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

sya bhuvanadvaye ’pi [vel °dvayor](?) vetti Hormijdiyam. (b) Satyoktaye? vachasam svatantro jihvakamena, [yasya bhayath na. ’sti, kamajihvagcha vachasi]. (c) Te Agnih rochishman, Mahajnanin, vyaktith* dadati prativadinarh, [guddharh acuddhamcha prakatikurute].

1 P. adhyanam. ? J.* te.

Ner. transl. The matter is to be heard, [that is, a study is to be made of it by him] who is acquainted with the righteous design of Hormijda for* both worlds. (b) He is independent for truthful speech (or ‘the truthful speaker’) of words by, or in, his choice of speech, [whose fear has no existence, and he is tongue-free in word]. (c) Thy brilliant Fire, O Great Wise One, gives the explanation* to the contenders. [It makes purity and impurity (good and evil) evident].

Parsi-persian Ms. Shunavishni kih péman Sawab padash pah har dti jihan* édtn agah, Hormuzd, { [] kih péman Sawab, padash chiz 7 mini [] géti dinad kardan] x (b) Rast-gobishn & 7 no tr. for patikhsh (sic) ¢ biham (? for bi-bim) pah zabaén k&émah [] [gobishn = gébishn] [ki{[sh = ash] [] [6= ghan] gobishn 7 rast i nék, bayad bih barishn]*' % (c) in ¢ Ta @tash 7 rashan, Hormuzd, guzdrishn bih dehad 4n dalil-kunandagan, (kf, khalisi na-khalisi zihir bih kunad] x *! Or ‘burishn*’.

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82 y XXXI. 20, 21.
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Rpab.sureysanrs.cede)yosyrg | Peurscere-qesmyg¢c0 dang
se}Hons + dig AU AW syoanparehbssss gary | Leeguanreos)y . oe . ub. cere

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Trlit. Ye dayad(t)* ashavanem divamnem, héi aparem khshay6o
Dar(e)gem ayi temanhé, dusvar(e)them [=°huva®] avaétas vachd;

Tem vao ahim, dregvaiité, §(k)yaoth(a)nais vais [=huv?] Daénd naéshad(t)!

Verbatim transl. Qui reddat [vel accedebat ad si Ayad(t) legatur)| sanctum fraudem-patientem (vel fallentem (?) *1), illi-ipsi [est] serius exitium (b) [per] longum [aevum-durans] in vita*? tenebrarum [in-tenebris], [et] malaesca [est ei], humilitas (i. e. sordes, ab-imo) sermo. (c) Hane vestram vitam [vos], scelesti, factis vestris propriis [vestra] anima (sic) [vel vestra Religio falsa] induxit (vel inducat)! *1 med. pro act. *? fortasse vita (nom.),

Pahl. text translit. *Mtin yatinéd avd Ahariband pavan frifishnd, valman min akharash?+ shivan, [aighash? pavan raband shivan yehevunéd], (b) afash dér yatinishnd dén tem, [aighash dér damand tamman avayadd yehevdntand*+4], va‘ dish-khirishné, {aighash vishich*1+5 yehabind], va® anak’ ribishnih yemaleltinédé, [aighash, anak mad yekavimiinéd6]. (c) Avd tem ahvand, lekim min darvandin' homanéd, atand? ktnishnd zak ¢ nafshmant va® Dind* yezrinéd!, [kardand? avayasti?], 1See P. ? DJ., D. °ash. * DJ., D. *andd. *DJ. om. va. ®DJ., D., M. vesha (not °Ai + cha (Zend letters)). °DJ. ins. va. 7™DJ., D. om. i. *DJ., D. om. va. °D. kardano; DJ., Mf., kardo. 2°M. °astano.

Pahl. transl.

din' homanéd, atand? ktnishnd zak ¢ nafshmant va® Dind* yezrinéd!, [kardand? avayasti?], 1See P. ? DJ., D. °ash. * DJ., D. *andd. *DJ. om. va. ®DJ., D., M. vesha (not °Ai + cha (Zend letters)). °DJ. ins. va. 7™DJ., D. om. i. *DJ., D. om. va. °D. kardano; DJ., Mf., kardo. 2°M. °astano.

Pahl. transl. He who comes to the righteous with deceit, afterwards lamentation shall be his, [that is, for him is lamentation in the soul], (b)

“.auparargoangos) gear, Leow») rsrgy bherw-puige s.gussng oe

“plus assays) Gap dy. panos ragyuoye | spaws euseosan-agyse ) a saupayrasjndbasagiys g2a}sag.s beng | borsjuc.angfobaurgorul abode»)

Verbatim transl. Mazda det*! [vel dabit, vel etiam fortasse dedit] Ahura Salubritates [-tem] Immortalitatesque [-temque] (b) apud plenitatis [-tem] (a) Sanctitatis e-suo-proprio regni [-no ut] princeps-protegens, [et] (c) Bonae vim-

p. 88

Fr. tr, But he who deceives the saint, for him shall at last he destruction; Long life in darkness’ his lot, vile his food, with revilings loathsome; This be your world, O ye foul! by your deeds your own souls will bring it.

also his is a protracted coming into darkness, [that is, there must be a long period of time for him there], and also bad food is offered him, [that is, they give him even poison], and he says it is a vile experience, or proceeding, [that is, it has come on him ag a vile infliction]. (c) To darkness*, O ye who are wicked, your own deeds and your religion are leading your life [to do as you do is a necessity].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Yah pratarayati punyatmanaht chhadmana, tasya pagchat astu, [pagchat? astu; Atmani bhavati]. (b) Dirghara Agamanaih tamasi, duhkhadanam* anyayapravrittiricha (?) dattah (?), [aho! anyayo me prapto ’sti ’ticha’, dattah]. (c) TAmisrari vo bhuvanam, durgatimantah, karmani nijani, Dinigcha, nayati [-yanti] [Acharanaticha * abhipsanazicha *].

* All °atmah. ?J.4 om, 3J.4 stuticha. 4 Haug tam (bhuvanam as masc.),

Ner. transl. He who betrays the pure through his fraud, may the same be also his portion at the last, [that zs, let it be so afterwards; it is in his soul already]. (b) They (?) two (2?) give (?) him a long arriving in darkness, and vile food, and they carry out lawless proceedings [: ‘alas! he cries, the lawless one (lawlessness (?)) has come to me, and ig given (?) thus (or ‘they two present him, or it’)|. (c) Your own (inbred) deeds, and your Din [your habit and desire] are bringing on darkness as, (or ‘are bringing on this’ (tam (sic, masc.)) your existence es

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih fyad an ashavan pah frifishn, fi az pas no tr. for shin (sic), [kfish pah ruwan* — béd], (b) azash (sic) dér 4madishn andar tarik, [kish dér zaman anja bayad bid], wa bad-khfrishn, [kash zahr [] dehad], wa (defaced) giyad, [kt, [] —(?) rasid éstéd] x (c) An tarik jihan*, shuma kih darwand hastid, [] [at (sic) = amat] kunishn an 7 khwésh [] andar = dayen (?)] — [kard = kard] — x

Free tr.

zash (sic) dér 4madishn andar tarik, [kish dér zaman anja bayad bid], wa bad-khfrishn, [kash zahr [] dehad], wa (defaced) giyad, [kt, [] —(?) rasid éstéd] x (c) An tarik jihan*, shuma kih darwand hastid, [] [at (sic) = amat] kunishn an 7 khwésh [] andar = dayen (?)] — [kard = kard] — x

Free tr. Mazda ahura will give both Health, and a Life immortal With the fulness of His grace from himself, as the head of Dominion, And the Good Mind’s power he’ll send to His friend in deed and in spirit;

sustinentem Mentis [illi (?)], qui sibi in-spiritu [animo] factisque amicus [fuerit]. *1 Vel: ‘Mazda dabit A. Salubritatis, Immortalitatisque (b) e plenitatis [-tate] Sanctitatisque e-suo-proprio Regno regimen-protegens (neut.) --’. (The transliteration is purposely omitted.) Pahl. text translit. 1Afharmazd! yehabind? Haurvadadd va* Amerddadé (b) bindak av’ valman man Aharayih zak, [mfmasht kar va kirfak kardé yekavimanéd]. Afash nafshman patih!, pavan zak ¢ valman i khidai sar-

8h XXXL +24, 22) darih, [aigh, pAdakhshahih® zish® aito pavan Dastébar yakhsenunéd6]. (c) [Zakash7| Vohtiman vazdvarih* [aigh, zak i8 mozd Vohtiman?+!* yehabiinéd® ach avo" yehabinéd] min valman™ zak i nafshman minavad pavan!* ktnishn1* désto’.

1See P. 2D. dad. *D. has va. * so DJ., others aighash. *DJ., D.; M. shalitath. ® 30(?) DJ.*, Mf.; M. zakash. "so DJ., D., Mf. * DJ. ims. i. * DJ., D. *° D. ins. bara. 1 DJ, avd. ™% DJ., D. avd. ™ DJ., D. * Or DJ. may be zakash.

Pahl. trans]. Adharmazd gave Haurvadad and Amerédad, (b) the full gift (or, ‘to the perfect one’), to him whose (or ‘who’) is Sanctity he gave that, [by whom duty and good works are fulfilled], also His own authority He gave, in, or as, the chieftainship of him who is a lord, [that is, the authority which belongs to Him he maintains in the Dastur], (c) and that sustaining power of, or for, Vohiman [that also he gives to him, that is, he gives the good mind’s reward] to him who in the deed of that which 7s his own spirit is a friend.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Mahajnani dadau Svami Avirdadat Amirdadat (b) sarhpirnatvai* punydtmane, [udakat vanaspateccha prasadaih tasmai dadau, yah karyarh punyazhcha kurute] nijari prabhutvarh rajne Adhipatyena*, sweysa|angsastogn yownls anjndaray | ep3 i Deregan) ebay 22. -wpgayr spas bsragacy.0 yz parle | ceva) Gapydy-byey-gurdls Sp Ds-geIsys- eeayyasavls | Py rery roe. bye

Trlit. Chithra i hudaonhé, yathana vaédemnai Mananha,
Vohti hvd Khshathra Ashem vachanha, §(k)yaothanacha, hapti.
Hvo Toi, Mazdé Ahura, vazist6 anhaiti astis.

Verbatim transl. Manifesta [sunt] ea ei-bona-perficienti (vel ei-de-bonosapienti) sicut [ei haec] invenienti (vel noscenti) mente, (b) bono ille-ipse Regno Sanctitatem in-verbo, factoque [veneratione-|sequitur [i. €. ei favet, eam colit]. (c) Ile Tibi, Mazda Ahura, maxime-promovens erit [ut] ens-corporeum (vel fortasse adjutor = Astis).

Pahl. text translit.