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

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pavan zak i. Vohimand® hinar ribishnih®, {i° frarind htinarih rai? zim® aitd). 1SoDJ.; D. om. pavan, has atisténo hi-(?, or ‘an-’)-yadmanih. *so D.; DJ., M., manishnik. 3—D., P. after niyayishnih. *DJ., Mf.om. va. see P. °D.om.i, 7D., P. ins.; soDJ. §DJ. om.

Pahl. transl. With the metric* (?) feet* I praise You continuously and with increase*, [that is, I pronounce the Avesta when I approach the holy water as* it is offered]; (b) and I come up to Atiharmazd with outstretched hands [spiritually]. (c) And thus to you a/so, O Ashavahisht, I am bountiful in praise, (d) and thus unto you J come through the virtuous (or ‘efficient*’) progress of a good mind, [which is on account of that pious virtue*! which is mine (or ‘which exists through me’)|. * or ‘efficiency’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Samar padabhyar (or ‘padyabhydm’(?))! Te prakrishtath vikhyato? ’smi mahattaro "hath [yat idarh balath diyamanam Aste tatah* Avistavanith vadami] (b) upari prapnomi yat, Svamin, uttanahastah san [nivasanarh karomi]. (c) Evarh yat Te parisphutarh* dakshinath karomi yat namaskritimh™. (d) Evan yat Te Bahmanasya gunah pravartamanah santi, [kila, suvyaparaguna’ asya madhye* bhavanti]. +J.4 ayabhyaih(?). 25.3 vikhya, °9J.3,J.4. 43.3, C.

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Verbatim transl. His ad-Vos cum- (his)-officiis-sacris-directis adorans adeam [-ibo], (b) O Mazda, O Sanctitas, Bonae [cum] factis-et-sacris-officiis Mentis, (c) quando beatitudinis (i. e. praemii gratiae) [meae (vel mei) exoptato-potens-sim, [i.e. quando illud praemium gratiae facile ad accipiendum certe intra meam potestatem ponatur], (d) tum viri-bene-facientis [vel ‘viri de-bono-sapientis*’ praemium enixe precibus] petens precator* [ad ultimum] recipiens [etiam] sim!

Pahl. text translit. Avé valmanshan it Lekiim Yazishnd padiraké pavan stayishnd sdttinam, (b) Atiharmazd va Ashavahishtd, min tand pavan Vohiman kinishnd, (c) aétiind? pavan zak dahishnd pavan tarsagahih**3, [amat tarsagahih*** { Lektim vadtinam-é], pavan kamak hémanam?® padakhshah*>, [aighamh> padakhshahih? pavan kamak aitd]. (d) Aéttind zak§ i? valman® i9 avé hi-dinak pavan khvahishnd griftar hémanani!®, [mozd]. *DJ., D. ins. 2 DJ. ins. va. * DJ., D. seem °agahih, or “agath. *M., DJ., D. tarsagahih, or “4gaih. ® see P. *DJ., D. ™DJ., D. and P. padakhshahih *DJ., D. and P. ins. ® DJ. ins. *° P., M, and DJ. marked 34 pl. (?). **or read °akasih. The Comm. corrects the old edition.

Pahl. transl. (a, b) Toward those which are Your Yasnas*!, O Afharmazd and Ashavahisht, which are to be performed for You with a Good Mind (or

L. 8, 9. 337

Ner. trl., etc. With the two* metric* measures* (or ‘with the two feet’ (? padabhyam ?) feet have I become (?) celebrated (or vikhydto* as deponent, or again, read vikhya(h)*, cp.

Your Yasnas*!, O Afharmazd

and Ashavahisht, which are to be performed for You with a Good Mind (or

L. 8, 9. 337

Ner. trl., etc. With the two* metric* measures* (or ‘with the two feet’ (? padabhyam ?) feet have I become (?) celebrated (or vikhydto* as deponent, or again, read vikhya(h)*, cp. °khyd, J.3, ‘I am celebrating ’) for Thee as the greater|-est], and because that element of strength is being given to me, therefore I declare for You The Avista word]; (b) wherefore, O Lord, I am coming up above* (?, or ‘on account of this’), and with hands stretched out, [and thus I am making (or ‘preparing’) an abode (his MS. read manishnih (was that MS. DJ.?)) on high (?)]; (c) thus also do I render Thee what*! 2s an offering manifestly**, which 7s worship. (d) And thus what! are the virtuous characteristics of Thy Bahmana are progressive, [that is, the virtues of good conduct are (or ‘become ’) existing in him (?) within]. ‘vat = ‘zak 7’ (or, ‘hecause’).

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Awa paé Shuma fréz gfyam pah afztn, [kih an zér dehandah (?) shawam, Avesta 6 giiyam]; (b) bih rasam 4n Hormuzd pah_ bardastah dast, [minishni] » (c) Kdfin [] sakhdwat hastam pah niydyishn {an Shuma Ardibahisht = dn raktim Ardibahisht] % (a) édin 4n Shuma pah an ¢ Bahman [an man = dn va] {] (?) [raftan = riibishn] [2 nék hinari ra ma-ra hast] sx

Free tr. Then, with Your off’rings let me near You, Mazda,

Praising with Holiness and Good Mind’s actions,

When o’er my prize I fully seize possession;

That blest* prize seeking let me gain it thus.

‘Ye for whom action is with Vohuman’) I am advancing, and with praise. (c) Therefore in that dispensation (or ‘time’ ?) through a revering* blessing**, [i. e. when I would perform my reverence toward You|I am sovereign according to my desire, [that is, my sovereignty is according to my wish]. (d) And thus through prayer shall I become an attainer to that which is for the wise man [as a reward]. *1 Possibly meaning ‘towards the worship of those who are Yours’; but see the Gatha. Ner.’ssansk text. Tava aradhanath [-nath*| sarnmukhayh stutira pracharami {karomi], (b) Svamin, [parisphutath prakatarh Yushmakarh] Uttamena Manasa [stutimn karomi]. (c)Evari lakshmirh*! me bhakticilar[dehi, yat*®Te bhaktim karomi]; yat abhilashayami, [kila] rajyasya [abhilasharh karomi]. (d) Evath Te sudahinar* abhilashayami. Grihitaro [lege grahita] bhavami [prasadam]. +0. ? P. yata. Ner. transl. Therefore I am going forward toward Thy worship and

Thy praise, [¢/at is, I am performing them]. (b) [Plainly manifest], O Lord, do I make [Your praise] through the Highest (i. e. ‘the Good’) Mind. (c) Grant me therefore that reverential blessing* (or ‘sacred property*(?) ’) [since (or ‘when’) I perform devotion*! to Thee], and since I beseech ¢¢ of Thee, [that is, 1 am making my prayer for the sovereignty]. (d) Thus I am seeking Thy bountiful*? One*, and I am also actually an acquirer, [that is, I am attaining the reward]. *'See Burnouf.

the reward]. *'See Burnouf. *? or ‘Thy discriminating (?) one’. 43,

* (or ‘sacred property*(?) ’) [since (or ‘when’) I perform devotion*! to Thee], and since I beseech ¢¢ of Thee, [that is, 1 am making my prayer for the sovereignty]. (d) Thus I am seeking Thy bountiful*? One*, and I am also actually an acquirer, [that is, I am attaining

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Trlit. (a) Ad(t) ya var(e)sha, yacha pairi ai§ Skyaothna™! * so now preferred. (c) Raochao, veng (= huveng), asnam ukhsha aéurus. —’” ~~

Verbatim transl. Sic quae [facta virtutis ‘et officia ritus] perfecerim* [vel perficiam], [et] quae(que) de*! iis, [i. e. quae secundum ea] facta [porro in tempore futuro perfecta sint], (b) quae(que) [res vel actiones, per] Bona [-nam] [in] oculo*{-lis] nitebat{-ebunt, id est, revera ut dignae (?) visaesint] Mente [-tem], (c) [sicut] lumina, [i. e. stellae], sol, dierum illustrans* [-tratrix* (sic)] aurora (d) [ad] Vestro[-tram], O Sanctitas, adorationi[-nem celebrandam], O Mazda, [haec omnia inter se conjungent]! #1 Vide Pahl. ‘ante’.

Pahl. text transl. 'Aétiind zak i? varzam, min péshicht valmanshan kard6, (b) mfnshand pavan zak? i Vohtiman chashm réshinéd‘, [aighshan®, pavan frariindih pavan dakhshak bara kard], (c) pavan réshanih i khirkhshéd dén yom® hésh zak i” aris dén bam I [ashdué pavan dakhshak bard kardd], (d) zak i Lektim tarsagaih** (sic, or read ‘tarsakésih’) va niydyishnd7 Aftharmazd [ashano pavan dakhshak bara kard]. + See P. ? DJ. ins. ? D. om. * DJ., D., M rosinéd(? °shan-éd (?) or ‘rédin®’). 5 DJ., D. *DJ., ins. va. 7DJ. om. i. ®s0 D., or °agahih,

Pahl. trl. Thus, what I do, and that also which was done even before those things, (or ‘by those’) (b)which through* those* (or ‘to whom’) it shines, i. e. is clear, in the eyes of Vohtiman, [that is, it was made complete by (or ‘as’) a sign by, or

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