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1the three best things of the world are °: 88. The sacrifice offered to me, Ahura Mazda; the sacrifice and prayer, the bounteous free offering, the free offering of pleasure’, the free offering of assistance * made unto the fire of Ahura Mazda; 89. And the pleasure, the graciousness, the gifts, the deference shown unto the righteous, rich in good thoughts, rich in good words, rich in good works. - 7 The offering that rejoices the fire (that increases the brightness and gaiety of its light and its sound). ® The offering that feeds him and makes him stronger. 294 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. XL, XLI. XL.—9o0. M4éa té ithra Spetama Zarathustra astvatahé angheusdidrezvé ptsa manahtm paiti raékhstsa. XLI.—91. Y6zt Spetama Zarathustra astvahé angheus didrezvé ptsa mananghtm ahfm paiti erendisti, 92. Néid hé gaus bvad nédid ashem nédid raok6 ndid vahist6 anghus yé6 mana yad@ Ahurahé Mazdau. 93. Bvad vispanim asha-4ithraném padishesteméa yad ereghad daozanghum. XLII. 94. Yavad nd asha vaéaiti (read vandaiti ?) Spetama Zarathustra vispa tarsuéa khshudraéa vnaiti (read vandaiti) anamasnaéa vanghunaéa thrayanaéa. XLII. 95. Néid nmané-bakhtem néid vispé-bakhtem noid zantu-bakhtem ndid danhu-bakhtem ; 96. Néid framantm brathranam 4ztzusté ; 97. Néid asté htasttm (read hutasttm) ndid tanvd huraétm (read huraoidhtm). 98. Tad zt ashava Zarathustra Ainma kahydkid angheus astvat6é yé ashahé dinma vastemé anghad. XLIV. 99. Néid nd aétahmi anghvé yad astvanti Spen- 1 «To get treasures of gold and silver ’ (Comm.) ® The other world, Paradise. * He will not see Goshdrfn, who sits in the sphere of the sun (Bundahis IV). * He will not see Asha Vahishta (Ardibahisht), who is both the second Amshaspand and the impersonation of holiness and subsequent bliss. 5 Asha, righteousness, obtains everything ; that is to say, that all the good things of the world are a reward that attends piety. V. TAHMURAS’ FRAGMENTS. 295 rs XL, XLI. XL.—go. To obtain the treasures of the material world',O Spitama Zarathustra! forego not the world of the Spirit 2. XLI.—g1. For he who, O Spitama Zarathustra ! to obtain the treasures of the material world destroyeth the world of the Spirit, 92. Such a one shall possess neither the Bull’, nor Asha‘, neither the Celestial Light, nor the Paradise of me, Ahura Mazda. 93- But he shall possess the filthiest of all things, horrible Hell. XLII. 94. All these things Asha obtaineth*®, O Spitama Zarathustra! it obtaineth everything good, corn and drinks, ever so great, so good, so goodly. XLIIT. 95- One cannot have for the wishing the power of head of the house, head of the borough, head of the district, head of the province ° ; 96. Neither authority over brethren 7; 97. Neither a well set up frame and a lofty stature *. 98. But there is one thing that every man in this world below may love, O Spitama Zarathustra! he may love Virtue. XLIV. 99. [But]® at present in this world below, O Spi-
2Neither authority over brethren 7; 97. Neither a well set up frame and a lofty stature *. 98. But there is one thing that every man in this world below may love, O Spitama Zarathustra! he may love Virtue. XLIV. 99. [But]® at present in this world below, O Spi- * This is a privilege the possession of which does not depend on our free will, as it depends on heredity or the will of the prince. 7 This depends on age. * This depends on nature's caprice. * We add ‘but’ on the assumption that this fragment is the continuation of the preceding. 296 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. tama Zarathustra aévé néid dva néid thrayé ndid frayanghé ashahé. 100. Néid ashayau frasenti yé ndéid drighés ashédkaésahé avanghaséa thrathrahséa (read thrathranghas&a) pesaumté (read peresaunteé). XLV. ror. Paéurus darena (read karena) apadAta afra- Akikis héi uruné afravadééis hava hizva, 102. Y6 ndéid mathrad spextau. XLVI-XLIX. XLVI.—103. Néid hau sdr6é Zarathustra ndid asha sfird. XLVII.—104. Néid hau tahmé yé nédid ashtahmé. XLVIII.—105. Néid hau 4s vaozé Zarathustra noid ahmA4d vashAta, 106. Y6 néid ashahé vahistahé beregi framaretahé mayau vaozé. XLIX.—107. Y6 néid narem ashavanem A4vaéhva athahva jaseztem khsnaésta va khsndvayéité va. 108. TaéZa Spitama Zarathustra angheus vahistahé £ithré paityaunté, 109. Y6i anghé nerebyé ashavabyé ayapté-datemaséa asperez6-détemaséa. L. 110. Hé dadhé ashem upa raodhayéité yé drvaité dadhaité. 111, Gathwdis tastid vana : ’ There are many truths which can be conceived or expressed only through Revelation. ® «He has promoted nothing good’ (Comm.) Vv. TAHMURAS’ FRAGMENTS. 297 tama Zarathustra! there is not one just man, not two, nor three, nor several. 100. They seek not after righteousness, they seek not to succour and maintain the poor follower of the Holy Law. oy aw XLV. 101. There be many works of wisdom which the soul may not conceive nor the tongue declare, 102. Without the Holy Word’. XLVI-XLIX. XLVI.—103. He is not mighty, O Zarathustra! who is not mighty in righteousness. XLVII.—104. He is not strong, who is not strong in righteousness. XLVIII.—105. He has promoted nought’, O Zarathustra! and he shall promote nought, 106. Who does not promote ‘the laws of perfect holiness, pondered in his heart ® ; XLIX.—107. Who hath not rejoiced, who rejoiceth not the righteous man who cometh within his gates *. 108. For they, O Spitama Zarathustra! shall behold the Paradise, 109. Who are most bounteous to the righteous and least vex their souls. L. 110. He who giveth to the Ungodly harmeth Asha 5, 111. Even as it is written in the Gatha: * «Who does not undertake to promote religion and good deeds as he ought’ (Comm.) * Lit. ‘on his property.’ ® He does harm to virtue, or to the Genius of virtue. 298 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. 112. Hv6é zt drvau ye drvaité vahist6 (Yasna XLVI, 60). LI. 113. Ashem vohd vahistem astt. LII. 114. Ashad sid hak& vangheus dazda. LIII. 115. Apasé4 dad urvarausk4 vanghts (Yasna
3‘on his property.’ ® He does harm to virtue, or to the Genius of virtue. 298 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. 112. Hv6é zt drvau ye drvaité vahist6 (Yasna XLVI, 60). LI. 113. Ashem vohd vahistem astt. LII. 114. Ashad sid hak& vangheus dazda. LIII. 115. Apasé4 dad urvarausk4 vanghts (Yasna XXXVII, 1). LIV. 116. Yad kid dim dava datdis uzrAtis, 117. Néid aétahé uzarené naéda varé avavaité. LVI. 118, Néid hé tahmé anavahim gayad 119. Néid adhaiti frardithyanam urvidyéiti 120. Taunghré daregha data ashaoné Zarathus- trahé, LVII. 121. Visaiti ainyd usyéd néid ainyd evisemnd Astryaéité, 122. Ava vaésaété naéta Aid Astryéité. LVIII. 123, 124. Daresa n4 pairyaokhtaga uzustanau Adareyéité nyété ustanavaitts (124) vispau frasumaitts. 1 Yasna XLVI, 6 c (GAtha ustavaiti). * First line of the Ashem vohf. * From the Ahuna vairya (see the whole of the prayer, Vd. VII, 19). * Yasna XXXVII, 1. 5 The var, the ordeal, of which there were thirty-three. The most usual was the one which Adarbad Mahraspand underwent V. TAHMURAS FRAGMENTS. 299 112. ‘ He is unrighteous who is good to the unrighteous". LI. 113. Holiness is the best of all good *. LII. 114. [The wish of the Lord is the rule] of Holi- ness, The gifts of Vohu Mané... °. LIII. 115. He has made the good waters and the good plants ¢. LIV. 116, And though he may bribe the judge with presents, 117. He cannot bribe the ordeal® and escape it. LVI. 118-120. .......00.000. ? ' LVII* 121. If the one accept and not the other, he who refuseth is in fault. 122. If both accept, there is no fault. LVIII. 123, 124. With glance and with speech, a man superintendeth his worldly wealth, inanimate and animate, goods and chattels ’. successfully, when he confounded the heretics and manifested the orthodox doctrine by having molten metal poured upon his breast. * This fragment seems to refer to the proposal made by one of the litigants to have recourse to an ordeal (cf. Fragments in the Farhang, 15). . 7 He superintends his inanimate property with his look, and his animate property with speech. VI. THE ERPATISTAN AND NIRANGISTAN. Of all the lost Nasks, the one of which the largest fragments have been preserved is the seventeenth one called the Hfsp4ram. It was composed of sixty-four Fargards, of which two of the first thirty were called Erpatist4n, ‘the Sacerdotal Code,’ and Nfrangist4n, ‘the Ritual Code ;’ the former dealing chiefly with clerical organisation, and the latter with a portion of the ritual. Their general contents are known from the analysis of the Nasks given in the Dinkart (VIII, ch. 28, 29 ; West, Pahlavi Texts, IV, 92-97).
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.
1the three best things of the world are °: 88. The sacrifice offered to me, Ahura Mazda; the sacrifice and prayer, the bounteous free offering, the free offering of pleasure’, the free offering of assistance * made unto the fire of Ahura Mazda; 89. And the pleasure, the graciousness, the gifts, the deference shown unto the righteous, rich in good thoughts, rich in good words, rich in good works. - 7 The offering that rejoices the fire (that increases the brightness and gaiety of its light and its sound). ® The offering that feeds him and makes him stronger. 294 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. XL, XLI. XL.—9o0. M4éa té ithra Spetama Zarathustra astvatahé angheusdidrezvé ptsa manahtm paiti raékhstsa. XLI.—91. Y6zt Spetama Zarathustra astvahé angheus didrezvé ptsa mananghtm ahfm paiti erendisti, 92. Néid hé gaus bvad nédid ashem nédid raok6 ndid vahist6 anghus yé6 mana yad@ Ahurahé Mazdau. 93. Bvad vispanim asha-4ithraném padishesteméa yad ereghad daozanghum. XLII. 94. Yavad nd asha vaéaiti (read vandaiti ?) Spetama Zarathustra vispa tarsuéa khshudraéa vnaiti (read vandaiti) anamasnaéa vanghunaéa thrayanaéa. XLII. 95. Néid nmané-bakhtem néid vispé-bakhtem noid zantu-bakhtem ndid danhu-bakhtem ; 96. Néid framantm brathranam 4ztzusté ; 97. Néid asté htasttm (read hutasttm) ndid tanvd huraétm (read huraoidhtm). 98. Tad zt ashava Zarathustra Ainma kahydkid angheus astvat6é yé ashahé dinma vastemé anghad. XLIV. 99. Néid nd aétahmi anghvé yad astvanti Spen- 1 «To get treasures of gold and silver ’ (Comm.) ® The other world, Paradise. * He will not see Goshdrfn, who sits in the sphere of the sun (Bundahis IV). * He will not see Asha Vahishta (Ardibahisht), who is both the second Amshaspand and the impersonation of holiness and subsequent bliss. 5 Asha, righteousness, obtains everything ; that is to say, that all the good things of the world are a reward that attends piety. V. TAHMURAS’ FRAGMENTS. 295 rs XL, XLI. XL.—go. To obtain the treasures of the material world',O Spitama Zarathustra! forego not the world of the Spirit 2. XLI.—g1. For he who, O Spitama Zarathustra ! to obtain the treasures of the material world destroyeth the world of the Spirit, 92. Such a one shall possess neither the Bull’, nor Asha‘, neither the Celestial Light, nor the Paradise of me, Ahura Mazda. 93- But he shall possess the filthiest of all things, horrible Hell. XLII. 94. All these things Asha obtaineth*®, O Spitama Zarathustra! it obtaineth everything good, corn and drinks, ever so great, so good, so goodly. XLIIT. 95- One cannot have for the wishing the power of head of the house, head of the borough, head of the district, head of the province ° ; 96. Neither authority over brethren 7; 97. Neither a well set up frame and a lofty stature *. 98. But there is one thing that every man in this world below may love, O Spitama Zarathustra! he may love Virtue. XLIV. 99. [But]® at present in this world below, O Spi-
2Neither authority over brethren 7; 97. Neither a well set up frame and a lofty stature *. 98. But there is one thing that every man in this world below may love, O Spitama Zarathustra! he may love Virtue. XLIV. 99. [But]® at present in this world below, O Spi- * This is a privilege the possession of which does not depend on our free will, as it depends on heredity or the will of the prince. 7 This depends on age. * This depends on nature's caprice. * We add ‘but’ on the assumption that this fragment is the continuation of the preceding. 296 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. tama Zarathustra aévé néid dva néid thrayé ndid frayanghé ashahé. 100. Néid ashayau frasenti yé ndéid drighés ashédkaésahé avanghaséa thrathrahséa (read thrathranghas&a) pesaumté (read peresaunteé). XLV. ror. Paéurus darena (read karena) apadAta afra- Akikis héi uruné afravadééis hava hizva, 102. Y6 ndéid mathrad spextau. XLVI-XLIX. XLVI.—103. Néid hau sdr6é Zarathustra ndid asha sfird. XLVII.—104. Néid hau tahmé yé nédid ashtahmé. XLVIII.—105. Néid hau 4s vaozé Zarathustra noid ahmA4d vashAta, 106. Y6 néid ashahé vahistahé beregi framaretahé mayau vaozé. XLIX.—107. Y6 néid narem ashavanem A4vaéhva athahva jaseztem khsnaésta va khsndvayéité va. 108. TaéZa Spitama Zarathustra angheus vahistahé £ithré paityaunté, 109. Y6i anghé nerebyé ashavabyé ayapté-datemaséa asperez6-détemaséa. L. 110. Hé dadhé ashem upa raodhayéité yé drvaité dadhaité. 111, Gathwdis tastid vana : ’ There are many truths which can be conceived or expressed only through Revelation. ® «He has promoted nothing good’ (Comm.) Vv. TAHMURAS’ FRAGMENTS. 297 tama Zarathustra! there is not one just man, not two, nor three, nor several. 100. They seek not after righteousness, they seek not to succour and maintain the poor follower of the Holy Law. oy aw XLV. 101. There be many works of wisdom which the soul may not conceive nor the tongue declare, 102. Without the Holy Word’. XLVI-XLIX. XLVI.—103. He is not mighty, O Zarathustra! who is not mighty in righteousness. XLVII.—104. He is not strong, who is not strong in righteousness. XLVIII.—105. He has promoted nought’, O Zarathustra! and he shall promote nought, 106. Who does not promote ‘the laws of perfect holiness, pondered in his heart ® ; XLIX.—107. Who hath not rejoiced, who rejoiceth not the righteous man who cometh within his gates *. 108. For they, O Spitama Zarathustra! shall behold the Paradise, 109. Who are most bounteous to the righteous and least vex their souls. L. 110. He who giveth to the Ungodly harmeth Asha 5, 111. Even as it is written in the Gatha: * «Who does not undertake to promote religion and good deeds as he ought’ (Comm.) * Lit. ‘on his property.’ ® He does harm to virtue, or to the Genius of virtue. 298 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. 112. Hv6é zt drvau ye drvaité vahist6 (Yasna XLVI, 60). LI. 113. Ashem vohd vahistem astt. LII. 114. Ashad sid hak& vangheus dazda. LIII. 115. Apasé4 dad urvarausk4 vanghts (Yasna
3‘on his property.’ ® He does harm to virtue, or to the Genius of virtue. 298 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. 112. Hv6é zt drvau ye drvaité vahist6 (Yasna XLVI, 60). LI. 113. Ashem vohd vahistem astt. LII. 114. Ashad sid hak& vangheus dazda. LIII. 115. Apasé4 dad urvarausk4 vanghts (Yasna XXXVII, 1). LIV. 116. Yad kid dim dava datdis uzrAtis, 117. Néid aétahé uzarené naéda varé avavaité. LVI. 118, Néid hé tahmé anavahim gayad 119. Néid adhaiti frardithyanam urvidyéiti 120. Taunghré daregha data ashaoné Zarathus- trahé, LVII. 121. Visaiti ainyd usyéd néid ainyd evisemnd Astryaéité, 122. Ava vaésaété naéta Aid Astryéité. LVIII. 123, 124. Daresa n4 pairyaokhtaga uzustanau Adareyéité nyété ustanavaitts (124) vispau frasumaitts. 1 Yasna XLVI, 6 c (GAtha ustavaiti). * First line of the Ashem vohf. * From the Ahuna vairya (see the whole of the prayer, Vd. VII, 19). * Yasna XXXVII, 1. 5 The var, the ordeal, of which there were thirty-three. The most usual was the one which Adarbad Mahraspand underwent V. TAHMURAS FRAGMENTS. 299 112. ‘ He is unrighteous who is good to the unrighteous". LI. 113. Holiness is the best of all good *. LII. 114. [The wish of the Lord is the rule] of Holi- ness, The gifts of Vohu Mané... °. LIII. 115. He has made the good waters and the good plants ¢. LIV. 116, And though he may bribe the judge with presents, 117. He cannot bribe the ordeal® and escape it. LVI. 118-120. .......00.000. ? ' LVII* 121. If the one accept and not the other, he who refuseth is in fault. 122. If both accept, there is no fault. LVIII. 123, 124. With glance and with speech, a man superintendeth his worldly wealth, inanimate and animate, goods and chattels ’. successfully, when he confounded the heretics and manifested the orthodox doctrine by having molten metal poured upon his breast. * This fragment seems to refer to the proposal made by one of the litigants to have recourse to an ordeal (cf. Fragments in the Farhang, 15). . 7 He superintends his inanimate property with his look, and his animate property with speech. VI. THE ERPATISTAN AND NIRANGISTAN. Of all the lost Nasks, the one of which the largest fragments have been preserved is the seventeenth one called the Hfsp4ram. It was composed of sixty-four Fargards, of which two of the first thirty were called Erpatist4n, ‘the Sacerdotal Code,’ and Nfrangist4n, ‘the Ritual Code ;’ the former dealing chiefly with clerical organisation, and the latter with a portion of the ritual. Their general contents are known from the analysis of the Nasks given in the Dinkart (VIII, ch. 28, 29 ; West, Pahlavi Texts, IV, 92-97).
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.
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