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1to statements therein \ which, when supplied, help a good deal to relieve this Yajt from its apparent state of utter incoherence. For this translation I was able to avail myself of a Pahlavi trans- lation, of which a copy was kindly lent to me by Mr, West. That translation is apparently of late date and often manifestly wrong ; yet it was very useful to me in several passages, besides its giving a Zend text generally more correct and more correctly divided than the text in Westergaard's edition '^. Ya^t XXIII was originally no independent Yajt, being nothing more than the beginning of Yaj-t XXIV, detached from it, with some slight alterations and inversions. XXIII. AfrIn PAIGHAMBAR ZARTO^T. 1. *I am a pious man, who speaks words of blessing.' — ' Thou appearest unto me full of Glory.' And Zarathiutra spake unto king Vi.rtaspa, say- ino- : ' I bless thee, O man ! O lord of the country ! with the living of a good life, of an exalted life, of a long life. May thy men live long! May thy women live long ! May sons be born unto thee of thy own body ! 2. ' Mayest thou have a son like 6^imaspa, and may he bless thee as (6^amaspa blessed) Vi^taspa (the lord) of the country ^ ! * For instance, §§ 28, 30, 31, 39, &c. 2 The various readings in Mr. West's manuscript are indicated by the letter W. in the notes. ^ See the introduction to this Ya^t and Yt. XXIV, 3, text and note. 326 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. ' Mayest thou be most beneficent, like Mazda ! ' Mayest thou be fiend-smiting, hke Thraetaona ^ ! 'Mayest thou be strong, Hke 6^amaspa ^ ! * Mayest thou be well-armed, like Takhma- Urupa ^ ! 3. ' Mayest thou be glorious, like Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd ! ' Mayest thou be instructed with a thousand senses, like Azi Dahaka, of the evil law ^ ! ' Mayest thou be awful and most strong, like Keresaspa ^ ! ' Mayest thou be a wise chief of assemblies, like UrvakhshayaM ' Mayest thou be beautiful of body and without fault, like Syavarshana "^ ! 4. ' Mayest thou be rich in cattle, like an Athwya- nide ^ ! ' Mayest thou be rich in horses, like Pouru^-aspa ^ ! ' Mayest thou be holy, like Zarathu^tra Spitama ! ' Mayest thou be able to reach the Rangha, whose shores lie afar, as Vafra Navaza was ^^^ ! ' Mayest thou be beloved by the gods and reve- renced by men " ! ^ Cf. Yt. V, 33. 2 cf Yt. V, 68. ^ Cf. Yt. XV, II. * Cf. Yt. V, 29. ^ Cf. Yt. V, 37. « See Yt.XV, 28. '' See p. 64, note i. * One belonging to the Athwya family, of which Thraetaona was a member.
2e beloved by the gods and reve- renced by men " ! ^ Cf. Yt. V, 33. 2 cf Yt. V, 68. ^ Cf. Yt. XV, II. * Cf. Yt. V, 29. ^ Cf. Yt. V, 37. « See Yt.XV, 28. '' See p. 64, note i. * One belonging to the Athwya family, of which Thraetaona was a member. All of them bore names that show them to have been rich in cattle: Pur-tora, Sok-tora, Bor-tora, &c. ('one with abundant oxen, with useful oxen, with the brown ox, &c.,' Bundahij, tr.West, XXXI, 7, note 8). ® Pouruj^-aspa was the father of Zarathujtra. His name means, 'He who possesses many horses,' ivokv-nvnos. '' Cf. Yt. V, 61. " Cf. Yt. XXIV, 4. AFRIN PAIGHAMBAR ZARTU^T. 327 5. ' May ten sons be born of you M In three of them mayest thou be an Athravan ! In three of them mayest thou be a warrior! In three of them mayest thou be a tiller of the ground ^ ! And may one be like thyself, O Vt^taspa ! 6. ' Mayest thou be swift-horsed, like the Sun ^ ! * Mayest thou be resplendent, like the moon ! ' Mayest thou be hot-burning, like fire ! ' Mayest thou have piercing rays, like Mithra ! ' Mayest thou be tall-formed and victorious, like the devout Sraosha ^ ! 7. ' Mayest thou follow a law of truth, like Rashnu ^ ! ' Mayest thou be a conqueror of thy foes, like Verethraghna ^ made by Ahura ! ' Mayest thou have fulness of welfare, like Rama HvdiStvdi. '' ! * Mayest thou be freed from sickness and death, like king Husravah ^ ! 8. 'Then the blessing goes for the bright, all- happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones ^ 'May it happen unto thee according to my blessing ! 'I'' Let us embrace and propagate the good thoughts, good words, and good deeds that have been done and that will be done here and elsewhere, that we may be in the number of the good. 1 Of Vijtaspa and his wife Hutaosa. 2 Cf. Yt. XXIV, 4. ' Cf. Sirozah, § ri. 4 Cf. Yt. XI. ^ Cf. Yt. XII, Introduction. « Cf! Yt. XIV. ' Cf. Yt. XV. " Kai Khosrav went alive to Paradise (Firdausi). ' He closes his blessing by wishing him bliss in heaven, 10 Yasna XXXV, 2 (4-5). f28 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 'Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' XXIV. vI^'tAsp ya^t. I. 1.
3vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 'Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' XXIV. vI^'tAsp ya^t. I. 1. ' I am a pious man, who speaks words of blessing,' thus said Zarathurtra to the young king Vi^taspa \ — ' She - appears to me full of Glory, O Zarathunra !' — 'O young king Vi^-taspa ! [I bless thee ^] with the living of a good life, of an exalted life, of a long life. May thy men live long ! May thy women live long ! May sons be born unto thee of thy own body * ! 2. 'Mayest thou thyself'' be holy, like Zarathurtra! 'Mayest thou be rich in cattle, like an Athwya- nide ^ ! ' Mayest thou be rich in horses, like Pourui'-aspa'^! ' Mayest thou have a good share of bliss ^ like king Husravah ! ' Mayest thou have strength to reach the Rangha, whose way lies afar, as Vafra Navaza did ^. ^ Literally, O young king Vijtaspa ! (or, O my son, king Vijtaspa !) 2 The law of Mazda (Pahl.). ^ Understood in ahi-vakau (who speaks blessing). * Cf.Yt. XXIII, I. ^ Khay^uj (=nafjm an) belongs to § 2 (W.). * See p. 326, note 8. "^ See p. 326, note 9. * Immortality (cf. Yt. XXIII, 7). W. has ashem merez6 = ahlayih patmanik, amargig (Pahl.). « Cf. Yt. XXIII, 4. VWTASP YAST. 329 -1 J- 5. ' May ten sons be born of thy own body ^ ! three as Athravans '\ three as warriors ^, three as tillers of the ground ^ ! May one of them be like 6amaspa ^ that he may bless thee with great and ever greater happiness ^ ! 4. ' Mayest thou be freed from sickness and death, like Pesho-tanu '^. ' Mayest thou have piercing rays, like Mithra ! ' Mayest thou be warm, like the moon ! ' Mayest thou be ^ resplendent, like fire ! ' Mayest thou be long-lived, as long-lived as an old man can be ^ ! 5. ' And when thou hast fulfilled a duration of a thousand years, [mayest thou obtain] the bright, all- happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones ! 'Ashem Vohfi : Holiness is the best of all good .... 1 Cf. Yt. XXIII, 5. 2 ' Like Aturpat, the son of Mahraspand ' (Pahl. Comm.). ^ ' Like Spenddat (Isfendyar), the son of Gmtasp ' (ibid.). * ' Like Zav' (Uzava ; ' Zav .... urbes et castella, quae Afras- siab deleverat, refici jussis, aperuit fluvios, quos ille operuerat, .... agros denuo coluit, qui in optimam, qua antehac floruerant, conditionem redierunt,' Hamzah Ispahensis, p. 24 of the Gottwaldt translation). ° Cf. Yt. XXIII, 2. * W. has the same text as Yt.
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1to statements therein \ which, when supplied, help a good deal to relieve this Yajt from its apparent state of utter incoherence. For this translation I was able to avail myself of a Pahlavi trans- lation, of which a copy was kindly lent to me by Mr, West. That translation is apparently of late date and often manifestly wrong ; yet it was very useful to me in several passages, besides its giving a Zend text generally more correct and more correctly divided than the text in Westergaard's edition '^. Ya^t XXIII was originally no independent Yajt, being nothing more than the beginning of Yaj-t XXIV, detached from it, with some slight alterations and inversions. XXIII. AfrIn PAIGHAMBAR ZARTO^T. 1. *I am a pious man, who speaks words of blessing.' — ' Thou appearest unto me full of Glory.' And Zarathiutra spake unto king Vi.rtaspa, say- ino- : ' I bless thee, O man ! O lord of the country ! with the living of a good life, of an exalted life, of a long life. May thy men live long! May thy women live long ! May sons be born unto thee of thy own body ! 2. ' Mayest thou have a son like 6^imaspa, and may he bless thee as (6^amaspa blessed) Vi^taspa (the lord) of the country ^ ! * For instance, §§ 28, 30, 31, 39, &c. 2 The various readings in Mr. West's manuscript are indicated by the letter W. in the notes. ^ See the introduction to this Ya^t and Yt. XXIV, 3, text and note. 326 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. ' Mayest thou be most beneficent, like Mazda ! ' Mayest thou be fiend-smiting, hke Thraetaona ^ ! 'Mayest thou be strong, Hke 6^amaspa ^ ! * Mayest thou be well-armed, like Takhma- Urupa ^ ! 3. ' Mayest thou be glorious, like Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd ! ' Mayest thou be instructed with a thousand senses, like Azi Dahaka, of the evil law ^ ! ' Mayest thou be awful and most strong, like Keresaspa ^ ! ' Mayest thou be a wise chief of assemblies, like UrvakhshayaM ' Mayest thou be beautiful of body and without fault, like Syavarshana "^ ! 4. ' Mayest thou be rich in cattle, like an Athwya- nide ^ ! ' Mayest thou be rich in horses, like Pouru^-aspa ^ ! ' Mayest thou be holy, like Zarathu^tra Spitama ! ' Mayest thou be able to reach the Rangha, whose shores lie afar, as Vafra Navaza was ^^^ ! ' Mayest thou be beloved by the gods and reve- renced by men " ! ^ Cf. Yt. V, 33. 2 cf Yt. V, 68. ^ Cf. Yt. XV, II. * Cf. Yt. V, 29. ^ Cf. Yt. V, 37. « See Yt.XV, 28. '' See p. 64, note i. * One belonging to the Athwya family, of which Thraetaona was a member.
2e beloved by the gods and reve- renced by men " ! ^ Cf. Yt. V, 33. 2 cf Yt. V, 68. ^ Cf. Yt. XV, II. * Cf. Yt. V, 29. ^ Cf. Yt. V, 37. « See Yt.XV, 28. '' See p. 64, note i. * One belonging to the Athwya family, of which Thraetaona was a member. All of them bore names that show them to have been rich in cattle: Pur-tora, Sok-tora, Bor-tora, &c. ('one with abundant oxen, with useful oxen, with the brown ox, &c.,' Bundahij, tr.West, XXXI, 7, note 8). ® Pouruj^-aspa was the father of Zarathujtra. His name means, 'He who possesses many horses,' ivokv-nvnos. '' Cf. Yt. V, 61. " Cf. Yt. XXIV, 4. AFRIN PAIGHAMBAR ZARTU^T. 327 5. ' May ten sons be born of you M In three of them mayest thou be an Athravan ! In three of them mayest thou be a warrior! In three of them mayest thou be a tiller of the ground ^ ! And may one be like thyself, O Vt^taspa ! 6. ' Mayest thou be swift-horsed, like the Sun ^ ! * Mayest thou be resplendent, like the moon ! ' Mayest thou be hot-burning, like fire ! ' Mayest thou have piercing rays, like Mithra ! ' Mayest thou be tall-formed and victorious, like the devout Sraosha ^ ! 7. ' Mayest thou follow a law of truth, like Rashnu ^ ! ' Mayest thou be a conqueror of thy foes, like Verethraghna ^ made by Ahura ! ' Mayest thou have fulness of welfare, like Rama HvdiStvdi. '' ! * Mayest thou be freed from sickness and death, like king Husravah ^ ! 8. 'Then the blessing goes for the bright, all- happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones ^ 'May it happen unto thee according to my blessing ! 'I'' Let us embrace and propagate the good thoughts, good words, and good deeds that have been done and that will be done here and elsewhere, that we may be in the number of the good. 1 Of Vijtaspa and his wife Hutaosa. 2 Cf. Yt. XXIV, 4. ' Cf. Sirozah, § ri. 4 Cf. Yt. XI. ^ Cf. Yt. XII, Introduction. « Cf! Yt. XIV. ' Cf. Yt. XV. " Kai Khosrav went alive to Paradise (Firdausi). ' He closes his blessing by wishing him bliss in heaven, 10 Yasna XXXV, 2 (4-5). f28 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 'Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' XXIV. vI^'tAsp ya^t. I. 1.
3vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 'Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' XXIV. vI^'tAsp ya^t. I. 1. ' I am a pious man, who speaks words of blessing,' thus said Zarathurtra to the young king Vi^taspa \ — ' She - appears to me full of Glory, O Zarathunra !' — 'O young king Vi^-taspa ! [I bless thee ^] with the living of a good life, of an exalted life, of a long life. May thy men live long ! May thy women live long ! May sons be born unto thee of thy own body * ! 2. 'Mayest thou thyself'' be holy, like Zarathurtra! 'Mayest thou be rich in cattle, like an Athwya- nide ^ ! ' Mayest thou be rich in horses, like Pourui'-aspa'^! ' Mayest thou have a good share of bliss ^ like king Husravah ! ' Mayest thou have strength to reach the Rangha, whose way lies afar, as Vafra Navaza did ^. ^ Literally, O young king Vijtaspa ! (or, O my son, king Vijtaspa !) 2 The law of Mazda (Pahl.). ^ Understood in ahi-vakau (who speaks blessing). * Cf.Yt. XXIII, I. ^ Khay^uj (=nafjm an) belongs to § 2 (W.). * See p. 326, note 8. "^ See p. 326, note 9. * Immortality (cf. Yt. XXIII, 7). W. has ashem merez6 = ahlayih patmanik, amargig (Pahl.). « Cf. Yt. XXIII, 4. VWTASP YAST. 329 -1 J- 5. ' May ten sons be born of thy own body ^ ! three as Athravans '\ three as warriors ^, three as tillers of the ground ^ ! May one of them be like 6amaspa ^ that he may bless thee with great and ever greater happiness ^ ! 4. ' Mayest thou be freed from sickness and death, like Pesho-tanu '^. ' Mayest thou have piercing rays, like Mithra ! ' Mayest thou be warm, like the moon ! ' Mayest thou be ^ resplendent, like fire ! ' Mayest thou be long-lived, as long-lived as an old man can be ^ ! 5. ' And when thou hast fulfilled a duration of a thousand years, [mayest thou obtain] the bright, all- happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones ! 'Ashem Vohfi : Holiness is the best of all good .... 1 Cf. Yt. XXIII, 5. 2 ' Like Aturpat, the son of Mahraspand ' (Pahl. Comm.). ^ ' Like Spenddat (Isfendyar), the son of Gmtasp ' (ibid.). * ' Like Zav' (Uzava ; ' Zav .... urbes et castella, quae Afras- siab deleverat, refici jussis, aperuit fluvios, quos ille operuerat, .... agros denuo coluit, qui in optimam, qua antehac floruerant, conditionem redierunt,' Hamzah Ispahensis, p. 24 of the Gottwaldt translation). ° Cf. Yt. XXIII, 2. * W. has the same text as Yt.
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