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

les(?)) are produced (or ‘born’) [thus, and have come from* elsewhere*], and those which (or ‘they who’) are (or ‘have been’) [earned (or ‘gained over’) by myself], (b) and those which (or ‘who’), O Great, Wise One, shall exist [in the future], may they bestow these blessings (or ‘persons’) of Thine through Thy friendship, {i.e. may they be able to possess them in accordance with Thy desire]. (c) Cause Thou therefore the Best Mind to increase in me, O Lord, [that is, make my mind ever the more piously zealous], and in view of my Sanctity grant me a benefit in my body (or ‘ person’), [that is, because of the duty and holy action which I have fulfilled, from this grant me even a benefit in the body).

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Parsi-persian Ms. Kih pah tamém ésténd + manad + kaim nék-zistan + kit + nékzendagi, [ki, an in kar ésténd, kf, [] pah khwéshi ¢ Shuma darad (darand)] kih [] {ham = —] bid () hastand {pazirah (2) (piri (?), pidari* (?)) az pidén] [ ] kih ham man {bavam = Pahl. homainhend} [andokht-jama‘t khwésh], (b) Hérmuzd, kih ham [] bavad [az akna ap agy 990906 av. su p29 gsehg | bya beasengn.guy 14. spe )Grgsdy.rerbb.wpaajg | eepowy-v au) d-upceuos & Js -pupsairayra3 2409. seg.aueoanaeleg )gonrbg.augsa) 9

Trlit. Ye sevistd Ahuré Mazdaoscha, Ar{a]maitigcha,
Ashemcha fradad(t)-gaéthem, Manaschd Voht, Khshathremcha,
Sraota mdi, merezhdata moi adai kah[ilyaichid(t) paiti!

Verbatim transl. [Tu] qui beneficentissimus Ahura Mazdaque [es], Pietasque (prompta-mens), (b) Sanctitasque promovens*-patriam [ei prosperitatem impertiens], Mensque Bona, Regnum-que, (c) auscultate mihi [audite me], ignoscite*4 mihi [omnia peccata ob] oblationi* [-nem] cuique [quamque] (ob)! * Vel ‘purgate me de actione omni’ (?), sed vide infra zav6-Ada; vel etiam semel iterum: ‘erga me propitius esto apud mercedem (peccati et sanctitatis) quamque a te imponendam’ (?). Pahl. text translit. ‘Amat stidin&énd Atharmazd, va2 Spendarmad [aigh, stid vaddinaiid’], (b) Ahardyih‘ fradadar> @éhand, va® Vohtiman, va Khshatraver

(c) nydkhshéqo7 li, [aigh, zak i yemalelfiudnt am bard nydkhshédo]"+8, Amtirzédo li, {aigh, vinas I zim avé bin yeheviind yekaviminédd, am bara Amarzéd]; afam bara yehabined kadarchai® padih* [padakhshahih*"° ¢ latamman, zakich1 7 tamman]. *See P. 2DJ. om. va. *s0 DJ.; D. “inand; M. Odand. ‘0D. ins. 7. ° D. diff. °D. om. va.

*D. seems nydksh®. *D. ins. i. °D, I= é. 1° D. padokh®, 1 Mf. va zak®; D. va min°.

Pahl. transl. If Aiharmazd and Spendarmad shall be beneficent, {that is, whensoever they shall effect a benefit for us], (b) and Sanctity, the furtherer of the world*, and Vohtiman, and Khshatraver, (c) do Ye then listen to me,

[that is, do Ye listen fully to that which I shall say], and Zikevise pardon me,

[that is, pardon me fully for a sin which has existed in my original nature];

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atraver, (c) do Ye then listen to me,

[that is, do Ye listen fully to that which I shall say], and Zikevise pardon me,

[that is, pardon me fully for a sin which has existed in my original nature];

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Trlit. Ug moi (uz)ar(e)shva, Ahura, Arfa]maiti tevishim dasva,
Spenista mainyi Mazda, vanhuya [= °va] zavo-ada,
Asha hazé emavad(t) Voht Mananha fle]seratim.

Verbatim trans!. Ad- mihi [ad*-me*] assurge, Ahura, Pietate (promptamente) vigorem da, (b) beneficentissime spiritus Mazda, ob [meam] bona [-am]

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(sic, akntin) fraz] pah in ¢ Ta khwéshi [sce vid. pro khwahishn (?)] (][@ jan bakhtend + ya‘ni bakhsham (thinking of “4ni (Ist se. instead of “and) = varman gan arkon-hend), [ktm pah bayad(?) 7 Ta tuwan bad dashtan] » (c) Veh Am (sic) ziyédah-ktini minishn khuda, [ktm nék(i)tar (sic) bih kun] az Sawab [madad], néki ham 7 an tan [ma-ra deh*] sx

Free tr. Ye, the most bounteous Mazda | Ahura, and Piety with Him, And Asha the settlements furth’ring, Thou Good Mind, and Thou the Dominion, Hear ye me, all! and have mercy for all gifts which I bring whatsoever.

give me likewise whatever sovereignty* (?) there as, (that is, give me the sovereignty* (?) which is here, and that also which is beyond].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Ye lambhayanti*, Svaminar Mahajndninan sariptirnamanasdiicha [prithiviih™] (b) Dharmaticha vriddhidain prithivivibhiteh, Managcha Uttamaih [Gvahmanati amarati], Saharevararicha [saptadhatinam patirh], (c) ¢rinomi ahath [kila, yat bruvanti2 tad ahan crinomi] kshamayami ahaih, [kila chet mattah paparh teshai male sarbhtitam aste, tad aha kshamayami], dadamicha kamchit prabhutar* [parthivatvarh* yat paroloktyar ihalokiyamicha]. * All prthy- (sic) and elsewhere so. 2 C. bruvatti (2). (*corr.)

Ner. transl. Mor to those who cause me to acquire a benefit Iam listening (see below), that 7s, to The Great Wise One, The Lord, and to the Perfect Mind, [the earth (?)], (b) and to Sanctity, and to the Best (Good) Mind which affords me the increase of earthly wealth [and to Gvahmana the immortal a/so wm Ilisten ing|, and toSaharevara[the Lord of the seven* metals**], (c)to these am I listening, [that ‘is, What they say that I hear], and 1 entreat* them* for* pardon, [that is, if evil has been produced against* them* in my original nature by* me*, I ask pardon for this], and I concede to them a certain (meaning ‘every’) sovereignty, [the sovereignty which is of this world and of the world beyond]. (#* but cp. Burnout.)

Parsi-persian Ms.

reat* them* for* pardon, [that is, if evil has been produced against* them* in my original nature by* me*, I ask pardon for this], and I concede to them a certain (meaning ‘every’) sovereignty, [the sovereignty which is of this world and of the world beyond]. (#* but cp. Burnout.)

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih fa’idah-kunandah (?) Hormuzd u Spendarmad, [ka, stid kunad (?) + ya‘ni + f@idah-dehad (?)], (b) Sawab afztini-dehandah géhan* [] Bahman u Shaharévar*, (c) shunav* man, (kt, 4n7[] [giyad = jamninéd] am bih shunay*] &mtrzid* man, [ki, wanah* 7 [] am 4n bikh (or binj*) bid éstéd (so) ma-ra_ bih amtrzid*| ; ma-ra bih dehad (?) har kudém [] [sahibi = padih] [padishai 7 inja, w’dn ham 7 anja] Free tr. Arise to me, O Ahura, through Devotion send me power, Most bounteous Spirit Mazda, through my good invocation’s off’ring. And mighty strength give, Asha, and the thrift -law through Thy Good Mind.

invocationis*!-datione*![-nem] [ei invocationi beneficio respondens ad eam remunerandam], (c) [et], O Sanctitas, [da] robur praepotens, [et] Bona Mente incrementi-regulam [hoc est, regulam prosperitatem spiritalem (sic) religiosam et mundialem* (sic) impertientem (vel etiam fortasse, ‘increm.-magistrum (?))’]. * Sunt qui vertant: ‘potestatem per bonam mercedem (?)’. Pahl. text translit. ‘Lala, li min zak i réshidar [Aharmané], Adharp. 128mazd, hana, [afgham bézai], afam bfindak minishnih, va! ttikhshishnd* yehabanai, (b) afziintk minavad i? Adharmazd, Vohiman griftar homanani, pavan zak dahishnd, [aigham pavan tand* mahmand yehevinad]. (c) Aharayih madam avo? stahamak, [*Ganrak Minavad] amivand hémand pavan zak 7 Vohtiman sardarih. +See P. 2DJ.,D.omi. *D. valman i. ‘ DJ., D. om. va. “all tyakh®, or ttikhishné.

Pahl. transl. Up, O Atharmazd, deliver me from him who is this wounder [from Aharman; that is, purify me], and grant me perfect-mindedness and energy, (b) O bountiful spirit Adharmazd, through this giving let me become an apprehender of the Good Mind, [that is, let him become a guest within my body], (c) for through Vohtiman’s chieftainship Sanctity is strong against the violent [Ganrak Minavad].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Uchchair mat codhaya, Svamin, {kila, pidakarat! Aharmandt cuddham kuru], sarhptirnaménasatam* adhyavasayathcha dehi, (b) gurutara? adyigyamirte? Mahajidnin, Gvahmanasya_ grahitarot ar s¢bsyayrbe-eyorbs wetareny Irbboalaeds) 13, ‘Bors }nc-syspiosayrgepral sayy | s1))yypss su 99938 Oasys dy aves & wrrapnddgy)d eupyons aos | toes v.snrepregse.b)0)

Trlit. Raf(e)dhrai vouru-chashané ddishi mdi ya vé abifra, Ta khshathrahya, Ahura, ya Vanheéus ashis* Mananhd, Fro spenta Ayfa]maité Asha Daénao fradakhshaya. (*so now preferred, but cp. p. 497.) Verbatim transl. Gratiae [i. e.