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

tind 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. ®° DJ. mfin lak i. 7DJ., D. om.

vad. *DJ. ins. i, °DJ. om. va, M. has. *°M. ins. i; DJ., D. om. uUDJ. om. “all but M. aimar (sic). ** DJ., D. “aiid (aé (?)).

: Pahl. transl. Thus I thought concerning Thee, O Atharmazd, that in production Vohiman was* Thy first, [iat is, when I saw Vohiman first it was thought by me thus: ‘He is Thine offspring’, (b) Thy* Good Mind’sp. 65 the creation by wisdom, even Sanctity. His who has produced the most excellent (i. e. the good) mind, [that is, his own alone is the creation, who has produced truth and good conduct]. (c) This two-fold thing the Great Wise One revealed (?, or ‘increased’ (see the Pahl.)) through his spirituality, [that is, that thing* which lies beyond, and that which is here] of all of which he is also once again the sovereign.

Parsi-persian Ms. — andazah awwal, kiyash an rishani amikht asani [¢ Hormuzd kih in kard, ki, néki — inja, ash anja awa + Ash in chiz rasid éstéd; kfish Gasani awaj (sic pro awazh = baz) raséd*] * (b) U pédaish*, [ki, pédaish* 7 nék fi khwésh], [] pah khirad Sawab darad, [] buland minishni, [kt, pah rasti u néki darad] * (c) Ani har di Hormuzd pah mintii afztnad, [kf, chiz 7 minti u géti i bih afzdyad], kih aknéin ham [] [am = am (?)] khuda » * Or paidayish.

Free tr. Foremost I thought Thee, Mazda, adored with the mind in creation, Father of Kindliest Feeling, when with eye at the first I seized Thee, Essential Creator of Grace, saving* Lord in the actions of Life.

father Thou art, when Thou art taken in by my survey, [that is, when Thou wast seen by me with both the eyes I thought thus: ‘Thou art the Good Mind’s father’). (c) Manifestly* real (?) ae*! the*! creatures* of Aharayih; [it is clear* that the creatures which are clean (pious) are created by Thee]; in the world Thou art a king in (or ‘over’), action, [that is, they shall render an account to Thee concerning sin and good works]. * Or ‘of the creatures’ (gen. by pos.) Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarh Tvarh mato ’si pfiirvarh, Mahajianin, yat yonitayA* tishthasi Gvahmanasya [pirvarh yan maya Tvam drishto ’si, evarh matarh!; yat yonitvaii* Gvahmanasyal, (b) Uttamasya pitararh? Manasah [kila Gvahmanapratipdlako* ’si] yasyai*’ samalochanatvena* samagrihnanti* [yan mayd dvabyath lochandbhyai drishto ’si, evar) matarh5, yat] pita ’si Gvahmanasya] (c) Prakatapunyasya*® srishteh®, [kila, nirmalatarasrishtith sadacharinim Tvarh datse] bhuyane raja ’si karmana, [yatra cubham yujyate karturm, yatracha nigrahath, tasmin caktiman asi]. *J.%, sata; J.* sata. 2J.%, J.4, C., P. pitan. ** srishtau understood. 4 J.? °nainti, J.* °hnanti. * P. matamh, J.4, C. mantam. © Ner. read Pahl. gen. Ner. transl.

htith sadacharinim Tvarh datse] bhuyane raja ’si karmana, [yatra cubham yujyate karturm, yatracha nigrahath, tasmin caktiman asi]. *J.%, sata; J.* sata. 2J.%, J.4, C., P. pitan. ** srishtau understood. 4 J.? °nainti, J.* °hnanti. * P. matamh, J.4, C. mantam. © Ner. read Pahl. gen. Ner. transl. Thus Thou wert (?) thought at the first by me, O Great Wise One, when Thou wert (?) engaged in the production of Gvahmana, [when Thou wert (?) first seen by me I thought thus, that it was the production of Gvahmana], (b) in which production they apprehend the father of the Best Mind, observing him with a full-faced look, [that is, Thou art Gyahmana’s protector. When Thou wert* seen by me fully, and with both the eyes, I* thought* thus; ‘that Thou art Gvahmana’s father’], (¢) and Thou art the father of that creation which is manifest Sanctity™, [that is, Thou makest the clearer (or ‘purer’) well-conducted creation]. Thou art a king in the és , a.

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world by action, [that is, where it is fitting to confer a benefit, and also where it is fitting to inflict a punishment, in each of these Thou art capable], *! Or read °yadyih (adj.) = ‘of the manifestly holy creation’. Parsi-persian Ms. fdtini (sic) Tii-ra andéshad (?), Hormuzd, kit pah — éstéd (so) Bahman awwal, [ [] kih man Bahman didah (sic vid.) am édfin andéshad (?) kt,

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Trlit. Thwoi [=thvaya] as Ar[a]maitis, thwé 4 Géus tashd as khratus
Mainyéus, Mazda Ahura, hyad(t) ahyai dadao patham;
VastryAd(t) va aité, ye va noid(t) anhad(t) vastr[i]y6.

Verbatim transl. Tua* erat Pietas (mens prompta) Tuus [Tua] (ad) ([vel O(?)}) Bovis formator erat intelligentia (b) spiritui, Mazda Ahura, quum ei dedisti viam. (c) Ab-agricola [sancto nostro cive adjuta in cursu-laboris- Sui destinati] (vel) procedit, [aut ab eo] qui (vel) non erat [vel sit] agricola [i. e. a scelesto nostro hoste praedatore ducta]. * Vide annotationes.

Pahl. text translit. Lak aiti Spendarmads6, [aigh, Lak nafshman|. *Pavan Lak aité zak i gdspend® tashidar khiradé. (b) Pavan minavadikih, Adharmazd, at avd valman yehabtind ras, faighat ras i tamman avi valman yehabind], (c) man pavan varzidarih yatinéd, [aighash kar ya‘ kirfak kardé yekavimtinéd], min 14 ait varzidar [at la yehabtind].

* See P. 2°D. ins. va. * DJ. om. i # DJ., D. ins.

Pahl. transl. Thine is Spendarmazd [that is, Thine own]; with Thee is the wisdom which belongs* to*, or is, the former of the Herd. (b) Through the spiritual truth wasa way provided by Thee, O Atharmazd, for him, or ‘it, (the .

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or is, the former of the Herd. (b) Through the spiritual truth wasa way provided by Thee, O Atharmazd, for him, or ‘it, (the .

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Trlit. Ad(t) hi ayao fravar(e)ta vastrim [=°iyem] ahyai fshuyaiitem,
Ahurem ashavanem Vanheus fshéiighim [°iyem] Manaaho;

Noid(t), Mazda. avastr[i}y6 davaschina humeretdéi§ bakhsta.

Verbatim transi. At illa [Bos] eorum-duorum eligebat agri-colam ei [sibi] diligentem-[et-ergo-divitem] (b) dominum sanctum, et Bonae divitias

XXXI. 9, 10. ‘67 no tr. for zak (? zak) ¢ Ti] * £(b) Bahman pidar- hasti Ta, [pidar’z Babman hasti], kih ma-ra Tai pah hamchashmi an ham kard * hasti, [ki, ma-ra pah har dti chasm binad (?) hasti ma-ra édin minishn (?), ki pidar ¢ Bahman hasti] % (c) Askarah an ¢ Sawab pédaish*? [] [rashan = rdshdan 2), [ktil, péddish *1 7 nék TA dad], [wa = va] andar jihin* pah kunishn khuda hasti, [[] pah gunah u kirfah shumar kunand] *1 Or paidayish.

Free tr. Thine was piety verily; Thine wisdom, the Kine’s creator,
The spirit’s wisdom, Ahura, since for her a path Thou hast given.
By the tiller aided she goeth, or from him who was never tiller.

herd’), that is, a way to the beyond (to the other world) is given by Thee to him, (‘or it ’)], (c) who (or ‘which, thatis, the herd’(?)) proceeds by means of husbandry, [that is, duty and good works are done by him (her husbandman, or ‘for her’)|; but for him who is not a husbandman [the way is not thus provided by Thee].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Te ‘sti! Spindarmada, [kila, Te svadhind] Tvayi sa Goh ghatayitri asti, buddhih, [yaya2 Tvam gopagin™ datse*] (b) adricyatayé, Mahajianin Svamin3, yé etasmai dadau margam (c) kartritay4 va dgantre, {kila, yah pratiyatnaih* gopactinarm* kurute] yo va no ’sti karta, [tasmai na dadau]. + J%, J.*, ©. P. asi. ? J.* yatha (He OR Bo Gn une

Ner. transl. Thine is Spind4rmada [that is, Thine own]. In Thee is Wisdom, the maker of the Kine, {by which also Thou createst* the herds], (b) which (Wisdom) has by (or ‘in accordance with ) the Spiritual truth constructed* a path for this one, O Great Wise One, the Lord, (c) for the one » who comes with diligence, [that is, who makes effort for the herds], or who is no worker, [that is, to this /atter she, wisdom, has not given a path].

Parsi-persian Ms. Tfi hast Spendarmad [ki, Ti khwésh]. Pah Tf hast an 7 gosfend tashidar khirad x (b) Pah minii, Hormuzd, at an i dad rah, [kit rah 7 anja an fi dad], (c) kih pah varzidar 4yad, (kash kar u kirfah kard éstéd (so)], kih nah hast varzidar, {at nah [bavad (?) = —] dad] x

Free tr. Of both chose she the tiller, the zealous for her, and the thriving, A lord most truly righteous, with the wealth of the righteous gain Ne’er, Mazda, shall the raider, or the infidel, share our lore!

Mentis.