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

shéd 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. (c) To those, who are Karps, Grehma (or ‘a bribe’) is more pleasing than Aharayih, [that is, riches seem better to them than duty and good works], and they are seeking a supremacy obtained through deceit [and impropriety].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Ye chhedamh! samadiganti utkrishtakarmani manushyebhyah, {anyayindi apramanayuddhatvaih*?|, (b) teshaih Mahajndnit vighatam abravit, yecha gopactinam* mrityudanat pramodai vadanti jivanimattaimcha** (c) yesharh latichi* punyat mitratara, kadarthakanam®, [kila,

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Trlit. Ya khshathraé Gréhmé hishasad(t)* Achistahya d(e)mané Mananho,

Verbatim trl. Quae [quas res ([vel quos duo (?sic fortasse, i.e. Kar(a)- panum et Mendacii daemonem]) Grehma observans-desiderabat [-abit] Pessimae in domicilio Mentis, (b) mundi perditores hujus, [et] qui(que)*! [i. e. Grehmae socii sacerdotales, et virium ejus duces] multum-dolens-requirebat |-rent]in-desiderio.. ([vel quae [quas-res]-que-duo*! [-duas], auctoritatem* regalem* vel sacerdotalem et Bovem*, G. requirebat [-ret] in-desiderio]), (c) Tui prophetae legationem [et officium [requirebat [-ret, vel -rent] in-invidia}, qui [tamen ob turpitudinem eorum] eos detinebit (et procul prohibebit) ab aspectu Sanctitatis.

(Fortasse est ‘quae-que-duo, etc. = yaécha, etc.’ praeferendum.)

Pahl. text translit. ‘Mtn khidayih pavan Grehmah bavihinéd, [aigh, padakhshahih? pavan parak* bavihtinéd], ash zak i? saritar dén demand pavan minishné, [aigh, pavan aé minishnd bavihtinéd, aigh: C4 (raz#) bard yehabinam®, CC (dé-raz) lakhvar yansegtinam-é4], (b) Ahvan marenchinidar b6- mand, [aigh, gas 13 tamman bard tapahinénd] min [pavan zak #$ avé® zakich], Atharmazd, zanishné va’ garzishnd kimak, {aigh, pavan zak pAdakhshahih®p. 105 yesham lakshmit pradhanatara pratibhati punyakarydd api], rajyaricha ichchhatam Drujataya [avydparataya’]. 1J.5 2 all apramay®. * C. °arthaném. * J.4 “mim. * go all.

Ner. transl. They who announce a smiting as inflicted in (or ‘ with’) the best deed possible for men [a boundless* (or ‘ill-regulated’) warfare of the lawless], (b) upon such, and upon those who proclaim joy and* life from the death-blow of the herds, the Great Wise One pronounced destruction?, (c) to which (‘of which’ (?)) evil-doers a (bribing*) gift* is dearer than Sanctity, [that is, to whom, (or ‘whose’) wealth appears more essential than even righteous action], 2h, and upon those who proclaim joy and* life from the death-blow of the herds, the Great Wise One pronounced destruction?, (c) to which (‘of which’ (?)) evil-doers a (bribing*) gift* is dearer than Sanctity, [that is, to whom, (or ‘whose’) wealth appears more essential than even righteous action], seeking, as they are seeking, a sovereignty by (or ‘in accordance with’) the characteristic of the Druja [the character of the wrong* doer].

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih zakhm gtyad buland kunishn 4n marduman [aj (sic) = ach], {sastaéran bi-andazah kushtan], (b) an dshan Hormuzd: zadan, guft, kih, az an gésfendan kharab-kardan khéshi*, gityad, wa zivish-homandi (sic) + ya‘ni + zindagi-hémandi (c) Oshan* rishwat az Sawab [] {khwahad = doshéd (?)) [man = ra] kih karafmand, ({ktshan khezanah veh khwahad* kai kar kirfah], [] [ranj = andki] khudai az (= bavihtind; sic etiam in codicibus aliis) pah Durtigh [pah badi] + Free tr. Which powers on his side the Grehma in abode of the Worst

Mind was seeking, Of life the destroyers, they both; yea, that Grehma bewails with desire; Thy prophet’s calling he seeks, but it holds them from sight of the holy!

zish® ait6, ashan! zak avayad amat anshita11, khadik6 levatman tanid, ghal kashinénd!?], (¢c) mtn pavan aé!3 { Laké Mansar gdbak hémand, [aigh péshpai* i5 pavan Dind* hémand], valmanshan ash!5 pddénd’® min nikézishnd i Aharayih, [aighash Aharm6k min kar va kirfak kardand ghal padiréninénd?’].

1See P. ?s0 DJ., D.; M. shalitath. ° DijeUeinew t= Dae D).om. 80) DJ. sM.

valman. 7D. and M. * D.; M. shalitath. ® DJ. ash. 2° D. ashin. 11D. mardfim. *% Mf. kash®.. **D., Mf. hana. %*DJ.; D. pésho°(?). **D. om. 38D. netriind, 1 DJ. °ranénd.

Pahl. transl. Which sovereignty he desires with (or ‘as’ (?)) the Grehma,

[that is, he seeks authority through bribery], his zs in thought that which is in the abode of the worse one, [that is, he desires it with this thought: ~*T will give one hundred, and would take back two hundred’). (b) Destroyer(s) of the world they are, [that is, they will utterly spoil the place which is beyond], whose (or ‘as to which’) [with (regard to) that which (has reference) to that (authority) also] is an eagerness (or ‘desire’) for smiting and complaint, O Adharmazd, [that is, in that sovereign authority which 7s theirs that is desired by them when men smite on, one with the other], (c) there is an eager complaining of those who are witnesses (or ‘speakers’) as to this which is Thy Manthra, [that is, who are the chieftain(s) (the vanguard) for (or ‘over’) the Religion], dwt they, (the witnesses (?)) are keeping back* those* ones* by* it* from the observation of Sanctity, [that is, they 14,p. 14 oppose the persecuting heretics* by* it*, keeping them back from the fulfilment of duty and good works]. * Or, ‘those ones are keeping them back’.

Ner.’s sansk. text.