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

ishts 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. That Thy good monarch 7s to exercise™! rule*! (or ‘to be made king’), and let no evil ruler be our sovereign, [that is, let ours be a good, and not an evil monarch], (b) one who is good and also wise, [that is, one who understands the conclusions of things through his piety], and one whose actions are performed with a perfect intention, [that is, they should accomplish a thing with perfect-*mindedness*]. (c) The sanctification of men after birth is the highest* good*, [that is, innocence from birth és the best (the ‘highest good’)]. (d). That which appertains to the Herd’s labourer* [to the husbandman] for us, i.e. as duty, is to make food abundant, (or ‘thriving’) [that is, by him my food (mine, Zarathusht’s) is to be thorougly prepared (or ‘provided’), and that of*2 my disciples as well], ** Infin. for imper ‘His is the ruling’. *2 or ‘to be prepared by* my disciples’.

Ner’s sansk. text. Etesham surajyam prithivipatitvar* bhaiyat; ma

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etesham dushtarajyamh bhiyat, [kila, griharn surdjiidm sundaram bhtiyat; ma etesham nikrishtanam bhiyat]. (b) Uttamo nirvanajiiah, [yat nirvanam? kirnchit suvyaparam janati], yat kartavyath, tat samptrnamanasa sarvarh karantyaihl. (c) Pavitrikaranath manushyanam pagchat yat jatandth utkrishtabhuvanam2, [pagchat yat jatanarh evar) avabodham* (? -ah) utkrishtabhuvane]. (d) Gavarh virachayita*, [pagupata kutumbinah] so ’smabhyath khadyam* sphitayati, [kila, asmattanum vardhayati®. Ahaih Jarathuctro* bhavami, ete cishyah me samsarge* bhavanti]. ‘ J.‘ ‘vane. 2J.4 °krishtai-bh®. * J.* °dhayitum.

Ner. trl., etc. Let the earthly authority*! of these rulers be a beneficial sovereignty; let no misrule be theirs, [that is, let the house of the good sovereigns be well-ordered, and let not the rule of these degraded ones prevail]. (b) The best (i. e. the good) man és wise concerning the end, {which means (see aigh) that he understands that the end* 7s to de something practically* righteous ([or “vane ‘he understands matters piously in the end’})]. Whatever is to be done dy him, is to be done, all of it, with a perfect

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Verbatim trl., etc. Illa Bos sacra ([vel fortasse ‘Aramaitis*’]) enim nobis felicitatem-domesticam, Illa nobis coptinuam (b) det [vel ‘dabit’] vim Bonae Mentis [in-]-beatitudine [vel, O Tu beata (°dhé = °dhya)]. (c) Itaque {ad id consilium gratiae plenum reddendum ei [Bovi, i.e. in gratiam (causa) hujus Bovis vel A-tis*, i.e. ad nostram A-tim, (i. e.

ramaitis*’]) enim nobis felicitatem-domesticam, Illa nobis coptinuam (b) det [vel ‘dabit’] vim Bonae Mentis [in-]-beatitudine [vel, O Tu beata (°dhé = °dhya)]. (c) Itaque {ad id consilium gratiae plenum reddendum ei [Bovi, i.e. in gratiam (causa) hujus Bovis vel A-tis*, i.e. ad nostram A-tim, (i. e. diligentiam* in laboribus agri-culturae) remunerandam] Sanctitate (i. €. Causa sancti nostri in agri-cultura studii) Mazda arbores-herbasque augebat [vel-gebit, faciens-ut-crescerent [-scant]] (d) Ahura mundi [vel ‘vitae’] in-partu [vel ‘in-ortu’] prioris.

Pahl. text translit. *Mamman zak lanman khvarth? [min géspendan| va? zak lanman tikhshishnd* [nirtké] (b) yehabtinéd tikhshishn* zak ? Vohtiman arzik, (c¢) aéttind pavan zak i valman® tarsakasih’, [amat Tora khadik-dad tano** bara did®] Adharmazd ddrvar (or ‘hirvar*’) vakhshinad®, [aighash bara afzayinéd] (d) Atharmazd dén ahvan3 zak i fratim rai, [dahishnd!° t Vohtman rai]. ‘See P. 2DJ. *ishn. * DJ., D. ins. va, * so D.; DJ., M. kirfik. 5 all tikhishn (or ‘tyakhishn’), * DJ. ins. 4. 7 so D.; K.® “agahih (?), DJ. Sagahih. * so DJ.; K.® yehabiind. * so DJ, possibly (?); others °€d. 4° so K.; DJ., D. (?) dakhshak (altern.).

Pahl. trl., etc. For that one gives* us (see 5) comfort* [from the herds], and that one gives us [strong] vigour, (b) yea, that one gives us vigour, the

2. eeep. 293 mind]. (c) The purification of men after their birth* is for* the best world* (utkrisht-1 as adj. vahista = bahisht = ‘heaven’(?)), [that zs their intelligence, after they are born appertains* to* the better world*|. (d) The one who arranges* for* the Kine, [that 7s, the agriculturalist’s herdsman] is increasing the supply of food for us, [that is, he causes our body to increase én vigour. TI say* this*, and 1 am Jarathuctra; and these are my disciples in their association* (?) with me (or ‘in their production’ (see the Pahl.))]. *!‘landed’(?). Parsi-persian Ms. An at nék-khuda padishah [=(?)] [bad=Jjdnindd] []} ma* ma an ¢ bad-khuda padishah bad, [kf, man khudé 7 nék bad [] [ma* = var (sic loco va + al)] an ¢ bad] (b) ¢ veh, dana, [kai, akhir* ¢ chiz pah néki danad], an kih kunishn pah pur minishni*, {kfi, chiz pur minishni* kunand [f ra nék khudai —=valman ré hi-khiddi jantinéd] * (ce) Béd -+ baki + kunandah 7 Adami pas az zadan buland [pas az zadan an(?) akah (sic = anagah) buland [darad = jaénstind*] (d) [] gésfend varzidar, [vastryésh*] an 7 ma ra khfrishn + ya‘ni (sic) [] [afztmi-dehad = fshuvinishn], [kish khtrishn 7 man kih Zaratusht hastam, shagirdan 1 man bih sazad [= sAzishn]] * * Or ‘akhar’.

Free tr.

zadan buland [pas az zadan an(?) akah (sic = anagah) buland [darad = jaénstind*] (d) [] gésfend varzidar, [vastryésh*] an 7 ma ra khfrishn + ya‘ni (sic) [] [afztmi-dehad = fshuvinishn], [kish khtrishn 7 man kih Zaratusht hastam, shagirdan 1 man bih sazad [= sAzishn]] * * Or ‘akhar’.

Free tr. For they will give us pleasing homes and power,
Long-lasting strength in grace of Good Mind, Lord,

For her He grew through Holiness the pastures,

The God, in birth of all primeval life!

desired* (as nom.(?) or accus.) of Vohiiman, (c) and therefore will* Atharmazd cause the plants to grow for the sake of blessing* (or ‘reverential* recognition* toward her’) [since He created the body of the one only-created Kine, i. e. he will cause them to increase for her], (d) He Atharmazd in accordance with (or ‘on account of’) His first production in the world, [in accordance with the creation of Vohtiman*]|. * See the Gatha.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yat idari sarveshaih cubhapramodamh gavaih pagina vyavasayo [vichitrot] (b) deyat balavatah* uttamamanasah* priyataram. (c) Evar tat* yat* dakshinddanam [guroh? Ervadasya Gauh* eka pradadyat], §Syaminah vanaspatimn dadydt? [tesharn muktatmanam'‘] vriddhir bhdyat. (d) Dadarasya* (sic?) [lege daditur** asya] antah* utkrishtabhuvane jananijatah [-ta*] prathama (srishtidatih Bahmanasya]. ' So C.; J.* °trata. 2 J.* °ruh. + J.4, J.* om. from 3 to.3. ** or ‘dhatur’.

Ner. tri., etc. (a, b) Wherefore let the zealous [and distinguished* (thinking of nari (?))} person produce this joyful benefit. for* (or ‘of’) all the herds and flocks, the more desired* disposition of the strong* and best mind. (c) And so let the [one only Cow* give* forth (sic) that which és] the bountiful gift [of the spiritual master and Ervad]; let her* give the tree of the Lord, and let her* become the source* of increase [to these emancipated (or ‘righteous’) ones], (d) for this was the creator’s (so N. B. = Ahura*M.*) first engendered production within the better* world, [it was the gift of the creation of Bahmana*].

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Verbat. trl., etc. Deorsum Furia-incursionis [nomadum hostium nostrorum minime agrum-colentium] subjicitor [-jiciatur]! Contra ictum-invidiae [ejus, id est, contra et aggressum obtrectationum et contra impetum armofum ejus] (contra) ferite*!!, [id est, eum successu omnino repercutite] (b) [vos] qui ad [apud] Bonae{-am] Mentis[-tem manentes (vel ‘in praesidio et potestate B. M.