learned men consist
(q8.) The reasons for holding the Barsom in the left hand
(q9.) The reason why the sun shines on one half of the terrestrial
globe
(q10.) Does a man become unclean by reason of touching the stock
of a tree on the top of which nasa has fallen
(q11.) How does a man become, through his work, the equal of yazads
and of the daevas?
(q12.) The reason why it is said in the Avesta that the souls
of sodomites and of Asmoghs are turned into invisible daevas and
daeva-shaped beings
(q13.) The two different statements in the Avesta regarding the
deliverance of Gayomard from hell explained
(q14.) Decision in respect of the different opinions regarding
Gayomard given by two dasturs
(q15.) How the twenty-one Nasks came to be composed from the twenty-one
words of the 'Yatha ahu vairyo'
(q16.) The reason why a sacred thing becomes defiled by being
looked upon by a woman who is menstruating
Chapter 27.
To whom does strength accrue by men's attaining to greatness
through good or evil deeds done in time?
Chapter 28.
The relations, dispositions, and strength of the followers
of the Mazdayasnian religion and of other religions
Chapter 29.
The origin of the people living on the borders of Iran; Jews,
Christians, and Manichaeans
Chapter 30.
The rank and privileges of learned men and men versed in the
arts
Chapter 31.
The advantages or disadvantages to those who carry on their
business honestly or dishonestly
Chapter 32.
Who are protected from evil by the yazads and who are not
Chapter 33.
Those who abstain from sin and advance in righteousness and
those who abstain from righteousness and advance in sin
Chapter 34.
The ways of the good religion have reference to the wishes
of the yazads and the ways of the bad religion have reference
to the wishes of the daevas
Chapter 39.
How to obtain deliverance from hell and what things should
not be approved of
Chapter 40.
God is the Creator and the fashioner of the world
Chapter 41.
That God will keep the grateful part of his creation free
from dread
Chapter 42.
Regarding the superiority of priests over warriors and
husbandmen
Chapter 43.
Regarding man's attaining all the virtues by observing the
commands of religion
Chapter 44.
Of the warring of the yazads to smite the Opposer and to suppress
the invisible danger arising from him, in order that people may
live as good creation
Chapter 45.
Regarding the ultimate misery of man from ambition and from
disregard of the commands of religion regarding the soul
Chapter 46.
Regarding the duty of Rulers to remove misery, want, hardship,
filth, and pestilence from the world
Chapter 47.
Regarding the duty of bearing enmity to Ahriman and to other
evil powers
Chapter 48.
Regarding the means of destroying those who oppose the creation
of Ohrmazd
Chapter 49.
That men become fitted for the happiness of paradise by directing
their attention to the invisible yazads and by keeping themselves
from admixture with the daevas
Chapter 50.
Regarding men's becoming good through good powers and bad
through bad powers
Chapter 52.
Regarding the duty of man to conduct himself in this world
in accordance with the precepts of religion
Chapter 53.
Regarding the duty of man to behave properly and without deceit
towards his Creator
Chapter 54.
Regarding the manner in which men may obtain deliverance from
hell for their souls
Chapter 55.
Seven explanations sought by a scholar of (his) teacher regarding
who are truly wealthy, happy as regards the soul, free from sin,
of superior understanding, of increasing honor, friends with men,
healthy, and delivered from hell
Chapter 56.
Replies given by the teacher from a knowledge of the good
religion
Chapter 57.
Regarding the wisdom of the Mazdayasnian religion being for
the professors of that religion
Chapter 58.
Regarding the relation of state to religion
Chapter 59.
Regarding the causes of men's becoming good or bad
Chapter 60.
Regarding the government and the governors of men
Chapter 61.
Regarding the admixture of the nature of the Ganamino in man's
nature
Chapter 63.
Regarding the power of man to choose happiness in this world
Chapter 64.
Regarding the wisdom and the happiness of a Farehbut and an
Aibibut
Chapter 65.
Regarding men whose ways are those of the good religion
BOOK 3 (Sanjana, vol. 2)
Chapter 66. What procures or does
not procure for the people of the world the assistance of the
Yazads in removing hardships
Chapter 67. Holy thoughts
are the source of high thoughts, words and deeds
Chapter 68. Regarding the
different modes of passing one's life according as he is in a
superior or inferior station
Chapter 69. The superior,
middling and inferior deeds pertaining to the good religion
Chapter 70. Regarding the
duty of reciting the Gathas and doing other righteous acts at
the request and for the benefit of a believer in an evil religion
who should put faith in the good religion
Chapter 71. Regarding the
gradations among good and bad men
Chapter 72. What women are
fit to be approved or disapproved of in accordance with the religion
Chapter 73. How men should
behave in obedience to their Creator
Chapter 74. Regarding the
creation within the bounds of the heavens, its behaviour and attributes
Chapter 75. How does man
acquire superior or inferior strength? and how does he become
improved or separated from his Creator
Chapter 76. Regarding natural Wisdom
and the evil passions
Chapter 77. How and from
whom is the power of knowing God obtained
Chapter 78. The Mazdayasnian
religion is the law of God
Chapter 79. Righteousness
and sin are judged in the coming world with reference to the mental
capacity of the person adjudged
Chapter 80. Regarding the prohibition
of marriage between a believer in the Mazdyasnian religion and
a disbeliever; and the disadvantages resulting from such marriages
Chapter 81. The Pahlavi Nam
Setayeshne or prayer to God
Chapter 82. The causes of happiness
and misery in this and the next world
Chapter 83. It is through
religious admonitions that man guides himself in this world through
hopes of heaven and fear of hell
Chapter 84. The reasons for
making the Spenamino prevail over the Ghanamino
Chapter 85. Regarding the
benefits resulting from connection with the Mazdayasnian religion
and the injuries caused by a want of such connection
Chapter 86. He who does deeds
of righteousness and remains aloof from sin is a far-sighted man
Chapter 87. Regarding the
lowest, the middling, and the highest relations with the Mazdyasnian
religion and the advantages resulting therefrom
Chapter 88. Regarding those
who increase or diminish the fame of the Mazdayasnian religion
Chapter 89. Regarding industry
and contentment in this world with an eye to the happiness of
the soul in the next
Chapter 90. The reason why
God rewards righteousness and punishes sin in man
Chapter 91. Regarding the
duty of praising and thanking Him for his gifts
Chapter 92. Regarding the
duty of kings to remove hardship and harm from the world
Chapter 93. The causes of
earthquakes and the rending of the earth
Chapter 94. Regarding remaining
aloof from certain things in accordance with the precepts of the
Poryotkesh
Chapter 95. Who among the
living creation in the visible and the invisible world bear the
mark of being the creatures of Ohrmazd
Chapter 96. Regarding the
hopes of good or bad times for the good religion derived from
good or bad government, and the good or bad Beginning and the
End
Chapter 97. The best and the worst
among four classes of mankind
Chapter 98. The benefits
derived by a ruler from a civilised people and educated officials,
and the consequent increase in the glory of the kingdom
Chapter 100. Who may be
called a strong man and who a weak man?
Chapter 101. The attributes
of Zartosht Spitaman which led to his being selected as a prophet
by God
Chapter 102. Regarding the
benefits caused and to be caused to the present and future generations
of mankind by the Mazdayasnian religion
BOOK 3 (Sanjana, vol. 3)
Chapter 103. What men are of the
best and the worst desires
Chapter 104. Regarding
the remedies for the illness of the soul arising from want of
knowledge and judgment
Chapter 105. Of the shining
and dark invisible powers, which ought to be approved and which
disapproved by man
Chapter 106. Regarding
the means of good and bad behavior in this world.
Chapter 107. Regarding
communion with the holy Self-existent
Chapter 108. Exposition
regarding the habitation in man of Yazads and Devs
Chapter 109. Regarding
that which benefits man in both worlds, saves him from harm, redeems
him from sin, raises him to higher rank through righteousness,
and turns him in the end towards the holy Ohrmazd
Chapter 110. Regarding
righteous and sinful men, and the different commandments about
them
Chapter 112. Regarding
rain and the work it performs, and the doers of that work
Chapter 113. The reasons
why students of the good religion acquire or fail to acquire its
wisdom
Chapter 114. Regarding
the redemption of man from evil at the time of the final improvement,
and the end of Ahriman
Chapter 115. The attainment
of a better life in the next world through good deeds
Chapter 116. There is in
man a good-minded power that protects his sense and intelligence
Chapter 117. Regarding
the habitation in man of the understanding-power that keeps sinless
Chapter 118. Regarding
the chance of obtaining power by those fond of it
Chapter 119. Regarding
the irregularity of the elements that constitute earthly things
Chapter 120. The greatness
of Dadar Ohrmazd depends upon life of all kinds
Chapter 121. The desires
of Ohrmazd are founded in reason
Chapter 122. Regarding
the good religion and its benefits and the evil religion and its
evil consequences
Chapter 123. Exposition regarding
the things of this world, their creation and the work relating
to them
Chapter 124. Regarding
the struggle in this world, the place of the parties to end the
lord of the struggle; the persons who struggle, the suppresser
of the struggle, the liberator from the struggle, the person injured
in the struggle, the continuer of the struggle and the end of
the struggle
Chapter 125. Regarding
the improvement of this world by means of the ascendancy of the
good religion and the suppression of the evil religion and the
danger arising from it
Chapter 126. The manifestation
of evil and of the religion of the Devs is owning to the Perverted
Source
Chapter 127. Everything
in this world is dependent upon the Lord: He is in every thing
and guides every thing: He depends upon no one and is not to be
guided by any one
Chapter 128. Regarding
the improvement of man's life
Chapter 129. Regarding
the kind of government which embarrasses Ahriman
Chapter 131. Regarding
things fitted to impart perfect knowledge
Chapter 132. Regarding
the origin of life and the changes in it
Chapter 133. Regarding
the benefits arising from good rulers
Chapter 134. It is because
of their possessing the attributes of Shahrewar Amahraspand that
good kings have the power of improving their kingdom and the knowledge
for improving their subjects
Chapter 135. Regarding
those among the approvers of Khoreh whose ways are the best and
the worst, and regarding their conduct
Book 3 (Sanjana, vol. 4)
Chapter 136. Of men who are strong
or weak in doing deeds of righteousness or sin
Chapter 137. Men become
better (righteous) when their doings in this world are in conformity
with (their) faith regarding the coming world; and they receive
harm from holding relations with the destructive power of Ahriman
Chapter 138. From the beginning
of the world the righteous and the sinners have respectively been
of the side of the Good and the Evil Source
Chapter 139. Regarding
the power of religion over the children of men
Chapter 140. Regarding
men who belong to and men who do not belong to the religion
Chapter 141. Regarding
two excellent qualities connected with superior intelligence possessed
by man, and two wicked qualities connected with perverse inferior
intelligence possessed by him
Chapter 142. Exposition
regarding light and darkness
Chapter 143. How it is
that men of this world have thought of doing the work of Ahriman
Chapter 144. Exposition
in the good religion regarding good and evil intelligence
Chapter 145. It depends
upon kings whether the world walks in the good path or not
Chapter 146. Regarding
foresight, superior rank, discrimination, wisdom, faith, belief,
inference, sense, understanding, thought, speech, and deed
Chapter 147. Regarding
the mutual connection of wisdom, desire, and speech
Chapter 148. Who in this
world causes harm to Ahriman? Who is harmed by injuring man?
Chapter 149. Regarding
men of the religion who hold relations with good and with evil;
how they are to be judged; and how their goodness or wickedness
is to be distinguished
Chapter 150. No other religion
save the Mazdayasnian religion severs Anghra Mainyu from man
Chapter 151. Men prevail
over one another in the world through good and evil deeds
Chapter 152. Regarding
men who exist for their good and men who do not exist for their
good
Chapter 153. How does a
man acquire complete knowledge of his calling?
Chapter 154. The king who
brings men into the Mazdayasnian religion augments virtue and
diminishes vice
Chapter 155. Superior strength
confers upon men rank and lustre: inferior strength brings them
into a low and degenerate condition
Chapter 156. Of the thoughts
that impart increased lustre and increased darkness to the Mazdayasnian
religion
Chapter 157. Exposition
regarding physical and spiritual medicine
Chapter 158. Regarding
the duty of man to do the work relating to the next world and
to remain aloof from doing what ought not to be done
Chapter 159. Regarding
the men who in this world make themselves walk in the ways of
immortality and remain on the side of Spenta Mainyu and Anghra
Mainyu
Chapter 160. Regarding
the number of times the sun will shine upon this world from its
original place
Chapter 161. Of the exposition
of the Mazdayasnian religion in the three parts of the Avesta
Chapter 162. God will always
keep up his creation in this world notwithstanding the harm-causing
power of Anghra Mainyu
Chapter 163. Regarding
the duty of men to respect and to obey the High Pontiff
Chapter 164. Regarding
the duty of men to obey a just king
Chapter 165. The three
parts of the Avesta (Hadha Mathra, Dat, and Gatha) make known
co-related matters
Chapter 166. Regarding
the signs of the best and worst times of the world and the four
outcomes of each
Chapter 167. Regarding
the commandment of the religion to diminish wickedness wherever
it may be most prevalent
Chapter 168. Regarding
the disappearance in man of the disposition to make good invocations
owing to the cessation in him of the faculty on which the practise
of invoking God depends
Chapter 169. Religious
works of good ceremonial are fit to be approved: opposed to them
are works of wickedness and sorcery and evil ceremonial: the means
of averting the latter
Chapter 170. Regarding
the duty of a father to love his children from infancy to adolescence
Chapter 171. Regarding
the rewards of the pious and their punishment for sin, and the
punishment of the wicked and their rewards
Chapter 172. Whether harm
will reach the Dadar [Creator] from any quarter or from anything?
Chapter 173. Roots spring
from fruits and fruits spring from roots
Chapter 174. As to who
is possessed of the desire to obtain liberation; his name as given
in the Avesta; who it is who gives the desire for liberation;
why it is that a desire for liberation is given; and why it is
that one possessed of the desire for liberation does not like
the ways of his enemy, and from whom and why does he derive benefit
or harm
Book 3 (Sanjana, vol. 5)
Chapter 175. The six ways
of expiating the punishment for the margarjan sin
Chapter 176. The good qualities
of Hozvaban Tehmasp, his miraculous spiritual power
Chapter 177. The keeping
of oneself and of one's fellowmen from all injurious propensities
of man's nature, and the doing of good by oneself to others
Chapter 178. The hope man
has from this life after the soul has departed from the body
Chapter 180. The manner
in which man ought to improve hinself, and save his soul from
hell
Chapter 181. The injustice
done to a deserving person by a gift being given to the undeserving
one
Chapter 182. What things
are the most beneficial to men in this world
Chapter 183. Men ought
to banish pollution from this world
Chapter 184. The origin,
the end, the exposition, and the power of moderate and immoderate
thinking, the thoughts suggested from them, and the advantages
of the former, and the injury from the latter
Chapter 185. The unfitness
of Ahriman to rule over the race of good creatures. The powerful
sway of Ohrmazd over the finite and the infinite.
Chapter 186. The actions
acceptable to man, and to the Creator Ohrmazd
Chapter 187. The careful
keeping of the fire and water in one's own possession
Chapter 188. The ways by
which a Zoroastrian ought to regulate his conduct in good and
evil times
Chapter 189. Steadfastness
in the religion, and the thought of detraction from it
Chapter 190. The respective
appellations of the good and bad religions, and the conditions
of their followers
Chapter 191. Ohrmazd is
the Creator of the good creations
Chapter 192. The counterbalancing,
in finite time, of two kinds of evil-doers by two kinds of powerful
men designed by Ohrmazd
Chapter 193. The duration
of the soul is infinite as well as finite
Chapter 194. The movement
of the animate body is due to its vital power
Chapter 195. The ten excellent
monitions of the Holy Zartosht
Chapter 196. The ten contradictory
sayings of Akht Jadu
Chapter 197. The ten monitions
of the Holy Dayun regarding the laws of the Mazdayasnian religion
Chapter 198. The ten contradictory
sayings of Rashne-Rish
Chapter 199. The ten monitions
of Adarbad Mahraspandan
Chapter 200. The ten contradictory
sayings of Mani
Chapter 201. The ten monitions
of Khusro, the son of Kobad
Chapter 202. The ten contradictory
saying. of Gurgi
Chapter 203. On the origin,
course, medium, and the cause of goodness and evil, the impression
produced by meditations upon them, and the upholders of goodness
and of evil at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the world
Chapter 204. The devoted
students of the Avesta and the Commentary upon it [Zand]
Chapter 205. The recognition
of the extent of relationship or non-relationship to the Mazdayasnian
religion among men
Chapter 206. Ohrmazd is
the Self-existent One; from Him are manifested the spiritual and
material creations; and the other one (Ahriman) is different from
Him
Chapter 207. It is inappropriate
to blend together whatever is worthy with the perverse object
Chapter 208. The wisdom,
will, work and period of Ohrmazd
Chapter 209. Man is the
sharer of the nature of his original ancestor
Chapter 210. On the attainment
of foresight by man
Chapter 211. Regarding
the idea that good success is attainable by man by means of the
seven grades leading to the most exalted rank pertaining to mankind
Chapter 212. The origin
of good or evil power in man; the cause of his exaltation or deterioration
Chapter 213. The cause
of the self-deterioration of a person from the condition of being
exalted
Chapter 214. The extensive
propagation of the good religion, its power and its achievements
Chapter 215. Regarding
man being acceptable for the purpose of communion with God, or
for righteous actions, by means of his connection with the good
creatures, and his forbearance from the avaricious creatures
Chapter 216. The source
of unrighteousness; the path of rectitude, and the means of restoring
the unrighteous one
Chapter 217. Regarding
that which is good for the world, for the body and the soul, good
among mankind, good among mankind, good for action and decision
Book 3 (Sanjana, vol. 6)
Chapter 218. The spiritual
powers in man, and their functions
Chapter 219. The relation
of man with the creator by means of the Stud-yasht
Chapter 220. The beneficial
gifts in man, his injurious habits, their beneficial or injurious
guidance
Chapter 222. The nature
of man, the cause and the object of his existence, his future
life and attainment
Chapter 223. Definition
of a worthy leader and his various qualifications
Chapter 224. The thanksgivings
to God for the reward of ment The punishment of man for sin in
this world
Chapter 225. The nature
and habits of a true Mazdayasnian, the evil habits of an apostate,
and the happy condition of a Mazdayasnian by means of the sacred
girdle of that religion
Chapter 226. The influence
exercised upon man by a moral and an immoral being
Chapter 227. The Source
(viz. Ohrmazd) that casts glorious lustre upon the good religion,
and that (viz. Ahriman) which casts evil lustre upon the evil
religion. Illustrations with reference to Jamshid and Zohak
Chapter 228. Men who work
for the prosperity or misery of this world
Chapter 229. Regarding
the fact that it is needful that the skilled examiner shall test
whatever is fit to be tested, and that it is needless to retest
whatever is already proved
Chapter 230. The upholder
of the good religion is, by virtue of the religion, called by
the name of the religion
Chapter 231. The blessedness
of the soul by doing acts of merit, and its punishment in hell
by reason of its perverseness
Chapter 233. The reasonable
acceptance and non-acceptance respectively of the sayings of religious
pioneers and of the mysterious knowledge the cause whereof is
not manifest by means of reason
Chapter 234. Regarding
what ought to be done and what ought not to be done
Chapter 235. The intellectual
part (baodha) of the spirit takes care of the body internally
as well as externally
Chapter 236. The virtuous
excellence or depravity of kings
Chapter 237. The reward
due to man from the Almighty for his deliverance from sin
Chapter 238. The principles
of the good religion and of the evil religion respectively. --
The inferior, the mediocre and the superior adherent of the good
religion, and the weight of each of them.
Chapter 239. The aspirations
of the soul to an immortal existence on behalf of the Deity; the
beings that are opposed to the existence of creations and the
enemy that was before the world
Chapter 240. How to weigh
the merits or otherwise of a man in this world?
Chapter 242. The prudent,
the more prudent, and the most prudent among men
Chapter 243. People who
are manifest in this world as men, as demons, and as demon-men
Chapter 244. The cure of
this world of its moral illness
Chapter 245. Regarding
the good and the mischievous in this world
Chapter 246. Man is not
fitted by the Creator Ohrmazd to be the cause of sin and damage
in this world
Chapter 247. The means
of knowing the Deity depends upon the existence of certain faculties
in man
Chapter 248. The prosperous
or unprosperous state of man in regard to virtue
Chapter 249. The characteristics
of true knowledge and of evil cognizance
Chapter 250. Light and
darkness, and the several descriptions thereof
Chapter 251. The exalted
position that is acquired by man at the future renovation
Chapter 252. The perception
of the highest medium for attaining to Paradise which is without
affliction
Chapter 253. Regarding
the learned, the Zoroastrian religious philosophy and those that
are versed in that philosophy
Chapter 254. The triumph
of learning and the success of the learned
Chapter 255. The good intention
and the evil intention, their causes and efficacy, and the improvement
of both by the existence of wisdom
Chapter 256. The greatness
and power originating in man
Chapter 257. The duty of
man to be grateful in his thought, word, and deed
Chapter 258. The power
possessed by every man of this material world for the salvation
of his soul from sin
Chapter 259. Regarding
the pentomadal divisions of the month
Chapter 260. Men of angelic
nature and demoniac beings in human frame
Chapter 261. Who is deserving
to be the lord of all?
Chapter 262. The selected
means of improvement in a city and among mankind
Chapter 263. The material
substance of this world, its different ingredients and its essential
elements-the origin and nature of that which adorns the spirit
and renders it useful, the origin and nature of that which destroys
or injures it, the causes of its adornment, benefit, decay and
injury
Chapter 264. Regarding
the being who preconceives the means of counteracting evil, and
the being who is the lord of such means, as they are described
by Ohrmazd in the revelation that improves the creatures of Spenamino
Chapter 265. The religious
benefit to the world from one that is faithful to the revelation,
and the injury to it from one who is in the greatest danger of
infernal punishment
Chapter 266. The power
of perception in man which improves and dignifies, or degrades
and debases him, as well as the description of men affected thereby
respectively
Chapter 267. Regarding
that which by means of revolution returns to its original source,
and that which by a divine rule, is connected from the beginning
to the end
Chapter 268. Regarding
men who abide in this world with their minds devoted to the good
religion and are equipped with sacred weapons for warring against
evil, as well as the advantages resulting therefrom
Chapter 269. How man should
conduct himself for acquiring happines in this and the next world?
Chapter 270. The best equipment
necessary for the dignified and poor people
Chapter 271. Goodness and
evil their strength and prevalence in this material world
Chapter 272. The causes
of transgression and consequent sinfulness of the soul possessing
a 'bright vision.'
Chapter 274. Regarding
righteous actions, honest comfort, an honest exaltation of self
in righteous acts, honest comfort accruing from righteous nature
and the equipment pertaining to acts conducive to felicity
Book 3 (Sanjana, vol. 7)
Chapter 275. The wisdom
of the Mazdayasnian faith is for the knowledge of men
Chapter 276. God gives
mortal strength to the soul according to its origin
Chapter 277. About those
that are connected with God before and after creation
Chapter 278. About the
man who does heavenly and about him who does hellish things
Chapter 279. About the
families that are to attain royal power and those that are to
lose it
Chapter 280. The soul of
man recognizes the value of prayer to God
Chapter 281. The distinguishing
signs of a pious and a sinful man
Chapter 282. What families
of kings are the reformers of men and the whole world
Chapter 283. The kings
that rule very well and those that rule very badly
Chapter 284. How does man
become powerful and how he becomes mortal during finite and infinite
time
Chapter 285. What man does
not obtain the reward of a virtuous act?
Chapter 286. The Devs are
injured by men owing to the spread of the knowledge of the faith
brought by king Jamshed
Chapter 287. The ten good
commandments of king Jamshed
Chapter 288. The ten evil
commandments of Zohak against those of king Jamshed
Chapter 344. About those
who prefer the faith and dissuade people from sin
Chapter 345. About the
three rulers and priests of the evil faith that are to come in
the millenian period of the prophet Zoroaster, and the injury
to come therefrom three times to the Mazdayasnian faith
Chapter 346. About the
good religion being connected with divine wisdom
Chapter 351. The connection
between the rulers and the ruled is by the grace and power of
God
Chapter 352. The most virtuous
man obtains spiritual wealth from God through the Yazads; but
the wicked men do not obtain it
Chapter 353. The desire
of an unconscientious and wicked man
Chapter 354. The advice
of the pious king Jamshed to men
Chapter 355. About the
things that preserve luster and those that destroy it
Chapter 356. The soul of
a man is the lord and director of his life
Chapter 357. The power
of rule is beneficial as well as injurious to man
Chapter 358. A man should
do good works for the sake of his soul and omit those that injure
it
Chapter 359. Man's glory
is destroyed by destroying the glory of the glorious Lord
Chapter 360. About preserving
and garbing the world
Chapter 361. About the
superior and inferior value of men
Book 3 (Sanjana, vol. 8)
Chapter 362. Which thing
is endowed with life and has relation with life? Why is He the
giver of life and of this relation with life?
Chapter 363. The source
creating the soul -- the helper of its good qualities -- things
that pave the way for the soul into the seed of this world and
nourish and protect its source in the seed of the body -- the
protector of the soul -- the distributor of souls among the creation
-- the actions whereby the soul is rewarded by Ohrmazd and meets
its original source
Chapter 364. Speech benefits
the soul and prevents harm from coming to it
Chapter 365. The origin
of existence and of this material body
Chapter 366. The life and
death of the soul and the indication of its loss of luster
Chapter 367. Light and
darkness and the benefit and harm accruing therefrom
Chapter 368. The faithful
through the superior strength of Ohrmazd avert the calamities
of the times
Chapter 369. The parts
of the body and of the soul
Chapter 371. The thoughts
of the creation regarding the power of God
Chapter 372. The three
orders of men among the Mazdayasnians who are deemed perfect and
worthy of confidence
Chapter 373. The faith
of Ohrmazd and the religion of Ahriman -- their garment and their
improvement -- their continuance and the names of their votaries
Chapter 374. The Drujs
who inflict the first, second, and third calamity on men at their
birth and the means whereby Ohrmazd defeats the Drujs
Chapter 375. The indications
of rain and the inferences therefrom
Chapter 377. The sufferings
of Ganamino and the superiority of Spenamino to Ganamino
Chapter 378. The consequences
of following Spenamino and the consequences of following Ganamino
Chapter 379. The creation
of Spenamino is fully adorned, the creation of Ganamino is full
of harm
Chapter 380. The fear of
Ganamino-the continuance of the race of men in the midst of his
oppressiveness
Chapter 381. Men should
regard themselves as servants of God
Chapter 382. Which of God's
creatures are the most powerful?
Chapter 383. The source
of righteousness and the source of sin
Chapter 384. The abode
of the righteous and the abode of the sinful in the next world
Chapter 385. The reasons
why man reaps no advantage from undesirable qualities -- the reasons
of his success in obtaining various advantages through one single
good quality [i.e. the good influence of Zoroaster/Zarathushtra]
Chapter 386. The religious
man is not polluted when he observes the laws of virtue but he
is polluted when he follows the ways of the demons
Chapter 387. The appointment
of men to religious offices after due examination
Chapter 388. The lawful
and unlawful killing of men
Chapter 389. The seven
excellent gifts bestowed upon king Vishtasp to enable him to spread
the good religion everywhere
Chapter 390. Who is it
that confers benefits on the world? Who deals harm to it?
Chapter 392. Things the
end and purpose of which art, known after creation and things
the end and purpose of which are fixed before creation
Chapter 393. The source
and consequences of happiness and misery
Chapter 394. Which men
have the most exalted, which a middling and which the lowest rank?
Chapter 395. The men who
are of great value, and the men who have no value and who destroy
prosperity
Chapter 396. Substances
liable to change and substances which are not liable to change
in this finite time
Chapter 397. The man of
understanding who improves himself and the man of evil genius
who ruins himself
Chapter 398. The various
sorts of kings in this world
Chapter 399. Ohrmazd has
created men to enable them to perform deeds for the good of the
spiritual world. Ahriman instigates men to evil deeds in both
the worlds
Chapter 400. Knowledge
concerning wisdom and evil intelligence -- their adornment --
their source -- the gifts bestowed by them -- their improvement
and increase -- the dignity of wisdom and the dreariness of the
evil intellect
Chapter 401. The man influenced
by the Druj conducts himself like the Druj
Chapter 402. The two ways
by which the influence and strength of Spenamino are increased
Chapter 403. Light and
darkness do not change places with each other, do not mingle with
each other nor do they appear at the same time
Chapter 404. The men who
are like unto the Yazads and the men who are like unto the demons
Chapter 405. How man obtains
superior wisdom and knowledge
Chapter 406. The various
sorts of kings in this world
Chapter 407. The final
disappearance of Ganamino from the creation of Spenamino
Chapter 408. The creation
of man and its nine stages
Chapter 409. How man is
made virtuous and full of luster
Chapter 410. The priest
of the good religion is the most pious of men and the hypocrite
priest of the evil religion the most sinful of men
Chapter 411. The praiseworthy
virtue which is not of advantage to the pious and the odious vice
which is of advantage to the pious
Chapter 412. The man who
loves God and with whom God is pleased enjoys happiness in paradise
and the man who hates God and with whom God is displeased suffers
misery in hell
Chapter 413. Which wealth
is most worthy of attention?
Book 3 (Sanjana, vol. 9)
Chapter 414. Exposition
in the good religion regarding the character of the man whose
body is the abode of generosity and of the man whose body is the
abode of avarice
Chapter 415. Exposition
in the good religion regarding the fact that life-endowed human
beings are either praiseworthy or blameworthy in their actions
and either accept or follow the good that is in them or the evil
that is in them
Chapter 416. Exposition
in the good religion regarding the revelation (to the prophet)
about the creation of the invisible spirit (in the spiritual world)
and sending of that spirit from the spiritual world to this world
Chapter 417. Exposition
in the good religion about the power of motion
Chapter 418. Exposition
in the good religion regarding the indication of the (the presence
of) Spenamino and Ganamino in this world
Chapter 419. Exposition
in the good religion as to which (of the two years) the solar
or the lunar is (connected with) the important ceremonies of the
faith
Chapter 420. Exposition
in the good religion about the Denkard book, one of the scriptures
of the faith