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1ted edition.) Verbatim tri. (with extensive paraphrase here especially necessary owing to the meagreness of the text.) (Laus vobis Gathae sacrae!) [Per] benefico[-cum Suum] Spiritu[-tum et per] Optima[-mam Suam] Mente[-tem in sanctis Suis vivam et in omne bonum efficacem], (b) ex Sanctitate, [i. e. vi Suae legis spiritalis*], per facto[-tum sanctum a Suis fidelibus plene per- actum, et per] verboque[-bum verum et benignum a Suis’ sanctis dictum (omnino** quum in vita quotidiana tum in ceremoniis ritus, i. e in hymnis diligenter et religiose recitatis, etc.), per haec facta verbaque fidelium Su- orum (¢) Ahura] huic™! [Suo sancto cultori praemia vitae coelestis merenti] dans (sic videtur*(?)) erit*, ([vel et fortasse melius ‘dent [dabunt (dain*? III pl.’ Ahura una cum Bona Mente, Sanctitate, etc. (beneficis Immortalibus hoc loco suis nominibus ex consulto nominatis (vide infra)), dabit A. (vel ‘dabunt’ Ahura et hi alii Immortales]) Salubritates-duas [idioma simpliciter loco verbi ‘Sal-tem’, hoc est, res florentes omnino et summatim putatas quod ad corpus, quod ad mentem, etc. pertineat, et] Immortalitates-duas [idioma sim- pliciter loco verbi ‘Immortalitatem’, hoc est, vitam in incolumitate et in longinquitate productam hac et ill4c] Mazda [et alii Immortales ea duo dona beata (i.e. Salubritatem et Immortalitatem) dent (vel ‘dabunt’) per] Potestate [-tem regalem et divinam Suam in civitate sacra, etc. et per] Pietate[-tem in nos a Se inspiratam], Ahura [haec dona duo beata det vel dabit Dominus, vel ‘Deus-Vivus’]. *! Vel fortasse ‘nobis [Suis sanctis]’. *? sunt qui dan sensu infin. accus., vertant. Pahl. text transl. ‘Niyayishn avd lekim, Gasand i aharabd! (a) Min afztinik minavadih va?+1 pahlim minishnih, [amat zak 1° madd yekaviminad am bara kardd; va zak i 144 madd yekaviminad®, 14° am bara nikiridd), (b) va7 min zak i Aharayih kdinishnd va’ gobishné, [va9 ktinishné 1 frardnd* rat zim, ghal kard6, va gobishnd i frarind! raf zim, ghal gifts]. (c) Amand khvéshan XLVIU. 1, 275a Yasna XLVI. 1 The Anthem ‘Bounteous Spirit’. Free tr. By Thy blest Spirit moved and Mind the Better Through Holiness revealed in words and actions Immortal Weal to us* Ahura, giveth Mazda through Power* and Devotion master. yehabind’? Haurvadad vatt Amerédad [!2 mozd avd anshitdadnd] (d) zak i Atharmazd'3+t khidayih™ pavan btindak mfnishnth. *See P. ? DJ. om. *D. ins, *DJ. lak. *D. °néd. *DJ., D., M., rai. 7D. ins. va. *D. ins. °DJ. om. * DJ., D. yehaband. 'D. ins, 1? DJ., D. om. va. DJ. has i; DJ., D. om. va. ' DJ. khtidat. Pahl. transl., etc. Praise to You, O holy Gathas! From the Bountiful spirituality and the excellent (or ‘best’) thought, [since that which has come from the bountiful spirit is thoroughly performed by me, and that which has not come from him (or ‘it’) is not at all regarded by me}, (b) and from* that which és the deed and word of Aharayih, [that is, it is according to my pious action that the deed is done, and it is according to my
2ich has come from the bountiful spirit is thoroughly performed by me, and that which has not come from him (or ‘it’) is not at all regarded by me}, (b) and from* that which és the deed and word of Aharayih, [that is, it is according to my pious action that the deed is done, and it is according to my pious speech that the word is spoken], (c, d) and thus, from that spirit, etc., He who és Atharmazd has given us [his own ddessings] Haurvadad and Amerddad [as a reward to ws men] through the perfect-mindedness (sic) of His sovereign authority. (Mere translation as ordinary Pahlavi is wholly misleading.) Ner.’s sansk. text. Namo yushmabhyaib, Gathah punydtmanyahl. (a) Mahat- tarat* adrigyatvat* utkrishtatarachcha manasah [yat* praptam asti asmabhyaih kyitarh; yat* na? praptam asti, tan (na) raayé Alokitam], (b) samcelishtat* punyena’, karmanaccha, vachasag cha [karmane sadvyAparine* asmakarh kri- tari vachasecha saddcharine* asmakam uktath], (c) asmabhyari [svadhinebhyo manushyebhyah*] dadau Avirdadam, [udakam], Amirdadarh, [vanaspatirh], (d)Ma- hajhaninah* rajya4ya sampirnamanasa Svami. + Sentence not in OC, 2 J. om. * supplied; J.°, J.4, C., P. om. (NB. Sandhi is only intermittingly applied, and Sanskrit of every period occurs as used with unusual application.) Ner. trl., etc. Praise to you, ye sacred Gathas. (a) From the Greater (greatest) Spirit and from the more (most) excellent Mind, [what has reached us from these is fulfilled by me, and what has not reached us thus has not been observed by me], (b) and from our action and speech each united with sanctity, [for good actions our deeds are done, and for beneficial speech our words are uttered], (c) from and on account of this Spirit, words, and actions (see line a) the Lord has given to us [men] Avirdida [water] and Amirddda [the tree], to us as belonging* (?) to Him (or better here, ‘to us as having (i, e. ‘to have’) them in possession’), (d) for His Kingdom as that of the 276 XLVII, 2. Great Wise One and by means of the perfect mind (or ‘of the perfect- minded-one’). ; Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Niyayishn 4n Shuma Gath(h)a 7 asho! (a) Az afztini Minti* 6E4y2Qr4 Lp ee NeEO ro too po2ia eG -WIIQVN 2, Text. Lessing” ay ~age aprgorrwly od{g dau > AUD SIQY usosedel wav)ebbsssagu9 : 133). o20.16 Ay? gug(a) )au Sm S09 96 “AW II QI EAL SY 49049 0) byyey PeDop” 40095 Verbatim trl. (with paraphrase). Hjus [vel Sui(?)] Spiritus. Benigni™ optimum, [i. e. summum bonum omnino efficiat Dominus, vel sanctus civis*? a Domino inspiratus et incitatus, i. e. res secundiores summatim hac et illac efficiat Dominus (quum ad animam sanctitate complendam tum ad prosperitatem sacrae agri-culturae et rerum domesticarum servandam et augendam, etc.) (b) per sacra verba doctrinae (de rebus promissis et de man- datis)| ex-lingua dictis[-cta] Bonae ex ore nunc** Mentis [in sacra ecclesia, vel in quoquo sancto fideli, vivae et efficacis] (c) Pietatis manibus-duabus [per manus duas Pietatis] facto-Suo [illud summum
3carum servandam et augendam, etc.) (b) per sacra verba doctrinae (de rebus promissis et de man- datis)| ex-lingua dictis[-cta] Bonae ex ore nunc** Mentis [in sacra ecclesia, vel in quoquo sancto fideli, vivae et efficacis] (c) Pietatis manibus-duabus [per manus duas Pietatis] facto-Suo [illud summum bonum] efficiat [Dominus, vel servus*? Ejus devotus pro Domino agens]; (a) tali** sapientia [(ad salutem nostram efficiendam tam perspicaci) enim est] ille pater Sanctitatis, [i. e. auctor sanctae legis in animis nostris sitae ipse| Mazda. “1 Sunt qui ‘sancti’ reddant. *? vide ahmai = ashduné (?) in stropha IV (4) et in V (5). *§ vel lege ‘aonha’. i Pahl. text transl. *Valman i minavad i afztnik? pahlim [Gasanik* pa- dash] (b) main pavan hfizvind vat pimman [zak i] pavan® Vohiman [milaya, aigh, pavan htizvand vat+? ptiimman zak i frarind yemalelinéd] (c) va® pavan bindak minishnth, pavan kold dé yadman ktinishnd7 varzéd6. [Zak i8 gabra 1° Gasdnik, aigh, mindavam!° bindak minishniha vaddinyén]. (d) Zak i! farzanak, faigh, farjam i mindavam pavan frardndih khavitanédo}2, zak i! aba i!4 Aha- rayih pavan danakih, [aigh, fravarddrih i dimand pavan frardndih vaddinyén]. 1See P. 2 DJ. ins. 7. * so D. * DJ., D. ins. va. * DJ. has frarimo for pavan (a slip). °D. ins. va. 7D. ings. i ®D. ins. 2 ® D. ins, a. %° DJ. ins. 7. + D. om. i. 2 DJ., D. om. va. 1% DJ. ins. 1. +4 D. (?); DJ. has prob. abto. Pahi. trl., etc. Thus the best gift (or ‘deed’) of* the Bountiful Spirit (gen. by pos.; see also Ner.) he will produce (see line c),: [i. e. the Gathic lore is produced by this means] (b) which zs [that which és speech] udtered through the tongue and mouth by Vohtiman, fi. e. he speaks that which is XLVIL 2. 277 u pahblfim (sic) minishni*, [kih an rasid éstéd (so) ma-ra bih kard, waA’n 7¢ nah rasid éstéd {] [ra = ra] ma-ra bih[] [nigérend (so) = Pahl. °nd)] %* (b) {] Az Anz Sawab kunishn u gobishn {u kunishn 7 frarini ra am 6 (or ‘f’) guft], (c) mayan* khwéshan dad Khordad u Amerdad [ [] badlah an adamiyan], (d) 4n 7 Hoérmuzd khuda pah pur minishni % (w=y). Free tri. That gift the best of His most bounteous Spirit By words from tongue of Good Mind muttered Let Him with hands of Reverence complete Father of Right* through wisdom Mazda. correctly-pious with tongue and mouth], (c) yea he effects that best of benefits (see line a) with perfect-mindedness and with the action of both the hands (for ‘he performs action with full energy’), {he, the Gathic man, i. e. they (such persons) should accomplish the matter in a perfect-minded (sic) way]; (d) he who is wise will do thus, {i. e. he who understands the conclusion of the matter through his correct-piety], he who is the father of Sanctity through wisdom”, [i. e. they, such persons, will effect the nourishment* of the creatures through (or ‘with’) correct piety]. *! NB. Mazdao is rendered as ‘wise one’ and applied to the human subject, or Mazda = danakih the abstract was read; see also Ner.
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.
1ted edition.) Verbatim tri. (with extensive paraphrase here especially necessary owing to the meagreness of the text.) (Laus vobis Gathae sacrae!) [Per] benefico[-cum Suum] Spiritu[-tum et per] Optima[-mam Suam] Mente[-tem in sanctis Suis vivam et in omne bonum efficacem], (b) ex Sanctitate, [i. e. vi Suae legis spiritalis*], per facto[-tum sanctum a Suis fidelibus plene per- actum, et per] verboque[-bum verum et benignum a Suis’ sanctis dictum (omnino** quum in vita quotidiana tum in ceremoniis ritus, i. e in hymnis diligenter et religiose recitatis, etc.), per haec facta verbaque fidelium Su- orum (¢) Ahura] huic™! [Suo sancto cultori praemia vitae coelestis merenti] dans (sic videtur*(?)) erit*, ([vel et fortasse melius ‘dent [dabunt (dain*? III pl.’ Ahura una cum Bona Mente, Sanctitate, etc. (beneficis Immortalibus hoc loco suis nominibus ex consulto nominatis (vide infra)), dabit A. (vel ‘dabunt’ Ahura et hi alii Immortales]) Salubritates-duas [idioma simpliciter loco verbi ‘Sal-tem’, hoc est, res florentes omnino et summatim putatas quod ad corpus, quod ad mentem, etc. pertineat, et] Immortalitates-duas [idioma sim- pliciter loco verbi ‘Immortalitatem’, hoc est, vitam in incolumitate et in longinquitate productam hac et ill4c] Mazda [et alii Immortales ea duo dona beata (i.e. Salubritatem et Immortalitatem) dent (vel ‘dabunt’) per] Potestate [-tem regalem et divinam Suam in civitate sacra, etc. et per] Pietate[-tem in nos a Se inspiratam], Ahura [haec dona duo beata det vel dabit Dominus, vel ‘Deus-Vivus’]. *! Vel fortasse ‘nobis [Suis sanctis]’. *? sunt qui dan sensu infin. accus., vertant. Pahl. text transl. ‘Niyayishn avd lekim, Gasand i aharabd! (a) Min afztinik minavadih va?+1 pahlim minishnih, [amat zak 1° madd yekaviminad am bara kardd; va zak i 144 madd yekaviminad®, 14° am bara nikiridd), (b) va7 min zak i Aharayih kdinishnd va’ gobishné, [va9 ktinishné 1 frardnd* rat zim, ghal kard6, va gobishnd i frarind! raf zim, ghal gifts]. (c) Amand khvéshan XLVIU. 1, 275a Yasna XLVI. 1 The Anthem ‘Bounteous Spirit’. Free tr. By Thy blest Spirit moved and Mind the Better Through Holiness revealed in words and actions Immortal Weal to us* Ahura, giveth Mazda through Power* and Devotion master. yehabind’? Haurvadad vatt Amerédad [!2 mozd avd anshitdadnd] (d) zak i Atharmazd'3+t khidayih™ pavan btindak mfnishnth. *See P. ? DJ. om. *D. ins, *DJ. lak. *D. °néd. *DJ., D., M., rai. 7D. ins. va. *D. ins. °DJ. om. * DJ., D. yehaband. 'D. ins, 1? DJ., D. om. va. DJ. has i; DJ., D. om. va. ' DJ. khtidat. Pahl. transl., etc. Praise to You, O holy Gathas! From the Bountiful spirituality and the excellent (or ‘best’) thought, [since that which has come from the bountiful spirit is thoroughly performed by me, and that which has not come from him (or ‘it’) is not at all regarded by me}, (b) and from* that which és the deed and word of Aharayih, [that is, it is according to my pious action that the deed is done, and it is according to my
2ich has come from the bountiful spirit is thoroughly performed by me, and that which has not come from him (or ‘it’) is not at all regarded by me}, (b) and from* that which és the deed and word of Aharayih, [that is, it is according to my pious action that the deed is done, and it is according to my pious speech that the word is spoken], (c, d) and thus, from that spirit, etc., He who és Atharmazd has given us [his own ddessings] Haurvadad and Amerddad [as a reward to ws men] through the perfect-mindedness (sic) of His sovereign authority. (Mere translation as ordinary Pahlavi is wholly misleading.) Ner.’s sansk. text. Namo yushmabhyaib, Gathah punydtmanyahl. (a) Mahat- tarat* adrigyatvat* utkrishtatarachcha manasah [yat* praptam asti asmabhyaih kyitarh; yat* na? praptam asti, tan (na) raayé Alokitam], (b) samcelishtat* punyena’, karmanaccha, vachasag cha [karmane sadvyAparine* asmakarh kri- tari vachasecha saddcharine* asmakam uktath], (c) asmabhyari [svadhinebhyo manushyebhyah*] dadau Avirdadam, [udakam], Amirdadarh, [vanaspatirh], (d)Ma- hajhaninah* rajya4ya sampirnamanasa Svami. + Sentence not in OC, 2 J. om. * supplied; J.°, J.4, C., P. om. (NB. Sandhi is only intermittingly applied, and Sanskrit of every period occurs as used with unusual application.) Ner. trl., etc. Praise to you, ye sacred Gathas. (a) From the Greater (greatest) Spirit and from the more (most) excellent Mind, [what has reached us from these is fulfilled by me, and what has not reached us thus has not been observed by me], (b) and from our action and speech each united with sanctity, [for good actions our deeds are done, and for beneficial speech our words are uttered], (c) from and on account of this Spirit, words, and actions (see line a) the Lord has given to us [men] Avirdida [water] and Amirddda [the tree], to us as belonging* (?) to Him (or better here, ‘to us as having (i, e. ‘to have’) them in possession’), (d) for His Kingdom as that of the 276 XLVII, 2. Great Wise One and by means of the perfect mind (or ‘of the perfect- minded-one’). ; Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Niyayishn 4n Shuma Gath(h)a 7 asho! (a) Az afztini Minti* 6E4y2Qr4 Lp ee NeEO ro too po2ia eG -WIIQVN 2, Text. Lessing” ay ~age aprgorrwly od{g dau > AUD SIQY usosedel wav)ebbsssagu9 : 133). o20.16 Ay? gug(a) )au Sm S09 96 “AW II QI EAL SY 49049 0) byyey PeDop” 40095 Verbatim trl. (with paraphrase). Hjus [vel Sui(?)] Spiritus. Benigni™ optimum, [i. e. summum bonum omnino efficiat Dominus, vel sanctus civis*? a Domino inspiratus et incitatus, i. e. res secundiores summatim hac et illac efficiat Dominus (quum ad animam sanctitate complendam tum ad prosperitatem sacrae agri-culturae et rerum domesticarum servandam et augendam, etc.) (b) per sacra verba doctrinae (de rebus promissis et de man- datis)| ex-lingua dictis[-cta] Bonae ex ore nunc** Mentis [in sacra ecclesia, vel in quoquo sancto fideli, vivae et efficacis] (c) Pietatis manibus-duabus [per manus duas Pietatis] facto-Suo [illud summum
3carum servandam et augendam, etc.) (b) per sacra verba doctrinae (de rebus promissis et de man- datis)| ex-lingua dictis[-cta] Bonae ex ore nunc** Mentis [in sacra ecclesia, vel in quoquo sancto fideli, vivae et efficacis] (c) Pietatis manibus-duabus [per manus duas Pietatis] facto-Suo [illud summum bonum] efficiat [Dominus, vel servus*? Ejus devotus pro Domino agens]; (a) tali** sapientia [(ad salutem nostram efficiendam tam perspicaci) enim est] ille pater Sanctitatis, [i. e. auctor sanctae legis in animis nostris sitae ipse| Mazda. “1 Sunt qui ‘sancti’ reddant. *? vide ahmai = ashduné (?) in stropha IV (4) et in V (5). *§ vel lege ‘aonha’. i Pahl. text transl. *Valman i minavad i afztnik? pahlim [Gasanik* pa- dash] (b) main pavan hfizvind vat pimman [zak i] pavan® Vohiman [milaya, aigh, pavan htizvand vat+? ptiimman zak i frarind yemalelinéd] (c) va® pavan bindak minishnth, pavan kold dé yadman ktinishnd7 varzéd6. [Zak i8 gabra 1° Gasdnik, aigh, mindavam!° bindak minishniha vaddinyén]. (d) Zak i! farzanak, faigh, farjam i mindavam pavan frardndih khavitanédo}2, zak i! aba i!4 Aha- rayih pavan danakih, [aigh, fravarddrih i dimand pavan frardndih vaddinyén]. 1See P. 2 DJ. ins. 7. * so D. * DJ., D. ins. va. * DJ. has frarimo for pavan (a slip). °D. ins. va. 7D. ings. i ®D. ins. 2 ® D. ins, a. %° DJ. ins. 7. + D. om. i. 2 DJ., D. om. va. 1% DJ. ins. 1. +4 D. (?); DJ. has prob. abto. Pahi. trl., etc. Thus the best gift (or ‘deed’) of* the Bountiful Spirit (gen. by pos.; see also Ner.) he will produce (see line c),: [i. e. the Gathic lore is produced by this means] (b) which zs [that which és speech] udtered through the tongue and mouth by Vohtiman, fi. e. he speaks that which is XLVIL 2. 277 u pahblfim (sic) minishni*, [kih an rasid éstéd (so) ma-ra bih kard, waA’n 7¢ nah rasid éstéd {] [ra = ra] ma-ra bih[] [nigérend (so) = Pahl. °nd)] %* (b) {] Az Anz Sawab kunishn u gobishn {u kunishn 7 frarini ra am 6 (or ‘f’) guft], (c) mayan* khwéshan dad Khordad u Amerdad [ [] badlah an adamiyan], (d) 4n 7 Hoérmuzd khuda pah pur minishni % (w=y). Free tri. That gift the best of His most bounteous Spirit By words from tongue of Good Mind muttered Let Him with hands of Reverence complete Father of Right* through wisdom Mazda. correctly-pious with tongue and mouth], (c) yea he effects that best of benefits (see line a) with perfect-mindedness and with the action of both the hands (for ‘he performs action with full energy’), {he, the Gathic man, i. e. they (such persons) should accomplish the matter in a perfect-minded (sic) way]; (d) he who is wise will do thus, {i. e. he who understands the conclusion of the matter through his correct-piety], he who is the father of Sanctity through wisdom”, [i. e. they, such persons, will effect the nourishment* of the creatures through (or ‘with’) correct piety]. *! NB. Mazdao is rendered as ‘wise one’ and applied to the human subject, or Mazda = danakih the abstract was read; see also Ner.
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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