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

Pahl. transl. (a, b). Thus I, who am Zarattisht, love Adharmaza’s spirit, [that is, I will love Vohiiman in reality], O Attharmazd, to (or ‘through*’) whom every bountiful disposition, [that is, wisdom] has come, (c) whose Sanctity is bodily and living, [that 7s, I love him the more profoundly (lit. mightily)]; (d) by him the sun’s sight (or ‘ manifestation’) [is given as the reward] which* (or, ‘ whose*’) és the sovereignty; it is thus his, (or ‘with him’) decause of His perfect-mindedness; (e) Vohiman will give [a reward] to him who possesses Sanctity in deed.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evaii Svaminah tan ménasarh, Jarathuctro, (b) ham mitrayami, [kila1, Gvahmanazi' sattayé! mitrayami|, Mahajidnin, prapto ’sti yatha katharichit mahattamata [tara cha mitrayami?]. (c) Tanumadbhyah punyam asti jivamadbhyagcha balishthatamari* , [tamacha (?) mitrayami]. (d) Siryaprakatatve rajyam asti Souipimamanasntaya: [kila, stiryapade prasado ’sti]; (e) dharmakarmibhyah Uttamaih dadati Manah,[Gvahmano, ’marah]. +P. ?,

Ner. transl. (a, b) Thus I, Jarathustra, befriend the mind of the Lord, [that is, I befriend Gvahmana with truth]. As*(?) greatness he(?) has come, O Great Wise One, in any (or ‘every’) way, [and this I befriend]. (c) For the corporeal and the living Sanctity is most strong, [and him (or ‘this (lege tachcha’) I befriend]; (d) the kingdom becomes established in the manifestation of the sun (in the visibility of the sun) through mental perfection, [that is, in the sun’s ray lies the grace of the reward], (e) and upon the workers of righteousness the Good Mind bestows it, [Gvahmana the Immortal].

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Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase), Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura, (b) [apud] laudationis[-ionem] (apud) [Vestri-similis] quo-modo (vel ‘ut’) me-inclinem (Vestri-similis), (c) [id vere], O Mazda, amico[-cum] Tui-similis hortans-doceat mei-simili[-lem, i. e. Tu, O Mazda, [me] amicum [devotum Tuum] hortans-doceas]. (d) Sie nobis Sanctitate [ad] amicas dare [esto*?, i. e. det* (vel ‘dare [es] des’) co-operationes (e) quo-modo [vel ‘ut’ ad] nobis [nos Tui-similis*®] (ad) Bond veniat Mente (vel ‘ut Asha*3-- ad-nos accedat oo 3eniat Mente (vel ‘ut Asha*3-- ad-nos accedat oo

*! Vel fortasse (b): ‘per occasionem laudis Vestri-s. ut landem (nemé = nemo (accus. sg.)), OM. me amicum Tui-devotus* (?) [propheta* (?)] doceat [laudem]’. *? infin. loco imper., vel ‘doceat mihi-simili[-em] ad coop. nobis... impertiendas’. *8 ij. e. ‘ut Tu ipse ad me B. M. accedas’.

Pahl. text translit. Zak i min Lak pirsém, rast avé li yemalelunai, Atharmazd hana‘, [aigh, li rast parsém. Aité man aétind? yemalelinéd aigh® hd-stdbar? medamminam. Va aité main Atharmazdé4 rast, yemalelinédd. Ait min rastd pasukhéth parsidands, yemalelinéd. Ait mfin aétind yemalelanéd aé ‘pavan am jindk bard yemalelinai ]; (b) niyayishné zak® main aéttind niyayishnd 1 Lekim [Dind*], (c) Atharmazd, déstdém yehabfinéd havishtd? Lekim® havand khtrsandih®. Hémand pavan amavandth, [aigham!° khursandih'® pavan zak dam4nd amat, pavan kardarih, chand tiband havand Lak bid" yekavimainam]. (d) Aétand lanman pavan Ahardyih at déstd yehabiném!? i hamkardar, [aighat pavan fraranih havishtd yehabiném!], (e) Aétind avd zak! } lanman pavan Vohtiman yamtini-ait. ‘DJ., D., P. ins. hand. ?DJ. and P. ins. *DJ. ins. aigh; DJ., D., and P. add hi-stébar. *D. ins. 7. *DJ. *DJ. ins. 3. “so DJ.; see P. om. * DJ. om. fi (Lak am (?)). ®so Sp., D., P. 1° DJ. om. 11 DJ. yehevando. % DJ. yehabtiném. 1 gee P,

Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright*!, O Atharmazd, [that is, I ask Thee aright. Some say that the rendering should be ‘that I

XLIV. 1. if 183 bulandtar khvahish-hom], (d) pah & khirshéd [bam**(?) = bam*4(?)] zahir muzd dehad, kih khudai(?)** [Zish=zish] hast, pah bundah minishni, (ki, pah khirshéd bam*(?) (= bam*(?)) muzd hast = dgh pavan khitrshéd pam*(2) (bém*(2)) mozd hed (?)] % (e) Kih Savab pah kunishn ti-ra (? defaced) Bahman bih dehad [muzd] * *! Vel ‘pamah = baémah’ (?).

seem thoroughly* steady* (trustworthy) to Thee’. Some say that it is Atharmazd who is spoken of as ‘right’. Some say that ‘asking for the correct answer’ is the proper explanation. Some say thus: ‘declare this fully to me, this place’]. (b) Tell me therefore that praise which is thus Your praise [the Religion], (c) O Atharmazd. The one like* You* ig giving contentment to me, the beloved disciple, and it is for strength* (?), [that is, he gave me contentment at the time in which, as much as was possible, I became Thine equal in (or ‘through’) efficiency]. (d) Thus through sanctity we* are presenting Thee with a fellow worker beloved by Thee, [that is, we are giving Thee a disciple through piety], (e) and thus there is a coming (or ‘approach’) of -+-*(?) unto that which is ours (or ‘to us’) through Vohiman., * Or Task*aright*”.

Ner.’s sansk. text.