Pahlavi Texts, Part III (SBE 24) · 144 of 187

Chapter LVII

1. The fifty-seventh subject is this, that it is not proper to kill a hedgehog; and, everywhere that they see it, it is necessary to take it up and carry it into the wilderness (sa‘hrâ), so that it may go into a hole, which is ever considered a great good work. 2. Because, when a hedgehog is in their nest, some ants will die; it will also catch and eat thousands of snakes and other harmful creatures, and it eats all noxious creatures. 3. Therefore, owing to the whole of this, these words are expedient.

318:1 Lp, B29 have 'goes into an ant's nest.'

318:2 B29 omits these four words.