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

, [aigh, zak daman'* akarazd yamttinéd], amat avo valman yehabtini-ait pavan tiiban17 khvahishnih aiyydrih, [avd valman® Zarattshto].

w See P. 2 D. om: ich; = Diiins. 15 = DJs senshi Win om.0)..° Men ingiedee lane min®, M. “man. *D. mtn for amat. °DJ. radénd. 2° all i. 1 DJ. ins. An or av. *D val. 18 s0 DJ., D. * D. aighash. 1° so DJ., D.; M. man®. **so DJ., others damanak. 1” D, Mf. ih.

Pahl. transl. Gdshtrvan also bewailed thus to me: ‘On account of that [impotent] prayerless (or desireless) one [Zarattisht] there is to me an afflicted* inind through the illiberal giving [since they will not bestow gi/ts upon

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Ner. transl. This one acquired the gift for me (or my gift) [suitable for the Cow], he who alone there in this(?) has heard the doctrine, (b, c) Jarathustra, Spitama’s son. He chants his prayer* for* us*, the Great Wise Ones, even the remedy-making of Sanctity, [that is, so it pleases him that the Din should be progressive, and he declares a remedy against the Drija], and this will afford him a good footing (so) on account of, or by means of his speaking, [that is, he proclaims that so by word, which will give him his place in the other world(?)].

Parsi-persian Ms. in man — [], [kim an édtn é yak hasil-kunad], an an ¢ ma (sic) 4amikhtan an yak kih shunay* (= nydshak (?)) (b) Zaratusht ¢ Spitaman & an 7 ma, Hormuzd, kamah, Sawab ham, (ki, bayad an kar u kirfah pur] % (c) Charah — ham srayad, [ki, charah ¢ Drtj ¢ andar jihan* bih gtyad] kih 4n fi — dehad pah gobishn, (kt, guftan 2 néki r& 7¢ 6 gityad, ash anya [-ja], pah mini, gah 7 nék dehand]. # * Or shin°. Fr. Then wept the Kine’s Soul: ‘gainI | a lord for the grieving feeble, A voice of an impotent man, while I pray for a kingly chief’. When shall he ever appear who may give to her help strong-handed ?

him with perfect /iberality|] (b) owing to the inefficiency of és words also to, or for, men, [since the religion is not making full progress], for whom by me there is a desire for a will which extends to sovereignty, [that is, for their sakes I need a Mobadship of the Mobads (?)]’. (c) However is that dispensation ? [that is, is that time ever coming] when aid is given to him [to that Zaratusht] through powerful prayer?* * A mind without the needed thing. Ner.’s sansk. text. Evazicha gopactinaiin* Atma krandati: yah aydchakah, andnandamana* adakshinddanena!, [yad asyo ’pari vapuh sampurnarm na dakshinyam?! ayachakaccha, acaktitaya], (b) vacharh naranam asadhanatayai? [yat® Dinih sarnptirnarh na pravartate], yah tasmai ipsayita yachayita rajyain [tasmai Jarathustraya Moibadanam‘ Moibadatvaii* samihate] (c) Katham datih*? Kadachit sa asti, [kila, sa kalah kadachit prapsyati'], ya® asmai dasyati caktitaya sahayyam7*, [asmai Jarathustraya?} +All -kshan®. * P. sadh®, * so Co) butePsyataso* Je moivad®, © J.4- *.so J.4; P. yo (?). 7 P. sahayam. Ner. tri.

Jarathustraya Moibadanam‘ Moibadatvaii* samihate] (c) Katham datih*? Kadachit sa asti, [kila, sa kalah kadachit prapsyati'], ya® asmai dasyati caktitaya sahayyam7*, [asmai Jarathustraya?} +All -kshan®. * P. sadh®, * so Co) butePsyataso* Je moivad®, © J.4- *.so J.4; P. yo (?). 7 P. sahayam. Ner. tri. And so the Soul of the cattle bewailed: ‘He who is prayerless, and of joyless mind because they do not give, [because for him the body, or person, is entirely without offered-reward, and without prayer through powerlessness], (b) dewailing the voice of men for its inefficiency, [because the Din does not fully advance] who is desiring and praying * for the authority for this one, [that is, he desires the Mobadship of the Mobads for this Jarathustra]. (c) How is that gift? Some day (when(?)) will it come ?, [that is, is the time ever (when is it ever?) coming?], which gif shall afford helpful companionship to him with power [to this Jarathustra]?’ 5,

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Trlit. Ytzhém aéibyd Ahura aogd daté Asha khshathremch4
Avad(t) Vohi Mananha ya hushitis ramamcha dad(t)

Azemchid(t) ahya Mazda Th(u)wam* ménhi paourvim [°viyem] vaédem.

Verbatim transl. Vos his, Ahura, [rem] eratum [-am, et felicitatem (vel fortasse potentiam)] date, Sanctitas, Regnumque (b) tantum [tale] Bona Mente [institutum] quo [his] prosperitates-domesticas gaudium-que det. (c) Ego-etiam [vel omnino] hujus, Mazda, Te existimavi primum possessorem.

Pahl. text translit. 1Lekim avd valmanshan, Atharmazd, aiyydrih yehabtinéd, Ashavahisht’ va Khshatvér2 (sic), [aigh, Zaratisht va? havishtand ¢ Zaratiishtd4 nadtikih padash vadinyén], (b) aétindch Vohtiman 5, min hi-manishnih [gas 16 tamman], va ramishnich ash yehabiinéd. (c) Hémanich valman, Atharmazd [valman Zaratisht3 ‘], ash min Lak’ minam® frattim vindishné, [aighash fratim nadtikih min Lak yehevinéd]

* DJ. ins. va, see P. throughout. ? K.*, M. om. kh. °-D, om. + Dey De olds om. repetition. ® D, om. ft, 7 original (?) correction in DJ. * D, mindavam.

Pahl. transl. Give ye assistance to these, Atharmazd, Ashavahisht, and Khshatvér6, [that is, may they (or do Thou) secure the happiness of Zarattisht, and Zarattisht’s disciples by this means], (b) so also Vohiman, who gives him a pleasing habitation [the place which is beyond] and also joy. (c) I even a soG-awg-parspes)Cupody brug | pry b.ceugss.augry cll areas}, —seeaags.u.useng. sheng | totterdra)d)..wySvcncgelogye LER CrwCULIME tyre) swEEr | grr. ga) 9} a) 9p

Trlit.

this means], (b) so also Vohiman, who gives him a pleasing habitation [the place which is beyond] and also joy. (c) I even a soG-awg-parspes)Cupody brug | pry b.ceugss.augry cll areas}, —seeaags.u.useng. sheng | totterdra)d)..wySvcncgelogye LER CrwCULIME tyre) swEEr | grr. ga) 9} a) 9p

Trlit. Kudé Ashem Vohucha Mané Khshathremcha: ad(t) ma masha Yaizhém Mazda frdkhshnené mazoi Magai 4 paiti-zanata Ahura nti nao avar(é) ehmai ratdis Yashmavatam.

Verbatim tri. Quando [vel unde] Sanctitas, Bonaque Mens, Regnumque, venitis? Tum me [obviam venientes mihi] festinantes (b) Vos, O Mazda, ad me edocendum [causa] magnae Magae [hujus magni conatus] adjudicate [i. e. offerte]

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{kih — pur nah rawé] kih man oshin kamah khwa4hishn 7 6 sahibi [[] [kish = dghash] Oshin ra Mébadin Mobadi bayad] * (c) Chin hargiz 4n — hast, {kfi, in zaman hargiz raséd], kih 6 # dehad pah tuwan khwahishn yari, [an f Zaratusht] ? %

Free tr. Grant gladness, O Ahura and the Right, unto these a kingdom,
A Realm with the Good Mind ordered, which joy and amenity giveth.

Of these, O Mazda, ever the possessor first I thought Thee.

that one, O Atharmazd, [that Zaratisht] (or I even of that thing), I think that from Thee is his (or its) first acquisition, [that is, to him happiness is first from Thee}.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yayari etebhyah, Svamin, sAhdyyam datta Agavahistaya Saharevarayacha [Dharméya, Raéjiiecha']. (b) Evathcha Uttamaiya Manase2, Gvahmanaya, yah sunivasatérh® 4nandaricha datte [sthanar yat paralokiyarn]. (c) Ahamchit ayath [Jarathustro], Mahajidnin, Tvatto dhyayami praktandai labdhizh [kila, me prathamath cubhath Tvatto bhavati, (uktarh yat gortipam)}.

*So J.° seems; J.*, J.*, OC. -jiievacha (sic). 2P.°ah, others "asa. * all but J.’ °tvam.

Ner. transl. Do ye grant helpful friendship to these, O Lord, to Acavahista, and Saharevara [to Sanctity and to the King], (b) and so also to the Highest (Good) Mind, to Gvahmana, who grants* joy, and a good abode [the place which is beyond]. (c) I even, this [Jarathustra}, think that the ancient acquisition was from Thee, O Great Wise One, [that is, happiness was first mine from Thee, (a speech which is adapted (referring (?)) to the Cow)}.

Parsi-persian Ms. Shtima an dshan, Hérmuzd, yari dehad (?), Ardibahisht uw Shaharevar, (ki, Zaratusht, u— 7 Zaratusht, néki padash kunand] * (b) dfn ham Bahman, kih mandan [gah ¢ anja] u raémishn ham ash dehad * (c) Man ham fy, Hormuzd, [i Zaratusht], ash az Ta [ | [chiz = mandém] pradum (sic) — [ktish pradum néki az Ti béd (sic)] *

Fr. Whence Righteousness, Good Mind, and Thou | the Kingdom, come Ye?
Then hastening

To grant us light, O Lord, for The Holy Cause do Ye reach us

Your aid, O Living One, now yea, the helpful gift of Your faithful.

(c) Ahura nunc nobis [proferte] auxilium huic#* [Magae] largitatis vestri-similium [vel servorum vestrorum corde addictorum]. % Vel éhmé = simus (participes). -

Pahl. text translit.