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

wn 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]. (c) Thy praisers we are, [that is, we are producing Thy glory], and we are smiting (or ‘wounding’ (meaning ‘holding’ dhar°)) those who are tormenting Your disciples. * Or ‘in prayers (?)’.

Parsi-persian Ms. An [jan(?)] ¢ [] [a= varman] pah khwéshi khwastan, an 7 fi — aw (sic pro awa) farmani (?), [An ¢ muzd ¢ Hormuzd khwéesh, Déwan pah in, kf‘: — u farman (?) 7 Ta hastam % Ashin [] 0 khwast] » (b) An 7 fi Déwan pah man minishni* {hast = hast (?)], [kfi [pah = dgh (sic) (corr. pavan)] [man [] minishn édfin nék chunin Zaratusht], an ¢ Hormuzd khosh [ashan (sic) [ ], [minishn 7 i nah = minishni ghan ra] (sic)], khwast] (c) Ta guwa* bom* (bavyam(?)), [ktirasidan (sic Pahl, rayinidar) 7 Tu bom* (bavam(?)]; dshan (sic vid.) daram kih Shuma Azdr-dehad (?) [[] azShuma baz darém].

Free tr. Then answeréd them Ahura, by means of the Good Spirit ruling,
As from His kingdom supreme with His Truth most brilliant and friendly:
‘Bouateous and good is your Faith; We have chosen her; may she be-ours’!

Verbatim transl. His Mazda, dominans Bona Mente (b) Suo Regno ex

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Trlit. Aéiby6 Mazdao Ahur6 saremnd Vohii Mananha, Khshathrad(t) hacha paiti-mraod(t) Asha huShakha venvata [= huven*]; Speiitam ve Arfa|maitim vanuhim [= vanhvim] var(e)maidé; ha née anhad(t). respondit [cum] Sanctitate [ille Ahura] beneficus-amicus (Sanctitate) splendida : (c) bene-largientem vestram Pietatem [promptam-mentem] bonam eligimus ; ea nostra sit! [eos inimicos Deorum-daemonum-cultores exsecramur!|

Pahl. text translit. 1Valman? valmanshan [Shédaan? (?)], Atharmazd, pavan sardarih i Vohiman [amatash Vohiman pavan tand* mahman yehevindé>] (b) min Khshatraver bara pasukhé gtft®, Aharayih i khaip6 va’ hamkhak nadik kard6, [afasht pavan tand mahman yehevind’] (c) aigh: Spendarmad‘ Lektiim rai shapir déshém® [bindak minishnfh] 1°zak i* lanman aité, faighmané pavan tand'! mahman yehevinad’].

1See P. ?D. avo. * D. shédan (so). * D. om. i. © D. °finéd. * DJ., D. ins. va. ™DJ., D. om. * DJ. biidd. * D., Mf. °sham (?). *° DJ., ins. va. ** DJ., D. om. i.

Pahl. transl. (a,b) And He, Aiharmazd, uttered a full response zo these [Demons] through the chieftainship of Vohiman, [that is, when a good mind was lodged in his body], and from Khshatraver, and Aharayih the good, who was made fis good friend, [that is, he also was lodged in His body], (c) he answered thus: ‘Spendarmad the good [the perfect thought] who is belonging to you (or, ‘on your account’) we love (we have chosen in friendship), her who is ours, [that is, let her also be a guest within our body’|.

ood, who was made fis good friend, [that is, he also was lodged in His body], (c) he answered thus: ‘Spendarmad the good [the perfect thought] who is belonging to you (or, ‘on your account’) we love (we have chosen in friendship), her who is ours, [that is, let her also be a guest within our body’|. >/

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Trlit. Ad(t) ys, Daéva! vispaonhd Akad(t) Mananho ¢ta chithrem! Yascha vao mag yazaité oe Drijascha pairimatdischa S(k)yaomam aipi daibitand (?) yaiS asriidtiim [= °dvem] bimyao haptaithé ! Verbatim transl. Ita vos Deorum-falsorum-cultores [vel Dei-falsi] omnes a-Mala Mente estis semen [stirps], (b) [et-] qui(que) vos multum [vel (qui) vir (?)] colit Mendacii-daemonis mentisque-perversae [est]. (c) [In] promotionem (ad) [sunt*] fraudationes* [vestrae] quibus auditi-estis [famosi-factiestis] terrae in-septima [-regione et in-aliis-sex]! * Vel fallax (vir (?)) = daibita-(na). Pahl. text transl. ‘1Aéttind, Lekim mtn? harvispo* mint Shédayya® hémanéd, ataénd min? Akémané aitd tékhmak, [aightand tokhmak min tamman, aigh, Akémanjch], (b) mtinich Lekim, [Shédaand® kabed yezbekhinéd, Drajotar va7+1, avarminishntar! yeheviinéd]. (c) Satiininéd man (?see °mam) min akharash*

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Ner.’s sansk. text. Tebyah, Mahajiani Svami, svamitayain Uttamasya Manasah, [chet Gvahmano vapushi abhyagato ’bhit], (b) Saharevarat pratyuttaram abravit, [kila, gurutvad asya vigeshate*] Dharmena cguddhasangibhyah* satyakritena, [chet satyarh sadachadratvam vapushi abhydgatam abhitit]. (c) Prithivith vo sathpirnamanasam uttamdm mitraydmi; sd? me ’sti, [kila, me vapushi abhyadgata bhavati, yatha yushman’ pratarayituth na cakto bhavAmil.

E Allathvimese. iCaSdcteo dey Oicjcd. ty On; P, ate

Ner. transl. To these the Great Wise One, the Lord, answered in the lordship of the highest (best) mind, [that is, if (or ‘since’) Gvahmana had arrived, asa guest, within his (or ‘thezr’) body]. (b) From Saharevara He answered [that is, He makes the distinction (or ‘he distinguishes himself’) from his office as teacher], through His Sanctity (or ‘through Dharma’) which (or ‘who’) was created*! good™! toward the well-inclined [if (or ‘since’) truly good conduct had arrived as a guest within His (or ‘their’) body], (c) and He said: I befriend the earth [or your perfect-mindedness (?)], and your highest (best) one; she is mine, [that 7s, she perfect-mindedness, has arrived as a guest within my body, so that I am incapable of deceiving you’]. *Not ‘truly acting’.

Parsi-persian Ms.

within His (or ‘their’) body], (c) and He said: I befriend the earth [or your perfect-mindedness (?)], and your highest (best) one; she is mine, [that 7s, she perfect-mindedness, has arrived as a guest within my body, so that I am incapable of deceiving you’]. *Not ‘truly acting’.

Parsi-persian Ms. [ ] (An = — ?] Oshan [Déwan] Hormuzd pah sardari 7 Vahoman (sic), [kiyash Vahoman (sic) pah tan mihm4n béd (sic)], (b) az Shaharéver* (sic) bih jawab guft, Sawab khib [j dést* nék kard [ [] [azash = ajoash**] pah tan mihman bid], (c) kt, Spendarmad shuma ra veh khwaham [az = min] [pur minishni], an 7 ma hast, [kt, ma pah tan mihman béd (sic)] % * Or ‘dist’. *? but = ‘afash’.

Alternative. But your kindred, all ye Devas! are aseed from the mind polluted, Who praise unto you most offers with the deed*! of the Lie deceiveth*’, And with deed** of the mind perverted; thus famed are ye in the earth. *1 = S(k)yaomam,aipi. *2 daibita, n. s. m. (na omitted as gl.) i zak® frifishn6®, [aighman Zaratishté! didd'°+1], mantand asrayishnih yehabiinéd* pavan’? btim!? i!? VID? (haft). *Or ‘akharih (?)’ as in Comm. *See P. 2D. om. &DJ. *DJ. om. *D. shéda. *D, shédan. 7 DJ., D. ins. ya. *DJ. ins. i. ° DJ. friftar. 1°so DJ. ™D. ins. pavan btm, etc. %D. om.

Pahl. transl. Therefore, ye all who are Demons, your seed is from Akéman, [that is, your seed is from the other world; that is, from Akéman (the Evil Mind (ep. Y. 30, 5))]; (b) and he who worships you [O ye Demons] much is the more Drtj-like and the more insolent, (c) but ye are (or ‘he is’ ' (see the false gloss)) causing us to go after (or ‘from behind’ (?)) that deception, [that is, Zarattiisht (?) is bestowed upon us (?)], and ye give out (or ‘he gives (?) out’) your infamy in the sevenfold earth.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarhi yfiyarn Devah vicve ’pi nikrishtat manasah* stha bijam, (b) yagcha yushman? prakrishtarn* aradhayati, anritataro, gavamanastaragcha*!+3 (sic) bhavati. (c) Pracharayati mayi pagchat* pratar- 12,p. 90 andmh [-nath], ya (? yena) yushmakath anuktirh* datte bhisaptadvipayam. * C. om. from -sah to -taraccha. 2 J.3, J.4, P. mat. 3 J.3, J.4 gava°®; P. gapa°; J.* garva® (?). Ner. transl. Thus, ye Devas, ye are all of you even a seed from the degraded mind, (b) and he who so especially propitiates you is still more unholy, and more insulting. (c) And she (2?) who*! is producing your infamy

‘Beeguang augoayya pasts giyingnau yy | wdscse—)d.uesyayo.poyy 4. ussjacaaujewsrodoonaprgeysul | seas eres woeguerodyals

& mypwayoe-begsssaa) spree )dy.ssoeye rope. tush Trlit. Yad(t) yasta fra-mimatha, ya mas(k)ya [= mash[ilya,] achista daitd,

Vakhshenité Daév6-zusta, | Vanhéus sizhdyamna Mananhé,
Mazdao Ahurahya khratéus nasyaité Ashaad(t)cha!

Verbatim transl.