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

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. 2DJ. avo. * Mf, etc. avd; D. valman. * DJ. °ndk. *DJ., M. aigh, D. aytf. *DJ., D. ins. 7DJ., D. %k, M. °f. °M., Sp. ins. lak; DJ., D. om. * DJ., om i. 2 DJ., D. ins. ash. 1 D. om. i, 7? D. valman, *-DJ., D. padakhshahih. * Frets. °sth yemalelfnéd, and unimportant var. *° ayo kevan (?). Pahl. transl. He is the best one, (or ‘His is that best thing’) who would* declare* to me understandingly what is manifestly real [and clear, that is, the priest is better than the disciple], (b) the Manthra of the universal proeression, [that is, all the creatures are returning into the possession of Adharmazd by way of the Manthra], and when they hold it fast through sanctity (as the well-doer* does*], immortal progress also [comes*] from it, [within fifty- ./seven years]. (c) Belonging to Mazda [gen. by pos.] 7s such sovereignty as \, the Good Mind increases in that one, [that is, his sovereignty 2s to such an extent (or ‘80 jong’) in the body ‘of t man, as Vohfiman is a guest within that body]. “Neér.’s sansk. text. Asau asti utkrishtatarah |Acharyebhyah, cishyebhyo va] yo me vettritaya! vakti vicadarh (b) *Manthrim yam sarvapravrittim, {kila, chet sakala ’pi srishtih margena manthravanyah punah svadhinatve? Hormijdasya prapnoti] punyatayé amrityupravrittim, [kila, chet sadacharataya dhatte, amrityupravrittigcha tasyah bhavati, antah saptapafichacat* varsheshu. Manthri ’ti Avistavani]. (c) Hormijdiyarh tavad eva rajyam, [ki-

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Tri. Yasta masta paouruyo| = °viyo] raochebis roithwen| = roithu®|vathra[ =huv°], Hyd Khrathwa damis Ashem, ya darayad(t) Vahistem Mand; Ta Mazdé mainyi ukhshyé ye 4 ntremchid(t) Ahura hamd.

Verbatim transl. Qui haec mente-concepit primus, [et in] luminibus [-ina] manabant [se induebant [-ent* veritates (cp. Y. 30) supernae] gloriosa |-sae] (vel caela (?)), (b) Ile intelligentia Creator [creavit] Sanctumordinem, qua fecit-ut-tenuerit [-tenta sit] Optimam [-ma] Mentem [Mens] (vel qua sustinebit 0. m.), (c) Haec, Mazda Spiritus, * facias-ut-crescant, qui [es] {usque ad] nunc etiam [vel omnino], Ahura, idem!

Pahl. text translit. ‘Madash padman? fratim, minash avo réshanih gimikht6 khvarth, [{* Atharmazd min*+! denman‘t kardd, aigh, nadéikih zakash latamman, ash tamman levatman, ash denman mindavam mado yekavimtinéd, aighash Gasdnikih lakhvar yamtinéd6|.

{usque ad] nunc etiam [vel omnino], Ahura, idem!

Pahl. text translit. ‘Madash padman? fratim, minash avo réshanih gimikht6 khvarth, [{* Atharmazd min*+! denman‘t kardd, aigh, nadéikih zakash latamman, ash tamman levatman, ash denman mindavam mado yekavimtinéd, aighash Gasdnikih lakhvar yamtinéd6|. (b) Valman dam, [aigh, dam i frarind® valman nafshman] min'* pavan khirad} Aharayih

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1a ’sya parthivatvarh vapushi mAnushtye tavad eva, yavad asmin Uttamanh vikacayati Manah, [kila. ’sya Gvahmano vapushi abhyagatah]. 1 J.* vetta’. 2 J. tyena,

Ner. transl. That person is more excellent [than the teachers, or than the scholars] who speaks for me clearly and with knowledge (b) that Manthra, which is @ universal advance, an immortal (eternal) advance through sanctity, [that is, if the entire creation proceeds according to the way of the Manthraword, and comes again into the possession of Hormijda, that is, if it, or He, possesses, or establishes, the Manthra through good conduct, eternal (immortal) progress will become its* own within fifty-seven years. The word of the Manthra (thus) 7s the Avista-word]. (¢) The kingdom of Hormijda exists so long, [that is, his sovereignty exists so long (or ‘to such an extent’) in the human body] as an exalted Mind sheds light (or ‘causes increase’; see the Pahl.) within it, [that is, so Jong, or so much,as Gvahmana is a guest within that body].

Parsi-persian Ms. U hast buland, kih an man 4gahiha (sic vid.) git ashkarah [{] [rishan = rdshdn (2)], ki, Hérbad veh [] [b& = awd] shagird] » (b) Mansar (sic), 2 tamam raftani*, (ki, tamam pédaishn* pah rah i Mansar baz an khwéshi ¢ Hormuzd raséd (so)], ¢ kih pah Sawab darad (space for two words) bi-marg raftani* azash (sic) [béd andar panjah u haft sal (? sal)] % (c) Hormuad (no tr. for dhand) (sic) khudai, chand andar ti afzayéd* (so) — (?), [ktish padishahi pah tan ¢ mard — chandi* — (?) pah tan mihman]

Who first these words conceived, that, as truths, they were clothed in light, By mind is the Truth’s Creator, and by Her the Best Mind upholdeth ; These, Spirit! shalt Thou prosper ; same Thou art, and abidest ever! yakhshenunédd, va3+1 pahlim-minishnih, [aigh’, pavan rastih va frartndoih, yakhsenunéd6]. (¢) Zak #7 kolA Il, Atharmazd pavan minavadikih® vakhshinéd [aigh, mindavam ¢ minavad va stih, valman® bard afzdyinédd] min’? kevanich ham'+1 khidai. 1See P. 2D. ins. 1 3 DJ., D. om. * So DJ., D.; M. mindavam. * D. “th. 6 DJ., D. ins, ™DJ. om.-i. * corr. ® DJ. avd: ™ D. amat, ™ DJ. Ai * Mf. om., otherwise it coincides with D.

Pahl. transl. The regulating measure came first to Him who mingled His glory (or ‘whose glory was mixed ’) with light, [that is, zt cs the glory of Atharmazd, who did this, that is, the benefit which is his here in what he created is with him beyond; and this thing has come to Him, that is, His Gathic doctrine comes back to Him].

asure came first to Him who mingled His glory (or ‘whose glory was mixed ’) with light, [that is, zt cs the glory of Atharmazd, who did this, that is, the benefit which is his here in what he created is with him beyond; and this thing has come to Him, that is, His Gathic doctrine comes back to Him]. (b) His are the creatures, [that is, the proper (clean ?) creatures are His own], whereby* He maintains Sanctity through wisdom, and the best mind also, {that is, He maintains them through truth and piety|. (c) Adharmazd causes, (or, ‘O Atharmazd, do Ye(?) cause’) both these influences to increase through spirituality, [that is, He will (or, ‘do Ye (?)’) increase the thing which is spiritual, and also that which is of this world], He who is, (or ‘ Thow who art (?)’) now even, the same, a king.

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Ner.’s sansk. text. Praptocha* pramanath prathamarh, rochishi sarhglishta cubhata, [kila, yah prak adricyatayaih kritah, tasye ‘darh' kirnchit* praptam eva sti, yat srishtau punah prapnoti']. (b) Tasya srishtih buddhya punyaih yo dadau utkrishtataram manah, [kila, yah satyath sadAcharatvarncha dadau, srishtih tasyai ’va svadhina?]. (c) Tad dvitayam Mahajiidnt adricyataya* vikagayat, [kila, kivnchit* yat paralokiyar* ihalokiyarncha*| yasya sa punar api raja sarvasya]. 1 C. °tu. 2 J.* ina, P. ah, J.* “inah.

Ner. transl. And he* attained* that regulating-conception first, and the glorious object, or ‘characteristic’, became enclosed in light, [that is, he who was formerly produced in invisibility (in the spiritual state), his is this thing (see mindavam) thus obtained when he comes again into the creation]. (b) His is

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Haithim [= °yem] Ashahyé damim anheus Ahurem §(k)yaothanaésht.

Verbatim transl. Tum Te existimavi primum, Mazda, adorandum [i. e. adorabilem] populo*!-civitatis [nostrae] mente (b) Bonae patrem Mentis, quum Te cum- [valde] in-oculo*? comprehendebam [-di], (¢) verum fet benignum| Sanctitatis creatorem, [nostrae] vitae Dominum [salvantem* (servantem)| in-actionibus! #1 Esse (? aegre). ** visu.

Pahl. text translit. *Aétianém? Lak rai minid, Adharmazd, aighat pavan zakih yekaviminéd Vohiman frattim, {vat amatam Vohimand khaditind, am* aétind minidd aigh zak i* Lak]. (b) Vohtimand abid hémanih Lak [abio i Vohtimand homanih] amatam Lak pavan hamchashmih* avo ham vakhdtind> hémanih, {aigham pavan kola II chashm khadittind hémanih, am aétino minid, aigh®+4 abt i7+1 Vohiman hémanih] (c) Ashkarak zak t Ahardyih dam [rdéshanak6! aigh, dim i frarfind* Lak yehabinds®|, dén ahvand pavan ktinishn6?? khfidai hémanih, [aigh, pavan vinas va‘! kirfako, amar’? vadfinaid*s).

1See P. 2D. sh. *DJ. zim. DJ. om. i. © D. kardé.