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1I. WESTERGAARD’S FRAGMENTS. These are the fragments, nine in number, published by Westergaard in his edition of the Zend-Avesta (pp. 331-334). I. This formula, according to a modern Ravayat, is recited while putting on new clothes. 1. Along with Vohu Mané, Asha Vahista, and Khshathra Vairya, pronounce thou, for the men and women of the holy Zarathustra', a word of celebration and sacrifice, with a modest (?) voice. 2. Pronounce thou that word, O Zarathustra, for sacrifice and prayer unto us, the Amesha-Spentas?, that thereby sacrifice may accrue unto the Waters and the Plants, and unto the Fravashis of the righteous, and unto the Yazatas of the spiritual world and of this world, divine creatures, beneficent and holy. II. Faripon YAst. The following formulas are exactly conceived in the style of the Yast formulas. The Iranian Hercules, Thraétaona-Faridfn, as conqueror of Azi Dah4ka, is invoked against brigands.—Aszi being ? For the faithful. * The Amesha-Spentas, presiding over the different regions of nature, may be supposed to furnish the substance, of animal or vegetable origin, of which clothes are made. Cf. Fragments to Vd. XVIII, 2. , 246 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. a Serpent, Thraétaona appeared as well in a medical as in an heroic character: his Fravashi is invoked against itch and other diseases (Yt. XIII, 131), and his name is invoked in Tavfds (talismans) against illness, fever, and poison. 1. Fravarané. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daévas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification [unto Havani, &c.] Khshnaothra. Gratification unto the Fravashi of the holy Thraétaona, son of Athwya. Yatha ahd vairy6.—The Raspi: The wish of the Lord... (let this Zaotar proclaim it !) The Zét : Is the rule of Righteousness. Let the righteous man who knows it proclaim it! 2. We sacrifice unto Thraétaona, son of Athwya, holy, master of holiness, to save the pious worshippers from the brigand, from the robber, from the Karapans'. 3. Yatha ahd vairyé. Yasneméa. I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of the Fravashi of Thraétaona, son of Athwya. Ashem vohd. Ahmii raéska?. III. VisPA HUMATA. A prayer which it is recommended to recite every morning, after the prayer of the Havan-gah, and every night before going to bed. 1. All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds I do willingly. All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds I do unwillingly. 1 «The blind,’ those who are blind to the Law of Ahura. * The same formula as Yast IIT, 19. I. WESTERGAARD’S FRAGMENTS. 247 2. All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise. All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell. And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the badge of the righteous for Paradise. IV. GLORIFICATION OF THE AIRYAMA ISHYO PRAYER.
2247 2. All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise. All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell. And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the badge of the righteous for Paradise. IV. GLORIFICATION OF THE AIRYAMA ISHYO PRAYER. This fragment is the twenty-third and last Fargard of one of the G&thic Nasks, the Varshtm4nsar, which was a commentary in vulgar Zend on the GAtha texts. Its Pahlavi translation is found in the Dinkart, IX, 46. See the Airyama Ishyé6 itself, Yasna LIV, Vendidad XX, 11. 1. The Airyama Ishyé I declare, O pure Spitama, the greatest of all words; I created it as the most triumphant of all words. That is the word that the Saosyamts ! will pronounce. 2. Through it, I proclaim it, O Spitama, I become sovereign over my creation, I, Ahura Mazda; and through it Angra Mainyu, of the bad religion, shall lose the sovereignty over his own creation, O Spitama Zarathustra. 3. Angra Mainyu shall hide under the earth; under the earth shall the demons hide. The dead shall rise up, life shall come back to the bodies and they shall keep the breath. V. This fragment is composed of two series of invocations which differ only in the same manner as the Lesser Sir6za differs from ' The great saints of Mazdeism, whose virtue and merits are to bring about the decisive victory of Ahura over Angra Mainyu and the production of the resurrection. 248 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. the Greater one, that is to say, the first is introduced by the word Khshnaothra '*, and the second by the word yazamaidé ®. These are two forms of Khshnfiman for a Darfin celebrated on the Bahrém day for the benefit of a member of the family who is travelling. 1. [Khshnaothra. Gratification] to Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious ; To the Amesha-Spentas ; To the well-shapen and tall-formed Strength ; To Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing Ascendant ; To the Safety of the roads ; To the golden instrument® and to the Saokezta mount, made by Mazda; To all the Gods. 2. We sacrifice (yazamaidé) to Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious. We sacrifice to the Amesha-Spentas ; We sacrifice to the well-shapen and tall-formed Strength ; We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing Ascendant ; We sacrifice to the Safety of the roads; We sacrifice to the golden instrument and to the Saokewta mount, made by Mazda; We sacrifice to all the holy [Gods]. VI. These are the formulas recited in the preparation of the gtv4m (the milk that mixed with urvarém and hém makes the par4hém). Those formulas are found in the Pahlavi Commentary to the Nirangistan, § 68. The milch-goat which is going to yield the ' Not expressed; the object is in the genitive case. 3 “We worship, we sacrifice to’ (the object being in the accusative case). * See Khérshéd Nyyis, 8 (Zend-Avesta, part ii). I, WESTERGAARD'S FRAGMENTS. 249
3The milch-goat which is going to yield the ' Not expressed; the object is in the genitive case. 3 “We worship, we sacrifice to’ (the object being in the accusative case). * See Khérshéd Nyyis, 8 (Zend-Avesta, part ii). I, WESTERGAARD'S FRAGMENTS. 249 milk, is introduced into the Urvis-gah, whereupon the Mobed, after reciting three Khshnaothra and one Ashem voh@, pronounces the Fravarané in the honour of the present Gah and of the animal which is milked. Fravarané. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daévas, and obeys the laws of Ahura; [for sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification unto HAvani, &c.]} Khshnaothra. Gratification, for sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification, [If there is only one animal :] To the Body of the Bull’, to the Soul of the Bull; to thy soul, to thee (tava), O Beneficent Bull. Yatha ahd vairy6. The will of the Lord, &c. . [If there are two of them :] To the Body of the Bull, to the Soul of the Bull: to the soul of you both (yuvakem), O Beneficent Bulls. Yatha ahd vairyd .. [If there are three of them :] To the Body of the Bull, to the Soul of the Bull; to your soul (yushmakem), O Beneficent Bulls. Yatha ahd vairyé... VII. These are the formulas pronounced during the preparation of the holy water or Zaothra. They are found in the Pahlavi Commentary to Nirangistan, § 48. The Mobed, taking in hand the two Zaothra cups, recites a Khshnaothra to the waters. 1 Gaus has become the general name of all animal species. Cf. Vd. XXI, 1, n. 1. 250 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. 1. Khshnaothra. Gratification, for sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification, To the Good Waters' and to all the waters created by Mazda; To the great Sovereign Apim Napdd?, and to the water created by Mazda; To thee, O Ahurani*, [O Water] of Ahura! Yatha aha vairyé. [He puts the two cups on the surface of the water and says :] 2. We praise thee, O Ahurdni, [Water] of Ahura; we offer unto thee good sacrifices and good prayers, good offerings, offerings of assistance. [Then he dips them, takes them up and puts them upon the Urvis-stone while he pronounces the following words :] Yazatanaim, thw4, ashaongm, kukhshntsha, usbibar4mi, rathwaséa berezat6, gath4oséa srAvaydid : ‘I take thee up, may’st thou gratify the holy Gods and the great Ratu.—Let him sing the Gathas!’ VIII. The following fragment, the text of which is most corrupt and defies translation, seems to be a curse to destroy an enemy. 1. May he perish in the year, in the month! I, worshipper of Mazda, desire to make him perish by my spells. If a man utter them, the evildoer shall perish thereby quick and soon . . . May none be seized by that Drug! ? The waters of the present sacrifice. * See Yasts and Sirdzas, p. 6, n. 1. * The waters of the bowl from which the priest draws water. Cf. the Guimet Zend-Avesta, i, 409, n.2; 416. I, WESTERGAARD'S FRAGMENTS. 25!
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1I. WESTERGAARD’S FRAGMENTS. These are the fragments, nine in number, published by Westergaard in his edition of the Zend-Avesta (pp. 331-334). I. This formula, according to a modern Ravayat, is recited while putting on new clothes. 1. Along with Vohu Mané, Asha Vahista, and Khshathra Vairya, pronounce thou, for the men and women of the holy Zarathustra', a word of celebration and sacrifice, with a modest (?) voice. 2. Pronounce thou that word, O Zarathustra, for sacrifice and prayer unto us, the Amesha-Spentas?, that thereby sacrifice may accrue unto the Waters and the Plants, and unto the Fravashis of the righteous, and unto the Yazatas of the spiritual world and of this world, divine creatures, beneficent and holy. II. Faripon YAst. The following formulas are exactly conceived in the style of the Yast formulas. The Iranian Hercules, Thraétaona-Faridfn, as conqueror of Azi Dah4ka, is invoked against brigands.—Aszi being ? For the faithful. * The Amesha-Spentas, presiding over the different regions of nature, may be supposed to furnish the substance, of animal or vegetable origin, of which clothes are made. Cf. Fragments to Vd. XVIII, 2. , 246 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. a Serpent, Thraétaona appeared as well in a medical as in an heroic character: his Fravashi is invoked against itch and other diseases (Yt. XIII, 131), and his name is invoked in Tavfds (talismans) against illness, fever, and poison. 1. Fravarané. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daévas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification [unto Havani, &c.] Khshnaothra. Gratification unto the Fravashi of the holy Thraétaona, son of Athwya. Yatha ahd vairy6.—The Raspi: The wish of the Lord... (let this Zaotar proclaim it !) The Zét : Is the rule of Righteousness. Let the righteous man who knows it proclaim it! 2. We sacrifice unto Thraétaona, son of Athwya, holy, master of holiness, to save the pious worshippers from the brigand, from the robber, from the Karapans'. 3. Yatha ahd vairyé. Yasneméa. I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of the Fravashi of Thraétaona, son of Athwya. Ashem vohd. Ahmii raéska?. III. VisPA HUMATA. A prayer which it is recommended to recite every morning, after the prayer of the Havan-gah, and every night before going to bed. 1. All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds I do willingly. All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds I do unwillingly. 1 «The blind,’ those who are blind to the Law of Ahura. * The same formula as Yast IIT, 19. I. WESTERGAARD’S FRAGMENTS. 247 2. All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise. All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell. And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the badge of the righteous for Paradise. IV. GLORIFICATION OF THE AIRYAMA ISHYO PRAYER.
2247 2. All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise. All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell. And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the badge of the righteous for Paradise. IV. GLORIFICATION OF THE AIRYAMA ISHYO PRAYER. This fragment is the twenty-third and last Fargard of one of the G&thic Nasks, the Varshtm4nsar, which was a commentary in vulgar Zend on the GAtha texts. Its Pahlavi translation is found in the Dinkart, IX, 46. See the Airyama Ishyé6 itself, Yasna LIV, Vendidad XX, 11. 1. The Airyama Ishyé I declare, O pure Spitama, the greatest of all words; I created it as the most triumphant of all words. That is the word that the Saosyamts ! will pronounce. 2. Through it, I proclaim it, O Spitama, I become sovereign over my creation, I, Ahura Mazda; and through it Angra Mainyu, of the bad religion, shall lose the sovereignty over his own creation, O Spitama Zarathustra. 3. Angra Mainyu shall hide under the earth; under the earth shall the demons hide. The dead shall rise up, life shall come back to the bodies and they shall keep the breath. V. This fragment is composed of two series of invocations which differ only in the same manner as the Lesser Sir6za differs from ' The great saints of Mazdeism, whose virtue and merits are to bring about the decisive victory of Ahura over Angra Mainyu and the production of the resurrection. 248 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. the Greater one, that is to say, the first is introduced by the word Khshnaothra '*, and the second by the word yazamaidé ®. These are two forms of Khshnfiman for a Darfin celebrated on the Bahrém day for the benefit of a member of the family who is travelling. 1. [Khshnaothra. Gratification] to Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious ; To the Amesha-Spentas ; To the well-shapen and tall-formed Strength ; To Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing Ascendant ; To the Safety of the roads ; To the golden instrument® and to the Saokezta mount, made by Mazda; To all the Gods. 2. We sacrifice (yazamaidé) to Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious. We sacrifice to the Amesha-Spentas ; We sacrifice to the well-shapen and tall-formed Strength ; We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing Ascendant ; We sacrifice to the Safety of the roads; We sacrifice to the golden instrument and to the Saokewta mount, made by Mazda; We sacrifice to all the holy [Gods]. VI. These are the formulas recited in the preparation of the gtv4m (the milk that mixed with urvarém and hém makes the par4hém). Those formulas are found in the Pahlavi Commentary to the Nirangistan, § 68. The milch-goat which is going to yield the ' Not expressed; the object is in the genitive case. 3 “We worship, we sacrifice to’ (the object being in the accusative case). * See Khérshéd Nyyis, 8 (Zend-Avesta, part ii). I, WESTERGAARD'S FRAGMENTS. 249
3The milch-goat which is going to yield the ' Not expressed; the object is in the genitive case. 3 “We worship, we sacrifice to’ (the object being in the accusative case). * See Khérshéd Nyyis, 8 (Zend-Avesta, part ii). I, WESTERGAARD'S FRAGMENTS. 249 milk, is introduced into the Urvis-gah, whereupon the Mobed, after reciting three Khshnaothra and one Ashem voh@, pronounces the Fravarané in the honour of the present Gah and of the animal which is milked. Fravarané. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daévas, and obeys the laws of Ahura; [for sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification unto HAvani, &c.]} Khshnaothra. Gratification, for sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification, [If there is only one animal :] To the Body of the Bull’, to the Soul of the Bull; to thy soul, to thee (tava), O Beneficent Bull. Yatha ahd vairy6. The will of the Lord, &c. . [If there are two of them :] To the Body of the Bull, to the Soul of the Bull: to the soul of you both (yuvakem), O Beneficent Bulls. Yatha ahd vairyd .. [If there are three of them :] To the Body of the Bull, to the Soul of the Bull; to your soul (yushmakem), O Beneficent Bulls. Yatha ahd vairyé... VII. These are the formulas pronounced during the preparation of the holy water or Zaothra. They are found in the Pahlavi Commentary to Nirangistan, § 48. The Mobed, taking in hand the two Zaothra cups, recites a Khshnaothra to the waters. 1 Gaus has become the general name of all animal species. Cf. Vd. XXI, 1, n. 1. 250 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. 1. Khshnaothra. Gratification, for sacrifice, prayer, gratification, and glorification, To the Good Waters' and to all the waters created by Mazda; To the great Sovereign Apim Napdd?, and to the water created by Mazda; To thee, O Ahurani*, [O Water] of Ahura! Yatha aha vairyé. [He puts the two cups on the surface of the water and says :] 2. We praise thee, O Ahurdni, [Water] of Ahura; we offer unto thee good sacrifices and good prayers, good offerings, offerings of assistance. [Then he dips them, takes them up and puts them upon the Urvis-stone while he pronounces the following words :] Yazatanaim, thw4, ashaongm, kukhshntsha, usbibar4mi, rathwaséa berezat6, gath4oséa srAvaydid : ‘I take thee up, may’st thou gratify the holy Gods and the great Ratu.—Let him sing the Gathas!’ VIII. The following fragment, the text of which is most corrupt and defies translation, seems to be a curse to destroy an enemy. 1. May he perish in the year, in the month! I, worshipper of Mazda, desire to make him perish by my spells. If a man utter them, the evildoer shall perish thereby quick and soon . . . May none be seized by that Drug! ? The waters of the present sacrifice. * See Yasts and Sirdzas, p. 6, n. 1. * The waters of the bowl from which the priest draws water. Cf. the Guimet Zend-Avesta, i, 409, n.2; 416. I, WESTERGAARD'S FRAGMENTS. 25!
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