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

acto 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] adp. 289he [in that matter] whose is Vohiman’s wisdom, [that is, he possesses an original intelligence which is acute (lit. good) because of its piety].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarh yat jiidnam [avabodhamcha janatil, tasya atah param bhuvanari bhavati, giksh(ay)et*!. (b) Cobhanajiianinah Ervadasya samipe giksh(ay)et? satyavanim Svaminah [Dinim]. (c) Vriddhih? jianarhcha idar [Ervadasya samipe ciksh(ay)et4] yat tat adhyAgaminah’ [Aharmanasya] vakyamh [tasya upayarh vadati]. (d)Te utkrishtabhuvanarh (sic), Svamin, yat kirnchit etat Gvahmanasya buddhih [kila, naisaregika** buddhih sundara suvyapara®, Dehi].

“1 J3, J.*,. J. gishyet* (?). ?J.3, J.4.(2) here gikshyet. *%J.* vriddhimcha mana; P. buddhih. * here J.3, J.4, J.* again cishyet (?). °J.4 adhyag® (so). °J.3, J,4suv°; others sad°,

Ner. trl., etc. Thus let him teach (or ‘learn’(?)) what knowledge [he knows as intelligence*], for his (or ‘its’(?)) is the world*t beyond*!, (b) Let him teach** [in the presence of the Ervad] who is beneficiently wise the true word of the Lord [the Din}. (c) And let mental augmentation* (nom. not °dhirh, see the Gatha) and this knowledge* impart instruction [in the presence of the Ervad which (or ‘because he’) declares a remedy] against that which is the discourse of the underhanded [Aharmanal, etc. (trl. curtailed). #Or‘learn’.

*! Pahliim as = yahisht = ‘heaven’. *2 mistaking ‘havand’ for ‘ht-ahvand’.

Parsi-persian Ms. trlt. Edin @ agah-dahishn (shagird], ash buland 4mfikhtan, [4n 7] (b) kiyash an ¢ dana [Hérbad] 4mizéd (sic) rasti ¢ Hormuzd, [Din 7 Hormuzd], (c) afzini agah [An ¢ Hérbad] kih an ham 7 nihanhé [= ncha(n)ashd (sic vid.)] sakhun [7 [] [Ahariman (?) = Aharmégi] ash chérah bih gtiyad] %* (d) Tu bardbar, Hormuzd {pah an chiz] kih 4n 7 Bahman khirad, [kish agadah* (vel Agah* chin ham) = astin (sic)] khirad nék pah néki darad] %

Free tr. Who bends his mind on holier things and better**
Holds by the Faith in every word and action;

His will must follow close his creed’s profession

And in Thy knowledge stand distinct at last.

ultimum varie ([vel ‘quisque vir (de sua propria indole et de eo quod ad mores suos et ad facta suae vitae attinet) a malis’]) sejunctus sit [vel ‘erit’].

*' Fortasse ‘qui mentem [suam et mentes nostras meliores et puriores reddat’. *2 utrum verti potest ‘ad melius et ad pejus’? sic traditio.

Pahl. text translit. ‘Mtn yehabtinéd minishnd, Attharmazd, avd shapirih', amatich? avd saritarih, (b) valman Dind*? pavan kiinishnd vat gobishnd! [ktnishnd> ghal vadtinyén®, gdbishnd7 ghal yemalelfinédé, ash Dind* bara yeheviinéd].

’. *2 utrum verti potest ‘ad melius et ad pejus’? sic traditio.

Pahl. text translit. ‘Mtn yehabtinéd minishnd, Attharmazd, avd shapirih', amatich? avd saritarih, (b) valman Dind*? pavan kiinishnd vat gobishnd! [ktnishnd> ghal vadtinyén®, gdbishnd7 ghal yemalelfinédé, ash Dind* bara yeheviinéd]. (c) Mtn zak i8 valman déshishnd pavan nadfiikih*! ash kamakoch levatman, [min kar va kirfak pavan avibimih® vadinyén! pavan hand darishnd}, aighash minishnik kardé]. (d) Pavan hand i Lak khiradé afdimich gabra neshman homand, {aigh Gasanik bard yeheviind]. ‘See P. ?D.va mtmich. *DJ., D.

ins. i, * D. ins.va. 5 DJ., D. ins. 7. °DJ. ins. ya. 7D. ins. i *D. om 7, ° DJ. avimbimih, 37

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Pahl. trl., etc. He who devotes his attention to goodness, O Attharmazd, even when also to wickedness* (sic), (b) that man serves the Religion in action and speech, [that is, they (that is, such as he) would do actions for it, and he speaks words for it, it is thoroughly his Religion]. (c) He whose és friendship by (or ‘for’) benefit (or ‘toward (?) goodness’), with him also there is a desire accompanying* with* it, [i. e., it és thus with those who will fulfil duty and charity without fear, and with this consideration, that they have done a spiritual action (or ‘are made spiritual’ by it}. (d) Both men and women at last become endowed with this Thy wisdom, [that is, they will become devoted to the Gathic doctrine].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yat tat*! dehi manasa, Svimin, uttamarh yat nikrishtatarar?, (b) Ayath {iyam*] Dinih karmana vachasa karya, [kila, kartavya, tat sarveshar kathaniyé ye Diner* antah* samjatah]. (c) Teshath mitratvam sundaratvar) abhilashayet* samam, [yat kaéryena punyena nirbhayatvam? kArayet. Punyagrahandya manas4* karyar], (d) yat ayam [l. iyam*] Te buddhih nirvane narandim ndrindm Aste, [kila, datih Te bhavishyati].

1 J. yat tat. ? so J.°; others utkrisht®.

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Verbatim transl. Principes- bonum- regimen - exercentes regnanto! Ne [quidem] nos [in nos reges] malum-regimen-persequentes [regnent] (b) bonae sapientiae [in] actionibus, O Pietas (prompta mens), (c) ut-rem-sacram-reddentes (vel ‘dantes’, °ddo nom. pl.) [illi boni-rectores] homini (i. e. viro sancto) progeniem* (aipi*-z°), O* Optima, ([vel et fortasse melius, ‘O Aramaitis*, utsacram-reddens (°dao voc. sg.), vel (semel iterum), ‘O A., sacras-reddas (°dao 224 so.) homini-Tuo-devoto post*! ortum™! res-optimas*’), (d) [Pro-] Bovil-ve] fac-ut-laborent*? (med. loco pass.), Eam [eum gregem] nobis victui valde-Tuaugeas*®. * Fortasse verti potest ‘praeter partum’. *? vel (d) ‘Pro B. laborato* (loco act.) sanctus agricola’ ** vel fshuy6é, nom. sg. (?).

Pahl. text transl.

Tuo-devoto post*! ortum™! res-optimas*’), (d) [Pro-] Bovil-ve] fac-ut-laborent*? (med. loco pass.), Eam [eum gregem] nobis victui valde-Tuaugeas*®. * Fortasse verti potest ‘praeter partum’. *? vel (d) ‘Pro B. laborato* (loco act.) sanctus agricola’ ** vel fshuy6é, nom. sg. (?).

Pahl. text transl. ‘Zakaté hi-khfidai padakhshayinishn?, va? al lanman zak i dish-khidai shalitat yehevindd’, [aigh, mand khudai i naduko yehevinad®, alt zak i sarya], (b) i shapir, farzinaké, [aigh farjam+ i mindavam ~ pavan frartindih khavitiméds|, zak min kinishnd pavan bindak minishnih, — [aigh, mindavam® bindak-minishniha? vaddinyén‘]. (c) Yéshdasarih® 1° anj

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Ner. trl., etc. Which thing do Thou bestow (reading-éd as 224 pl.), O Lord, which is the best, and also the more base (so J.2, see the Pahl, or ‘the more exalted (? utkrisht? = ashyascha’ = ‘the more holy’)) with thought. (b) This Din is to be fulfilled in word and in deed, [that is, it is to be fulfilled, and proclaimed by (or ‘to’) all who are born within zt, this Din]. (c) Let one* therefore seek the friendship of these persons and happiness* (or ‘goodness’) together with them, [which may produce fearlessness through righteous action; but that action must be performed for the purpose of apprehending sanctity with the mind], (d) because in the end this Thy wisdom shal* be* that of doth men and women, [that is, it shall be Thy gift to them hereafter|.

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih dehad minishn, Hormuzd, an [] [veh = shapir], [wa = va] kih ham 4n badtari, (b) fi Din pah kunishn, gobishn, [ {a= va] kunishn 6 (or ‘d’) kunand, gébishn 0 (or ‘6’) gfiyad; ash Din bih béd + ya‘ni + bashad * (c) Kih an 7 @ (or ‘6°) khwahishn-kunad pah néki, ash kAmah ham awa, [kih kar u kirfah pah bi-tarsi {kunand (?) = vagénand), pah in dashtan [kunad = vdgina(é)d*}, kash andésidan kunad] ** (a) Pah in ¢ Ta khirad akhir (or ‘akhar’) ham [mard zan] hend, [ki Gaséni bih btid] *

Free tr. Let the good lords bear rule; those evil never,

With well-planned deeds of wisdom, thou Devotion,

Hallowing to man his* children’s* highest blessing. (* or ‘from birth his’.) For holy herds use toil; yield thou us food.

shitaan akhar min zerkhanishno* pahitim, [akhar min zerkhunishn6é avinasih' pabltim']. (d) Zak i® Géspend yarzidar [vastrydsh] zak i? lanman rai_khdirishnd fshtivinishnd!%, * [aighash khurishnd i li man Zaratishts hdmanam, [i]* havishtand it li bard sazishnd]. +See P. ?D. paddkh-. * D. has ya(?). *D. paddkhshai (?). 5M. om. to 5. ° DJ. ins. 3%. 7D, %shnih. * DJ. °sar. ° DJ. om. DJ. ins. ior I. 11D, and (or ayo) akas (so). *? D. om. i. 18DJ., D., M.-inishnd. *D. ins i. * [i] supplied.

Pahl. irl., etc.