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

tinast? aigh nadikih 14 min zak® gis maman|. (c) Zak Mansar i mahist ash hémnuninishné yehabiinishnd valman min khiradé stared} yekaviminéd pavan® hiizvand*, [valmanich® min® khiradé® staredo° yekavimiinéd ®, ash mindavam7 denman pahlim®’, amat Aérpatistand® vadtinyén].

1 So Mf.; D, min. ? DJ. om. va. * D. khavitimastand. * D. ins. i ° DJ. ins. min (late). © D. om. 7 DJ. ins. aé late. * D. shapir. 9 so DJ., D., see Pers.

Pahl. transi. O Ashavahisht, when do (shall) I see Thee?, and know this by that which is a good mind’s instruction ?, [that is, I (shall) see Thee in 2.

that time when every man is intelligent (or aware of it) through piety, but when shall it be?] (b) and the place, or seat, of Attharmazd, [when do (shall)

I see it], J a suppliant for a benefit? [That place is known] through Srésh, [that is, when they have a Dastir, they, or he’ ought to know what the happiness which comes from that place is]. (c) That, or to that (oblique by pos.) Manthra which is the (or of the) greatest, to it Jelongs the giving of the teaching by tongue to him whose understanding is confused, [for him also whose understanding is perverted this thing is the best, that they should hold priestly-assemblies for his instruction |.

Ner.’s sansk. text. He Acavahista, he Dharma, kadé Tvath pagyami Manasat Uttamasya vettritayd*, [kila, tara kélath kadé pacydmi yatra ‘T'varh sarvah ko’pi sadvyaparitaya* [-rena] vetta bhavati], (b) sthanaiicha Svamino labhabhilashatah* Crocena? parijneyam’, [tad api kada pacgyami? Chet guru gribnanti, gaknuvanti parijiatur yat cubhaih tasmat sthanat kim], (¢) yatah sa Vani mahattara aparasmat kasmachchit ya prabodhada buddhijadaya jihvaya, [yah buddhijado bhavati tasya kimchit idar eva utkrishtataraih, yat adhpose 9 gas. 9 10 | wosa}e.gassegyrl 6. 2s) gororbyberaleardalaslunsscaprmadnayaysunyed Eagansoay racers yoanrg bear yyy ayy as) rgpi. ay WII IMG eps

Verbatim tri. Bona veni Mente, da Santitatis-praemia-dator vitam- longinquitate-productam* rectis (vel elatis), tu, verbis, O Mazda, Zarathushtrae validam sratiam, nobisque, Ahura, qua vexatoris vexationes devincamus. #Velin-vitam-I°.

Pahl. text translit. *Yamtinishné i2+3 Vohiiman [avd tani * i aishand] yehabiinai-m4, Ashavahishtd dahishnd ¢5 dérjanih, [aigham? zak mindavam al yehabtindd® ¢ pavan tand* i pasind” lakhvar avdyand§ yekteltind|. (b) Pavan zak i7 rast8 sakhin Lak, Atharmazd, val Zarattsht [numid yekavimiinéd at] min valman 79 adj-homand, [Vishtasp ait, aighat], raminishnd? , [homanam], [aighat pavan nadtkih fraz avd khidayané debrinishnd hémanam|], (c) va manikanich 19, Atharmazd, [va1! havishtdnd 15 li afat pavan nadikih fraz debrinishnd hémanend **] main!® béshidarand bésh [yeheviinéd amat aéttind } vadinyén turvinishnd, [aigh bésh 713 2tasp ait, aighat], raminishnd? , [homanam], [aighat pavan nadtkih fraz avd khidayané debrinishnd hémanam|], (c) va manikanich 19, Atharmazd, [va1! havishtdnd 15 li afat pavan nadikih fraz debrinishnd hémanend **] main!® béshidarand bésh [yeheviinéd amat aéttind } vadinyén turvinishnd, [aigh bésh 713 mip valmanshan akar yeheviinéd ].

yayanarh kurute [-yat]]. 'P. sa, J.*, 0. manasim. 23.4, J.*(2) crocena, *C. -eyam.

Ner. transl. O Acavahista, O Sanctity, when do I see Thee by means of the highest (i.e. the good) Mind’s insight, [i. e. when shall I see the time when every man becomes acquainted with Thee by means (2?) of good conduct], (b) and when do I see the place of the Lord who desires an acquisition to be recognized through Croga ?, [this too when do I see? If they accept the spiritual master, they become able to recognize what the benefit which comes from that place is}, (c) because the Word is greater than any other thing whatsoever, the Word which is a giving of knowledge to the duil of understanding is means of the tongue, [the best thing for the dull man is just this, that he should prosecute study].

Parsi-persian Ms. Ardibahist, kih T& binam pah an 7 Bahman Agah-dddan? in danam ? [kit andar 4n zaman binam, kih har kas pah néki 4gah, kih béd (sic) 2] 3¢ (b) [] Gah ham ¢ Hormuzd [— binam], 7 sfid khwastar? x An gah pah Srdsh [danéd; ki kih Dastty darad shayad danistan kf néki az 4n gah chih]. (c) An Manth(h)rah* (sic) ¢ mahist ash — dahishn fi kih khirad bi-hfsh éstéd [] [ash chiz in veh, ki magopatdari kunand]. #* * Perhaps manhthrah (sic).

Fr. Come with the Good Mind, and give us | long life, O Thou giver of blessings. Through revealéd truth do Thou grant Zarathushtra Thy strong help ; Grant that to us by whose aid we may crush the tormentor’s torments. Pahl. transl. Let there be the coming (infin. for imper.*!) of Vohiman [into the bodies of persons]; and grant me Ashavahisht’s gift*2 which 7s long life, [that is, may, they, or he, not grant me that thing which in the final ‘body they may wish again destroyed |. (b) Do Thou grant it through the true word, O Attharmazd, to Zarattisht, [it is revealed by Thee (or he has revealed it for Thee). Thine ¢t is] from, or by him who (? or that which) is the strong [dy Vishtasp. That is, { am (I will be) Thy} gladdening, [that is, for or by Thee I am carrying it (or to be carried (?)) forth as a benefit to the rulers], (c) and mine also, O Atiharmazd, [and my disciples are (will be) also carrying it (or to be carried (??)) forth for, or by Thee for a benefit], which [is] a torment of the tormentors [when thus] they shall do injury, [that is, torment which is from them (the tormentors) is rendered harmless by 3ers], (c) and mine also, O Atiharmazd, [and my disciples are (will be) also carrying it (or to be carried (??)) forth for, or by Thee for a benefit], which [is] a torment of the tormentors [when thus] they shall do injury, [that is, torment which is from them (the tormentors) is rendered harmless by them|. *1 Or ‘grant the coming’. *? Ashavahishtd-dahishné might = ‘giving A.’s gift’, a compos. Ner.’s sansk. text. Uttamasya praptitn Manasah dehi, he Dharma, datimn** dirghajivam*, [kila, me tat? kimchid api m4? prapnotu yena vapushi pagchatye punah samihante hantuih|. (b) Satydbhis tvarha vagbhih* Mahajiianin, Jarathuctro [ham] balavattamin® [Gustaspat] pramodayami, kila, cubhath svamibhyah samihe datum], (c) madiyagcha, Svamin, ye* badhakaranaih badham nihantarah, [kila, cishyiccha ye> madiyah, te ’pi cubhari svaimibhyah samihante datuih]. 'J,3. J.‘ tat(?) kimehid api na, 2 J.* mi. 3 J. CPmane-* 0.4) “corr,

Ner. transl. Grant that acquisition of the best mind, O Sanctity, the gift of long life, [that is, let nothing come to me on account of which, in the later body, they may desire to slay anew]. (b) I, Jarathustra, rejoice The (?), O Great Wise One! on account ** of the true words which have fallen from the most powerful [Gustaspa, that is, [desire to bestow happiness from, or upon the lords], (c) and my people, O Lord, are rejoicing Thee, they who are smiting the pain of the grievers, [that is, my disciples, they also desire to confer happiness from, or upon, the lords]. *! Or ‘by means of’.

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Trlit. Daidi Asha tam ashim Vanhéus ayapta Mananho Daidi ta Arfa]maité Vistaspai aéshem maibyacha Daosti, Mazda khshayacha, ya Ve mathra* srevaéma radao. * Or °thrao. Verbatim transl. Da, Sanctitas, hoc praemium-gratiae, Bonae propositaattacta Mentis, (b) da tu, Pietas, Vishtaspae rem-optam?, mihique, (c) des tu, Mazda, dominansque*? [id] quo Vestra Rationis-verba audiamus [nos-vobisefficaciter] servientes®. * Potest verti: ‘O Sanctitas dominansque’; vide Ve. 1 Vigorem (2). 2 vel provide-tu(?). * fortasse (verba) valde-benigna (mathraoradh*). Pahl. text translit. 1Yehabiinai-m2+3, Ashavahisht, zak i% tarsakasih* (sic) i pavan Vohtiman Avadih, [aigham tarsakasih (sic) 1 aétind dahad, i pavan tand* i pasind lakhvar JA Avayand® yekteltind’]. (b) Afam yehabinai-m® lak, Spendarmad, zak i? min? Vishtasp® khvahishn6, [Magopatan 1° Magopatih 1°] va manikanich, [havishtén f li ashain Magdpatéin!® Magopatih?® yehaban]. (c) Afam yehabtnait! stayidar!? padakhshah!? Atharmazd, -[Vishtaspo] i amat aé1 j Lektim Mansar srayéni15, [aigh, Dind i Lekim yemaleltnani], ariyishn yehabinéd, [aigh, ribak vyadtnyén]. a 1 See P. 2 DJ. nai- m.; D, °ném. * DJ. ins. 2 4-80 Sp. M., D. > so Sp. © so DJ.; others °yénd. *% so DJ., D.; others °ind. * M. °%%h, DJ. ins. m.