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

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Trlit. Ye aiS Ashem nipaonhé Manascha Vohti yavaétaité ee 4 pA T[ujvem Mazda Ahura fro ma sisha Thwahmad(t) vaochanhé

Mainyéus hacha Thwa (é.e.)aonha yais 4 anhus paouruy6 [= Vivo] bavad(t).

Verb. tri. [Ego] qui his Sanctitatem tuear [-ebor] Mentemque Bonam in-aeternum (b) Tu, Mazda Ahura, prae me doce e-Te enuntiandi-causa! [ut-idsignificem], (c) spiritualis-essentiae ex Tuo ore, quibus [principiis] a mundus prior exstitit[-titerit]. + Portasse significa (dat. infin. pro imper,).

Pahl. text translit. Amat pavan? nikirishné? Aharayih bara netranam* va Vohimanich vad avé4 hamai rabishnih, [aigh, rdstih va fraranih panakih vadtinam-é*], (b) Lak® zak7, Attharmazd, fraz avé li Amizais aé i Lak pavan gébishné, (c) minavadikih [Gasanikih] i min aé® i7 Lak pavan ptimman [pédik, vad1° min zak péddk i7 Lak pavan pimman bara yemalelinih"] min dén ahvano fratim yeheviind 12, [aigh, zak i! fratim3 yehevind'* ash dad, Gasdnikih yehevind].

*D. om. 2DJ., D. om. i. * D. netrindé-am, * DJ., D. om. lak va; D. also avo. DJ. has val for avo, * D, °yén. ® D. lekim. 7M. ins. i. ® M. °ih for °ai, D. yemale- Itnih. °so DJ.; D. hana. * D. i for vad. 1! all °nih for ‘nai. * so Fs Dei = sore Dale, D.; M. avvla (so). * DJ., D. om.; N.B. see Pers.

Pahl. transl. When in* this* regard* I shall defend Aharayih and Vohtiman until the eternal progress, [that is, when I would effect the protection of truth and piety], (b) teach Thou me forth in words this thing or BBSHe0-

XXVIII. 10. 11, 19 fulfil desire perfectly unto these; that is, in accordance with this prayer* from me (?) do them good]. (c) And so let the unwearied reciter of the Yasna obtain food and clothing through his utterance. * Or ‘with accordant desire’. Parsi-persian Ms. Kih édiin Sawab agéh hastand*, wa and Bahman dahishn, [kti, pah rasti{] néki bundah (sic) 4gah bih bid —] (b) ¢ nék, Hormuzd, ma-ra pah éshan pur anbarad (?) kémah [kitim néki padash kunand] ** (c) Kih édfin pah an 7 Shuma [ ] (10 space) hasil-knnad khtrishn u vastark (sic) pah an srayidan, [kih pah Yazishn 7 Shuma sid nah béd, ash khirishnu vastark(e’) hasil-kunad].% *-And for-dni throughout,

which is Thine, O A., (c) the #1 spiritual thing [the Gathic doctrine | which is [revealed] from this which is Thine by mouth, [until from that which is Thine 7t 7s manifest, tell me forth by mouth] what was first in the worlds, [that is, what first existed was made by him; zt was the Gathie doctrine] *1 Or ‘by Thy mouth of 2e #1 spiritual thing [the Gathic doctrine | which is [revealed] from this which is Thine by mouth, [until from that which is Thine 7t 7s manifest, tell me forth by mouth] what was first in the worlds, [that is, what first existed was made by him; zt was the Gathie doctrine] *1 Or ‘by Thy mouth of spirituality’ (gen. by position).

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yadi sunirikshanatayé! Dharmari pdlayami Managcha Uttamari sadapravrittaye2, [kila, chet Satyasya sadvydparasyacha rakshajh karomi], (b) Tvarh tat, Mahajidnin Svamin, prakrishtarn me cikshapaya [yah? kurute] vachi. (c) Adrigya Tvatto mukhena sphutaya antar bhuvane* pirvaii babhiiva, [tai srishtiin me brihi].

* C. sunirikritaya, J.4, P. sunariksh-. 2 C -prakrit’. * C. has yayah; J.* om., J.* ya, * P. bhiiva, others -vanena.

Ner. transl. If in*! consideration* of this (2) I protect Sanctity and the Highest Mind, for, or until, the continual advance, [that is, if I effect the protection of truth and good conduct], (b) do Thou, O Great Wise One the Lord, reveal this to me in speech [i. e. him who is producing them]. (c) O invisible One (Spirit), from Thyself with mouth make manifest. what first arose within the world, [that is, declare the creation to me]. *1 Or ‘with’.

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih pah nigaridan* Sawab bih padam u Vahdman [] ta an tama (sic) —, [kf, rasti u frarfini paspani [] [kunand = vagunand (2)) (b) Ta an, Hormuzd, fraz an man [] [gat =jamnini] 6 i TA pah gobishn * (c) Mint [] [zish Gasini = zish Gdsdni] ¢ az in i Ti pah dahan [péda, t& az fn pédé 7 Ta pah dahan bih gai], kih andar jiban* awwal bid, (kf, an 7 awwal [] ash dad, Gasini bid] *

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Verb. tr. Vobis Bovis anima conquerens-clamavit: cui me creavistis? Quis me formavit? (b) Contra me [veniunt] saevitia vehementiaque, ictus cum-nece-perensem!, insolentiaque, potentiaque. (c) Non mihi pabuli-dator nisi-Vos alius, ita me docete [meae salutis causa] bona ad-agri-culturam-pertinentia *.

1 vel (4)hishiyé = oppressit.

Pahl. text translit. Avo Lekiim, Ameshéspendin, Géshiirvan garzid, [aitd main aétind yemalelinéd?: khiidai-gash? (?) (or khidayihash?) gift val Atharmazd ranb3] aigh: Avo main li barehinid hémanam [pavan vashtamintand4 va> dishtand]? Val min li® tashid hdmanam, [aigh, avo min yehabind homanam]? (b) Zak li zak i7 khéshmd*, [méinam pavan kheshmd* zanéd®], stahamak, [aigham bard AzArédd], 1 réshkiin (2), [aigham apadman ktishtand® am ahtkinéd pavan hamak], lakhvar’? sedktintarich, [aigham boddkzéd bara vadtinyén!!], va taraftarich 12, 3li® tashid hdmanam, [aigh, avo min yehabind homanam]? (b) Zak li zak i7 khéshmd*, [méinam pavan kheshmd* zanéd®], stahamak, [aigham bard AzArédd], 1 réshkiin (2), [aigham apadman ktishtand® am ahtkinéd pavan hamak], lakhvar’? sedktintarich, [aigham boddkzéd bara vadtinyén!!], va taraftarich 12, [aigham bara dizdéd6%3}. (c) La li vastaridar™ (? or yasnidar) zakaé's min Lekim, [aigh aish 114 khavitfinam miinam nadikih*® aétaind azash chigiin min Lektim], aétind lit? rait8 sdzéd19 zak f shapir vastar. * Or Aésh0.

1D.) M. ins. aé = aigh(?). 2DJ., others khtidayih. *M. goshatirvan, DJ., D. rino, 4DJ. ands. *D.ins. va. °DJ., D. ins. li. 7D. ins. i, * D. makhitiméd. ° D. kisht. 1° DJ. om. va. ™ D, atid. 12 DJ. maman for ich. * DJ., M.dfizéd. ™ DJ., D. vasnidar; M. asn-khiradé(?) 15 DJ. zak. 1°80 DJ., M. 17D. om. li. *8 so D., see Pers. ** D., Pers.; see P:

Pahl. transl. To you, O Ye Ameshéspends, Géshatirvan complained , [some say that the Lord-bull (or his sovereignty) addressed Afiharmazd, thus]: ‘To whom am I allotted [for feeding and keeping?| For whom am I shaped?, [that is, for whom amI created]? (b) This one és upon me, Fury [who smites me with fury], the tyrannical, [that is, he will harass me], the wounder, [that is, my unmeasured slaughter makes my life in all things hateful], and

a tearer again he 7s, [that is, they will commit murder on me], and a plunderer also, [that is, he will rob me], (c) I have no nourisher? (or favourer) save You, |that is, I know none from whom my welfare? so comes as from You], therefore prepare Ye for‘ me that which is a good pasture.

(The flexible Pahl. should be read throughout as a trl., not as an independent document).

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yushmasu gopactinain Atma krandati: [he susvaminah]|, kasmai avinirmito ’smi, [‘khaditurzh? dhartwicha]? kasmai ghatito* *smit, [kila, kasmai pradatto ’smi|? (b) Sa math kopaluh (sic), [yah krodhena nihanti| hathicha, [yo hathat harati], irshyaluh, [yah apramanaih vadhyati$, (‘abadhayati’ sarvatra jneyarh)| darayitacha stenaccha, [yo me jivavighatam kurute, yagcha mam chorayati|. (c) Na mam palayita Yushmat anyah, evai madartham sarimarjayati uttamar gopacukarma‘, [api> na® jane yasmat cubharh evaih yatha bhavadbhyah]. * J* om. from khaditum to ’smi inclus, * C. evaditume 6 Soldia, Jes, Ja, butC.. Py badhy®. 4J.°, J.4, J.* “kam, C. “karma. * so J.%, but C. yena, P. yina. (Trivial variations and obvious corrections are not always mentioned. Kopaluh is for kupayuh accidentally (?) altered on account of irshyaluh).

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