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1iab 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. XXIII, 2 : yatha dangh^ uj Vijtas- pai, which is interpreted afrin pataj obdunat X-igun Gamasp kart madam matapat Gfijtasp. "^ Peshotanu was a son of ViJtaspa: Zarathujtra made him drink of a certain sort of milk, and ' he forgot death.' He is one of the seven immortals, and reigns in Kangdez (Zartusht-Namah and Bundahij XXIX, 5). 8 Bavahi (W.). » Doubtful. The Pahlavi translation follows Yt. XXIII, 4, though the text is the same as in Westergaard (only bavai and zarnumato instead of bavahi, zaranumato). A_ 330 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. II. 6 ^ ' Give ^ him strength and victory ! Give him welfare in cattle and bread ^ ! ' thus said Zarathiutra to the young king Vi^taspa ! ' Give him a great number* of male children, praisers^ [of God] and chiefs in assemblies, who smite and are not smitten, who smite at one stroke their enemies, who smite at one stroke their foes, ever in joy and ready to help. 7. ' Ye gods of full Glory, ye gods of full healing, let your greatness become manifest ! ' 8. Zarathu^tra addressed him, saying : ' O young king Vktaspa! May their greatness become manifest as it is called for ! ' Ye Waters, impart and give your Glory to the man who offers you a sacrifice ! * This is the boon we beg (for thee) of Ashi Vanguhi ^ of Rata \ with eyes of love.' 9. Pare^^di ^ of the light chariot, follows : ' Mayest thou^ become manifest unto him, the young king ViJtaspa ! 'May plenty dwell in this house, standing upon high columns and rich in food ^^ ! Thou wilt never ^ For §§ 6-7, cf. Mah Nyayij, lo-ii. 2 The prayer is addressed to Waters. ^ Zfz^athro-nahim: asanih lahmak. * Paourvatatem: kebad farzand. ^ Stahyanam : kebad stayitar. « See Yt. XVI. ' See Vend. Introd. IV, 30. 8 See p. II, note 5. ® Parewdi. " Plenty will reign in thy house, if thou wilt be liberal to the priest. vbrAsp YA-sT. 331 offer and give bad food to a priest : for a priest must be to thee like the brightest ^ offspring of thy own blood.' 10. Zarathiutra spake unto him : ' O young king Vi^^taspa ! ' He who supports the Law of the worshippers of Mazda, as a brother or as a friend, he who treats her friendly in any way, looks to keep off want of food from her ^Z 11.
2ring of thy own blood.' 10. Zarathiutra spake unto him : ' O young king Vi^^taspa ! ' He who supports the Law of the worshippers of Mazda, as a brother or as a friend, he who treats her friendly in any way, looks to keep off want of food from her ^Z 11. The holy Zarathuj^tra preached that law to Frashao^tra ^ and 6'amaspa : ' May ye practise holiness and thrive, O young Frashao^tra (and 6"amaspa) !' 12. Thus said Ahura Mazda unto the holy Zara- thu5tra, and thus again did Zarathui^tra say unto the young king Vi^taspa : ' Have no bad priests or unfriendly priests ; for bad priests or unfriendly priests will bring about much harm, and, though thou wish to sacrifice, it will be to the Amesha- Spe/ztas as if no sacrifice had been offered *. ' Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... in. 1 3. ' When I teach thee, that thou mayest do the same to thy son ^, O Vii-taspa ! receive thou well that teaching ; that will make thee rich in children and rich in milk ; rich in seed, in fat, in milk ^ ^ Ra6vatam ^a (not rashvatam /('a) belongs to § 9 (W.). ^ W. has, hanaire vaem aiwi vaina/ (vaem = Sansk.vayas?). ' See Yt. XIII, 103. Frashaojtra and Gamaspa were brothers. * Cf. Vend. XVIII, 1-13. Perhaps, ' Be not bad to the priests! Be not unfriendly to the priest I For he who is bad to the priest, he who is unfriendly to the priest . . . .' » Doubtful. « Cf. Vend. XXI, 6-7. 332 YAi'TS AND SIROZAHS. 14. 'Thus do we announce unto thee, Ahura Mazda, and Sraosha, and Ashi, and the Law of the worshippers of Mazda, with the whole of all her hymns, with the whole of all her deeds, with the whole of her performances ; the Law of Mazda, who obtains her wishes, who makes the world grow, who listens to the songs and rejoices the faithful man at his wish ; who protects the faithful man, who maintains the faithful man ; 15. 'From whom come the knowledge of holi- ness and the increase in holiness of the world of the holy Principle, and without whom ^ no faithful man ^ can know holiness. ' To thee ^ come every Havanan, every Atare- vakhsha, every Frabaretar, every Abere/, every Asnatar, every Rathwi^kar, every Sraosha-varez ^ ; 1 6. ' Every priest, every warrior, every husbandman ; every master of a house, every lord of a borough, every lord of a town, every lord of a province ; 1 7.
3Atare- vakhsha, every Frabaretar, every Abere/, every Asnatar, every Rathwi^kar, every Sraosha-varez ^ ; 1 6. ' Every priest, every warrior, every husbandman ; every master of a house, every lord of a borough, every lord of a town, every lord of a province ; 1 7. ' Every youth of good thoughts, good words, good deeds, and good religion ; every youth who speaks the right words ; every one who performs the next-of-kin marriage ^ ; every itinerant priest ; every mistress of a house ; every wandering priest, obedient to the Law. 18. 'To thee come all the performers ^ (of holi- ness), all the masters of holiness, who, to the 1 Doubtful. 2 Saoshya;/tem, W. has srashyawtem. ^ To the Law. * The seven priests engaged in the sacrifice (Vendidad, p. 64, note i). ^ The /zz'agtvodatha (Vend. Introd. p. xlv, note 7 ; see West, Pahlavi Texts, II, 389 seq.). 6 Thatu^: kar kartar (Pahl.). VWTASP YAS'T. 32)3 number of three and thirty \ stand next to Havani, beine masters of holiness. 1 9. ' May they be fully protected ^ in thee, O young king Vii-taspa ! While thou smitest thy ad- versaries, thy foes, those who hate thee, a hundred times a hundred for a hundred ^ a thousand times a thousand for a thousand, ten thousand times ten thousand for ten thousand, myriads of myriads for a myriad. 20. ' Proclaim thou that word, as we did proclaim it unto thee ! ' O Maker of the good world ! Ahura Mazda, I worship thee with a sacrifice, I worship and for- ward thee with a sacrifice, I worship this creation of Ahura Mazda.' 21'^. The young king Vi^taspa asked Zarathu^tra : ' With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship, with what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward this creation of Ahura Mazda ?' 22. Zarathunra answered: 'We will make it known unto thee, O young king Vij-taspa ! ' Go towards that tree that is beautiful, high- growing, and mighty amongst the high-growing trees, and say thou these words : "Hail to thee ! O good, holy tree, made by Mazda ! Ash em Vohu !" 23. ' Let the faithful man cut off twigs of baresma, either one, or two, or three : let him bind them and ^ See Yasna I, 10 (33). ^ Thratotemo belongs to § 19 (W.). ' He kills a hundred times a hundred of them, while they kill a hundred of his people. * For this clause and the following two, cf. Vend. XIX, 17 seq., text and notes. ^„ A . 334 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. tie them up according to the rites, being bound and unbound according to the rites.
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.
1iab 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. XXIII, 2 : yatha dangh^ uj Vijtas- pai, which is interpreted afrin pataj obdunat X-igun Gamasp kart madam matapat Gfijtasp. "^ Peshotanu was a son of ViJtaspa: Zarathujtra made him drink of a certain sort of milk, and ' he forgot death.' He is one of the seven immortals, and reigns in Kangdez (Zartusht-Namah and Bundahij XXIX, 5). 8 Bavahi (W.). » Doubtful. The Pahlavi translation follows Yt. XXIII, 4, though the text is the same as in Westergaard (only bavai and zarnumato instead of bavahi, zaranumato). A_ 330 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. II. 6 ^ ' Give ^ him strength and victory ! Give him welfare in cattle and bread ^ ! ' thus said Zarathiutra to the young king Vi^taspa ! ' Give him a great number* of male children, praisers^ [of God] and chiefs in assemblies, who smite and are not smitten, who smite at one stroke their enemies, who smite at one stroke their foes, ever in joy and ready to help. 7. ' Ye gods of full Glory, ye gods of full healing, let your greatness become manifest ! ' 8. Zarathu^tra addressed him, saying : ' O young king Vktaspa! May their greatness become manifest as it is called for ! ' Ye Waters, impart and give your Glory to the man who offers you a sacrifice ! * This is the boon we beg (for thee) of Ashi Vanguhi ^ of Rata \ with eyes of love.' 9. Pare^^di ^ of the light chariot, follows : ' Mayest thou^ become manifest unto him, the young king ViJtaspa ! 'May plenty dwell in this house, standing upon high columns and rich in food ^^ ! Thou wilt never ^ For §§ 6-7, cf. Mah Nyayij, lo-ii. 2 The prayer is addressed to Waters. ^ Zfz^athro-nahim: asanih lahmak. * Paourvatatem: kebad farzand. ^ Stahyanam : kebad stayitar. « See Yt. XVI. ' See Vend. Introd. IV, 30. 8 See p. II, note 5. ® Parewdi. " Plenty will reign in thy house, if thou wilt be liberal to the priest. vbrAsp YA-sT. 331 offer and give bad food to a priest : for a priest must be to thee like the brightest ^ offspring of thy own blood.' 10. Zarathiutra spake unto him : ' O young king Vi^^taspa ! ' He who supports the Law of the worshippers of Mazda, as a brother or as a friend, he who treats her friendly in any way, looks to keep off want of food from her ^Z 11.
2ring of thy own blood.' 10. Zarathiutra spake unto him : ' O young king Vi^^taspa ! ' He who supports the Law of the worshippers of Mazda, as a brother or as a friend, he who treats her friendly in any way, looks to keep off want of food from her ^Z 11. The holy Zarathuj^tra preached that law to Frashao^tra ^ and 6'amaspa : ' May ye practise holiness and thrive, O young Frashao^tra (and 6"amaspa) !' 12. Thus said Ahura Mazda unto the holy Zara- thu5tra, and thus again did Zarathui^tra say unto the young king Vi^taspa : ' Have no bad priests or unfriendly priests ; for bad priests or unfriendly priests will bring about much harm, and, though thou wish to sacrifice, it will be to the Amesha- Spe/ztas as if no sacrifice had been offered *. ' Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... in. 1 3. ' When I teach thee, that thou mayest do the same to thy son ^, O Vii-taspa ! receive thou well that teaching ; that will make thee rich in children and rich in milk ; rich in seed, in fat, in milk ^ ^ Ra6vatam ^a (not rashvatam /('a) belongs to § 9 (W.). ^ W. has, hanaire vaem aiwi vaina/ (vaem = Sansk.vayas?). ' See Yt. XIII, 103. Frashaojtra and Gamaspa were brothers. * Cf. Vend. XVIII, 1-13. Perhaps, ' Be not bad to the priests! Be not unfriendly to the priest I For he who is bad to the priest, he who is unfriendly to the priest . . . .' » Doubtful. « Cf. Vend. XXI, 6-7. 332 YAi'TS AND SIROZAHS. 14. 'Thus do we announce unto thee, Ahura Mazda, and Sraosha, and Ashi, and the Law of the worshippers of Mazda, with the whole of all her hymns, with the whole of all her deeds, with the whole of her performances ; the Law of Mazda, who obtains her wishes, who makes the world grow, who listens to the songs and rejoices the faithful man at his wish ; who protects the faithful man, who maintains the faithful man ; 15. 'From whom come the knowledge of holi- ness and the increase in holiness of the world of the holy Principle, and without whom ^ no faithful man ^ can know holiness. ' To thee ^ come every Havanan, every Atare- vakhsha, every Frabaretar, every Abere/, every Asnatar, every Rathwi^kar, every Sraosha-varez ^ ; 1 6. ' Every priest, every warrior, every husbandman ; every master of a house, every lord of a borough, every lord of a town, every lord of a province ; 1 7.
3Atare- vakhsha, every Frabaretar, every Abere/, every Asnatar, every Rathwi^kar, every Sraosha-varez ^ ; 1 6. ' Every priest, every warrior, every husbandman ; every master of a house, every lord of a borough, every lord of a town, every lord of a province ; 1 7. ' Every youth of good thoughts, good words, good deeds, and good religion ; every youth who speaks the right words ; every one who performs the next-of-kin marriage ^ ; every itinerant priest ; every mistress of a house ; every wandering priest, obedient to the Law. 18. 'To thee come all the performers ^ (of holi- ness), all the masters of holiness, who, to the 1 Doubtful. 2 Saoshya;/tem, W. has srashyawtem. ^ To the Law. * The seven priests engaged in the sacrifice (Vendidad, p. 64, note i). ^ The /zz'agtvodatha (Vend. Introd. p. xlv, note 7 ; see West, Pahlavi Texts, II, 389 seq.). 6 Thatu^: kar kartar (Pahl.). VWTASP YAS'T. 32)3 number of three and thirty \ stand next to Havani, beine masters of holiness. 1 9. ' May they be fully protected ^ in thee, O young king Vii-taspa ! While thou smitest thy ad- versaries, thy foes, those who hate thee, a hundred times a hundred for a hundred ^ a thousand times a thousand for a thousand, ten thousand times ten thousand for ten thousand, myriads of myriads for a myriad. 20. ' Proclaim thou that word, as we did proclaim it unto thee ! ' O Maker of the good world ! Ahura Mazda, I worship thee with a sacrifice, I worship and for- ward thee with a sacrifice, I worship this creation of Ahura Mazda.' 21'^. The young king Vi^taspa asked Zarathu^tra : ' With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship, with what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward this creation of Ahura Mazda ?' 22. Zarathunra answered: 'We will make it known unto thee, O young king Vij-taspa ! ' Go towards that tree that is beautiful, high- growing, and mighty amongst the high-growing trees, and say thou these words : "Hail to thee ! O good, holy tree, made by Mazda ! Ash em Vohu !" 23. ' Let the faithful man cut off twigs of baresma, either one, or two, or three : let him bind them and ^ See Yasna I, 10 (33). ^ Thratotemo belongs to § 19 (W.). ' He kills a hundred times a hundred of them, while they kill a hundred of his people. * For this clause and the following two, cf. Vend. XIX, 17 seq., text and notes. ^„ A . 334 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. tie them up according to the rites, being bound and unbound according to the rites.
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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