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

éd, [min padakhshahih! pavans parak(h) yehabanéd* pavan khiradé i® valmanshin’ main pavan mindavam 7 yazadan (vel- -‘shan’’) kér® va kar®] (b) pavan zak i!° varzanan‘! avartind danakand, va fréh'2 padistand'? [main pavan avartindih' ha-boi (vel hti-béd-I) pavan*t babat® yakhaD

(see the Pahl., or, ‘are desirous of complaining of the smiting’(?)),*O Great Wise One, [that is, in this kingdom of theirs that just pleases them when men mutually contend]; (c) and they hinder those who are expressing* themselves* (or ‘striving to shed light’) (in accordance (?)) with Thy Manthraword from the approach of Sanctity ([or, once more, ‘who, distinguished*(?) through Thy M. word, are keeping these back’ - -]), [that is, they sin against (or ‘fall foul of’) the action of those who are the chiefs of the Din [(or (a causative) ‘they cause their action to stumble ’)|. * Reading dyfita ‘ye tan.

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih khudai pah (?) rishwat khwahad, (ku, padishahi pah rishwat khwahad], ash 4n ¢ badtar andar wali (sic vid. vel pro yar) pah minishn, [ki, pah in minishn khwahad, kf: sad* deham, wa da sad* baz sitanam] + (b) Akhan kharabkunandah* hend, [kai, kâh (sic pro Gah) 7 anja bih kharab-kunand], kih [pah 4n ¢ 6 [agh (sic, no Pahl.)] 4n ham], Hormuzd, zadan [] garzidan [], [kfi, pah An pAdishahi zish (sic) hast -shan (?) an bayad kih mardum, adik ba digar 6 (a ?) jang-kunand] (c) kih pah in ¢ Ti Manth(h)ra (sic) gaya hast, [ki, péshwai* ¢ pah Din hend], éshan (so) [] dar-kunad az didan 7 Sawab, [ktsh Ashmégh min (sic) kar u kirfah kardan a (or 6(?)) diir-kunand] s (* The marks under sad are Pahl. 100.)

Free. Be his Grehma in chains*! May our plans cast down the Kavis, Mighty pair in deceit, since they came as an aid to the wicked When the Cow for slaughter was set, and who kindles our death-slaying aid.

senund]; va amatich padirénd valman‘¢ darvandan atyyarth, {ach pavan khiradé i valmanshan yehevinéd], (c) va amatich® av’ Tord zanish’ gfifté mtnash zaki7+8 dén zak i ditradsht gifté av‘ aiyyarih, [ach pavan khiradé‘9 i® valmanshan yehevinéd]. See P. 2D. om. *so D., ete.; DJ. kinik®, *M. shalitath, 5 DJ.; M.

om, pavan. °DJ.om.i. 7D. ins. yeheyiinéd. *D. ins. i. °D. inverts. 1° DJ. ins.i, 4M. °zanin. “DJ., M.; D., Mf. frak. ?*DJ., M. seem dinanan((?)), D., Mf. dinanach. 1*so DJ.,D. % so DJ., M., but D., Mf. bim. **DJ., D. avo. 17 DJ. om. zak. ®Mf.(?) om. %DJ., D. no repetition.

Pahl. transl. His <¢ cs, he (om. min), (or, ‘J¢ 7s he who (mtin)’) through Grehmah gives up (‘abandons’) the great interest in accordance with the judgment of the Kikas,, [who gives up the authority for a bribe, with the understanding of those who in the matter of the Yazads_(the Deity, or ‘in their* (?) matter’) are blind and deaf], (b) with the workers, |the incorrectly wise, and much-opinionated, [who through impiety keep 2 00d understanding (or ‘savour’) at the door], and when also they come to (or ‘accept’(?)) that aid of the wicked, [this 2the matter of the Yazads_(the Deity, or ‘in their* (?) matter’) are blind and deaf], (b) with the workers, |the incorrectly wise, and much-opinionated, [who through impiety keep 2 00d understanding (or ‘savour’) at the door], and when also they come to (or ‘accept’(?)) that aid of the wicked, [this is also through the perverted wisdom of those]; (c) and when even he (or ‘it’) is said to de for the smiting of the Ox, in whose aid that one (or ‘that thing’) was reported in that which was a removal (or ‘remover of death’) [thés also is in accordance with the wisdom of those]. (The fettered translation should follow its original at all hazards, a sprightliness which was never intended should not be presented). * Reading shan.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Asau yo lafich4yam* mahattvar nitantam kadarp. 15thakandmcha* buddhya nidadati*, [yah svamitvath lanichaéyam* dadati buddhyacha tesharh bhavati*, ye stutau! Svamino adargakah* acrotaragcha santi] (b) Acharatamh* avyaparajiianinam prabhitanyayat, [ye avyaparataya sathchayath dvare? dadhate} yah pratikurute* durgatinam sdahayyam*, [so ’pi bhuddhyaé teshazh bhavati]. (c) Yamacha gavam vighdtakath uktam tam yo dirdmrityau vakti sihayydya, [goghatakam* purushamh yo* jivitasahayinam vakti, so® "pi buddhya teshath bhavati]. 1 J.*; J.3, etc. stuti. 2 all dvara, or °a. 232, J.%, P.. goghat’: J... 3C. ee bd. + sya hose Onn Oier

Ner. transl. But he who puts down the predominant greatness in (or ‘with’) a bribing gift through the sagacity of the wicked*, [that is, he who bestows the sovereignty in a bribing* act*, is aided by the intelligence of these who, in the praise of the Lord, are blind and deaf], (b) that is, through the sagacity of those who are wickedly wise, and who are acting in accordance wy fs org 4 p29 fade b 94s) 09 50 p49 4039 4))2) 3p .4u.afy240}9 15.

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Verbatim transl. His ab ex*-pellam* [eam partem] quae ad-Karpinumpertineat(que) [et eam etiam quae] ad-Kaves-pertineat (b) et talibus in [i. e. post (?)*! tales res hi nostri principes socii] quos [nunc-usque] reddunt [ii Karpani et Kaves non amplius in] vitae [-tam] dominantes ad-libitum, (c) hi [nostri principes] a duobus ferantur Bonae (ad) [in] habitaculo [-um] Mentis. *1 Vel (b) (ec contrario) talibus [instrumentis expellam*2 K.] ad eos quos reddunt [-ant mei ministri] non amplius in vyitam dominantes [et igitur nunc demum (quod ad nos attinet, feliciter) regno-suo-pravo privatos], (c) [sed] hi met servi ferantur, etc. *2 Sunt qui reddant nénasa (sic legentes) ‘periit [-ierunt] ea quae ad K. et ad K. pertineant’.

Pahl. text translit.