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

-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. ‘Péddkih ash avd? hi-dandk*+! amat$ chigindsh kasih yehabtinédd minédd, [aigh, pavan minishno zak minédd zish* ahu> Dastobar]. (b) Shapir zak i® khidai, main Aharayih pavan gobishnd pavanich kinishnd® ghal vadtinyen. (c) Zak i7 Lak, Adharmazd, bardar tand* aitd, - [aighat®+t dén stih mâhmanih pavan tand i valman].

1See P, 2DJ. avd; D.ins.i. *DJ.,D. *DJ.,D. zish. ‘DJ. ins. i *D. ins. nearly as P. pavan bef. zak, ktinishnd after ich, 7D. om. i, * DJ., D. ins. at.

Pahl. tri. Manifest is ct (or ‘Manifest things (pékakiha) are those *) to the wise, since as one gives him information he thinks (or, ‘since he gives ditention and thinks as is his knowledge’), [that is, he meditates with thought

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[yat? parthivatvarh Adecena Acharydnam3 dhatte], (c) Uttamena pivaratvar* Manasa, [tath prasadari yarn Gvahmanena dadate, tasmai dadate*] yo nijasya adrigyamirteh karmana mitra,

1 J.* *tyena (Burn.).-* J.4, J.* yah. * J.4 ‘hh, * J.* datte. 5 all matyam (sic).

Ner. transl. (a,b) But the Great Wise One, the Lord, has given plenty to the holy of soul from Avirdida and Amirdada, [that is, He has given a reward from, or of, water and the tree (or ‘ plants ’) to him who fulfils the demands of duty and sanctity]; and has bestowed his own authority upon the king through his rule, [which is, that he institutes (or ‘maintains ”) authority through the command, or order, of the teachers]. (c) They also bestow (not ‘acquire’) prosperity (fatness) by (or ‘in accordance with’) a good mind, [that is, the reward which ¢s derived through Gvahmana they give to this one| who in* the action of his own spirit is friendly.

Parsi-persian Ms. Hormuzd [u, no Pahl. for a*| dad Khérdad u Amerdad (b) pur an a kih Sawab an, [[] (kish = dghash] kar u kirfah kard éstéd] s« Azash (sic) khwésh [] {padash = padash] pah an 7 tt ¢ khuda sardari, [kt padishahi zish hast pah Dastir darad] % (c) Azash (poss. nash) Bahman —, [kai, an 7 muzd Bahman dehad] ham 6 dehad] kih [] [6 (?) = avd (?)] an ¢ khwésh mint pah kunishn dést*! * or ‘dfst’.

Fr. Clear are these things to the wise as to one with the mind discerning With Holy Power he serves Thy Truth in his words and actions, And he shall be helpful to Thee, a being strongest to succour.

upon what*t his lord who is the Dasttir informs him of]. (b) Good is the king, through (or ‘toward’) whom they would (or ‘who would’ (?)) effect Sanctity in word, and also in deed. (c) That one who is Thine, O Atharmazd, is a person (a body) who is a supporter, [that is, Thy lodging in the world is within his body]. *!Or ‘upon him who is his lord Dastir’.

Ner.’s. sansk. text.

through (or ‘toward’) whom they would (or ‘who would’ (?)) effect Sanctity in word, and also in deed. (c) That one who is Thine, O Atharmazd, is a person (a body) who is a supporter, [that is, Thy lodging in the world is within his body]. *!Or ‘upon him who is his lord Dastir’.

Ner.’s. sansk. text. Prakatatvam tena dvayena uttamajiidnino* yatha [ihalokena paralokena] prabodhaii! dadati manyatecha, [yatha Svaminah adegah]. (b) Uttamah sa raja, punyath vachasi karmanicha vilokayitd, [tad eva vakti, kurutecha yat sadacharitaram*?]. (c) Sa Te, Mahajidnin Svamin, mitrai asti, niveditatanuh*, (Tvam eva vapushi nije abhydgatai kurute].

* C. *bodha; others °bodhe. ? all °ita®, ep. charin.

Ner. transl. He is paying attention to, and meditating upon, the manifestation of (or ‘for’) the one beneficently wise by (? or ‘as regards’) the twofold interest, [as* regards* the world here and that beyond, as the command of the Lord directs]; (b) he is a highest (or a ‘good’) monarch, observing Sanctity in Acs words and actions, [that is, he says just that which is the most correct, and he also does that which is the better deed]. (c) He is Thy friend, 0 Great Wise one the Lord, devoted personally (bodily) to Thee, [he makes Thee even (or ‘thus’) a guest within his own body].

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Parsi-persian Ms. Zahiri [] [4 = varman} nék-dina kih chunin [] agahi dehad, andéshad*, [ki [an (sic) = Pahl. pavan] minishn* an minéd (so) zish sahib Dastir] s (b) Veh* an ¢ khuda, kih Saw4b pah gobishn pah ham. kunishn (bih khizad, ka an i

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Trlit. Ahyacha vaétus yasad(t), ahya verezenem mad(t) airyamna,
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Ahya Daévé; mahmi mandi Ahurahya urvazema (= vrazma) Mazdao.
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Verbatim trans!. Ejusque cognatus-dominus exorabat* [-et, vel-abit, atque] ejus servitium [servi] cum amico-cive (b) ejus Deorum-falsorum-cultores [etiam exorent [-abunt]] (vel ejus [sunt] daemones (?)), [sed] in mea mente Ahurae amicus-faustus Mazdae [praeferendus est]. (c) Tui [= thwaya] (vel in Te = Tibi) nuntii simus, hos retineas, [i. . a Te prohibeas] qui Vos oderunt [vel vexant (-ent)] [falsos precatores |.

Pahl. text translit. 1Zak2 [yan] 7 avé® pavan khvéshith bavihinast, zak i* valman® varinih, levatman ayarmanih, [zak 1° mozd {7 Atharmazd nafshman, Shéddan® pavan denman, aigh: varind! va ayarman i? Lak10 homaném. .

Ashan va® ghaltt bavihdnastd]. (b) Zak 1 valman Shédaan”2 pavan li minishnih’, {aighmantt va? minishnd aétand frartind chigtind Zaratishtd], zak i Attharmazd hi-ravakh-manih!3, [ashan ghal bavihtinastd]. (¢) Lakt gobak yeheviiném, [aigh, rayinidar #15 Lak yeheviném'*], valmanshand yakhsentiném mun Lektim béshinénd, [aighshan® min17 Lektim!® lakhvar yakhsenuném]. "See P. 2DJ. ins. 7. 2D, valman.

ishnd aétand frartind chigtind Zaratishtd], zak i Attharmazd hi-ravakh-manih!3, [ashan ghal bavihtinastd]. (¢) Lakt gobak yeheviiném, [aigh, rayinidar #15 Lak yeheviném'*], valmanshand yakhsentiném mun Lektim béshinénd, [aighshan® min17 Lektim!® lakhvar yakhsenuném]. "See P. 2DJ. ins. 7. 2D, valman. *D. om. i. ® DJ. avo. *D. om. 7DJ., D. om. *D. *dayyach, DJ. dayyan. »* Dt om, Vas oF De vomits) )s avo; om. va. %DJ., D. “yan. **DJ., D. “mandth, 14 DJ. aigh. *DJ. om. 1*D. binem (EO SADA PAC Ue ins: Pahl. transl. His is [the blessing] which he sought for for the relationship (or, ‘in possession ’), (or: ‘That [blessing] which zs for the relationship he sought for’), that which ds his productiveness (or ‘class of labourers *) together with his loyal friendly circle also seek Jor it [the reward of Atharmazd himee EEE ae Be

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Free tr. Thus his Lord kinsman prayed, his retainers and loyal peersman,
And demon-servers; but mine _ is, in mind, the friend of Ahura.
Messengers Thine may we be; _may’st Thou hold afar off Thy blasphemers!

self; and for this the Demons besought, thus: ‘Thy bearers* and loyal ones may we be’. This was besought by them]. (b) That which is his are Demons, and in (or ‘of’) my opinion, [that is, they think : ‘ours is a mind as pure as Zaratiisht’s ‘|; Atharmazd’s joyfulness-of-mind [is sought for by them]. (c) But we are Thy spokesmen, {that is, glorifiers (or ‘inciters’) of Thine], and we are holding back those who hate You, [that is, we are holding them back from molesting You].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Asya svadhinataya abhiléshukeshu* [asya iti svaminah svadhinasya prasddasya], asya svapanktitaya™ sahadegataydcha*, [kila2, svadhinah”?, svapanktih*?, Adegikaccha Te bhavami]. (b) Asya Deveshu; manmanasi Svaminah pramodasya Mahajnianinah, [prasadasya]. (c) Tava stota- [rah]? bhayamah, [kila, dydtatvar te kurmahe], tan® darayanah (sic) yet Yushmakamh Abadhante. + F5, Pe 75 om. * 9.8, J* stata; Po stota. * J.% 74 Se ease Dec ompel® J, J“, J.* va sic for ye (?).

Ner. transi. Through (or ‘in accordance with’) that which is especially his own he is (or ‘we are ’) among the prayerful"! [for ‘his’ (thus, that is,) for the Lord’s own reward] with his own class, and with his obedient following, [that is, I (?) am Thine own, of Thine own line, and obedient to Thy commands]. (b) He* is* among his Gods. But in my mind J* am* in* prayers* (abhilashukeshu) for the Lord’s, the Great Wise One’s, joy (or ‘grace’ (?)) [for the reward].