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

.om. not navak yazishnd ; P. om. va; M. has va. ®*DJ. om. zak i. 7DJ. gtfto. ®*DJ. kardd; M. numiidano.

*so DJ., D. *°DJ. ins. va. 1 DJ., M. mindavam kolai (?); D. mindavam i I (for aé). % D. ins. f. 18 D. lanman.

Pahl. transl. That which is for me in coming, (for ‘Be ye in coming tome’! (infin. for imper.)]) [(gloss, or altern.) ‘when I will come to You’]; the gift which is the best uttered from the* mouth* is to be observed (or ‘expounded’ (?)), O Adharmazd, [and when it is necessary to speak with the mouth it will (or ‘do Ye’) tell me; and when it is necessary to perform with the hand, it will (or ‘do Ye’)show mel, (b) O ye Ashavahisht and Vohimand; 7¢*? 7s*2 that which has been recited for the copious Magianship* (greatwyrajng-sarrnsrgue gerbb.aingg-arelands)arcagssbra)dsbeb)0 8. tepab.assschoes.wyya.sole.pe | Loanrswgyrdy-aghng-ce)a yy & b}ba)y.2usgeu) wey. apeagsss—e | sop ganesarog) Gael auroany

Trl. Fr6 méi (fra)vdizhdtim/= °duvem] ar(e)tha, ta ya Voha §(k)yavai Mananha, Yasnem, Mazda, khshmavaté, ad(t) va, Asha, staomya vachao; Data ve Ameretatdoschi [= °tats+ch4] utayfitt Haurvatas [= °tats] draond.

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Free tri. Come Ye then, Mazda, come Ye | to my best rites, mine in verity; ThroughTruth le tthem see,and theGoodMind,how tome theGreatMagavan*listens: Manifest be they among us, the manifold off’rings of worship!

ness (?)) [for the pure goodness]. (c) Manifest is it (or ‘be Ye’) among us, and Worshipful, [that is, toward Him (Atharmazd (?)) be it manéfest in connection with this matter], and manifestly bountiful, [that is, may bountifulness in relation to it be manifest to (or ‘in’) You]. *!See the Gatha. *? or ‘how it’, or again ‘what’,

Ner.’s sansk. text. Tari mahyarh azamane datim utkrishtatardi [yadi yushmasu agato! ’smi] Anane?, Mahajiianin, nidarcaya**, [kila, (yan*) mukhena yujyate vaktuth, tan me brthi, yat* hastabhyam yujyate kartuth, tan me nidargaya], (b) he Acavahista, he Gvahmana, [he Dharma, he Uttamamanah'], ya ukta* sti (datih(r)*) paramamahattaya (nigchalottamataya>]; (c) prakatarh asmakaih madhye santu namaskritimatyah parisphutah dakshinah®, [kila Yushmakar dakshinah® atmaprakatah® bhavantu‘]. +J.4, 3.* 49° 23.834 J.* ins mu khena. *J.°, J.4, J.* ‘na. *P, suukta (sic). 5 all nigchal-; J.? “lottamata®; J.* “lottamottamattaya; J.* “luttamo®; OC. “lotra (?) me(?). * corr. *inserted for explanation. ** so J.%,

Ner. trans]. Show me the more excellent gift with word* of* mouth* in coming™ [if (‘or when’) I have arrived among You], O Great Wise One, [that is, what it is fitting to say with the mouth tell me, and what it is fitting to do with the two hands show me], (b) O Acavahista, O Gvahmana, (O Sanctity, and Best Mind), 7. e.

the more excellent gift with word* of* mouth* in coming™ [if (‘or when’) I have arrived among You], O Great Wise One, [that is, what it is fitting to say with the mouth tell me, and what it is fitting to do with the two hands show me], (b) O Acavahista, O Gvahmana, (O Sanctity, and Best Mind), 7. e. show ye the gift which has been declared by the superior greatness [by the pure superiority]; (c) and may the offerings | be manifestly present ‘in The midst of us, and accompanied with worship, [that is, let Your offerings be manifest to Yourself (or ‘within the soul )).

* Or ‘in Your coming to me’; then the gl. would be altern. trl.

Parsi-persian Ms, An 7 man pah Amadash, [kih bih an Shuma Amadah -+ am] dahishn 7 buland pah dahan, Hérmuzd, didan {kih [an = — ?] 7 pah dahan bayad guftan, am bih giyad [] 4n 7 pah dast bayad kardan am bih numayad (sic pro numayad)], (b) Ardibahisht, Vahéman, (sic) kih srad éstéd (so) pah pur khalisi [pah khalist 7 veh] # (c) Ashkarab bike = varman] andar hast niyayishn-hend (?), {kttsh chiz [] aw4, hastand.?)] peda [wa = va] rad, [ka, tan radi an (erased, Pall. varman) péda bad] 3

Fr. tr. Obtain* for me then the true rites, that withGoodMindI may approach them, Your praiser’s Yasna, O Lord, or your words, O Asha, for chanting; Your gift is Immortality, and continuous Weal Your possession.

Verbatim trl. Protinus* mihi[pro me, vel mea]adipiscimini*! officia-sacrificalia [vel desideria-mea proposita (?)] eo [-modo*!] quo*t [modo] Bona [ad ea] accedam (i. e. ut ea consummem) Mente, (b) sacrificium, Mazda, Vestri-devoti (vel Vestri-similis), atque vel, O Sanctitas, [tua] ad-laudem-pertinentia-verba [inspirata]. (c) Data*? [i. e. dona] Vestra [sunt*] Immortalitasque*, continuae-duae,

Salubritasque, possessio (vel oblatio-doni Vestra (?)). *! Vel fortasse ‘agnoscite, 16.

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i.e. constituite pro me’, vel etiam semel iterum (sensu causali) ‘mihi denuntiate* (facite-utsciam) ea* [officia] quae** (vel ut ea) consummem’. 2 Vel ‘date Vestrum [donum] Immortalitatis (leg. °tascha)..duae continuae (sunt) Salubritatis (leg. °vatas pro °vatatas’). Pahl. text transl. ‘Fraz avé li pavan fréz-navidishnih?+4, [amat tand* bara avo? Lekiim navidam?] yehabinéd, pavan kola II dadistano* [Avestak va Zand] aigham saittinadd Vohimand, {aigham pavan tano* mahman yehevinad]. (b) *Yazishnd, Atharmazd, i Lekim [am7+! tiban yehevinad kard6] aéttino lekim, Ashavahishto stayidar homanani! pavan gobishno. (c) Yehabanéd Lektim Ameshdspendan, zak i Amerddad® tikhshishno’, va zak 1 Haurvadad dinar!+! (vel lege dron) {mozd]. +See P. *nevék® (DJ. false for navid’). *DJ.,D.;K.5 val. ‘so all but DJ. dina. 5 DJ., M. va ayaz®.; D., Mf. ayaz®. K-® yaz®. *DJ. om. a, "DI. om. “Plomavac ® all tvakhishni, or °ttkh® (2), 4° so for dinar, or corr., D. (?), Mf. davar (?). Pahl. transl.

ak 1 Haurvadad dinar!+! (vel lege dron) {mozd]. +See P. *nevék® (DJ. false for navid’). *DJ.,D.;K.5 val. ‘so all but DJ. dina. 5 DJ., M. va ayaz®.; D., Mf. ayaz®. K-® yaz®. *DJ. om. a, "DI. om. “Plomavac ® all tvakhishni, or °ttkh® (2), 4° so for dinar, or corr., D. (?), Mf. davar (?). Pahl. transl. Give Ye ¢¢ forth to me with (or ‘as’) a proclamation [since I will announce a body (or ‘ personality’) devoted to You] with (or ‘as regards’) both the opinions [as regards the Avesta and Zand], so that the Good Mind may come to me, [that is, so that he may become a guest within my body], (b) {and that it may be possible to me, O Atharmazd, to perform] Your Yasna; aud thus, O Ashavahisht, shall I be Your praiser with words. (c)Give, O Ye Ameshospends, Amerddad’s energy, and Haurvadad’s wealth* (or ‘dr6n’*) [asareward]. Ner.’s sansk. text. Prakrishtari mahyath prakrishtath1 nivedanaya* (sic) dehi nyayam, tad dvitayena, |yadi vapuh Yushmasu nivedayami!, tan mahyamAvistaavi-

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Triit. Ad(t) Toi, Mazda, tem mainyfim ashaokhshayafitao sar(e)dyaydo

Vathra [= huv°] maétha maya Vahista bareti Mananha

Ayao ardi hakurenem, yayao hachinté [= °enté] (u)r[u]vand, Verb. tri. Sic Tibi [Tui, vel ad-Te] Mazda, hunc spiritum sanctitatemaugentium-duorum principum-duorum (b) [in-] splendida [-um] habitacula*{-um] super-mundiali*-peritia [i. e. sapientia] [et] optima ferto [aliquis (? fortasse ‘Tua possessio Immortalitatis Salubritatisque’ sub specie personae (vide v. 8, et Y. 32, 15))] Mente (c) eorum-duorum perfectioni* [i.e. ad animos eorum robore et gratia complendos*] cooperatorem* {ferto], quorum-duorum sociati-procedunt [-dant] animi. “Sunt qui‘mereor’ vertant. *? vel animas.. complendas.. sociatae’, Pahl. text transl. +Aéttind, Lak main Adharmazd, minavad?+4, [va lako3 mun Vohiman hémanih, at‘] Aharayih vakhshinishnO!, [pavan tand*i gabra!, afat] sardarih dahishno [padakhshabih]. (b) [Aftand!] khvarik maninishnd pavan padmand [chand avayad*] pahlimih dedranaid’, Vohaman [mozd] (c) min zak i? valp. 198starthena* nyayath dehi] yena? uttamar pravicharati* manah, {kila yena Gvahmano me vapushi abhyagato bhavet]. (b) Tjisnir, Mahajianin, Yushmabhyaih, [kila "ham cakto bhavAmi kartur], evar) vo, Dharma, stotd ’smi vachasa. (c) [Prasddaii] datta Yayazh, anrityupravyitteh Amirdadasya vyavasayath, sarvapravritteh Avirdddasya utsavaih. ‘Haug “ishtath. *no me. *J.4 vichar®; J.* °vicharay®.

Ner. transl. Deliver forth the law with (or ‘as’) an announcement through (or ‘with’) ¢ts two-fold character (if (or ‘when’) I announce a body (or ‘person’) among You, then deliver to me through (or ‘with’) the Avista, and the Avista-interpretation that law] through which the highest (i. e. the good) mind proceeds* (i. e.