The Old Ways

Zoroastrian · The Book of Arda Viraf · 86 of 96

Chapter 91. [Unfair judge]

tr. Martin Haug and E. W. West (1872)

1. Then I saw the soul of a man who slew his own child and ever ate the brains. 2. And I asked thus: 'What sin was committed by this body, whose soul suffers so severe a punishment?' 3. Srosh the pious, and Adar the angel, said (4) thus: 'This is the soul of that sentencing judge who made unjust decisions between applicants for justice; (5) and plaintiffs and defendants were not looked upon, by him, favorably and justly; (6) but through a desire of wealth and covetousness, he shouted at suitors with anger and severity.'