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

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(NB. The Commentary on Y. 49. refers also to my former printing).

Verbatim transl. Quid™{auxilii est] Tibi [i. e. quid auxilii habes} Sanctitate invocanti*! (auxilii*) (b).[mihi] Zarathushtrae, [i. e. pro me Z. ad ferendum|? Quid Tibi [est auxilii (quid a. habes) per Tuam] Bona[-am] Mente|-tem], (c) [hoc interrogo, ego] qui Vestris [propriis metricis (?) recte oblatis} adorationibus, O Mazda [Vos*?] adorem [-rabo], 0 Ahura? [Domine vel Dee*™ (vive),] (d) tale [auxilium] exorans quod [quale in| Vestra potestate (vel ‘voluntate’), [i. e. secundum Vestram voluntatem] optimum [sit] ?

* Fuerunt qui antehac ut sequitur verterint: ‘Nonne illi (téi nom. pl. (?, sed vide Z-trai) Sanctitate (vel, ‘O S.’) invocantur* adjutores (n. pl. accentu mutato) pro Z. 7 *Vos.duo di M. et A.’ (aegre),

Pahl. text translit. *Chigin Lak, Ashavahisht81, karitinam avi aiyyarih! (b) [mtn] Zaratishté [homanam], va? chigin Lak, Vohimand, (c) mtn? pavan zak i Lekim stayidariht pranamam, Atharmazd, (d) aétind bavihbinani® zak if Lekam isht® pahlim, [aigham tibin yehevinad bavihtinastd7],

1See P. ?DJ., D., and P. om. *D. *soD., M., K.8; but DJ. shnayinidarih. * M. °4nd; D. bavibtmanam*; DJ. bavihaind(?). ° DJ., D. ins. i. 7DJ., D. bavihtinasto; M. khvastandé.

Pahl. transl. (a, b) How*! shall I, Zarattisht, invoke thee unto* aid, O Ashavahisht, and how thee, O Vohiman, (c) J who bow myself in Your worship, O Attharmazd? (d) Thus will I seek that which is the best gift of

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nted and distributed edition). Verbatim trl., etc. Quid mei [mea] anima possidet, [vel expetens-adipiscitur] alicujus™ (sic) auxilii? (b) Quis [est] mei pecoris [conservator]? Quis [est] meus vir conservator inventus (c) alius Sanctitate [id est, alius atque Sanctitas, }

E. 2. 323

Free tr. What aids from Holiness hath Thine invoker,

Hath Zarathushtra?, what with Good Mind’s bounty ?

I ask it, Mazda, Lord, with praises praying,

For what within Your power is best! * or ‘through wish’.

Your wealth, [that is, may my* desire thus become possible to me]. **It is possibly not interrogative (?), see Ner.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yatha Te [vel lege Tvam] parisphutazi prakatari Janami* akaraydmi* ahath sahdyi! (b) Jarathuctro [bhavami], yatha te Bahmanah [uttamamanasah*] (sic, but probably meant for a nom.), (c) yas te stutikarah, tasya susamriddhatvam™* bhiyat, Svamin. (d) Evar cikshdrh! Avochat yas te aradhayati?; [drddhanam‘[-narh] kurute tasya atma]. Atah parar svargabhuvanam [bhiyat. Susamriddhata bhityat]. +J.3, P. 2 J.2 °yanti*,

Ner. transl. (a, b) As* I know* Thy manifest* characteristic (or ‘Thee the manifest one’) clearly, and invoke* Thee, I who [am] Jarathustra*, Thine associate, as Thy Bahmana (the best mind (nom.(?))] (or ‘as the associate [of*2 the Best Mind’ (gen.)]) also appeals to Thee, (c) so may prosperity (or ‘good success’) be his who is thus Thy praiser, O Lord. (d) Thus he who propitiates Thee has uttered Thy doctrine, [his soul is making propitiation*] ; wherefore let the heavenly world beyond {be his. His be the good success m attaining it]! * Altern. trl. as considering the reading karitt? for khavi®, * or simply ‘the associate’. **or ‘is making the doctrine propitiatory’.

Parsi-persian Ms. Chin Ti, Ardibahisht, khwanam 4n [i = varman] yari frasad = jamtinéd|, (b) [kih] Zaratusht {hastam]; [] chtn Ta [] [hend = homand (sie) ] [ [hast i ra khwanam = hast varman ra karitinam) |, (c) kih pah 4n 7 Shuma ta‘rifkunam, khwanam, Hormuad, * (d) édin khwahish-kunam an 7 Shuma khezanah 7 buland; {kim tuwan bashad khwastan, [kim ruwén andar buland jihan mandan khaib bad = dgham ribin dayen* pahlim akhan* manishn khith janindd* | | %

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Free tr. Aye doth my soul obtain a real* assistance?
Who for my flock, or self, is found protector
Other than Holiness and Thou, Ahura,
Invoked, desired One, or Mind the Best?

Teque {Tuque], O Mazda Ahura, (d) [0 Tu] desiderium-excitans*(?), ({vel, O Tu desiderate, vel fortasse ‘hoc nobis dicite (24 pl. az = ah’)]), O invocate [(vel semel iterum ‘in mea inyocatione’ (loc. of °ti))? Quis etiam alius] Optima Mente, [id est, quis alius atque Optima Mens mihi talis est conservator]?

* Vel ‘cujus’ (?); fortasse est chahya quaestio altera et secunda. (a) Altern. trad. ‘Num (vel ‘utrum’) mea anima [precibus] adipiscitur auxilii[-lium]’.

Pahl. text translit.

catione’ (loc. of °ti))? Quis etiam alius] Optima Mente, [id est, quis alius atque Optima Mens mihi talis est conservator]?

* Vel ‘cujus’ (?); fortasse est chahya quaestio altera et secunda. (a) Altern. trad. ‘Num (vel ‘utrum’) mea anima [precibus] adipiscitur auxilii[-lium]’.

Pahl. text translit. Chigin ayo! denman li rabin khvdstér homanam chigémchai? tishak6, [aigham kar va kirfakd tibind kardand, minam’ mozd$

324 Le A; 25 padash? yehabfind’]? (b) Man avd li pah, [aigham pah* mon yehabiinéd6|? 4mtin avd li gabra srayisbnd vindinédd*, [avarik aiyyar-homandih**] (c) zakai® min Ashavahishté va7 Lakich Aftharmazd, [maman Lekim rai® khavitinam]? (d) Azdin**(?) (or ‘azéd6*’) am? pavan karitinishné pahlim minishnih |amat at! ghal karitinani, zak mindavam i!2, amat!? minénd'4, pahlim homand, am bara khavittinin!’]. *DJ. om. 2DJ., D. and P., *P. om. *P. ins. va. *so D.; DJ. diff; see P. °P, zak&é = zakaéi; DJ. zak i aé, so; D. zakai. 7 DJ., D. and P. ins. va. ® P. ins. va.

°*DJ., D., M.andP. azdin, Sp. azédo. *° P., Mf. (?) am; Sp. and DJ., D. khim (?), so Ner. 117), P.om, at; Mf. mfn foramat. 1? DJ.omi. ** DJ. ins. I ori. ** P.minidan. 1° see P.

Pahl. irl., etc. How shall I become a supplicant for any sustenance* (or ‘in any particular a capable** supplicant’) for this my soul, [that is, how shall the performance of duty and good works become possible to me whereby they may give me a reward]? (b) Who provides for me a flock, [that is, who gives me a flock]; and who causes, (or ‘helps me’) to secure a protecting man (a herdsman) [and other friendly support] (c) except Ashavahisht and Thee, O Atharmazd? [for it is owing to You that I understand]? (d) Cause Thou me to search (or ‘know’) (?) ({or ‘azéd6, search, Ye out for me’ (or possibly a translit. ‘tell Ye (az = ah)) me’])* the best thought (or ‘the thoughts of heaven’ (?)) in my invocation, [that is, when I shall call upon Thee cause Thou me to understand fully that thing which, when they ponder it, is best (or ‘heavenly’ (7))].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yathai yat ahah atmanazh abhilashayami yat abhilashah sarbbalasya*(?) kirnchit, [karyarh punyasya caktiman karomi yat prasadaih tasya punyasya dadyat|; (b) ko me pagiin dadyat? Koj-e] me manushyah!

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