The Dark Side of the Net

There is a darkness inside us. This site is a doorway to the dark... if what you find passing through here disturbs you, there is no need to return. If you can resist...

Sacred Texts Zoroastrianism Index Previous Next

Pahlavi Texts, Part III (SBE24), E.W. West, tr. [1885], at DarkSideOfTheNet.com

CHAPTER XVII.

1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus: Which is that pleasure which is worse than unhappiness?'

3. The spirit of wisdom answered (4) thus: 'Whoever has acquired wealth by crime, and he becomes glad of it thereby 5, then that pleasure is worse for him than unhappiness.'

Footnotes

49:5 'Glad of the crime on account of the wealth' is probably meant.

Next: Chapter XVIII