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1Vispai. ~ Ashaya né paiti gamy4d Amesha Spenta. Ashem véhd 3 aiwi-garedhmahé apim vanghinam. Ashem véh0 3 fravarané mazdayasné Zarathustres. > Ashaya dadhami. ° Mané maretandméa. Vaké maretanamka. 1 Ratufrish, literally, ‘he has blessed the masters,’ he has done his duty ; he is all right. VI. ERPATISTAN AND N{RANGISTAN. 317 If one rouse, and the other rise not, The one who roused is accepted '. 20. How many assistants * can the Zaotar lawfully have in the recitation of the Ahuna Vairya ? As many as repeat after him in a hushed voice while he sings aloud or recites the Yasna. 21. If the Zaotar listen to the assistants, And his assistants listen not to the Zaotar, The Zaotar is accepted ; And so are his assistants for all that they recite themselves *. If the Zaotar listen not to his assistants, The assistants are accepted ; And so is the Zaotar for all that he recites himself‘, 22. The assistant’ is accepted who sings the GAthas, And follows inwardly the Yasna® and the Fshdshém&thra 7; For the man is guilty who does not follow the (prose) texts °, Even as the Gathas. If he sing the Gathas and followinwardly the Yasna, * ‘How many R4spis?’ (Comm.)— One of the offices of the Raéspf is to make the responses to the Z6t, and to answer atha ratus in the Ahuna Vairya recited as a dialogue. * Not for what has been recited by the Zaotar. ‘ Not for what has been recited by the RAspfs. 5 The RAspf assisting the Zét in the recitation of the G&thas. For instance, at the end of each Gathic HA, he: repeats with the Zét the initial stanza. * The Yasna Haptanghiiti. 7 The Tad séidhis H4 (Yasna LVIII). ® Sravanghem ; the prose texts, what is not Gatha. He must repeat aloud the GAtha texts and follow the rest inwardly. 318 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. Vispanam géthandm ratufres. Yasnem yazaiti gathandm sravamn&m paitisti (read paitistaiti), Yasnahé aévahé ratufris aratufris gathandm 8. 23. Y4 gAthau afsmainya rayaté va ratufris. Vakastastivad srayamné (read sravayamné) aétavaté ktarAéid ratufris yavad framarenti b. 24. Y4 yasnem yazebenti afsmainy4n va vaéastastivad va va fratufrya (read ratufrya). Ham-srud vakayddhi yézietva (read vaéa yézi yézyAd va) aratufrya. Kad ham-srud vakiméa ? Yad hakad 4rmuté (read 4mrité) afsmainiivanéa vakasta (read vaéasastivat). Avagy6é surunvaiati ndéid ainyéd, Aés6 ratufris y6 nédid aiwisrunditi °¢ 25. Y6 gathandm anumaiti va anu mainaiti, Ainyéhé va sravayant6 paitistanti, Anyé v4 hé dahmé srut6-gathau dadhiiti aratufris, Asrutau dadhaiti. 26. Y6 gathau sravayéiti apd v4 paitis Avainé, Raodhanghé va keresiim va sadhétanim (read gadhétinam), GAathanam vA vayaztanam, Yézi hvaéibyé usibyé aiwisrunvaiti ratufris. Yézi fad néid hvaéibya usibya aiwisurunvaiti rapayad (read apay4d) ; * YA syaothen4 ya vakangha. Humatanim. > Ahyé y4s4 nemangha ustanazast6, Ahya nemangha. ° Hakad. 1 The Zét and the R4spf. * Detached verses (?). VI. ERPATISTAN AND NfRANGISTAN. 319
2Yézi fad néid hvaéibya usibya aiwisurunvaiti rapayad (read apay4d) ; * YA syaothen4 ya vakangha. Humatanim. > Ahyé y4s4 nemangha ustanazast6, Ahya nemangha. ° Hakad. 1 The Zét and the R4spf. * Detached verses (?). VI. ERPATISTAN AND NfRANGISTAN. 319 He is accepted for all the Gathas. If he recite the Yasna and follow inwardly the GAthas, he is accepted only for the Yasna, he is not accepted for the Gathas. 23. If the two priests! sing together Gatha verses, both are accepted. If they sing stanzas, both are accepted in the proportion that they recite (?). 24. If two priests *® celebrate together the Yasna verse by verse, or stanza by stanza, both are accepted. If they hear the words of one another, they are not accepted ¢. What is hearing one another's words ? It is when they recite together verses or stanzas. If one listen and the other listen not, The one who does not listen is accepted. 25. If he think the Gathas inwardly 5, Or listen to another's singing, Or get another of the faithful to sing them,—he is not accepted, as he does not sing them himself. 26. If he sing the Gathas near a water-spring °, Or near a river, or among a gang of rioters, Or during the passing of a caravan, If he can hear himself with his own ears, he is accepted, If he cannot hear his own voice, let him try to raise (it above the noise) ; * Two different Zaotars perform at the same time two independent offices. The place for the office, the so-called Izishn-g4h, is arranged in such a way that the celebration of several offices can take place at the same time. ‘ As they disturb one another, and their attention is not undivided. ® Without singing them himself. § Which drowns his voice. 320 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS, Yézi apéid 4ad néid apdi (read apéia) ts, Aétadha mamdhya (read madhmya) vaéé framaremné ratufris 4. 27. Kvad na netema vasa gathau sravayé ratufris ? Yézi hé nazdisté6 dahmé vi surunvaiti yavad va aém aém havaéibya usibya. II. The Daran. 28, Gantuméd yavandm ratufres >, III. Strong drink forbidden during the sacrifice. 29. YOi aéteé (read aété) maidhyanim par6 Avaret6id pAthau (read gathau) néid sravayéiti, Paoithya (read paoirya) varista aésim syaothaneméa akithdiristem. 30. Tad Avarené badha asti : Dahmé huram Avaraiti madhé aspy4 payanghéd, Daity4 draonau Avaréd madhé Azaraiti, * Aétadha madhmya vasa. >Ashaya dadhami Avarethem myazdem: haurvata ameretata. Ahurahé mazdau. Ashaya né paiti gamyad. Hvarata naré. Ashaya né6 paiti gamy4d. Aétaéam 4yatamnahé. Nemé Ahuréi = ashem vohd 3. Khsnaothra _khsnaothra Amesha Spenta. Itha 4d yazamaidé Avarethem myazdem. Haurvata ameretata gaus hudhau apé. Urvara haurvata ameretata. Aésmi baoidhi Akvarethem myazdem. Ama humat4é4 hikhtaé4 itha. Néid his baréid upa kashem. 9 Ashem vohd ith4 ashem véhd ashem itha. VI. ERPATISTAN AND NSRANGISTAN. 321 If he can raise (it so, all well) ; if he cannot, He shall recite with a medium voice and will be accepted.
3Aésmi baoidhi Akvarethem myazdem. Ama humat4é4 hikhtaé4 itha. Néid his baréid upa kashem. 9 Ashem vohd ith4 ashem véhd ashem itha. VI. ERPATISTAN AND NSRANGISTAN. 321 If he can raise (it so, all well) ; if he cannot, He shall recite with a medium voice and will be accepted. 27. How loud at the least shall he sing the Gathas in order to be accepted ? Loud enough for the nearest of the faithful, for this one or that one, to hear him with his own ears. Il. The Darin. 28. Amongst grains, (the draoné ') made with corn is accepted °. III. Strong drink forbidden during the sacrifice *. 29. Those who, from drinking too much strong drink, have not sung the Gathas ¢, On the first time it happens‘, have not to atone for it. 30. This is thy way of feeding : When a pious man drinks strong drink, wine or mare’s milk, and eating with moderation drinks with 1 The draoné, darfin, is a consecrated round little cake which is tasted by the Zét at the end of the Srésh darfin (Yasna VIII, 4): it is a sort of Zoroastrian host. * This sentence does not really belong to the Zend Nirangist&n ; it is a quotation from some other Fargard, inserted in the Pahlavi commentary, though the analysis in the Dinkart, being based upon the Pahlavi text, mentions it among the matters treated in the Nirangistén (Dinkart VIII, 29, 2: ‘concerning the darfin, &c.’). * * About abstaining from drinking strong wine during the sacrifice’ (Dinkart VIII, 29, 3). * ‘They drink wine, get drunk, and do not celebrate the Gahanbér.’ (Comm.) * The first time they did not know the consequences of their intemperance, and are not considered responsible for them. [4] Y 322 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. Néid gathanam asruiti Astryéti. Fradhau-draoné Avaré madhaité, N4 gathandm asruiti. IV. The recitation of the GAthas. 31. Y6 bis hastarem srAvayéiti ratufryé. Thris hastrem srAvayenti (read srAvayemti aratufris). Kvad nitemem hastrem anghad ratufryeé ? thris 4. 32. Y6 gathau pairi ukhshayéiti sravayamti Yézi arastrem pairi [akhta (read aokhta) pairi] adha V4 vakad apayanta aratufrya Paska va paré va pairi 4dha [a Jratufryé. 33. Katha zaotha gathau frasravayditi ? naémé vagastasti madhimya vada Zarathustri mana; Yézika aéteé vak6 apayaéiti ydi hexti gathahva bisAmrfta thrisamritaéa Aathrusamritaéa, Daévandam kereta, Aétaésim vasam aratufryé. 34. Kaya paati (read haati) vaéa bisimrdta? Ahy4 y4sia—humatanam—ashahy4 4ad—yatha td i—huméim thw4 tzem—thwéi staotarasé4— usta * Sad vAstrahé Zarathustréis nem6 :—‘ Homage to Isadvastra, son of Zarathustra.’ Vispau gaéthau. Ahurahé Mazdau raévat6 évarenanghat6 ashaundm. Ahurahé Mazdau géthauby6 ashaunam. gathaby6. Ahurahé Mazdau ashaundm yau visadha 4vayanti. Ahurahé Mazdau Mithrahé vispaésim ashaondm. Ahurahé Mazdau Mithrahé vispaésim gathaby6 ashaonam. VI. ERPATISTAN AND N{RANGISTAN. 323 moderation too, if he sing not the Gathas’, he is not guilty. If he eat too much and get drunk, for not singing the Gathas [he is guilty].
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.
1Vispai. ~ Ashaya né paiti gamy4d Amesha Spenta. Ashem véhd 3 aiwi-garedhmahé apim vanghinam. Ashem véh0 3 fravarané mazdayasné Zarathustres. > Ashaya dadhami. ° Mané maretandméa. Vaké maretanamka. 1 Ratufrish, literally, ‘he has blessed the masters,’ he has done his duty ; he is all right. VI. ERPATISTAN AND N{RANGISTAN. 317 If one rouse, and the other rise not, The one who roused is accepted '. 20. How many assistants * can the Zaotar lawfully have in the recitation of the Ahuna Vairya ? As many as repeat after him in a hushed voice while he sings aloud or recites the Yasna. 21. If the Zaotar listen to the assistants, And his assistants listen not to the Zaotar, The Zaotar is accepted ; And so are his assistants for all that they recite themselves *. If the Zaotar listen not to his assistants, The assistants are accepted ; And so is the Zaotar for all that he recites himself‘, 22. The assistant’ is accepted who sings the GAthas, And follows inwardly the Yasna® and the Fshdshém&thra 7; For the man is guilty who does not follow the (prose) texts °, Even as the Gathas. If he sing the Gathas and followinwardly the Yasna, * ‘How many R4spis?’ (Comm.)— One of the offices of the Raéspf is to make the responses to the Z6t, and to answer atha ratus in the Ahuna Vairya recited as a dialogue. * Not for what has been recited by the Zaotar. ‘ Not for what has been recited by the RAspfs. 5 The RAspf assisting the Zét in the recitation of the G&thas. For instance, at the end of each Gathic HA, he: repeats with the Zét the initial stanza. * The Yasna Haptanghiiti. 7 The Tad séidhis H4 (Yasna LVIII). ® Sravanghem ; the prose texts, what is not Gatha. He must repeat aloud the GAtha texts and follow the rest inwardly. 318 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. Vispanam géthandm ratufres. Yasnem yazaiti gathandm sravamn&m paitisti (read paitistaiti), Yasnahé aévahé ratufris aratufris gathandm 8. 23. Y4 gAthau afsmainya rayaté va ratufris. Vakastastivad srayamné (read sravayamné) aétavaté ktarAéid ratufris yavad framarenti b. 24. Y4 yasnem yazebenti afsmainy4n va vaéastastivad va va fratufrya (read ratufrya). Ham-srud vakayddhi yézietva (read vaéa yézi yézyAd va) aratufrya. Kad ham-srud vakiméa ? Yad hakad 4rmuté (read 4mrité) afsmainiivanéa vakasta (read vaéasastivat). Avagy6é surunvaiati ndéid ainyéd, Aés6 ratufris y6 nédid aiwisrunditi °¢ 25. Y6 gathandm anumaiti va anu mainaiti, Ainyéhé va sravayant6 paitistanti, Anyé v4 hé dahmé srut6-gathau dadhiiti aratufris, Asrutau dadhaiti. 26. Y6 gathau sravayéiti apd v4 paitis Avainé, Raodhanghé va keresiim va sadhétanim (read gadhétinam), GAathanam vA vayaztanam, Yézi hvaéibyé usibyé aiwisrunvaiti ratufris. Yézi fad néid hvaéibya usibya aiwisurunvaiti rapayad (read apay4d) ; * YA syaothen4 ya vakangha. Humatanim. > Ahyé y4s4 nemangha ustanazast6, Ahya nemangha. ° Hakad. 1 The Zét and the R4spf. * Detached verses (?). VI. ERPATISTAN AND NfRANGISTAN. 319
2Yézi fad néid hvaéibya usibya aiwisurunvaiti rapayad (read apay4d) ; * YA syaothen4 ya vakangha. Humatanim. > Ahyé y4s4 nemangha ustanazast6, Ahya nemangha. ° Hakad. 1 The Zét and the R4spf. * Detached verses (?). VI. ERPATISTAN AND NfRANGISTAN. 319 He is accepted for all the Gathas. If he recite the Yasna and follow inwardly the GAthas, he is accepted only for the Yasna, he is not accepted for the Gathas. 23. If the two priests! sing together Gatha verses, both are accepted. If they sing stanzas, both are accepted in the proportion that they recite (?). 24. If two priests *® celebrate together the Yasna verse by verse, or stanza by stanza, both are accepted. If they hear the words of one another, they are not accepted ¢. What is hearing one another's words ? It is when they recite together verses or stanzas. If one listen and the other listen not, The one who does not listen is accepted. 25. If he think the Gathas inwardly 5, Or listen to another's singing, Or get another of the faithful to sing them,—he is not accepted, as he does not sing them himself. 26. If he sing the Gathas near a water-spring °, Or near a river, or among a gang of rioters, Or during the passing of a caravan, If he can hear himself with his own ears, he is accepted, If he cannot hear his own voice, let him try to raise (it above the noise) ; * Two different Zaotars perform at the same time two independent offices. The place for the office, the so-called Izishn-g4h, is arranged in such a way that the celebration of several offices can take place at the same time. ‘ As they disturb one another, and their attention is not undivided. ® Without singing them himself. § Which drowns his voice. 320 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS, Yézi apéid 4ad néid apdi (read apéia) ts, Aétadha mamdhya (read madhmya) vaéé framaremné ratufris 4. 27. Kvad na netema vasa gathau sravayé ratufris ? Yézi hé nazdisté6 dahmé vi surunvaiti yavad va aém aém havaéibya usibya. II. The Daran. 28, Gantuméd yavandm ratufres >, III. Strong drink forbidden during the sacrifice. 29. YOi aéteé (read aété) maidhyanim par6 Avaret6id pAthau (read gathau) néid sravayéiti, Paoithya (read paoirya) varista aésim syaothaneméa akithdiristem. 30. Tad Avarené badha asti : Dahmé huram Avaraiti madhé aspy4 payanghéd, Daity4 draonau Avaréd madhé Azaraiti, * Aétadha madhmya vasa. >Ashaya dadhami Avarethem myazdem: haurvata ameretata. Ahurahé mazdau. Ashaya né paiti gamyad. Hvarata naré. Ashaya né6 paiti gamy4d. Aétaéam 4yatamnahé. Nemé Ahuréi = ashem vohd 3. Khsnaothra _khsnaothra Amesha Spenta. Itha 4d yazamaidé Avarethem myazdem. Haurvata ameretata gaus hudhau apé. Urvara haurvata ameretata. Aésmi baoidhi Akvarethem myazdem. Ama humat4é4 hikhtaé4 itha. Néid his baréid upa kashem. 9 Ashem vohd ith4 ashem véhd ashem itha. VI. ERPATISTAN AND NSRANGISTAN. 321 If he can raise (it so, all well) ; if he cannot, He shall recite with a medium voice and will be accepted.
3Aésmi baoidhi Akvarethem myazdem. Ama humat4é4 hikhtaé4 itha. Néid his baréid upa kashem. 9 Ashem vohd ith4 ashem véhd ashem itha. VI. ERPATISTAN AND NSRANGISTAN. 321 If he can raise (it so, all well) ; if he cannot, He shall recite with a medium voice and will be accepted. 27. How loud at the least shall he sing the Gathas in order to be accepted ? Loud enough for the nearest of the faithful, for this one or that one, to hear him with his own ears. Il. The Darin. 28. Amongst grains, (the draoné ') made with corn is accepted °. III. Strong drink forbidden during the sacrifice *. 29. Those who, from drinking too much strong drink, have not sung the Gathas ¢, On the first time it happens‘, have not to atone for it. 30. This is thy way of feeding : When a pious man drinks strong drink, wine or mare’s milk, and eating with moderation drinks with 1 The draoné, darfin, is a consecrated round little cake which is tasted by the Zét at the end of the Srésh darfin (Yasna VIII, 4): it is a sort of Zoroastrian host. * This sentence does not really belong to the Zend Nirangist&n ; it is a quotation from some other Fargard, inserted in the Pahlavi commentary, though the analysis in the Dinkart, being based upon the Pahlavi text, mentions it among the matters treated in the Nirangistén (Dinkart VIII, 29, 2: ‘concerning the darfin, &c.’). * * About abstaining from drinking strong wine during the sacrifice’ (Dinkart VIII, 29, 3). * ‘They drink wine, get drunk, and do not celebrate the Gahanbér.’ (Comm.) * The first time they did not know the consequences of their intemperance, and are not considered responsible for them. [4] Y 322 FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS. Néid gathanam asruiti Astryéti. Fradhau-draoné Avaré madhaité, N4 gathandm asruiti. IV. The recitation of the GAthas. 31. Y6 bis hastarem srAvayéiti ratufryé. Thris hastrem srAvayenti (read srAvayemti aratufris). Kvad nitemem hastrem anghad ratufryeé ? thris 4. 32. Y6 gathau pairi ukhshayéiti sravayamti Yézi arastrem pairi [akhta (read aokhta) pairi] adha V4 vakad apayanta aratufrya Paska va paré va pairi 4dha [a Jratufryé. 33. Katha zaotha gathau frasravayditi ? naémé vagastasti madhimya vada Zarathustri mana; Yézika aéteé vak6 apayaéiti ydi hexti gathahva bisAmrfta thrisamritaéa Aathrusamritaéa, Daévandam kereta, Aétaésim vasam aratufryé. 34. Kaya paati (read haati) vaéa bisimrdta? Ahy4 y4sia—humatanam—ashahy4 4ad—yatha td i—huméim thw4 tzem—thwéi staotarasé4— usta * Sad vAstrahé Zarathustréis nem6 :—‘ Homage to Isadvastra, son of Zarathustra.’ Vispau gaéthau. Ahurahé Mazdau raévat6 évarenanghat6 ashaundm. Ahurahé Mazdau géthauby6 ashaunam. gathaby6. Ahurahé Mazdau ashaundm yau visadha 4vayanti. Ahurahé Mazdau Mithrahé vispaésim ashaondm. Ahurahé Mazdau Mithrahé vispaésim gathaby6 ashaonam. VI. ERPATISTAN AND N{RANGISTAN. 323 moderation too, if he sing not the Gathas’, he is not guilty. If he eat too much and get drunk, for not singing the Gathas [he is guilty].
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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