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

ship; by its strength let us smite the foe.

sovereignty from Sdshans], by whose fortitude, [that is, with his own weapons he is able to do it] the Drij is overcome, [that is, I know this that in that time it is (will be) possible* to render the Droj stupefied|. *Sce taband.

» Ner.’s sansk. text. Yadi ddnenat Agavahistasya nimantrakah smah, [punyasya], Mahajiianinaccha Svaminah (b) bhakticilaydccha prithivyah, [kila ‘smakarh uttamatvath* evam astu, yatha teshaih caktaé bhavamah nimantrayiturh|, utkrishtatvarn abhipsimo, Gvahmana, [kila, mahyam prasddarm dehi], (c) madiyebhyo rajyam balavattamat *, [kila, cishyebhyo me parthivatvarn Caogiogat dehi], yasya sainyataya*3 apaniyate Drijah, [kila, ma sAdhanaih* sviyath gakta bhavanti karturi, idarhcha veda4 yat antas tasmin kale Drajam akshamarh* gakyate kartuii].

+ J4, C. danecha. 2 P. “mat; J.3, dC. “man, * J. Po cain- 3, ean ee: gaitanya, J.* caitanyaya. * J. vacha-; J.* veva-; C., P. vecha.

Ner. transl. If, by means of the gift of offering, we are invokers of Agavahista, [of Sanctity], and of the Great Wise One, the Lord, and (b) of ‘the pious one, the Earth, [that is, ours may the goodness* be in order that we may be able to invoke theirs] then we are seeking, O Gvahmana, to: reach the exaltation, or goodness, [that is, grant this to me as a reward], (c) and we are seeking the sovereignty for my people from the most powerful one, La [that is, grant my disciples the sovereignty derived from Caocioca] by whose martial* power* the Drtija is removed, [that is, they are able to make me their own through martial weapons*, or ardour*, and this I know, that in that time, it will be possible to render the Draja powerless].

Parsi-persian Ms, Kih pah an dahishn [pah tan 7 pasin] Ardibahisht khwandar —

(= -4nd) [] Hormuzd [], [ka, ma-ra veh [] ¢ édin bad, man Hormuzd 7 Ardibahisht tiban (sic) bid khwand] (b) fi ham 7 bandagi Spendarmad [ash khwandar hend (?)] Buland khwiham Bahman [muzd] s (c) Ma, [] [shagirdan 7 man], khudai az 4 i — hend, kti[] padishahi az Sdshyésh dehi (= vd (?))] [] [az =min| pah an 7 i —, [kfish pah afizar* ¢ khwésh tuwan* béd kardan], — Druj [@, in dinam, ki, andar 4n zaman Druj akhir (sic ? = mirum (?)) shayad kardan]

Free tr. This tell that I discern it, which through Truth Ye give as the better,

Whose atonement I may know, and ponder through Thy Good Mind,

Those things, O Mazda Ahura, which should be, or should not be. Verbatim transl. Hoc mihi ad- [-id] discernendum dic quod mihi Sanctitate dabitis [dabatis (?) omnibus aliis] melius (b) ad- [id] -sciendum Bona

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Mente, [et] ad-mentem(que) dare [advertendam ad eum] cujus [i. e. a quo veniat] ad*-me* [vel mea] expurgatio ([vel id cujus (de quo) me (meus) propheta (loquatur)|), (c) haec-etiam, Mazda Ahura, [dic] quae non vel (jure (?)) sit [sint], erit [erunt] vel. (The well-nigh useless transliteration is omitted above to gain space).

Pahl. text translit.

eum] cujus [i. e. a quo veniat] ad*-me* [vel mea] expurgatio ([vel id cujus (de quo) me (meus) propheta (loquatur)|), (c) haec-etiam, Mazda Ahura, [dic] quae non vel (jure (?)) sit [sint], erit [erunt] vel. (The well-nigh useless transliteration is omitted above to gain space).

Pahl. text translit. *Zak? avo? li vijardd* yemalelinai, [va? réshanak¢ yemaleltinai, aigh zak mozd, chigin avo nafshman shdyadé kardané] min® avo li pavan Ahardyth [amatam kar va kirfako kardé yekavimtinédé| dahishnd { shapir, [aigham zak mozd i shapir ghal yehabtinishnd |. (b) Akds-dahishnd¢ © pavan Vohiman avd li zak’ yehabinai, [aigham’, zak i? danakih pavan fedrandih bara yemalelinai], mtn li [pavan zak i valman**], zak i avé"* arsh™ (vel hanvarih), [aigham pavan zak danakih frartndih pasukhvé i” avo!? arsh'? (vel hanvarih) tiibané yeheviinad dAdand]. (c) Zakich i, Atharmazd, 14 ait zak { aitd rai [yemalelfinéds], [aigh, Gasanikih rai i” aito, yemalelinéd, aigh dit].

1S8ee P. ?DJ. avé zak. *DJ. D. om. va. *DJ. ndk (?). °D. om. °D, nih; om. i. 7DJ., D. ins. *D. aigham. °DJ. ins. i. *°DJ. avo. ™ DJ., M., K.5; D. avo arsho (?). 12°DJ., D., M.

Pahl. transl. Tell me this distinctly, [tell 7¢ to me clearly, where is that reward? How ought one to make it one’s own], the reward which is to be given me through Sanctity [when duty and good works have been fulfilled by me| that gift which is the good one?, [that is, let there be (or ‘when is?’) the giving of that good reward to me]. (b) Give me that information, which is through Vohiman, [that is, tell me thoroughly what is wisdom realized through piety], and from*! whom, or which, [by means of that one] that which is for* right (or ‘justice’) becomes also mine, [that is, may it be possible to me through the piety of that wisdom to give every man an answer according to right]. (¢) That also which does not exist, O Aflharmazd, it, (or ‘A.’) [declares] according to what does exist, [that is, according to the Gathic doctrine which exists He* declares where it does not exist (or‘ where there is nothing’). ** Oblique by pos.

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Trlit. AhmdAi anhad(t) vahistem yé mdi vidvao vaochad(t) haithim [=°iyem], Mathrem yim Haurvataté Ashahya AmeretAtascha ;

Mazdai avad(t) Khshathrem — hyad(t) hoi Vohf' vakhshad(t) Mananha

Verb. tri. Huicerit (vel erat) optimum, qui mihi sciens [id] dicet((?) dicebat ut]

verum (b) Rationis-verbum quem [quod] Salubritatis Sanctitatis Immortalitatisa ON ht i mi i

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Ner.’s sansk. text. Tat mahyarn viviktarh? bréhi, [kila, me idari nirmalataram* brihi] yan mahyath punyena danari uttamam, [kila, yan mayd karyath punyathcha kritamtaste, tena Te yat uttamar prasddadanam; kathath sviyam cakyate karturn].

atis Immortalitatisa ON ht i mi i

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Ner.’s sansk. text. Tat mahyarn viviktarh? bréhi, [kila, me idari nirmalataram* brihi] yan mahyath punyena danari uttamam, [kila, yan mayd karyath punyathcha kritamtaste, tena Te yat uttamar prasddadanam; kathath sviyam cakyate karturn]. (b) Vettritvam? Uttamena Manasa mahyarncha‘ dehi, [kila, me tat jidnarh yat sadachadrataya brihi5|] yena me achchhedah*, [kila, tena jidnena sadacharina pratyuttaram *achchhedai*® cakto bhavami datur| (c) tachcha, Mahajnanin Svamin, yan no’ va asti, asti va, [srishtaye yat asti uchyate, yachcha na ’sti].

_ 1 JA tatah? 2 J.% -vikta (so), J.*, C. vikta. * J.* vettritt®?. * C. om. cha; J.4 adds. ° C. om. gloss. ° J.* achhed®. 7 all yan mo.

Ner. transl. Tell this to me distinctly, [that is, declare to me this more clearly*] that which is the highest gift, and which is given to me through sanctity, [that is, because even a* boly* work* is done by me, therefore the best gift of Thy reward is bestowed, but how is it possible to make it one’s own]? (b) Grant me the knowledge through the Best Mind, [that is, declare that intelligence to me which comes through good conduct], and by which also safety from injury is secwred to me, [that is, through that beneficent information, or science, may I be able to render a reply without receiving a blow]; (c) and declare either that which is not, or that which is, O Great Wise One, the Lord, [that is, that which is, as well as that which is not, is declared to the world].

Parsi-persian Ms. An an man jawab (?) gf*, [ [] rishan gf, kf, 4n muzd chin 4n khwésh shayad kardan ?] kih 4n man pah Sawab, [kih ma-ra kar [] kirfah kard istad], dadan 7 yeh, [kfi, ma-ra an [] ¢ veh fi (or 6) —]? % (b) Agah — ¢ pah Bahman an man an dehi, [kfi, [ma-ré = m] an ¢ danai pah frarfni bih gf*] kih man [pah 4n 7 fi] an ¢ [] an [rast = riéshan (Rashy(?))], (ki, ma-ré pah dn danai néki pasugh* ¢ an — tuwan bad dadan] » (c) An ham 7 Hérmuzd nah hast, an ¢ hast ra [gfiyad], [kti, Gasini ra @ hast, gityad ki nah] * * Or ‘gd’ (Parsi).

Fr. To him wasthat most* precious*, who declared it as truth, the All-wise One, That Manthra which is the word of Health, Right, and the Life Immortal: “To Mazda shall be such Kingdom as shall grow through His holy Mind.”

que [sit]; (c) Mazdae tale Regnum [sit] quod [quale] ei Bona crescat Mente ([vel Regnum quod ei Bona faciet-ut (illud Verbum-rationis)-se-promulget Mente)).

Pahl. text translit. *Valman? aité pahlam, man avd? li akasiha*’ yema- Jelindi*! ashkarak [réshanak‘, aigh, Aérpat shapir aigh'+ havishté] (b) Mansar i® hamak’+* rabishnd, [aigh, hamak’++ dim pavan® ras i? Mansar lakhyar avd khwéshih i Atharmazd yamtinédd], i amat pavan Aharayih yakhsenund [hi-kin*!°] amarg-ribishnih afash [yehevinéd dén zak it LVIL shnat|. (c) Atharmazd avind (sic) khiddyih chand dén valman” vakhshéd

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Vohtimand, [aighash pAdakhshahih'® pavan tand* i gabra avand, chandash Vohimand pavan tand mahmand]. +See P.