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

hanti| yat? sviyat karmanah cikshapayanti * [pacchat avyaparaib kurvanti]. (c) Yat te cishyapayanti* tesham nirvane Drujasya samasannata *; dadati [atmanath sviyam|. 1 0. 2 So both and J% J*

Ner. transl. Not the gift of a friend do the deaf bestow**; that 7s, it zs not an action fully accomplished. [That is, theirs 7s some good work which is desired merely, and not fully completed]. (b) They are teaching, and with a mind apparently perfect toward the cattle and herds; du¢ [in the end he is (or they are) * smiting] and this is (lit. which is) from their own action they teach, [and afterwards they work iniquity] (c), because what they are teaching zs the neighbourly fraternity with the Druja in their end; and it delivers [their own souls].

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Nah dosti dehad (?), kih kér hend, an kar pur; (ka, [] [an = —] chiz 7 nék, layik pur nah burand] * (b) [Wa = va] an ¢ gdsfendan nah - puri mi-dmfizad (sic vid), [bi-zandizah kushtan], pah 4n 7 khwésh kunishn wa amtkhtan; [[] chiz ¢ bad kunad(?) [wa pah an 2 bad amikht + mi-Aamtizad éstéd — va pavan zak t avarin admukht jakniminéed| * (c) [| [Kih= mun] Oshan amikhtan, oshan[] an an @ akhir Druj -dman (? sic) + ya‘ni + khanah dehad [ruwan 7 khwésh]

Free. tr. Since Zarathushtra reward first to true ones * appointed;
In the home the sublimest cometh Mazda the foremost,
Yours for Right, and, with Good Mind these blessings imparting!

Atharmazd yAmttinand® [vel-dni] pésh7. (c) Zak i Lektim Vohtimandé pavan
Aharayih stidé chashéd; [aigh, sidé pavan frardndih vadinyén}.

1 P. ins. min. ? P. ins’ pavan. * P. ins. maddnad (minavad) Din. * DJ. om. 5 P. ins. kardan. ° DJ. -and. ™ DJ. and P. (?) pésh.

Pahl. transl. I, who am Zartisht, am revealing a reward to the spirits beforehand, or before them, [¢hat és, for similar good works, or for good works which correspond to it] (b), so that they (or I) may come to Thy Garddman, O Atiharmazd! before ali others**. (c) For Your * Vohiman, is teaching that which is the benefit by means of Ahardayih {that is, they will (or do Thou) realize the advantage through piety].

*1' According to the gloss ‘pésh’ may have been understood in the sense of ‘in presence of the spirits’; hence ‘for similar good works’. *?* possibly, ‘in anticipation’.

Ner’s. sansk. text.. Yat prasAidam kuru. Jarathustro “ham bhavami. Svargalokatit AsvAdayAmi agre [tulyara punyar] (b) yat Garothmane, Svamin, Mahdjidnin! prapnomi pirvam. (c) Yat Te Uttamasya Manasah punyasya labhati Asvadaydmi; [kila, lAbhazh yat suvyéparam kuru]. * C.

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362 Tt. 15, i.

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Trlit. Tam Kava Vistaspé magahyaé Khshathra naisad Vanhéus padebi§ Mananhd, yam chistim Asha mafita Spefité Mazdio Ahurdé; atha ne sazdyai usta!

Verbatim. transl. Hance [scientiam salutem afferentem] Kavi (?) Vistaspa Divitis (?)* - magnitudinis [per] Regno [-num] nactus-est (b), [et] Bonae pedibus-metricis Mentis, quam scientiam Sanctitate excogitavit (c) benignus Magni-donator Dominus (vivus); sic [per eam scientiam] nobis annuntiare [-ianda est] salus.

Pahl. text. translit. Zak mfin Vishtaspd magihich rai, [avéjakihich rai], pavan khfidayih? arjanik, [javidich? min avarmand (?)] (b) pavan zak i Vohttman padih [frartin shalitath rai zish 4]; aité man farzanak pavan zak 1° Aharayih padmané; [aigh, farjim i* mindavam pavan frartinih aétind, chigtin avayad khavitinastand®, khavittiméd]. (c) Afztnik Atharmazd! aétindt lanman” rai7 sazishno nadtkih. 1 DJ. ins. Din. * DJ. khidayith. * P. ins. ich. 2 so. Dd, “Ds. ins, © DI, and 2. Sais fand seme:

Pahl. transl. Vishtasp is meritorious in his sovereignty as regards the Magianship; [that is, as regards purity, and even separate * from the superintending*] (b) through that which is Vohtiman’s sovereignty, |that is, in accordance with the predominance, or reign, of the pious, which is through him]; jor he it is who is intelligent according to Aharayih’s estimate; [that is, he understands the conclusion of the matter thus,

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- Thy best mind, and of righteousness, [that is, make Thou that acquisition Jor me which is good conduct, or its reward].

Parsi-persian Ms. trlt, [Kih = min| muzd, kih Zartusht hastam, an [pah = pavan] minuwan, [mintt Din = madonad Din], chasham pésh; [pah barabar kirfah [kardan = kardan}] (b), kQ 4n Garétman ¢ Ormuzd rasad (?) pésh & (c) An i Shuma, Bahman, pah Sawab, stid chashéd (2) [kti, stid pah néki kunand]

Free. tr. For that wisdom Vishtaspa in the Magian * Realm gainéd.

Verse of Good Mind revealed it. Through the Truth Mazda taught it,
He, the bounteous Ahura, thus to teach us salvation.

as it is necessary to understand it, through his piety]. (c) Bountiful Atharmazd thus it is that happiness is to be taught to, or prepared for, us by Thee! * So W.; possibly ‘Separate from the spoiler (leg. aparmand)’; hardly ‘distinguished from his superiority’ [avar-mandih]; or may it be ‘separate from the rest? ?

Ner’s. sansk. text.

gh his piety]. (c) Bountiful Atharmazd thus it is that happiness is to be taught to, or prepared for, us by Thee! * So W.; possibly ‘Separate from the spoiler (leg. aparmand)’; hardly ‘distinguished from his superiority’ [avar-mandih]; or may it be ‘separate from the rest? ?

Ner’s. sansk. text. Kai Gustaspo, nirmalo Raja, yogyatarah. (b) Uttamena manasa, tasya [suvyaparena] Rajiiah, [evar kuru} yat nirvane [punyamh] pramanara [; kuru; kila, nirvana kithchit suvyAparath evati yatha yujyate jridtum]|. (c) Gurutarat? Svaminah Mahajidninah evash cakyate gubhar jidtum. + P. both “ran’.

Ner. transl. Kai Gustdspa, the pure-minded (lit. spotless) king, 7s more deserving, or adroit. (b) Through the exalted mind [and through the good conduct] of the king [do Thou therefore thus effect] that which is that measure, or reguhation, [which is righteous] in véew of the end (or heaven (?)); do Thou produce ¢¢; that is, he understands the conclusion thus as something pertaining to good works, or by the way of good works, and as it is fitting to understand it]. (c) It is thus possible to understand felicity from the greater, or more majestic Lord, The Great Wise One *.

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* Not ‘from the greater teacher the felicity of the Lord’; see the Zend and Pahl.

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Parsi-Persian Ms. irit. An kih- Vishtasp, khalisi ham (Din = Din] ra, khalisi ra, pah khudai arzini [juda [ham = ach| az mn. tr. pro avarmand (sic)] * (b) Pah an ? Bahman sardari; [nék padishahi ra anash]; hast kih dana pah an i Sawab andazah; ka, ‘alabat 7 chiz pah néki, aédin chim bayad [] [danistan =—] danad] * (c) Af zani (?) Ormuzd! aédtin at [mara = —] kunad (?) [= sazishn] néki %

Free. tr. Now a blest * form Frashaoshtra, the Hyégva, hath shown me,

For the good Faith the choicest ; and may Mazda bestow her *!
For the gaining of Asha He, the sovereign Ahura!

Verbatim. trans]. Beatam [-tum] mihi Frashaostra Hvogva monstravit [i.e. monstret] corpus ** (b) Religioni bonae; lid, est, ad Religionem bonam adornandam aptum] quam {quod corpus] huic [tam] desiderabilem ih

364 Li. 17, 18.
Trlit. Berekhdhim méi Frashaostr6 Hvégvd daéddist kehrpem
Daénayai vanhuyai, yam hoi ishyam datt
Khshayais Mazdao Ahuré! Ashahya azhdyai gerezdim.

[-bile] dato (c) regnans Magni-donator Dominus (viyus)! Sanctitatis [ad
Sanctitatem] nancisci [-ciscendam] adeptionem * *!

** 1Fortasse scientiam ut personam conceptam. 2 Vel leg. -dim querentes clamate.

Pahl. text. translit. Zak i arzikd avo li Frashéshtar i1+? Hydband3 pavan nikézishné nikézid kerpé, [aigham bentman pavan néshmanih bara yehabtinédd|. (b) Pavan Dind i! shapir [yekavimtinéd4t> pavan Dind i shapir rai] zak i valman ® pavan khvahishné yehabinad’; [aigh, Hvébn(?) tant pavan néshmanih* bara yehabtinad}. (c) Pavan’ shalitaih 7 Atharmazd ya? zak i Aharayih® arztiko vadtinad kadak1°-banukih 2°.

1 DJ. ins. ? DJ. and P. om. va. * P. Hoban (sic yid.). * DJ. and PB. §© DJ: om. i. ® DJ. avo; P. and Sp. valman. 7 see P. *P. om, °9sPans. va.