CHAPTER 4.

1. A sacred thread-girdle (kusti), should it be made of silk (parvand), is not proper; the hair (pashm) of a hairy goat and a hairy camel is proper, and from other hairy creatures (muyino) it is proper among the lowly (nakhezhik). 2. The least fullness necessary for it is exactly three finger-breadths; when it is exactly three finger-breadths altogether from one side, and when the rest is cut off, it is proper. 3. When one retains the prayer inwardly [that is, begun the baj] and has tied his girdle, and ties it anew once again, he will untie that which he has tied, and it is not proper. 4. Cloth of thick silk brocade (dipako) and figured silk (parnikano) is not good for girdling; and cloth of hide when the hair is stripped from it, of wool, of hair, of cotton, of dyed silk, and of wood is proper for shirting (shapikih).

5. Four finger-breadths of shirt is the measure of its width away from each side, from the neck to the skirt (parik); and as to the length before and behind, as much as is proper to cover up is good. 6. So much length and breadth, when it is double or thickened, are not proper; when on the separation (durmanak) of the two folds one remains clothed on one side, both when he wears the girdle (kusti), and when he does not wear the girdle, even then it is not undress (vishadakih). 7. When a skirt of one fold is put on, and the skirt has concealed both sides, the girdle is tied over it, and it is proper.

8. When two shirts are put on, and they shall tie the girdle over that which is above, then it is for him a root of the sin owing to running about uncovered. 9. By a man and woman, until fifteen years of age, there is no committal of the sin of running about uncovered; and the sin of unseasonable chatter arises after fifteen years of age. 10. The sin of running about uncovered, as far as three steps, is a Farman each step; at the fourth step is a Tanapuhr sin. 11. A girdle to which there is no fringe is proper; and when they shall tie a woman's ringlet (gurs) it is not proper.

12. Walking with one boot as far as four steps is a Tanapuhr sin, when with one movement; and after the fourth step as much as one shall walk is a Tanapuhr; and when he sits down and walks on the sin is the same that it would be from his starting-point (bunih); and there were some who said it is a Tanapuhr for each league (parasang). 13. At night, when they lie down, the shirt and girdle are to be worn, for they are more protecting for the body, and good for the soul. 14. When they lie down with the shirt and girdle, before sleep one shall utter one Ashem-vohu, and with every coming and going of the breath (vayo) is a good work of three Srosho-charanams; and if in that sleep decease occurs, his renunciation of sin is accomplished.