Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 31 — The Zend-Avesta, Part III / Yasna & Gathas (Mills, page scans)

van danakih ktnishnd).

1 DJ. 2M. ins. benafshman. ? D. i. 4DJ. om. *D. ins. va. * D. °yén. 7D. %k. 8 DJ. avla. °so DJ. 20 D. ins. mindayam. “ DJ. and D. D.* vohfiman; DJ. valman. * DJ., D.om, va. “D., othersshnayishnd. *DJ., D., M.1 géush®, (D. arrived* later* here; Mf. follows it).

Pahl. transl. I pray with praise [for that reward of Him who is Atharmazd Himself when I would effect the mediation of the Good Yazads], lifting up the hand [also the mind] for [its own] joy, (b) seeking through the spirituality [the Gathic doctrine], the first gift of Atiharmazd, the righteousness of* the* blessing* which is to be fulfilled toward all, {that is, all actions should be done in accordance with the Gathic doctrine]; (e) and through a good mind’s* wisdom [even innate wisdom] J pray for the satisfying of Géshdtrvan*, [that is, the care of the herds is to be undertaken with wisdom].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Asya samihe! namaskaranena [asya, iti, Hormijdasya svadhinam prasadam samihe, kila yachiarh? Svamini* (?) uttame™ (?)

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karomi| uttdnahastah pramodena (b) adrigyasya Mahajnaninah purvar

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Maibyo davoi ah[u]vao astvatascha hyad(t)cha mananho

Ayapta Ashad(t) hacha yais rapafito* daidid(t)** vathré [= huv®].

Verbatim transl. [Ego] qui Vos, Mazda Ahura, circum-ibo* Bona cum-Mente, (b) mihi ad-dandum [este] duarum-vitarum, corporalis, quodque [ejus-quae] mentis-est, (c) praemia-attacta™ Sanctitate ex, quibus [Sanctitas (?) ea] gaudio-accipientes ponet in beatitudine[-nem]. “i. e. date. ™ obtenta.

Pahl. text translit. Man’ avd Lekim, Atiharmazd, bara yamttinani? pavan? Vohtiman’, [aigh pavan frardndih bindak bard val* khvéshih® i Lektim® madd hémanani7], (b) av6 li yehabainédd pavan kola I (d6) ahvand, i asthomandan, va mfnich minavaddnd [naddkth i% latamman va* zakich i° tamman] (c)* avadih min Aharayih av4kih, [aigham padikhvih® pavan frartndih yehabinéd] main avé'? valmant+!2 raminidar yehabiinéd khvarih'? [pavan » - ramishno barat? avayad kardand]. (Mf. is almost identical with D. throughout.)

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prithulataya? punyath vi¢veshu karmasu, [{kila, karma sarvam Gathdbhih karyam], (c) Uttamasyacha buddhya Manasah [*naisargikabuddhya‘], ya satkarayitri® Goratmanah. [Pratiyatnai gopacindm* parijianataya kurute]. (Dyivaram vachyo gujastah . . . ). 4J.* chena. ?J.*. *J.3,-J.4, 0, P., but J.* *tvena. *J.*, but J.*, J.* gika®, P. °giki®. * J.* (?); J.3, C. *kayitri, J.* °yayitri.

Ner. transl.

ha buddhya Manasah [*naisargikabuddhya‘], ya satkarayitri® Goratmanah. [Pratiyatnai gopacindm* parijianataya kurute]. (Dyivaram vachyo gujastah . . . ). 4J.* chena. ?J.*. *J.3,-J.4, 0, P., but J.* *tvena. *J.*, but J.*, J.* gika®, P. °giki®. * J.* (?); J.3, C. *kayitri, J.* °yayitri.

Ner. transl. I seek His gift by means of adoration [‘his’, thus; I desire Hormijda’s absolute (or ‘own’) grace; that is, I make a request (the Lord being** good)]| with hands stretched out in joy, (b) beseeching for that which is the first thing in greatness which belongs to the Great Wise Spirit, sanctity in all deeds, [that is, every deed is to be accomplished in accordance* with* the Gathas, (they representing all sanctity)], (c) and with the wisdom of the highest mind [with the innate* wisdom] which is reverential* toward Goratman, that is, one makes careful effort for the herds, and in an understanding manner]. (This text is to be repeated twice, etc.). *Cp. Y. 22,29 (Sp.).

Parsi-persian Ms. An [muzd 77 Hormuzd khwésh] khwaham pah niydyishn, kih jadangéi 7 iz(a)dan 7 vehan {] {kunand = radginand (sic)] bar-dasht-dast [minishn] pah ramishn (¢ khwésh] *. (b) Pah minfi Hormuzd awwal [pah Gasani] afzayishn Sawab 7 pah tamam kimishn, {ki, kinishn [chiz = mandiim (sic)| tamém pah Gasani kfnishn] * (c) Pah an 7 Bahman*™ khirad, [pah as(a)nidah (?) khirad], — 7 pastishirtn* [= p°, [kt, par-

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warishn z gésfendin pah danai kardan(?)] *. *N.B.see D. arrived after printing Comm.

Free tr. I who You two encircle, Great Giver the Lord, with the Good Mind, Gifts for the two lives grant me, this bodily life and the mental, The prizes by Right deservéd; thus to Glory he brings his blest*.

1So D.; Mf. amat. *DJ., D. “and. *so DJ., D. * DJ. val lektim. ® D. nafshmanih. 6 DJ.om. 7 DJ., M. ‘aiid..* DJ., D. om. va. ° DJ. nod. *°Sp., M., DJ. val. ** DJ. val. * D.

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ins. i, see Pers. (The MSS. write °and for “ani; hereafter I will seldom notice the fact.)

Pahl. tri. who, (or‘When I (amat*)), O Atharmazd, shall come to You through Vohtiman, [that is, when, perfect in piety, I shall have come fully into Your possession], (b) give Ye* [happiness] to me for both lives, that which is bodily and also that of the spirits, [that is, that here and that beyond], (c) even prosperity from the aid* of Sanctity, [that is, give me abundance through piety] by which he gives glory* (or ‘happiness’) to that gladdener, {that is, it is necessary to effect it for the sake of joy]. * Or ‘accompaniment’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yadi Yushmisu, Mahajidnin Svamin, satprapnomi - Uttamena Manasa, [kila, chet sadvyaparitaya** svadhinatvet Yushmakarh agato ’smi], (b) mahyarn deyat? ubhayor bhuvanayor yat srishtimataim, yachcha paralokinaii (c) aigvaryaih* punyat saryogi, [kila me samriddhatvamn sadvyaparat prapyam dehi], yad* dnandakartre dasyati gubbani, [yah Iajadanarm‘t Uttamap. 3natacha Anandaii karoti, tasmai yat samriddhatvam cubhani dasyati, tan me dehi].

bhuvanayor yat srishtimataim, yachcha paralokinaii (c) aigvaryaih* punyat saryogi, [kila me samriddhatvamn sadvyaparat prapyam dehi], yad* dnandakartre dasyati gubbani, [yah Iajadanarm‘t Uttamap. 3natacha Anandaii karoti, tasmai yat samriddhatvam cubhani dasyati, tan me dehi]. *P., but J.%, J.4, J.* °tyena. 2 so James ebUtrd as dehayat*. *J.8, J.4, J.* yat, P. yata, C. yad. * J.*, P. **ep. vyaparin.

Ner. transl. If I arrive among You, O Great Wise One the Lord, through the Best Mind, [that is, if I have come into Your possession through my good conduct], (b) let him (?) grant me for both worlds (that which is of the earthly, and that which belongs to those who live beyond) (c) a sovereignty accompanying me* (?) from rectitude, [that is, grant me the success to cer )rbssgya : avbl ° Aus 99.35.49} 496 | w}s2)) + WED gan lo 5 fo oy -cgeunpdarclegar : 166) Gareyody boyssyonns : GE) repas : spose osang Hw wHDsy, - wxepras sw lgeda).» Gay | 4y3e2¢)us . wppawvag)ly

Trlit.. Ye vao Asha ufyani Manascha Vohi apaourvim [= °viyem]
Mazdamcha Ahurem yaéiby6 Khshathremcha aghzhaonvam[4|nem*
Var(e)daiti Arfa]maitig a mdi raf(e)dhrai zavéetg jasata.

Verbatim trl. [Ego] qui Vos celebrabo, Sanctitas, Mensque Bona, [cantu! sine - exemplo** [vel eum*-nullum-primum*-habentem*] Mazdamque Ahuram (Dominum (vel deum)), quibus Regnumque immutabile* auget [vel augens (?)] Pietas; ad* mei [vel mihi (fortasse me)] gratiae [gratiam-dandi-causa ad] invocationes [meas] venite, [vel veniat* Pietas (2)]. * Lit. non-fluens.*

Pahl. text translit. Mant lekim, Ashavahishté, nafshman homandani Vohimandich* i? fratim, [aigh, pavan khvéshih #3 lekam yekaviminani4], (b) va Attharmazdich [ash nafshman homandni] mtnash zak 7 -valmanshand khfidayih® pavan anizdr-vindishnih, [aighash shalitaih*® madam Ameshéspendané stavar]; (c) valmanich i? varishn* dadar? Spendarmad [ash nafshman hémanani]. Zak® avd li pavan ramishnd pavan karitinishnd ydAmtinéd. [Amat® Tand avd! karitfindni, am pavan ramishnd madam ghal yamtinéd].

* So D. min. ? DJ.; D. ins. ? DJ. om. 4 D. "nam. & D. °yan. ° DJ. padakhshah; D. th; DJ. no i, others i, 7M. om. *M. om. ° so DJ., D.; Sp. aigh; M. om. *° DJ., D. * Perhaps vahrishn* is possible as meaning ‘increase’.

Pahl. transl. I who* shall be your* own*, O Ashavahisht and Vohaman, the first, [that is, I shall be in your possession], (b) Adtharmazd’s also [His own I shall be], through whose unweakened acquisition his rule over them eaists, [that is, His rule over the Ameshdspends is firm]; (c) and she** also Spendarmad, is** the giver* of outpouring (or ‘increase’ to that* rule*) [her own I shall be]; she comes to me with joy, when I invoke her*4, [Or*t ‘when I shall call upon You, come Ye on toward me with joy’.] a ee ra.

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be obtained by means of good conduct] when he will give felicities, or ‘glories’, to the producer of joy.