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

he creation (or ‘ world’) is manifest which - -, [that is, it becomes clearer* and therefore unmistakable** in the future body]; and there within the Lord [Hormijda] dwells. (e) A giver he is (or, ‘a giver is’) the one like Thee, O greater Mahajiianin, and one purely (or ‘clearly (?)’) a benefactor. ** Or ‘unmistakeable’.

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Verbat trl., etc. Sic Te existimem[-mabo] potentemque beneficum (vel ‘sanctum’), O Mazda, (b) quum ea [auxilia] manu, [i.e. potestate Tua] quae Tu tueris** (auxilia), [i. e. quum ea instrumenta* ad me accedent quae ad salutem nostram efficacia firmiter constitues et ad effectum adduces] (c) quae — [auxilia] proponebas [vel ‘-nes’ ut] mercedes-sacras-[-afferentia] scelesto* [in poenam] sanctoque*|in praemium] (d)(Tui) una-cum-calore [Tui] Ignis Sanctitate vehementis (€) quum mihi {ad me] Bonae robur accedebat [vel ‘accedet’| Mentis.

Pahl. text translit. Aétinam! Lak rai minid homanih? thagik, afztinik?, — Atharmazd, (b) amat* zak i5 kola II (do) pavan taibané¢ Lak benafshman7 aiyyarid, [aigh, mindavam i$ minavad va® stih Lak bara afzdyinid] (c) man yehabtinéd rast darvandan va ahartbanich, [aigh bukht va?® dirikht!! pédak vadtinyén]. (@) Hana i? Lak Atash garm® amatash zak? mfin pavan Aharayih aj5, [aighash'? sardarih'® va!° zak i7 nadik (sic loco névak)] (e) amat avd li zax i pavan Vohiman stahamak yamttinéd!+ [Sdshans]. 1See P. throughout. * DJ. ins. * DJ. ins... * Mf. amat. *D,om.9 ° DJ. De. 2 Dieepne i Deana *D. ins. va. * DJ. va or -6.. “ DJ., Do ins. 2 Dl Pa var (or rad) soe es P. “dar (DJ. ‘aighash zak sardar . . v.’ on the margin). “see P. throughout.

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* (or ‘they shall make’) the pure and the vile plain]; (d) yea, Ye* give (or ‘it gives’) this Thy fire’s flame, since by it is that which is strength through Sanctity, [that is since through it 7s a chieftainship and that which is good] (e) when that

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Free tr. Thus may I conceive Thee mighty, Ahura Mazda,

When aids Thine hand hath sheltered near approach me,

Aids which as rewards Thou ’lt* give to good and evil,

Thy fire’s flame therewith the strong in justice,

_ And when to me Thy Good Mind’s power comes. which is just violence*!, with* a* good* intention*, approaches me, [Sdshans (probably a Dastir cited as authority on account of the unusual association of ‘violence’ and ‘Vohtiman’)]. *1‘Or a violent one’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evam Tvadartharn achintayarn, dridhatara* mahattara Mahdjnianin, (b) yat tat dvitayarn caktya yas* Tvarh svayarh sahayitavan* asi, [kila, kimnchit yat ihalokiyar) paralokiyarn! Tvam pravarddhitavan*? asi] (c) yat* dadati satyarh durgatimadbhyah muktdtmabhyagcha, [kila, quddhari? acuddham® prakati-kurute]. (d) Tvadiyo gharmataro ’gnih Dharmena balishthaccha, [divyadhipatigcha gobhanah] (e) yagcha mahyarh Uttamena ~hathi prdpnoti Manas4, [Caociosah yo hathena srishtith Aharmanasya nihanti]!

1p, 3.3, J4, 5.* om, 2 J.* vriddh-.

Ner. transl. Thus I was thinking concerning* Thee, 0*(?) Thou more powerful and greater one the Great Wise Lord, (b) when that pair of heavenly and earthly influences (see gl.) approached* (?) me* (2), those which* Thou hast Thyself befriended with Thy*! capability, [that is, Thou hast promoted a thing which belongs to this world here and also beyond], (c) which pair* (with Thy Fire*) bestow* justice both upon the wicked and upon the free-of-soul (the good), [that is, it makes the clear and the obscure evident], (d) Thy Fire more (most) hot and most strong through Sanctity [a brilliant Lord of heaven], (e) and when he who is violent* through the Best Mind is coming upon me, [that is, Gaogiosa 7s*2 coming*? who smites Aharmana’s creation with violence].

*1 Poss, meaning, ‘when, through capacity, Thon ete.’ ** here Qao® is not a quotation.

Parsi-pers. Ms. trit. Edin am Tfi-ra andéshid [] tigi afzini+ ya‘ni + *nirmand (?) (vel *reghsmand(?)), Hormuzd, (b) kih an ¢ har dai pavan tuvan Ta khod yarid-hed, (kf, chiz 7 minfi u géti‘T’ bih zayAdah-kunad], (c) kih dehad barabar darvandan u ashavan ham, [kai, khélisi u na-khalisi zahir kunand] * (d) in ¢ Ta Atash garm kiyash an kih pah Savab buland, [kash [ [parvard (?) + ham (sic vid.) + amadah-ast = rad (vel var (?)]) ¢@ sardaran [] an ¢ nék, [kf, kih pah zulm (?), va pédaish [or ‘paiday°’] gana* ra bih zanad = dgh mitn pavan stamah* v adém k(g)anak ra bana* zanéd) | (e) kih an man 4n ¢ pah

) in ¢ Ta Atash garm kiyash an kih pah Savab buland, [kash [ [parvard (?) + ham (sic vid.) + amadah-ast = rad (vel var (?)]) ¢@ sardaran [] an ¢ nék, [kf, kih pah zulm (?), va pédaish [or ‘paiday°’] gana* ra bih zanad = dgh mitn pavan stamah* v adém k(g)anak ra bana* zanéd) | (e) kih an man 4n ¢ pah Bahman zulm rasad, [ [pah = pavan] Sdshyés] x

Free tr. Thus I'll conceive* Thee bounteous, Ahura Mazda,
As* in creation’s birth I foremost see* Thee,

When deeds most just rewarding and words, Thou givest*

Ill to the evil, pure blessing to the good,

By Thy great virtue* in this world’s last change. (* or ‘wisdom’).

Verbatim transi. Beneficum (vel ‘sanctum’) sic Te, ae

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Ahura, (b) quum Te mundi in-partu vel ‘-genitu’ [i. e. in-creatione] videbam* primum, (c)quum reddidisti facta praemiis-instructa [i.e. remunerata et] (quae (que) [sint] verba, (d) malum malo bonam[-num] praemium-sanctum sancto Tua virtute [vel ‘sapientia superna’ in] creationis conversione [vel ‘in exitu’} ultima[-mo]. *1 Vel fortasse est methi conj. ‘Benignum Te existimabo* quum Te in partu mundi, [i.e. Te exsistentem ex principio ab omni aeternitate] videbo* deum supremum semper sine pari’.

Pahl. text translit. Afzinik am! aétin’ Lak minid homanih, Atharmazd,

• (b) amatam zak i Lak ziké dén ahvan khadittind fratfim, (c) amatat yehabind avd kinishn-karané? mozd, va mainich pavan milayd (d) *zanishnd aydé zadar [afaté yehabiindo], zak i shapir tarsagahth5* (sic) avé valman { shapir.
• (e) Pavan hana® i Lak hinar dim’ afdimich® vardéd).

• * D. ins. am, “? D. ins. raf. * D. ins. va. * D. ¢ yalman i. 5 so DJ.(?)**, D,
• * DJ. aé. 7 DJ. ® See P. ins. * See P. throughout. (** or read ‘Akasth’).

Pahl. transl. Bountiful thus Thou art (wert*) thought by me, O Atharmazd, (b) when first I saw what was Thy production in the world, (c) when Thou gavest a reward to those who have done deeds and with regard to what also zs with speech, (d) smiting for the smiter [was also established by Thee, and a good revering-recognition* for the good]. (e) Through this

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Verbatim transl. In-quo [exitu] cum-benefico Tuo spiritu (exitu) venias — [vel ‘venies’], (b) O Mazda, cum-Regno [vel ‘cum-regali-imperio Tuo’) in-hoc [exitu] Bona Mente, (c) cujus actionibus, li. e. vi illarum actionum quae in mandatis Tuis (de ritu et de more) peragendis perfectae sint] coloniae [sacrae nostrae] Sanctitate promoventur*], (d) His leges [de facto et de ritu] docensenuntiat Pietas (prompta mens gratia Tua in nos* inspirata), (e) Tuae Intelligentiae [leges], quam [quae] nemo facit-ut-ludatur[-dantur], [hoc est quam nemo fallere possit]. Vel ‘in nobis’.

Pahl. text translit.