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1arnations of the Genius of Victory (Yt. XIV, 18-21; cf ibid. § 35). * Cf. Yt. V, 34. ZAMYAD VAST. 295 2,S. The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghawi', in the shape of a Varaghna bird. Then the manly-hearted Keresaspa^ seized that Glory ; he who was the sturdiest of the men of strength, next to Zarathu5tra, for his manly courage. 39. For Manly Courage clave unto him. We worship Manly Courage, firm of foot, unsleeping, quick to rise, and fully awake, that clave unto Keresaspa ; 40. Who killed the snake Srvara, the horse- devouring, men-devouring, yellow, poisonous snake, over which yellow poison flowed a thumb's breadth thick. Upon him Keresaspa was cooking his food in a brass vessel : at the time of noon, the fiend felt the heat, and stood upon his feet : he rushed from under the brass vessel and upset the boiling w^ater : the manly-hearted Keresaspa fell back affrighted^; 41. Who killed the golden-heeled Ga;^darewa, that was rushing with open jaws, eager to destroy the living world of the good principle ^; Who killed the brood of Pathana, all the nine'*; ' See V, 37 (pp. 62-63, and notes); XIII, 136 ; XV, 27. ^ Cf. Yasna IX, 11 (34-39). This tale belongs to the wide- spread cyclus of the island-whale (a whale whose back is mistaken by sailors for an island ; they land upon it, cook their food there, and the monster, awaked by the heat, flies off and carries them away : see Arabian Nights, Seventy-first Night ; Baba Bathra, 5). ' See Yt. V, 38. * Known in the Minokhired (XXVII, 50) as 'the wolf Kapo^/' (perhaps 'the blue wolf,' as INIr. West suggests), 'which they also call Pfhan.' Those nine sons of Pathana were nine highwaymen (the very word Pathana seems to have that meaning): their defeat is told by Keresaspa in a Pahlavi Rivayat as follows : ' I have slain the highwaymen who were so big in body that, when they were 296 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. and the brood of Nivika, and the brood of Da^ta- yana; Who killed the golden-crowned Hitaspa\ and Vareshava, the son of Dana ^, and Pitaona, attended by many Pairikas ^; 42. Who killed Arezo-shamana, him of the manly courage, who was strong, well-beloved ^ hail, energe- tically rushing, fully awake, never falling back — ^ ; 43. Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the stone-handed : thus did he exclaim to all around : ' I am an infant still, I am not yet of age : if I ever grow of age, I shall make the earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot ; 44.
2Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the stone-handed : thus did he exclaim to all around : ' I am an infant still, I am not yet of age : if I ever grow of age, I shall make the earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot ; 44. ' I shall bring down the Good Spirit from the shining Garo-nmana ; I shall make the Evil Spirit rush up from the dreary Hell. They will carry my walking, people considered in this way, that " below them are the stars and moon, and below them moves the sun at dawn, and the water of the sea reaches up to their knees," And I reached up to their legs, and they were smitten on the legs by me ; they fell, and the hills on the earth were shattered by them' (West, Pahlavi Texts, II, 376). Keresaspa's Fravashi, accordingly, is invoked against thieves (Yt. XIII, 136). Perhaps the assimilation of the wolf Kap6«/ with P^han is merely a guess of the author of ihe Minokhired. ^ The murderer of Keresaspa's brother, Urvakhshaya (Yt. XV, 28). ^ Doubtful: danayana. Varesha is the Pahlavi name of a bird of prey (Bund. XIV, 30), which might induce us to identify Vareshava with the gigantic bird Kamak, 'which overshadowed the earth and kept off the rain till the rivers dried up' (West, 1.1. 378), and whose destruction was one of the feats of Keresaspa. ^ Like the Pairika Knfithaiti, who clave to Keresaspa (Vend. I, 10 [36]). * Doubtful: frazu^tem. ^ The rest of the sentence is obscure, and the text seems to be corrupt. ZAMYAD VAST. 297 chariot, both the Good Spirit and the Evil One, unless the manly-hearted Keresaspa kill me.' The manly-hearted Keresaspa killed him, his life went away, his spirit vanished \ For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... VIII. 45. We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly seized'^, made by Mazda .... 46. For which the Good Spirit and the Evil One did struggle with one another^: for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized ^ they flung each of them their darts most swift. The Good Spirit flung a dart, and so did Vohu- Mano, and Asha-Vahi^ta and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. The Evil Spirit flung a dart, and so did Akem- Mano^, and Aeshma of the wounding spear, and A^i Dahaka and Spityura, he who sawed Yima in twain ^ 1 Snavidhaka reminds one vividly of the Titanic Olus and Ephialtes (Odyssea XI, 308) : ' Such were they youths ! Had they to manhood grown, Almighty Jove had trembled on his throne : But ere the harvest of the beard began To bristle on the chin, and promise man, His shafts Apollo aim'd.' (Pope.) ^ The
3lus and Ephialtes (Odyssea XI, 308) : ' Such were they youths ! Had they to manhood grown, Almighty Jove had trembled on his throne : But ere the harvest of the beard began To bristle on the chin, and promise man, His shafts Apollo aim'd.' (Pope.) ^ The sacerdotal Glory; see p. n, note 6, cf. § 53. ^ When it had departed from Yima. * Bad Thought, the demoniac counterpart of Vohu-Mano (Vend. Introd.IV, 34). ^ Spityura was a brother of Yima's (Bund. XXXI, 3 : ' Spitur was he who, with Dahak, cut up Yim,' ibid. 5, tr. West). Nothing more is known of him, though he appears to have played a great part in the original Yima legend, and to have stood to his brother in the same relation as Barmayfan and Katayun to Feridun, or 298 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. 47. Then forward came Atar ^ the son of Ahura Mazda, thinking thus in his heart : ' I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.' But A^i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed on his back, thinking of extinguishing it: 48. 'Here give it up to me-, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda : if thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rush upon thee, so that thou m.ayest never more blaze on the earth made by Ahura and protect the world of the good principle.' And Atar took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had A^'i affrighted him. 49. Then Az\, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward, thinking thus in his heart : * I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.' But Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, advanced behind him, speaking in these words : 50. 'There give it up to me^ thou three-mouthed A^-i Dahaka. If thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then I will enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so that thou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by Mazda and destroy the world of the good principle.' Then Az\ took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had Atar affrighted him. 51. That Glory swells up and goes to the sea Shagad to Rustam. Firdausi does not mention him, and makes Dahak himself saw Gemshid. ^ Adar Froba (the Glory of the Priest) is meant here : ' when they sawed Yim, Adar Froba saved his Glory from the hand of Dahak' (Bund. XVII, 5; Etudes Iraniennes, II, 70, 84). 2 Doubtful. ZAMYAD VAST. 299 Vouru-Kasha.
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.
1arnations of the Genius of Victory (Yt. XIV, 18-21; cf ibid. § 35). * Cf. Yt. V, 34. ZAMYAD VAST. 295 2,S. The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghawi', in the shape of a Varaghna bird. Then the manly-hearted Keresaspa^ seized that Glory ; he who was the sturdiest of the men of strength, next to Zarathu5tra, for his manly courage. 39. For Manly Courage clave unto him. We worship Manly Courage, firm of foot, unsleeping, quick to rise, and fully awake, that clave unto Keresaspa ; 40. Who killed the snake Srvara, the horse- devouring, men-devouring, yellow, poisonous snake, over which yellow poison flowed a thumb's breadth thick. Upon him Keresaspa was cooking his food in a brass vessel : at the time of noon, the fiend felt the heat, and stood upon his feet : he rushed from under the brass vessel and upset the boiling w^ater : the manly-hearted Keresaspa fell back affrighted^; 41. Who killed the golden-heeled Ga;^darewa, that was rushing with open jaws, eager to destroy the living world of the good principle ^; Who killed the brood of Pathana, all the nine'*; ' See V, 37 (pp. 62-63, and notes); XIII, 136 ; XV, 27. ^ Cf. Yasna IX, 11 (34-39). This tale belongs to the wide- spread cyclus of the island-whale (a whale whose back is mistaken by sailors for an island ; they land upon it, cook their food there, and the monster, awaked by the heat, flies off and carries them away : see Arabian Nights, Seventy-first Night ; Baba Bathra, 5). ' See Yt. V, 38. * Known in the Minokhired (XXVII, 50) as 'the wolf Kapo^/' (perhaps 'the blue wolf,' as INIr. West suggests), 'which they also call Pfhan.' Those nine sons of Pathana were nine highwaymen (the very word Pathana seems to have that meaning): their defeat is told by Keresaspa in a Pahlavi Rivayat as follows : ' I have slain the highwaymen who were so big in body that, when they were 296 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. and the brood of Nivika, and the brood of Da^ta- yana; Who killed the golden-crowned Hitaspa\ and Vareshava, the son of Dana ^, and Pitaona, attended by many Pairikas ^; 42. Who killed Arezo-shamana, him of the manly courage, who was strong, well-beloved ^ hail, energe- tically rushing, fully awake, never falling back — ^ ; 43. Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the stone-handed : thus did he exclaim to all around : ' I am an infant still, I am not yet of age : if I ever grow of age, I shall make the earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot ; 44.
2Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the stone-handed : thus did he exclaim to all around : ' I am an infant still, I am not yet of age : if I ever grow of age, I shall make the earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot ; 44. ' I shall bring down the Good Spirit from the shining Garo-nmana ; I shall make the Evil Spirit rush up from the dreary Hell. They will carry my walking, people considered in this way, that " below them are the stars and moon, and below them moves the sun at dawn, and the water of the sea reaches up to their knees," And I reached up to their legs, and they were smitten on the legs by me ; they fell, and the hills on the earth were shattered by them' (West, Pahlavi Texts, II, 376). Keresaspa's Fravashi, accordingly, is invoked against thieves (Yt. XIII, 136). Perhaps the assimilation of the wolf Kap6«/ with P^han is merely a guess of the author of ihe Minokhired. ^ The murderer of Keresaspa's brother, Urvakhshaya (Yt. XV, 28). ^ Doubtful: danayana. Varesha is the Pahlavi name of a bird of prey (Bund. XIV, 30), which might induce us to identify Vareshava with the gigantic bird Kamak, 'which overshadowed the earth and kept off the rain till the rivers dried up' (West, 1.1. 378), and whose destruction was one of the feats of Keresaspa. ^ Like the Pairika Knfithaiti, who clave to Keresaspa (Vend. I, 10 [36]). * Doubtful: frazu^tem. ^ The rest of the sentence is obscure, and the text seems to be corrupt. ZAMYAD VAST. 297 chariot, both the Good Spirit and the Evil One, unless the manly-hearted Keresaspa kill me.' The manly-hearted Keresaspa killed him, his life went away, his spirit vanished \ For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... VIII. 45. We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly seized'^, made by Mazda .... 46. For which the Good Spirit and the Evil One did struggle with one another^: for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized ^ they flung each of them their darts most swift. The Good Spirit flung a dart, and so did Vohu- Mano, and Asha-Vahi^ta and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. The Evil Spirit flung a dart, and so did Akem- Mano^, and Aeshma of the wounding spear, and A^i Dahaka and Spityura, he who sawed Yima in twain ^ 1 Snavidhaka reminds one vividly of the Titanic Olus and Ephialtes (Odyssea XI, 308) : ' Such were they youths ! Had they to manhood grown, Almighty Jove had trembled on his throne : But ere the harvest of the beard began To bristle on the chin, and promise man, His shafts Apollo aim'd.' (Pope.) ^ The
3lus and Ephialtes (Odyssea XI, 308) : ' Such were they youths ! Had they to manhood grown, Almighty Jove had trembled on his throne : But ere the harvest of the beard began To bristle on the chin, and promise man, His shafts Apollo aim'd.' (Pope.) ^ The sacerdotal Glory; see p. n, note 6, cf. § 53. ^ When it had departed from Yima. * Bad Thought, the demoniac counterpart of Vohu-Mano (Vend. Introd.IV, 34). ^ Spityura was a brother of Yima's (Bund. XXXI, 3 : ' Spitur was he who, with Dahak, cut up Yim,' ibid. 5, tr. West). Nothing more is known of him, though he appears to have played a great part in the original Yima legend, and to have stood to his brother in the same relation as Barmayfan and Katayun to Feridun, or 298 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. 47. Then forward came Atar ^ the son of Ahura Mazda, thinking thus in his heart : ' I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.' But A^i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed on his back, thinking of extinguishing it: 48. 'Here give it up to me-, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda : if thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rush upon thee, so that thou m.ayest never more blaze on the earth made by Ahura and protect the world of the good principle.' And Atar took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had A^'i affrighted him. 49. Then Az\, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward, thinking thus in his heart : * I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.' But Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, advanced behind him, speaking in these words : 50. 'There give it up to me^ thou three-mouthed A^-i Dahaka. If thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then I will enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so that thou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by Mazda and destroy the world of the good principle.' Then Az\ took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had Atar affrighted him. 51. That Glory swells up and goes to the sea Shagad to Rustam. Firdausi does not mention him, and makes Dahak himself saw Gemshid. ^ Adar Froba (the Glory of the Priest) is meant here : ' when they sawed Yim, Adar Froba saved his Glory from the hand of Dahak' (Bund. XVII, 5; Etudes Iraniennes, II, 70, 84). 2 Doubtful. ZAMYAD VAST. 299 Vouru-Kasha.
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