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

t dispensation [in the final body] Sanctity smites the Drij, [i. e. if Ashavahisht smétes Andar (Indra (?)), (or ‘the foul one’ (gdndak))], (b) when that takes place which was. declared by them to be*t in deceitfulness, [that is, that 7# was not to happen], (c) (vz, the immorp. 3tality (the declared fate) of Demons and of men), (d) then this which is Thy benefit increases Thy praise, 0 Atharmazd, [Thy Religion]. *!0r om. ‘to be’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yarh tasyam dataut Dharmo Drdjarn vighatayatit+2, [kila, vapushi pagchatye Agavahisto amarah Drijarn vighatayati]. (b) Ye Avistavanim gikshati** [tesham badhakarah'{-an]* prakrishtarn abravit] yat idath {lege imath] prapnuvanti, viprataraka* prakrishtayh‘ vadanti [kila, na Avistaaw) rq wngal “eee +50 JL5 bg sawp aly 2. Text.

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*J* vean®. Foy ere/ggsu sugoools gyal 4034) +4 Aw Ey Verbatim trl., etc. Dic [vel ‘Declara’] mihi [eos eventus* futuros* spe victoriae et rerum secundarum impletos, vel facta in tempore praesenti animos nostros confirmantia] quae [quorum] Tu gnarus [sis], O Ahura, (b) prius quam [ad]-me [eae-res] quae [adversus] me (méig = mam*) [ut] contentiones adyenit[-ient|, ([vel quae contra me ut mentis*!-contentiones vel crises*! (mefig-peretha = man-p.) accedent]). (c) Utrum [vel ‘quando’ hic noster civis] sanctus, O Mazda, vincat[-cet] scelestum-infidelem [necne]? (d) Ea enim [a me] mundi [vel ‘vitae’ (fortasse ‘populi nostri’)] bona inventa [est] perfectio [et consummatio]. *! Vel (tentemus iterum) ‘prius quam [ad] me [de eis] quae (sic, adverbialiter*) meas [meae] contentiones [sint ille probus* ultione vincens] accedit{-dat] ;

Pahl. text translit. ‘Amat yemalelinani! li hana i Lak akasth, Atharmazd [Dind* i Lak], (b) pésh min zak vad amat? avé li zak i pavan’+1 damik vadarg yamttinéd, [ras i* Vahisht! i# Dashahté* vad zindakth], (c) chigin® ahartiban, Atharmazd, vanand! darvandan [min kardé! ¢ li], (d) maman zak dén ahvané pédako zak i shapir kardarih, [réshanak6d aigh tand* i pasind ghal yeheviinéd!]. ‘See P. 2Mf. om. *DJ., D. ins. *DJ. ins. i. * or ‘°ahyo’.

Pahl. trl. When I* shall declare this which is Thine intelligence, O Afttharmazd, [Thy Religion], (b) before (till when* (sic)) that* which is on the Bridge of the earth comes to me [the Bridge which is the way to (or ‘until’) the life of Heaven and of Hell] (c) how shall the holy, O Atharmazd, smite the wicked [assisted by (or ‘from’) my influence]? (d) I ask Thee,

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Parsi-persian Ms. irft. Kih, pah [] dahishn, [pah tan ¢ pasin], Sawab Druj shikanad [w’Ardibahisht [] [andar = andarg**], (b) kih an rasad kih [] [-shan=-shdn] pah friftari (vel ‘faribtari’) [ira = varman ra) fraz guft, [ki nah rasad], (c) amarg-raftani 1 Déwan [] adamiyan, (d) édinin ¢ Ta stid [az = min] niydyishn afzayad, Hormuzd, [] [Din 7 Ta} x

Free tr. Tell me, Lord, then what Thou so* well* perceivest
E’er those* draw near which are my storms* and* battles,
Shall, Lord, our saints at last smite down the sinners ?

For this is known as life’s good deed and gain*.

for that is the manifest good (or ‘salutary’) efficiency which shall appear in the world. [It is clear that the* final body appertains to this (or ‘that this refers to the final body’)].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Vadimi* ahah evari Te avabodhah Svamino, Dineh Taya} (b) ptirve(?)*t manushyah prithivyarh? antarale prapnuvanti, [marge Svargasya® Narakasyacha‘], (c) yatha muktatmanazh Svaminah uttamadanam[vadanti], tatha durgatimatam, (d) yat tat antah*4 utkrishtabhuvane prakatai sundararn kartum> {kamasya nirmalasthanam, tanoh pagcbat akhshayatvaih jayate*].

tJ, a. sarve. *J.° prithyim: °J.%, J.* svarakasya®. *so all. ° J.3, P.

Ner. tri. Thus I speak as* Thy servant (or ‘Thine’ (°dharh)) intelligence, the Lord’s, [the wisdom* of Thy Din] (before)!** men come upon the enclosure (the Bridge*) upon the earth [upon the way to Paradise and Hell], (c) and as they declare*? a good gift for (or ‘of’) the free-souled (or ‘righteous ’) so also the recompense for (or ‘of’) the wicked, (d) because this is that evident good action* in the excellent world, {the pure (or ‘clear’) occasion of desire after the perpetuity of the body shall have been* produced].

*1 So with Spiegel, hardly ‘sarve’. *? vadanti is an altern. trl, for yanand.

Parsi-persian Ms. trit.~ Kt (? kih) g .. (defaced) man in 7 Ti Agahi, Hormuad, [ [] Ti [nist nah bavad = rozt (ldit) 1a janitnéd] ], (b) pésh az An ta kih an man an 7 pah zamin rah (?)rasad, [rah ¢ Bahisht u Dozakh ta zindagi] (c) chfin [An = zac] ¢ ashavan, Hérmuzd, veh (?) [= Pahl. yohf- (or ‘y-h-d-) + hend (? sic vid.)] darwandan [az kardan = —] 7 man], (d) chih 4n andar jihan péda, an ¢ veh-kardari, [rfishan kai tan 7 pasin 6 (or ‘ft’) bashad [Agah = dgéds]] %

Free tr. Yea to the wise is that the best of doctrines,
Which that best-*helping* One doth teach through Asha,
With honour* owning those who deep truths utter,

The one like Thee through Good Mind’s wisdom, Lord!

Verbatim trl., etc.

shan kai tan 7 pasin 6 (or ‘ft’) bashad [Agah = dgéds]] %

Free tr. Yea to the wise is that the best of doctrines,
Which that best-*helping* One doth teach through Asha,
With honour* owning those who deep truths utter,

The one like Thee through Good Mind’s wisdom, Lord!

Verbatim trl., etc. Sic [viro in-officium-suum] scienti [vel ratione docp. 4trinae sacrae imbuto, est illa] optima hortationum [vel doctrinarum] (b) [ea] quam [omnia-] bene-constituens [et ergo bene-intelligens] declarat [vel docet per] Sanctitate[-tem] Ahura (c) benignus (vel fortasse ‘sanctus’ (2), [et agnoscens* [eos*!] quicunque* [sint, qui] doctrinas-(usque-adhuc) secretas-promulgantes*! [sint (sic)]. (d) [Immo] Tui-similis [eas docet doctrinas et hortationesenuntiat et], O Mazda, [per] Bonae intelligentia [-tiam] Mentis.

*1 Td est ‘promulgent’, vel ‘sciens eas quae secretae doctrinae* [sint*’].

Pahl. text translit. ‘Aétind avé? akas-dahishnd [havisht], ash pahlim Amékhtishnd (sic) [zak {]}8, (b) amatash zak i hé-danak [Aérpatd] amtizéd rastth i Atharmazd, [Dind* {8 Atharmazd]. (c) Afzinik akas [zak i Aérpaté] min zakich {? nihdniha! milaya, [i Aharmokiha4+*, ash charako bara yemaleltinéd]. (d) Lak havand’, Atharmazd, [pavan zak? mindavam], man‘® zak i Vohiman khiradd, [aighash asnd’ khiradd nadtiko** (so for névako) pavan frartindih® yakhsenunéd6]. + See P. * DJ., D., P. valmani. * DJ., D. ims. i. *D. kth: 5 DJ. diff. ®* DJ. om. 7M. seems aito. * DJ. tnd. oe

Pahl. transl. Thus for the one (see gl. and 4) endowed with intelligence (the disciple] 7s there the best of instruction, [that which 7s taught him| (b) when to him the one endowed with good wisdom [the Herbad*‘] teaches the truth of*! Atharmazd [the Religion of Atharmazd]. (c) Bountiful and intelligent {is*! the Herbad] knowing what that is which is also the saying of the secret ones [that of the Aharméks** (sic (?) the Persecuting-heretics) ; for it he will declare a remedy (or counter-charm)]. (d) Like Thee, OA., is sswpsoarragiyyss, 409506 cposgpals byug . “f{M 4, Text. .au pra gyrsas ply . spine bass09.45 “GR }HORS by pomasparey oye ge)anb +439 @4{9)- wget ds -sIIYPH ¥s0 J* Sewers 4)40) “GEE guscoas dy 2eopsyse

Verbatim transl., etc. Qui dabat{-bit, ie., advertet™tmentem suam ad* rem-meliorem*!, O Mazda, purioremque*®, [i.e. ad fines propositos sacri nostri conatus], (b) ille-ipse* Religionem (sanctam nostram) in-actione(que) et inverbo(que) [sequitur.] (c) Ejus [i. e. suos delectus*] amatos, |i. e. principia sua animo et corde accepta] optio [sua enuntiata, vel judicium-firmum-suaevoluntatis pronuntiatum etiam in-facto peractum delectus [illos] comitatur, [i. e. sequatur principia sua ex professo agnita de doctrinis et de propositis, i. e. necesse est ut illa optio* (professio* sua*) cum his doctrinis in factum peracta se concordantem reddat] (d) [quod] in-Tua intelligentia [discernenti] ad-

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