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

dai am (sic vid.) dabtinéd (sic) = dé am (?) dabinéd), khirshéd ham, kih chash (so) [] [dasht = ddsht (sic vid)] an darwandan [ ] [dehad = dabinéd (?)] [azash (?) kharab-kardan dehad (?) (c) kih chash (so) [Ashmégh =—] kah hajtmand-kunad, [kfsh tabah bih kardan], [] [azash = afash] kharabi dehad (?) an ashavan; [kfish ashkarah, [] [& = varman] kerduah- mand (or khvast?(?); no tr.. for dnash* (sic)) kharab-kardan dehad] x

Free tr. And these would destroy my life who consult with the great of the wicked; From lord and from lady they seize their wealth and inherited treasures, Harming Thy saints in their walk, retarding them from Thy Good Mind.

endam*!’(?))| opulentiae possessionem, (c) qui ab Optima [Mente] sanctos, O Mazda, retardent [-abunt] (litt. severiter* vulnerarent*) Mente ([vel ob optimam sancti |mentem] odio-affecti eum crudeliter-saucient[-abunt]) *! Apayeiti infin.yam. -

Pahl. text translit. ‘Valmanshanich? avd denman i li marenchinishnd yehabiind, [aigh, arfibakih avé Dinod* yehabtiind] miin zivishn-hémand‘ [yemalelind, aigh, amat zivastand shayadd pavan ras i lanman], va® darvand homand, va> pavan masih® késhinénd‘ tarth’+*, [aigh, pavan® péshpayih?®, va® paspayih"™ (sic pro paspayih), vinds vadtnaid]. (b) Kadak-khidai, gabra néshman, [yemaleltind aigh: manpatand!2 manpat homaném], vash'$ vazlind? zak i4# réknéch'® vindishnd, [aigh,t anshita pavan staham vakhdinénd’®, aigh, khvastak baré avd hamih yehabtinéd]. (c) Man zak i valman i® pahlim ahartibo, Atharmazd, [ash‘? bara hankhetiind], ash radih réshinénd, i'* pavan

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Vohtimar’®, [aigh, nihadak it? shapiran, pavan frartindih hankhettind2° bara ramittnd?', Aharmék(4n)!]. 1See P. 2so DJ., D.; M. maman. * DJ. om.i. *DJ., D. *hémanendih. * DJ. om. ya. *so DJ., D- 7DJ., om. ich. *DJ.om.i. *DJ.,D. ins. %° D. péshop?. DJ. paso°; D. pasâd-payih (2). 2° D. mâgdk® (so). 1*P. ins. ash. ™DJ., D. ins. « *5 DJ. rékhnéch, D., Zend letters raékhn (or °khd). *® DJ. °aid; D. (2), M. vakh- “@ind; Sp.(?) 27D. om. “M. om. so D. 7° D. zaritind (2). 2D. *tand®.

ats Pahl. transl. They also inflict destruction upon this which is mine, * which is living, [that is, they present obstructions before the Religion; they say thus: ‘since it is necessary to live in our way’], and are wicked, and they draw out their wickedness with (or ‘against’ (?)) the greatness (the higher class), [that is, they would commit sin with (or, ‘against’ (?)) the leadership and guardianship]. (b) The property of (gen. by pos.) the householder(s) (or ‘the householders’ (nom.)), man and woman, [thus they say of it: ‘We are the householders’ landlord (or ‘chief’)], and to him (or ‘thereby’)

has come the obtaining of the treasure, [that is, they seize a man with violence, saying thus: ‘Give ye your (or ‘so he gives his’) wealth to the congregation’], (c) who also wound that which is that of (or ‘that which belongs to’) the best saint, O Atharmazd, [established in him (?) (or (on the contrary)

me the obtaining of the treasure, [that is, they seize a man with violence, saying thus: ‘Give ye your (or ‘so he gives his’) wealth to the congregation’], (c) who also wound that which is that of (or ‘that which belongs to’) the best saint, O Atharmazd, [established in him (?) (or (on the contrary) ‘from him demolished’ )]; they wound his liberality which 7s through (or ‘as’) the Good Mind, [that is, they will cast off the nature of the good established in piety, Persecuting-infidels that they are!].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Techa me vinacath dadate, [kila, apravrittitn Diner dadate’], jivitavaktaro ye durgatimantah, [kila: jivituh cakyate margena ; sa** asmakam, iti, ye durgatimantah santo, bruvanti]; mahattaya* Acharanti* nikrishtatam, [kila, purahsarataya papa kurvate*?]. (b) Grihapatayo (?) grihapatnyagcha’ (?) apaharanti anandalabdhim, {kila, manushyam hathena grihnanti], (c) yecha utkrishtatarasya punydtmano, Mahajianin, dakshinam

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Trlit. Ya raonhayen sravanha —_ yahistad(t) S(k)yaothanad(t) mar(e)tand,

Aéibyé Mazdao : aka! mraod(t); yi Géu§ mérenden [merend®] urvakhs [=yra°|- ukhti jyottim [jivae],

Yais Grehma Ashad(t) var(a)ta(?)Kar(a)pa khshathremeha ish(a)nam(sic) Drujem.

Verbatim transl. Qua [doctrina homines (acc.) aberrantes] reddent ({vel att ii iep. 103 chhindanti, ya Gvahmanena, [kila, nigchaladharmaccha yah uttamaAnam sadacharataya nirmita* aste, tai vidhvarisayanti*, ye Asmogah kapatakarmanah‘].

+P. “date; J.*, J.4, C. dante. 2C. ‘vate; J.?, J.4 °vamti; P. °vamhte. *s0 J.%, J.4, P.; C. “paty®. “4 J.4, J.4 J.* no yi. © MSS. °vame? (?). * J.? °manah.

Ner. transl. And they are causing me destruction, [they cause detention to my Din], they, these announcers of life, who are evil, [that is, they who are continuing* evil say: ‘It is necessary to live in a way; this 7s our way’]; and they are proceeding to baseness with the greatness, [that is, they commit sin with the party which has the precedence (or ‘with surpassing zea/’)] (b) The householders* and housewives* are taking away owr* joyful possession (meaning* ‘they are taking from the householder and housewife their’ - - (gen. sg.)), [that is, they seize a man with violence], (c) who also, O Great Wise One, impair the liberality of the more excellent and pure-souled man, which és inspired by Gvahmana, [that is, they who. are the fraudulent Asmogas are overthrowing the fixed Sanctity which is formed by the good conduct of the best men].

Parsi-persian Ms.

ith violence], (c) who also, O Great Wise One, impair the liberality of the more excellent and pure-souled man, which és inspired by Gvahmana, [that is, they who. are the fraudulent Asmogas are overthrowing the fixed Sanctity which is formed by the good conduct of the best men].

Parsi-persian Ms. QOshan ham an in 7 man kharab-kardan dehad, [{ki, bi-rawai*' an Din dehad (?)], kih zivishnmand{i =] [darwand = darvand] [gtiyad; ki, kih zistan shayad pah rih 7 maj, [] hend, wa pah mehi[] [kahanad (?) = hahinénd] (sic vid.) badtari ham, [ki pah péshwai*? [] péshwai*t wandh* -kunad] (b) Kadah khuda mard fu = va) zan [giyad, kt: sahib-khatah (sie vid. pro khanah) 7 sahib-khatah (khanah) hastam (sic)] dehad ((?) vel daharah (?), vel, wa har di) + u + gharat (= vash (?) possibly rash (?:) yazrtind (sic pro vazliind) an i [] [muta‘=riktah vel riknahj yaftan, {ki, [awar = madam] mardum pah zulm [] [kunad = vdgiinéd] kf, khezainah bih An space dehad] s (c) Kih an 7 a7 buland Sawab, Hormuzd, { [] bih nihadah] ash radi zakhm-kunad, ¢ pah Bahman [ [] nihadah 7 vehan pah néki nihadah bi afganand (?), Ahariman] » * Or ruwai. *? pish®.

Free irl. By which word they keep back mankind apart from the holiest action, Evil! said God unto these, who would slay the Kine’s life with their treason, Choosing Grehma far above Asha, and the Karps* and the reign of Druj-servers.

injuria afficientes eos deflectent [-abunt (lege rashayen)|) ab optimo facto (homines (acc.))*, (b) iis Mazda: scelesti [estis], dicebat [-cet], qui Bovis destruebant [-ent] incrementi-verbo [turpiter et falso dicto] vitam [i. e. eam simulata specie amicitiae tradentes], (c) quibus Grehmae Sanctitate [potius quam Sanctitas] electi sunt [et studiose promoti sunt, et] Kar(a)panus [-ni], Regnumque [eorum] exoptantium Mendacii-daemonem {i. e. doctrinam ejus professorum]. * Vel fortasse ‘quae [quas res] doctrina sua hi homines [scelesti-infideles] tradant {[-dent] optimae actionis [expertes] (hi homines)’. Pahl. text translit. ‘Man résh srdéyénd* pahiim kfinishné avé anshtitaan? [sAstarand apadman ktshishnih], (b) avd valmanshin Atharmazd: zanishnd,p. 13 guft, min min zak i géspendin marenchinishné hi-ravakhmanith yemalelind, va> zivishn-hémandih. (c) Valmanshan Grehmak(h) min Aharayih déshaktar‘, min Karpé homand, [aighshan khvdstak shapir medamminéd aigh kar va kirfak], va khidayih” bavihtnd pavan Drajinishné® [pavan avardnth®).

* See P. 2 D. ins. ach = ich. * DJ. seems zivishnd. ‘ D, ins. 1 5 DJ. om. € D. seems déshéd li(?). 7 D. anakih (2). * DJ. drfjin® (204 hd). ® so DJ., D,

Pahl. transl. Whereby they declare that to wound is man’s best deed, [which is the unmeasured slaughter of tyrants], (b) for such (those) Atiharmazd announced a smiting, who say that joy and life come from the slaughter ofthe herd.