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

which*? has been given to*2 him*? by* Thee within* that* place. [Thou givest this in Garddman, where** Thou givest 2é to me also].

*! Or, ‘ye go there’. *2 perhaps mim dén zak = ‘amidst which’; as ordinary Pahlavi, ‘he goes there who..’, but see its original. ** or, ‘that is’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Taih margati, Svamin, yah Uttamena Manasa, mahyari brahi (b) Diner*? labhamataim, yatra sunivasatayA Dharmachcha?2 mahotsavah, [kila, yatré *tma sviyah cuddah Aste], (c) yaa Asvadayah* uttafea ats eer ee eps | cz oul swsS.r6.26 pe 14. n9hn-uo}ece)elonsyor¢to-o8-9 M9 | borsjagmpdburrgic.eorgerrul gujgidele-byu)d.syos.syrg—oa)dy | reps. agomoprer-ce gurcuydy

Trlit. Tad(t) zi, Mazda, vairim [= *iyem] astvaité ugtandai data, Vanhéus S(k)yaothna Mananhd; yoi zi Geus verezené azyao Khshndkim huchistim, Ahura, khrateus asha fradé verezena. Verbatim transl. Hoc enim, Mazda, [praemium] diligendum corporeo vitae-vigori [hoe est, ad-augendum corporeum vitae-vigorem] dabatis [-bitis] (b) Bonae actione Mentis, [iis] qui (enim) Bovis in-servitio*! eenetricis [laborent], (c) Vestram [propriam] rectam-sapientiam, Ahura, intelligentiae sancto [vel- Sanctitate] promoventes*? servitio*®, * Vel ‘in stabulo’. #2 promoventis, i.e. adjuvantis intelligentiae (aegre). *? fortasse ‘promoventes vicos, facientes ut: floreant(?)’. Pahl. text translit. ‘Mamman zak* #2, Aflbarmazd [am3] kamak ¢ avé valman i tand*-homand* va jén-homand [i> Asarvan]| yehabini-ait’+ (b) [mfin] pavan?+! Vohtiman kinishno7 [aratéshtar]’ min pavan Tora Az varzishno%+ [vastryésh] (c)? pavan zak 1 Lekam hd-farzanakih, Atharmazd, va pavan khirad mtn Aharayth fraz yehabtind® va? varzi-ait, [Dind*]. * See P. ? D. om. * DJ. om. £ Dd. Smandaneaee De aMssd. so Set) <2 oN. eunéd. ” D. ins. va. * DJ., D. ins. va. ° DJ., D. ins. Pahl. transl. For that which is my desire, O Atharmazd, and which is my desire also for that which is (or ‘for him who is’) the corporeal andp. 151 majiidvine [kila, yah avochah], prasado, Mahajiianin, yatra Tvadiyaya diyate. 2730s ae eed. Casmarcha:

Ner. transl. Indicate to me then, O Lord, that path which ¢s given by the Good Mind, (b) and which is that of the Din of the profitable ones, and where that great happiness is which is derived from Sanctity (or ‘ Rectitude’) through domestic virtue (or ‘happiness’), [that is, the way in which one’s own soul* becomes pure], (¢) tell me that way which Thou taughtest®* to the one who is thoroughly wise (or ‘wise concerning that which is good’), [that is, reveal to me the way which Thou declaredst of old|, and where, O Great Wise One, a reward is bestowed upon Thine own. * Taking din as daéna = ‘soul’.

Parsi-persian Ms. (Minishni = man (?)] an rah pah veh*-minishni an man gi*', Ormuzd*, [rah ¢ 6* anja ma-ra bih ga*!], (b) ka, [az = min] Din ¢ sidmandan [anja yawad], kih andar 4n 7 pah khib-kard, [kiyash Din 7 khwésh khtb-kard éstéd (so)]; ash az Sawab khoshi + u + ramishn + ham + amadah-ast (Pahl.

Parsi-persian Ms. (Minishni = man (?)] an rah pah veh*-minishni an man gi*', Ormuzd*, [rah ¢ 6* anja ma-ra bih ga*!], (b) ka, [az = min] Din ¢ sidmandan [anja yawad], kih andar 4n 7 pah khib-kard, [kiyash Din 7 khwésh khtb-kard éstéd (so)]; ash az Sawab khoshi + u + ramishn + ham + amadah-ast (Pahl. prob t-rawa-minishni?) s¢ (c) Kiyat chashad an ti 7 nék-dana [] [az = min] Hormuzd, [kit + ya‘ni + Tf [man =ra) guft hast], kih andar an an ft 7 Ti [khwahad = ddbiishéd (sic)| dad {andar an 7¢ _ Gardtman* in; ki, an ham [] dehi]s ** Or ‘gd’. ** it looks like urawa-shinasi.

Free tr. For that choice reward, O Mazda, in* bodily life will Ye give us For the Good Mind’s actions, Ahura. For chiefs serving well the Mother Kine Have furthered Your holy plan with the intellect’s sacred action.

living [i. e. the priest] is granted; (b) and it 7s granted to him who fo//s in the deeds of a good mind [the warrior], and to him who fois with the labour of the Ox (or ‘cow’) called Az [the husbandman] (c) throuzh Your - good understanding, O Attharmazd, and the wisdom which Sanctity has (or ‘by which S. is’) furthered, and in accordance with which (the Din] is practised.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Sa yato, Mahdjidnin, kimo [’smakam] yat tanumate* jivamate* diyate [achdrydya] (b) Uttamena karmane Manas, [kshatriyaya], yaccha Gava Acharayitre Ajinamnya, [kutumbine*], (c) yo Yushmakam sunirvanajidnataya*2, Svamin, buddhyacha punyapradattaya vidhiyate [Dinih’]. + J.%, J.4, J.*, C., P. *tamb- (sic) (J.% corr. 2nd hd. to kutaiib(i)ne). * J.°(?), J+, C., P. %nataya. * so J.2; J.* 2nd hand.

Ner. transl. Wherefore this és [our] desire, O Great: Wise One, that thing which is granted to the corporeal and to the living, [that is, to the instructor], (b) for the action (or ‘the one who acts’ (?)) with the best mind [for the warrior], and which 7s also owr desire for the one who labours with the Cow called Aji, [that is, for the husbandman*], (c) which desire, O Lord, is thus established through Your good knowledge of Heaven, through Your wisdom and through the promotion* of Your Sanctity, [i.e. the Din ds established].

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Trlit. Mazda, ad(t) mdi vahista sravaoscha S(k)yaothanacha vaocha,
Ta Ta Vohti Mananha, Ashacha ishudem stiaté;

Khshmaka khshathra, Ahura, frashim [=°yem] vasna haithyem dao ahtm. Verbatim transl. Mazda, sic mihi optimas*t doctrinasque actionesque dic, (b) [et] eas Tu [indica] Bona Mente*?, Sanctitateque*2, [ut] finem-propositum (vel ‘et precem confessionis’) laudis [vel cultoris}*.

shacha ishudem stiaté;

Khshmaka khshathra, Ahura, frashim [=°yem] vasna haithyem dao ahtm. Verbatim transl. Mazda, sic mihi optimas*t doctrinasque actionesque dic, (b) [et] eas Tu [indica] Bona Mente*?, Sanctitateque*2, [ut] finem-propositum (vel ‘et precem confessionis’) laudis [vel cultoris}*. (c) Vestro Regno, Ahura, in-prosperitate-progredientem lin-perpetuum] gratia [Tua hunc] in-praesenti-tempore**-exsistentem* [et bonum*] reddas mundum. ** Vel, ‘O optime’. *2 instr. sociativ. in sensu nom. *3 fortasse ‘eternum’. Pahl. text transl. +Atharmazd, aétind avd li zak i pahlam § srébd. va? ktinishné [Gasanikih] yemaleltinai (b) zak? Lak, Vohiiman, vat Ashavahishtd, avam ychabinéd pavan zak stayishnd hana, [aigh, Lekim am*® yehabinéd] (c) pavan zak 7 Lekimé khidayib, Athharmazd, Frashakardd pavan kamaké ashkaraké dén ahvand yehabini-ait?, 1 geepP. 2 D. om. va. * DJ. ins. i. *DJ., D. ins. va. * DJ. lam: D. v’am (? = va am). ®* DJ. om. 7 so DJ., D., M. °anéd. Pahl. transl. Do Thou therefore, O Atharmazd, declare to me that

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yar-kunandah = varzishn] [vastryésh] (c) pah an 7 Shuma nék-dandai, Hormuzd, [] pah Khirad, kih Sawab bisyér dehad + ya‘ni + kunad [(] ikhtyér-kunad [Din] +

Free tr. Doctrines, Ahura, and actions, tell me which are the best ones, Mazda,

And the debtor’s prayer of the praisers; tell me this with the Truth, and the Good Mind;

And by Sovereign Power and grace bring on this world’s perfection.

which is the best word and deed [the Gathic doctrine], (b) and do Ye give (or ‘pay’) that which is Thy debt, O Vohtiman, and thine, O Ashavahisht, for this praise, [that is, pay Ye it to me], (c) for through Your sovereignty, O Atharmazd, the completion-of-Progress is made manifestly* real* in the world at will.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Mahajidnin, evarh madarthaih utkrishtatarai sarasvatith satkarmatamcha! brihi [Gathdbhavdin]; (b) Taya? tvar, he Uttamamanah, he Dharma, rinama? deyaéh stuty&; (c) Yushmadkarh rajyena, Svamin, akshayatvaih svechchhaya parisphutarn dasyate bhuvane.

*So J.’, J.4, J.*, C, P., but see the Pahl. 2 C. tvaya. * J.2(?), J.4 runath (?).

Ner. transl. Do Thou thus, O Great Wise One, declare for my benefit that most excellent speech and action, [which is the essence of the Gathic lore], (b) and may’st Thou, O Best Mind, and thou, O Sanctity, discharge the debt incurred to* me* for* this my praise, (c) for through Your sovereignty, O Lord, indestructibility shall be rendered manifest in the world as af by Your Sovereign will.

Parsi-persian Ms, Hormuzd, édiin 4n man [] buland sakhun [] [no tr. for gébishn jamniini] % (b) An i Ta, Bahman, u Ardibahisht, 4vam* dehad (?) pah an stdyishn in, [kf, Shuma ma-ra dehad (?)] # (c) Pah 4n¢ Shuma khudai, Hormuad, ristakhiz* (?) pah kamah zahir andar jihan* dehad#* :

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