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1Both planets, therefore, were near their most conspicuous position (which would seem to be the meaning of balist a 166 APPENDIX TO THE BUNDAHIS. tures, as Jupiter was in Cancer on rising, that which is also called Givdn (‘living’), for it is the place in which life is bestowed upon it; azd Saturn was in Libra, in the great subterranean, so that its own venom and deadliness decame more evident and more dominant thereby. 9. And it was when both shall not be supreme ¢hat Gayémard was to complete his own life, which is the thirty years? Saturn came not again to supremacy, that is, 40 Libra. 10. And at the time when Saturn came into Libra, Jupiter was in Capricornus*, on account of whose own lowness‘*, and the victory of Saturn over Jupiter, Gayémard suffered through those very defects which came and are to continue advancing, the continuance of that disfigurement which Aharman can bring upon the creatures of Adharmazd. here), and might each be supposed to be exercising its maximum astrological influence, so that the presumed deadly power of Saturn would be neutralised by the supposed reviving influence of Jupiter. 1 This reading suits the context best, but the name can also be . read Snahan, and in many other ways. It may possibly be the tenth lunar mansion, whose name is read Nahn in Bund. II, 3, by Pazand writers, and which corresponds to the latter part of Cancer. * Saturn revolves round the sun in about 29 years and 167 days, so it cannot return into opposition to the sun (or to its maximum brightness), at or near the vernal equinox, in less than thirty years. 5 That is, while Saturn performs one revolution round the sun, Jupiter performs two and a half, which is very nearly correct, as Jupiter revolves round the sun in about 11 years and 315 days. Therefore, when the supposed deadly influence of Saturn has returned to its maximum, the supposed reviving influence of Jupiter is at its minimum, owing to the small altitude of Capricornus, and no longer counterbalances the destructive power of Saturn. ‘ There seems to be no other reasonable translation, but the MS. has 14 instead of r4i, and niskasp instead of nistz. ». SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM, IV, 9-V, 4. 167 Cuapter V.
2‘ There seems to be no other reasonable translation, but the MS. has 14 instead of r4i, and niskasp instead of nistz. ». SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM, IV, 9-V, 4. 167 Cuapter V. 1. When in like manner, and equally oppressively, as his (Adharmazd’s) creatures were disfigured, then through that same deterioration his own great glory-~ was exhibited; for as he came within. the sky he | maintains the spirit of the sky, like an intrepid warrior who has put on metal armour’; and the sky in its fortress* spoke these hasty, deceitful words to” Aharman, thus: ‘ Now when thou shalt have come in I wz/Z not let thee back;’ and it obstructed him until Adharmazd prepared another rampart, that is stronger, around the sky, w&zch is called ‘righteous understanding’ (ashék 4k4sih). 2. And he arranged the guardian spirits‘ of the righteous who are warriors around that rampart, mounted on horses and spear in hand, in such manner as the hair on the head; and they acquired the appearance of prison guards who watch a prison from outside, and would not surrender the outer boundaries ¢o an enemy descended from the inside. 3. Immediately, Aharman endeavours that he may go back to his own complete darkness, but he found no passage; and he recapitulated, with seeming misgiving, his fears of the worthiness which is to arise at the appearance of the renovation of the universe at the end of the nine thousand years. (4. As it is said in the G&thas, thus®: ‘So also _ 7 See Chap. III, 2. * Compare Bund. VI, 2. * Or ‘zodiacal signs,’ for brg6 means both. * Bund. VI, 3, 4 5 This quotation from the G&athas is from the Pahlavi Yas. XXX, 4, and agrees with the Pahlavi text, given in DastQr Jam- 168 APPENDIX TO THE BUNDAHIS. both those spirits have approached together unto that which was the first creation—that is, both spirits have come to the ees of GAyémard. Whatmazd, that is: So that I may keep it alive ; whatever is in lifelessness zs so through this purpose? of the evil spirit, that is: So that I may utterly destroy it; and whatever is thus, is so until the last in the world, so that they (both spirits) come also on to the rest of mankind. And on account of the utter depravity of the wicked ¢hey destruction is fully seen, aud so is the perfect meditation of him who is righteous, the hope of the eternity of Attharmazd.’} 5. And this was the first contest 2, hat of the sky with Aharman. CuaptTer VI, 1. And as he (Aharman) came secondly to the water, together with him rushed in, om the horse Cancer, he who is the most watery Tistar; the equally watery one, that is called Avrak 3, gave forth a cloud azd went down in the day; that is Aspji’s old MS. of the Yasna in Bombay, very nearly as closely as Spiegel’s edition does. It appears, therefore, that D4d-sparam used the same Pahlavi translation of the Yasna as the Parsis do at the present day. 2 The MS. here omits the words ‘through this purpose,’ by mistake. ;
3of the Yasna in Bombay, very nearly as closely as Spiegel’s edition does. It appears, therefore, that D4d-sparam used the same Pahlavi translation of the Yasna as the Parsis do at the present day. 2 The MS. here omits the words ‘through this purpose,’ by mistake. ; 2 The word Ardik, which D4d-sparam uses instead of the kharah, ‘conflict, of Bund. V, 6, VI, 1, &c., may be connected with Pers. ard, ‘ anger.’ * The ninth lunar mansion (see Bund. II, 3, VII, 1). SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM, V, 5—VI, 7. 169 declared as the movement of the first-comers of the creatures, 2. Cancer became a zodiacal constellation (akhtar); it is the fourth constellation of thg zodiac for this reason, because the month Tir is the fourth month of the year !. 3. And_as Tistar begged for assistance, Vohtman and Hém.are therefore co-operating with him in command, Birg of the waters and the water in mutual aid, and the righteous guardian spirits in _ keeping the peace. 4. He was converted into three forms, which are the form of a man, the form of a bull, azd the form of a horse; and each form was distinguished i in brilliance for ten nights, and lets its rain fall on the night for the destruction of noxious creatures. 5. The drops became each separately “ike a great bowl in which water is drawn; and as to that on whzch they are driven, they kill all the noxious creatures except the reptiles 2, who entered into the muddiness of the earth, 2... 6. Afterwards, the wind spirit, in the form of a man, became manifest on the earth; radiant avd tall he had a kind of wooden boot (mikvé-aé-i dartn6) on Ais feet ; and as when the life shall stir the body, the body is advancing with like vigour, so that spirit of the wind stirs forth the inner nature of the atmospheric wind, the wind pertaining to the whole earth is forth, and the water in its grasp is flung out from it to the sides of the earth, and its wide-formed ocean arose therefrom. 7. It (the ocean) keeps one-third of this earth 3, 1 Bund. VII, 2-6 is paraphrased in § 2-6. ? Reading neksiind bard min khasandak4nd instead of the MS. barf nasfind min khasandak4na. 3 Compare Bund, XIII, 1, 2. 170 APPENDIX TO THE BUNDAHIS. and among its contents are a thousand sources and fountains, suchas are called lakes (var); a thousand water-fountains, whose water is from the ocean, come up from the lakes avd are poured forth into it. 8. And the size of some of all the lakes and all the fountains of water is as much as a fast rider on an Arab horse, who continually compasses and canters around ¢hem, will attain in forty days, which ts 1900! long leagues (parasang-i akartk), each league deimg at least 20,000 feet.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Both planets, therefore, were near their most conspicuous position (which would seem to be the meaning of balist a 166 APPENDIX TO THE BUNDAHIS. tures, as Jupiter was in Cancer on rising, that which is also called Givdn (‘living’), for it is the place in which life is bestowed upon it; azd Saturn was in Libra, in the great subterranean, so that its own venom and deadliness decame more evident and more dominant thereby. 9. And it was when both shall not be supreme ¢hat Gayémard was to complete his own life, which is the thirty years? Saturn came not again to supremacy, that is, 40 Libra. 10. And at the time when Saturn came into Libra, Jupiter was in Capricornus*, on account of whose own lowness‘*, and the victory of Saturn over Jupiter, Gayémard suffered through those very defects which came and are to continue advancing, the continuance of that disfigurement which Aharman can bring upon the creatures of Adharmazd. here), and might each be supposed to be exercising its maximum astrological influence, so that the presumed deadly power of Saturn would be neutralised by the supposed reviving influence of Jupiter. 1 This reading suits the context best, but the name can also be . read Snahan, and in many other ways. It may possibly be the tenth lunar mansion, whose name is read Nahn in Bund. II, 3, by Pazand writers, and which corresponds to the latter part of Cancer. * Saturn revolves round the sun in about 29 years and 167 days, so it cannot return into opposition to the sun (or to its maximum brightness), at or near the vernal equinox, in less than thirty years. 5 That is, while Saturn performs one revolution round the sun, Jupiter performs two and a half, which is very nearly correct, as Jupiter revolves round the sun in about 11 years and 315 days. Therefore, when the supposed deadly influence of Saturn has returned to its maximum, the supposed reviving influence of Jupiter is at its minimum, owing to the small altitude of Capricornus, and no longer counterbalances the destructive power of Saturn. ‘ There seems to be no other reasonable translation, but the MS. has 14 instead of r4i, and niskasp instead of nistz. ». SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM, IV, 9-V, 4. 167 Cuapter V.
2‘ There seems to be no other reasonable translation, but the MS. has 14 instead of r4i, and niskasp instead of nistz. ». SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM, IV, 9-V, 4. 167 Cuapter V. 1. When in like manner, and equally oppressively, as his (Adharmazd’s) creatures were disfigured, then through that same deterioration his own great glory-~ was exhibited; for as he came within. the sky he | maintains the spirit of the sky, like an intrepid warrior who has put on metal armour’; and the sky in its fortress* spoke these hasty, deceitful words to” Aharman, thus: ‘ Now when thou shalt have come in I wz/Z not let thee back;’ and it obstructed him until Adharmazd prepared another rampart, that is stronger, around the sky, w&zch is called ‘righteous understanding’ (ashék 4k4sih). 2. And he arranged the guardian spirits‘ of the righteous who are warriors around that rampart, mounted on horses and spear in hand, in such manner as the hair on the head; and they acquired the appearance of prison guards who watch a prison from outside, and would not surrender the outer boundaries ¢o an enemy descended from the inside. 3. Immediately, Aharman endeavours that he may go back to his own complete darkness, but he found no passage; and he recapitulated, with seeming misgiving, his fears of the worthiness which is to arise at the appearance of the renovation of the universe at the end of the nine thousand years. (4. As it is said in the G&thas, thus®: ‘So also _ 7 See Chap. III, 2. * Compare Bund. VI, 2. * Or ‘zodiacal signs,’ for brg6 means both. * Bund. VI, 3, 4 5 This quotation from the G&athas is from the Pahlavi Yas. XXX, 4, and agrees with the Pahlavi text, given in DastQr Jam- 168 APPENDIX TO THE BUNDAHIS. both those spirits have approached together unto that which was the first creation—that is, both spirits have come to the ees of GAyémard. Whatmazd, that is: So that I may keep it alive ; whatever is in lifelessness zs so through this purpose? of the evil spirit, that is: So that I may utterly destroy it; and whatever is thus, is so until the last in the world, so that they (both spirits) come also on to the rest of mankind. And on account of the utter depravity of the wicked ¢hey destruction is fully seen, aud so is the perfect meditation of him who is righteous, the hope of the eternity of Attharmazd.’} 5. And this was the first contest 2, hat of the sky with Aharman. CuaptTer VI, 1. And as he (Aharman) came secondly to the water, together with him rushed in, om the horse Cancer, he who is the most watery Tistar; the equally watery one, that is called Avrak 3, gave forth a cloud azd went down in the day; that is Aspji’s old MS. of the Yasna in Bombay, very nearly as closely as Spiegel’s edition does. It appears, therefore, that D4d-sparam used the same Pahlavi translation of the Yasna as the Parsis do at the present day. 2 The MS. here omits the words ‘through this purpose,’ by mistake. ;
3of the Yasna in Bombay, very nearly as closely as Spiegel’s edition does. It appears, therefore, that D4d-sparam used the same Pahlavi translation of the Yasna as the Parsis do at the present day. 2 The MS. here omits the words ‘through this purpose,’ by mistake. ; 2 The word Ardik, which D4d-sparam uses instead of the kharah, ‘conflict, of Bund. V, 6, VI, 1, &c., may be connected with Pers. ard, ‘ anger.’ * The ninth lunar mansion (see Bund. II, 3, VII, 1). SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM, V, 5—VI, 7. 169 declared as the movement of the first-comers of the creatures, 2. Cancer became a zodiacal constellation (akhtar); it is the fourth constellation of thg zodiac for this reason, because the month Tir is the fourth month of the year !. 3. And_as Tistar begged for assistance, Vohtman and Hém.are therefore co-operating with him in command, Birg of the waters and the water in mutual aid, and the righteous guardian spirits in _ keeping the peace. 4. He was converted into three forms, which are the form of a man, the form of a bull, azd the form of a horse; and each form was distinguished i in brilliance for ten nights, and lets its rain fall on the night for the destruction of noxious creatures. 5. The drops became each separately “ike a great bowl in which water is drawn; and as to that on whzch they are driven, they kill all the noxious creatures except the reptiles 2, who entered into the muddiness of the earth, 2... 6. Afterwards, the wind spirit, in the form of a man, became manifest on the earth; radiant avd tall he had a kind of wooden boot (mikvé-aé-i dartn6) on Ais feet ; and as when the life shall stir the body, the body is advancing with like vigour, so that spirit of the wind stirs forth the inner nature of the atmospheric wind, the wind pertaining to the whole earth is forth, and the water in its grasp is flung out from it to the sides of the earth, and its wide-formed ocean arose therefrom. 7. It (the ocean) keeps one-third of this earth 3, 1 Bund. VII, 2-6 is paraphrased in § 2-6. ? Reading neksiind bard min khasandak4nd instead of the MS. barf nasfind min khasandak4na. 3 Compare Bund, XIII, 1, 2. 170 APPENDIX TO THE BUNDAHIS. and among its contents are a thousand sources and fountains, suchas are called lakes (var); a thousand water-fountains, whose water is from the ocean, come up from the lakes avd are poured forth into it. 8. And the size of some of all the lakes and all the fountains of water is as much as a fast rider on an Arab horse, who continually compasses and canters around ¢hem, will attain in forty days, which ts 1900! long leagues (parasang-i akartk), each league deimg at least 20,000 feet.
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