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1ly //z^are- iithra, the son of Zarathu^tra ^ We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daevo- Ih'is, the son of Takhma. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrimith- wa;2/, the son of Spitama I We worship the Fravashi of the holy D(2ungha, the son of Zairita. 99. We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Vktaspa^; the gallant one, who was the incarnate ^ ' By Zaratiut were begotten three sons and three daughters ; one son was Isa</vastar, one Aurvata^-nar, and one Khurshet/- -^ihar; as Isaa'vastar was chief of the priests he became the Mobad of Mobads, and passed away in the hundredth year of the religion ; Aurvatac^-nar was an agriculturist, and the chief of the enclosure formed by Yim, which is below the earth (see Vend. II, 43 [141]); Khurshe^-y^ihar was a warrior, commander of the army of Peshyotanu, son of Vijtasp (see Yt. XXIV, 4), and dwells in Kangdes ; and of the three daughters the name of one was Fren, of one Srit, and of one P6ru/{'ist (see Yt. XIII, 139). A6rvata^-nar and Khurshea'-y^ihar were from a serving (/takar) wife, the rest were from a privileged (pa^akhshah) wife ' (Bund. XXXII, 5-6 ; tr. West). ^ According to Anquetil, ' the threefold seed of Spitama Zara- thuj-tra;' cf. above, § 62. * The king of Bactra, the champion of Zoroastrism ; cf. Yt. V, 98, 108. FARVARDIN YAST. 205 Word, the mighty-speared, and lordly one ; who, driving the Dru^ ^ before him, sought wide room for the holy religion; who, driving the Dru^^ before him, made wide room for the holy religion, who made himself the arm and support of this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathui-tra. I oo. Who took her ^, standing bound ^, from the hands of the Hunus'^, and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle and pas- tures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures ^ loi. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairi- vairi ^ ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhta- vairi ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Sriraokh-. shan ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaokh- shan ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanara ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varaza ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Bto^i- sravah ^ ; ^ Dru^a paurva«-^a, possibly, ' with the spear pushed forwards' (reading dru-^a), 2 Daena, the religion. s Cf. Yt. 11, 15. * A generic name of the people called elsewhere Varedhakas (Yt. IX, 31 ; XVII, 51) or ZTz^yaonas (ibid, and XIX, 87).
2Bto^i- sravah ^ ; ^ Dru^a paurva«-^a, possibly, ' with the spear pushed forwards' (reading dru-^a), 2 Daena, the religion. s Cf. Yt. 11, 15. * A generic name of the people called elsewhere Varedhakas (Yt. IX, 31 ; XVII, 51) or ZTz^yaonas (ibid, and XIX, 87). The Hunus have been compared with the Hunni ; but it is not certain that this is a proper name ; it may be a disparaging denomination, meaning the brood (hunu=:Sansk. slinu ; cf. Yt. X, 113). ^ Zarir, the brother of Vutaspa and son of Aurva/-aspa (see Yt. V, 1 1 2). The ten following seem to be the names of the other sons of Aurva/-aspa (Bund. XXXI, 29). * Possibly the same with Pat-Khosrav, a brother to Vi.rtaspa in the Ya^kar-i Zariran, as Mr. West informs me. 206 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezy- ar^ti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ti^yar^ti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Perethu- ar>rti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vi^yar^ti. 1 02. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Naptya ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Va-^aspa ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Habaspa. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vistauru \ the son of Naotara. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fra^-ham- vareta ^ ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasho- kareta. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- vanu ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- pata; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- data; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- -^ithra ; ^ Gustahm, the son of Nodar ; see Yt. V, 76. Strangely enough, Tusa is not mentioned here, unless he is the same with one of the preceding names : possibly the words ' the son of Naotara ' (Nao- tairyana) refer to all the four. " Possibly Frashidvard ij^s^J (misspelt from a Pahlavi form Fra^anvard ?»J)>»oo^e' (?) ; the Ya<fkar-i Zariran, as Mr. West informs me, has <f>')»oo^e) and 'J'o^'oo^fi')- Frashidvard was a son of Guj- tasp : he was killed by one of Ar^asp's heroes and avenged by his brother Isfendyar (Speilto-data). The following names would belong to his brothers : most of them contain the word Atar, in honour of the newly-adopted worship of fire. FARVARDIN VAST. 207 We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- ^z'arenah ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- savah ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- za;2tu ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- danghii. 103. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hiukyaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pi^k- yaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spe;^t6-d^ta ^.
3Fravashi of the holy Atare- za;2tu ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- danghii. 103. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hiukyaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pi^k- yaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spe;^t6-d^ta ^. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Basta- vairi ^ ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kava- razem ^ We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasha- oi'tra *, the son of Hvova ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Camaspa ^, the son of Hvova ; ^ Isfendyar, the heroic son of Gujtasp, killed by Rustem. ^ In the YadkdT-l Zariran, according to Mr. West, Bastvar, the son of Zairivairi, whose death he avenges on his murderer Vidraf^. This makes Bastavairi identical with the Nastur^::^ of Firdausi (read Bastur j>.".>^>). ^ Kavarazem is the Gurezm of later tradition (-];.j)> 'the jealous brother of Isfendyar, whom he slandered to his father and caused to be thrown into prison' (Burhan qati'h). Firdausi (IV, 432) has only that he was a relation to Gii^tasp : ]j^.^^li^S"i.^ ^x.^ iy, ;_/jjJ*- ^^^ Etudes Iraniennes, II, 230. * Who gave his daughter, Hvovi, in marriage to Zarathujtra (YasnaL [XLIX], 4, 17). » See Yt. V, 68. 208 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avara- o^tri \ 104. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hui-kyaothna, the son of Frashao-rtra ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy //"z^adaena, the son of Frashao^tra. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hang- haurv(^ungh, the son of 6^amaspa ^; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vareshna, the son of Hanghaurv^ungh. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu- nemah, the son of Avaraoi"tri, To withstand evil dreams, to withstand evil visions, to withstand evil . . . .^ to withstand the evil Pairikas. 105. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mathravaka, the son of Simae^'i, the Aethrapati, the Hamidhpati *, who was able to smite down most of the evil, unfaithful Ashemaoghas, that shout the hymns ^, and acknowledge no lord and no master '', the dreadful ones whose Fravashis are to be broken'^; to withstand the evil done by the faithful «. ^ Another brother to Frashao^tra (?). ^ The son of Gamasp in the Shah Namah is called Girami and Garamik-kard? in the Ya^ar-i Zariran. ^ ? Aoiwra. * Aethrapati, in Parsi herbad, a priest, whose special function is to teach ; his pupils were called aethrya. Aethrapati meant literally 'the master of the hearth' (cf. herkodah, fire-temple). Hamidhpati is literally 'the master of the sacrificial log.' ^ Doubtful. * No temporal lord (ahu) and no spiritual master (ratu).
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.
1ly //z^are- iithra, the son of Zarathu^tra ^ We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daevo- Ih'is, the son of Takhma. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrimith- wa;2/, the son of Spitama I We worship the Fravashi of the holy D(2ungha, the son of Zairita. 99. We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Vktaspa^; the gallant one, who was the incarnate ^ ' By Zaratiut were begotten three sons and three daughters ; one son was Isa</vastar, one Aurvata^-nar, and one Khurshet/- -^ihar; as Isaa'vastar was chief of the priests he became the Mobad of Mobads, and passed away in the hundredth year of the religion ; Aurvatac^-nar was an agriculturist, and the chief of the enclosure formed by Yim, which is below the earth (see Vend. II, 43 [141]); Khurshe^-y^ihar was a warrior, commander of the army of Peshyotanu, son of Vijtasp (see Yt. XXIV, 4), and dwells in Kangdes ; and of the three daughters the name of one was Fren, of one Srit, and of one P6ru/{'ist (see Yt. XIII, 139). A6rvata^-nar and Khurshea'-y^ihar were from a serving (/takar) wife, the rest were from a privileged (pa^akhshah) wife ' (Bund. XXXII, 5-6 ; tr. West). ^ According to Anquetil, ' the threefold seed of Spitama Zara- thuj-tra;' cf. above, § 62. * The king of Bactra, the champion of Zoroastrism ; cf. Yt. V, 98, 108. FARVARDIN YAST. 205 Word, the mighty-speared, and lordly one ; who, driving the Dru^ ^ before him, sought wide room for the holy religion; who, driving the Dru^^ before him, made wide room for the holy religion, who made himself the arm and support of this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathui-tra. I oo. Who took her ^, standing bound ^, from the hands of the Hunus'^, and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle and pas- tures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures ^ loi. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairi- vairi ^ ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhta- vairi ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Sriraokh-. shan ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaokh- shan ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanara ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varaza ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Bto^i- sravah ^ ; ^ Dru^a paurva«-^a, possibly, ' with the spear pushed forwards' (reading dru-^a), 2 Daena, the religion. s Cf. Yt. 11, 15. * A generic name of the people called elsewhere Varedhakas (Yt. IX, 31 ; XVII, 51) or ZTz^yaonas (ibid, and XIX, 87).
2Bto^i- sravah ^ ; ^ Dru^a paurva«-^a, possibly, ' with the spear pushed forwards' (reading dru-^a), 2 Daena, the religion. s Cf. Yt. 11, 15. * A generic name of the people called elsewhere Varedhakas (Yt. IX, 31 ; XVII, 51) or ZTz^yaonas (ibid, and XIX, 87). The Hunus have been compared with the Hunni ; but it is not certain that this is a proper name ; it may be a disparaging denomination, meaning the brood (hunu=:Sansk. slinu ; cf. Yt. X, 113). ^ Zarir, the brother of Vutaspa and son of Aurva/-aspa (see Yt. V, 1 1 2). The ten following seem to be the names of the other sons of Aurva/-aspa (Bund. XXXI, 29). * Possibly the same with Pat-Khosrav, a brother to Vi.rtaspa in the Ya^kar-i Zariran, as Mr. West informs me. 206 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezy- ar^ti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ti^yar^ti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Perethu- ar>rti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vi^yar^ti. 1 02. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Naptya ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Va-^aspa ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Habaspa. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vistauru \ the son of Naotara. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fra^-ham- vareta ^ ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasho- kareta. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- vanu ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- pata; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- data; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- -^ithra ; ^ Gustahm, the son of Nodar ; see Yt. V, 76. Strangely enough, Tusa is not mentioned here, unless he is the same with one of the preceding names : possibly the words ' the son of Naotara ' (Nao- tairyana) refer to all the four. " Possibly Frashidvard ij^s^J (misspelt from a Pahlavi form Fra^anvard ?»J)>»oo^e' (?) ; the Ya<fkar-i Zariran, as Mr. West informs me, has <f>')»oo^e) and 'J'o^'oo^fi')- Frashidvard was a son of Guj- tasp : he was killed by one of Ar^asp's heroes and avenged by his brother Isfendyar (Speilto-data). The following names would belong to his brothers : most of them contain the word Atar, in honour of the newly-adopted worship of fire. FARVARDIN VAST. 207 We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- ^z'arenah ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- savah ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- za;2tu ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- danghii. 103. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hiukyaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pi^k- yaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spe;^t6-d^ta ^.
3Fravashi of the holy Atare- za;2tu ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare- danghii. 103. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hiukyaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pi^k- yaothna ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spe;^t6-d^ta ^. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Basta- vairi ^ ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kava- razem ^ We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasha- oi'tra *, the son of Hvova ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Camaspa ^, the son of Hvova ; ^ Isfendyar, the heroic son of Gujtasp, killed by Rustem. ^ In the YadkdT-l Zariran, according to Mr. West, Bastvar, the son of Zairivairi, whose death he avenges on his murderer Vidraf^. This makes Bastavairi identical with the Nastur^::^ of Firdausi (read Bastur j>.".>^>). ^ Kavarazem is the Gurezm of later tradition (-];.j)> 'the jealous brother of Isfendyar, whom he slandered to his father and caused to be thrown into prison' (Burhan qati'h). Firdausi (IV, 432) has only that he was a relation to Gii^tasp : ]j^.^^li^S"i.^ ^x.^ iy, ;_/jjJ*- ^^^ Etudes Iraniennes, II, 230. * Who gave his daughter, Hvovi, in marriage to Zarathujtra (YasnaL [XLIX], 4, 17). » See Yt. V, 68. 208 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avara- o^tri \ 104. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hui-kyaothna, the son of Frashao-rtra ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy //"z^adaena, the son of Frashao^tra. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hang- haurv(^ungh, the son of 6^amaspa ^; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vareshna, the son of Hanghaurv^ungh. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu- nemah, the son of Avaraoi"tri, To withstand evil dreams, to withstand evil visions, to withstand evil . . . .^ to withstand the evil Pairikas. 105. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mathravaka, the son of Simae^'i, the Aethrapati, the Hamidhpati *, who was able to smite down most of the evil, unfaithful Ashemaoghas, that shout the hymns ^, and acknowledge no lord and no master '', the dreadful ones whose Fravashis are to be broken'^; to withstand the evil done by the faithful «. ^ Another brother to Frashao^tra (?). ^ The son of Gamasp in the Shah Namah is called Girami and Garamik-kard? in the Ya^ar-i Zariran. ^ ? Aoiwra. * Aethrapati, in Parsi herbad, a priest, whose special function is to teach ; his pupils were called aethrya. Aethrapati meant literally 'the master of the hearth' (cf. herkodah, fire-temple). Hamidhpati is literally 'the master of the sacrificial log.' ^ Doubtful. * No temporal lord (ahu) and no spiritual master (ratu).
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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