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1(d) Thus through sanctity we* are present- ing 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. Tat tvattah prichchhdmi! satya me brahi, Svamin, [kila’ham satyarh prichchhami]; (b) namaskari sa yah* evar) namaskriter Yushmakarh [Dineh]. (c) Mahajiianin, mitro me Tvattulyah saritoshaya bhaved - utsahena, [kila, me saiitoshah tasmin kale yada? kartritvena, yatha cakti3*, tulyah Tvaya saribhtto bhavamil. (d) Evarh vayatht punyena mitrath da- damah sahakartaram, [kila, Tubhyati sadvyaparataya cishyam dadamah|. (e) Tatha* asmakaim tasmin Uttamena samagamyate Manasa |Gvahmanena]. J, J.* "aye. so J.2,J*. 9J.* om. * correction; all diff. (Sandhi is only inter- mittingly expressed, and Sanskrit of eyery period occurs as used with unusual application). Ner. transl. This I ask of Thee truly (? see gloss), tell me, O Lord, [that is, I ask*(?) truly]; (b) Aow*! he is (or ‘is he?’) a worshipper who thus belongs to (or, ‘is devoted to’) Your service [to the Din}. (c) Let there- Jore the One like Thee, O Great Wise One, be a friend to me to my satis- faction through (or ‘for the sake of’) power, [that is, let there be satisfaction for me in that time when through efficiency, (and as much as there 7s ca- pacity for it) I may become like* Thee*]. (d) And so we én return are grant- ing a friend who is a fellow-worker through (or ‘with’) Sanctity, [that is, we are giving Thee a disciple with (or ‘through’) good-conduct]; (e) and thus he*? is found, (or ‘approached’) in this act* of ours through the best 184 XLIV 2. wind [through Gvahmana]. *' Or simply ‘He is, etc.’ ** poss. meaning an imper- sonal(?). (NB. The student is again notified that these translations of the Pahlavi and Ner are not made as if dealing with Pahlavi and Sanskrit in their usual forms.) Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Anzaz Ti pursam, rast An man g0* (gi), Hormuzd* (or ‘Or°’) in [ka, man rast pursam ** Hast kih édiin gfyad: ka, ustuvari khvahad (?), va hast kih Hormuzd* rast’ gtiyad *% Hast kih [] édfin gityad: ‘é pah am jai bih g0* (gtt)’] % (b) Niya- .au )>gpas sawp bale wg waty 6) 40496) go) ses Hee 2. Text. curr rdargy -4039 994-0445 9Q949 9 nd 1 Cag “Pals EBL 2 go I4IQ) od “40 wshaiea2 “9 Gang ai rbysal .Ggeods)a beeen wes 26 ctyy *Or big. Rwvghng iby») “Qgigurs "Pope aes Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quo-modo mundi optimi primum, [i. e. vitae optimae primo-auctori*! et effectori satis facere per laudem idoneam et per oboedientiam|] (c) in-gratum- ei-faciendo, [i.e. in sacra Sua causa constituenda] [quo-modo ei] bene facere [faciam] qui ea, [i. e.
2se). Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quo-modo mundi optimi primum, [i. e. vitae optimae primo-auctori*! et effectori satis facere per laudem idoneam et per oboedientiam|] (c) in-gratum- ei-faciendo, [i.e. in sacra Sua causa constituenda] [quo-modo ei] bene facere [faciam] qui ea, [i. e. eam laudem sibi sic gratum-facientem et eam oboedi- entiam] cupiverit™, (d) Ile (-ipse*) enim Sanctitate bene-largiens (vel ‘sanc- tus(?)’) exitium*2 ab-omnibus [prohibet] (e) custos potentia*s-spiritali*?, pro- mundis [i. e. pro hominibus, civibus nostris] vere-amicus, O Mazda, ({[vel etiam fortasse ‘pro vitis hac et illac’ (vide Y. XXVIII, 2, ete.) vere-amicus-noster, O. M.]). * Vide Ahuram ut architectum et effectorem mundi in hoc capite ubique; vel, altera traductio : ‘quo modo personae (sic) optim#e, [i. e. sancto-principi-nostro] primum (c) in- ~el-gratum-faciendo bene facere [faciam] qui ea* hakurena, [i.e. auxilia gratiae, insti- cate, ritus et sacrificii], vide S. I (1) instimulans-miserit*, [i. e. constituit*] ? * vel ‘de exitio’ (adverbialiter), *% yel ‘O Spiritus’. Pahl. text translit. Zak i min Lak pirsém rastd avo li yemalelinai, Atharmazd; (b) kadar dén ahvand pahlimih! fratim, faigh, frattim? minda- vam aé? ghalt bavihand, maman® pahlim]? (c) Man pavan khvahishnd sido dahishné, [amat ghal* bavihind sid yehabiinéd] mtin pavan zak ¢ kola II (do)® bavihtinéd? [navak® navak® Avestak® Zand]; (d) maman zak! aité aigh amat pavan Aharayib [yakhsenundtt pavan frardinih], afzayinad!? valmanich?3 } Taspataké* [vindskardar], pavan harvisp6'® [damané‘7], (e) sardar pavan minivadih pavan kola Il (d6) ahvan[Dind*], 18 déstih Attharmazd, fyazishno'9 a * See P. throughout. ?DJ. om. * DJ. other sign for aé; D. aé. ‘DJ. avd. : ) ). Ins. mindavam (late). ®see P. ins. 7 DJ., D. ins. after; see P. ® see P. EM omy DJ.-om. 1 DJ. darénd. 7D. ‘neds 4? Dyechals ?*so. Din aD K.5; see P. ™s0 DJ.; see P. ** DJ. harvisp. 7D. daman. DJ, ins, & 1D. yazadan shapiran. Saal te a XLIV. 2. 4 185 yishn an kih édin niyayishn 7 Raktim* (sic) [Din], (c) Hormuzd*, déstam* dehad[], [ava Ardibahisht = rodman* Ardibahisht*|, Shuma barabar razamandi; hast pah him- mat, {kim razamandi[]4n zaman kih pah kardari + kardan chand tuyan barAbar Ta bad (so) istam (sv)] % (d) Edan ma pah Sawab (an*? sic= at (?) dost* deham (?) []; [kat pah néki shagird [] [deh = ddbin]] * (e) Kdtin an [] [= Rak) ma& pah Bahman rasid (?) 4% *1 Sometimes plainly written Hér®, sometimes Or®. (NB. vis used for w = English v here.) Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, How that best world’s chief Lord serving to honour, Pleasing to serve Him who this* requireth For through the Right he holds ruin from all men, Guardian in Spirit, for both worlds, friend! Pahl. transi. etc.
3B. vis used for w = English v here.) Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, How that best world’s chief Lord serving to honour, Pleasing to serve Him who this* requireth For through the Right he holds ruin from all men, Guardian in Spirit, for both worlds, friend! Pahl. transi. etc. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright, O Athar- mazd, (b) which is the first and best thing in the worlds, [that is, first they desire this thing for 7¢ 7s also the best]? (c) By* what means ({man, oblique by position and = kathé as for katha, pavan khvahishn being treated as gloss or altern. trl.]) 7s the giving of the advantage realized (according to their desire), ({or altern. trl. of kéthé = [min] pavan khvahishn, min being treated as if gloss: (b) that 7s, which in the best one-+- ete. (c) [which] ac- cording to their* desiring 7s the giving of the benefit, [i. e. when they desire (or ‘pray for it’) he gives the benefit]) to him who is seeking it [again and again] through that which is both the two [through the Avesta and Zand?]; (d) for that one is thus, viz, when [they possess] a thing through (or ‘in’) Sanctity he will (or ‘let him’) bless (by conversion, lit. ‘let him increase’) even the destructive* [sinner], in (or ‘through’), piety for all [time], (e) a chieftain“! as he ts through the spiritual-doctrine for both the worlds [through the Religion (or ‘he*(2) is* the Religion ’)], through the friendship of Atharmazd (or ‘the friendship’, nom., wé2/ do this’), [that is, which is the (or ‘it is the*2) celebration of the Service]. #1 It is of course absolutely necessary either to omit the syntactical translation altogether (which however none will do), or to handle it in such a way as to show that kathé is twice translated by min as = katha (so) and by pavan khvahishn = kathé. TK contrary procedure would be mere imposture, *2 possibly, the literal @) meaning was meant. ‘A chieftain (?) in spirituality for both worlds [is (?) the Din] the friendship of Atharmazd’. Ner.’s sansk. text. Tat Tvattah prichchhami satyari, me brahi, Svamin, [kila’ham satyarh prichchhami]; (b) kith antar bhuvane utkrishtataraih pra- thamaih, {kila, prathamam kitnchit* yat vanchhati; kim utkrishtatarar] ? (c) Ko labhasya data, [kamukebhyah labhaii ko dadati?], yah tasmin dvitaye [navarh navarh] samihate [Avistavachi Avistéarthe cha]? (d) Sa yatah punyena pravardhayati nyicamsat (? -sin*), [kila, sadvydpdrataya dadhati papakdri- taran*] sarvadai’va, (e) svimi paraloke bhuvanadvaye "pi mitro Mahajiidninah [Dinimitrah]. +J.* aye. * 4, as often, carelessly written for the ae n. ae XLIV. 2, 3. Ner. transl.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1(d) Thus through sanctity we* are present- ing 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. Tat tvattah prichchhdmi! satya me brahi, Svamin, [kila’ham satyarh prichchhami]; (b) namaskari sa yah* evar) namaskriter Yushmakarh [Dineh]. (c) Mahajiianin, mitro me Tvattulyah saritoshaya bhaved - utsahena, [kila, me saiitoshah tasmin kale yada? kartritvena, yatha cakti3*, tulyah Tvaya saribhtto bhavamil. (d) Evarh vayatht punyena mitrath da- damah sahakartaram, [kila, Tubhyati sadvyaparataya cishyam dadamah|. (e) Tatha* asmakaim tasmin Uttamena samagamyate Manasa |Gvahmanena]. J, J.* "aye. so J.2,J*. 9J.* om. * correction; all diff. (Sandhi is only inter- mittingly expressed, and Sanskrit of eyery period occurs as used with unusual application). Ner. transl. This I ask of Thee truly (? see gloss), tell me, O Lord, [that is, I ask*(?) truly]; (b) Aow*! he is (or ‘is he?’) a worshipper who thus belongs to (or, ‘is devoted to’) Your service [to the Din}. (c) Let there- Jore the One like Thee, O Great Wise One, be a friend to me to my satis- faction through (or ‘for the sake of’) power, [that is, let there be satisfaction for me in that time when through efficiency, (and as much as there 7s ca- pacity for it) I may become like* Thee*]. (d) And so we én return are grant- ing a friend who is a fellow-worker through (or ‘with’) Sanctity, [that is, we are giving Thee a disciple with (or ‘through’) good-conduct]; (e) and thus he*? is found, (or ‘approached’) in this act* of ours through the best 184 XLIV 2. wind [through Gvahmana]. *' Or simply ‘He is, etc.’ ** poss. meaning an imper- sonal(?). (NB. The student is again notified that these translations of the Pahlavi and Ner are not made as if dealing with Pahlavi and Sanskrit in their usual forms.) Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Anzaz Ti pursam, rast An man g0* (gi), Hormuzd* (or ‘Or°’) in [ka, man rast pursam ** Hast kih édiin gfyad: ka, ustuvari khvahad (?), va hast kih Hormuzd* rast’ gtiyad *% Hast kih [] édfin gityad: ‘é pah am jai bih g0* (gtt)’] % (b) Niya- .au )>gpas sawp bale wg waty 6) 40496) go) ses Hee 2. Text. curr rdargy -4039 994-0445 9Q949 9 nd 1 Cag “Pals EBL 2 go I4IQ) od “40 wshaiea2 “9 Gang ai rbysal .Ggeods)a beeen wes 26 ctyy *Or big. Rwvghng iby») “Qgigurs "Pope aes Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quo-modo mundi optimi primum, [i. e. vitae optimae primo-auctori*! et effectori satis facere per laudem idoneam et per oboedientiam|] (c) in-gratum- ei-faciendo, [i.e. in sacra Sua causa constituenda] [quo-modo ei] bene facere [faciam] qui ea, [i. e.
2se). Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quo-modo mundi optimi primum, [i. e. vitae optimae primo-auctori*! et effectori satis facere per laudem idoneam et per oboedientiam|] (c) in-gratum- ei-faciendo, [i.e. in sacra Sua causa constituenda] [quo-modo ei] bene facere [faciam] qui ea, [i. e. eam laudem sibi sic gratum-facientem et eam oboedi- entiam] cupiverit™, (d) Ile (-ipse*) enim Sanctitate bene-largiens (vel ‘sanc- tus(?)’) exitium*2 ab-omnibus [prohibet] (e) custos potentia*s-spiritali*?, pro- mundis [i. e. pro hominibus, civibus nostris] vere-amicus, O Mazda, ({[vel etiam fortasse ‘pro vitis hac et illac’ (vide Y. XXVIII, 2, ete.) vere-amicus-noster, O. M.]). * Vide Ahuram ut architectum et effectorem mundi in hoc capite ubique; vel, altera traductio : ‘quo modo personae (sic) optim#e, [i. e. sancto-principi-nostro] primum (c) in- ~el-gratum-faciendo bene facere [faciam] qui ea* hakurena, [i.e. auxilia gratiae, insti- cate, ritus et sacrificii], vide S. I (1) instimulans-miserit*, [i. e. constituit*] ? * vel ‘de exitio’ (adverbialiter), *% yel ‘O Spiritus’. Pahl. text translit. Zak i min Lak pirsém rastd avo li yemalelinai, Atharmazd; (b) kadar dén ahvand pahlimih! fratim, faigh, frattim? minda- vam aé? ghalt bavihand, maman® pahlim]? (c) Man pavan khvahishnd sido dahishné, [amat ghal* bavihind sid yehabiinéd] mtin pavan zak ¢ kola II (do)® bavihtinéd? [navak® navak® Avestak® Zand]; (d) maman zak! aité aigh amat pavan Aharayib [yakhsenundtt pavan frardinih], afzayinad!? valmanich?3 } Taspataké* [vindskardar], pavan harvisp6'® [damané‘7], (e) sardar pavan minivadih pavan kola Il (d6) ahvan[Dind*], 18 déstih Attharmazd, fyazishno'9 a * See P. throughout. ?DJ. om. * DJ. other sign for aé; D. aé. ‘DJ. avd. : ) ). Ins. mindavam (late). ®see P. ins. 7 DJ., D. ins. after; see P. ® see P. EM omy DJ.-om. 1 DJ. darénd. 7D. ‘neds 4? Dyechals ?*so. Din aD K.5; see P. ™s0 DJ.; see P. ** DJ. harvisp. 7D. daman. DJ, ins, & 1D. yazadan shapiran. Saal te a XLIV. 2. 4 185 yishn an kih édin niyayishn 7 Raktim* (sic) [Din], (c) Hormuzd*, déstam* dehad[], [ava Ardibahisht = rodman* Ardibahisht*|, Shuma barabar razamandi; hast pah him- mat, {kim razamandi[]4n zaman kih pah kardari + kardan chand tuyan barAbar Ta bad (so) istam (sv)] % (d) Edan ma pah Sawab (an*? sic= at (?) dost* deham (?) []; [kat pah néki shagird [] [deh = ddbin]] * (e) Kdtin an [] [= Rak) ma& pah Bahman rasid (?) 4% *1 Sometimes plainly written Hér®, sometimes Or®. (NB. vis used for w = English v here.) Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, How that best world’s chief Lord serving to honour, Pleasing to serve Him who this* requireth For through the Right he holds ruin from all men, Guardian in Spirit, for both worlds, friend! Pahl. transi. etc.
3B. vis used for w = English v here.) Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, How that best world’s chief Lord serving to honour, Pleasing to serve Him who this* requireth For through the Right he holds ruin from all men, Guardian in Spirit, for both worlds, friend! Pahl. transi. etc. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright, O Athar- mazd, (b) which is the first and best thing in the worlds, [that is, first they desire this thing for 7¢ 7s also the best]? (c) By* what means ({man, oblique by position and = kathé as for katha, pavan khvahishn being treated as gloss or altern. trl.]) 7s the giving of the advantage realized (according to their desire), ({or altern. trl. of kéthé = [min] pavan khvahishn, min being treated as if gloss: (b) that 7s, which in the best one-+- ete. (c) [which] ac- cording to their* desiring 7s the giving of the benefit, [i. e. when they desire (or ‘pray for it’) he gives the benefit]) to him who is seeking it [again and again] through that which is both the two [through the Avesta and Zand?]; (d) for that one is thus, viz, when [they possess] a thing through (or ‘in’) Sanctity he will (or ‘let him’) bless (by conversion, lit. ‘let him increase’) even the destructive* [sinner], in (or ‘through’), piety for all [time], (e) a chieftain“! as he ts through the spiritual-doctrine for both the worlds [through the Religion (or ‘he*(2) is* the Religion ’)], through the friendship of Atharmazd (or ‘the friendship’, nom., wé2/ do this’), [that is, which is the (or ‘it is the*2) celebration of the Service]. #1 It is of course absolutely necessary either to omit the syntactical translation altogether (which however none will do), or to handle it in such a way as to show that kathé is twice translated by min as = katha (so) and by pavan khvahishn = kathé. TK contrary procedure would be mere imposture, *2 possibly, the literal @) meaning was meant. ‘A chieftain (?) in spirituality for both worlds [is (?) the Din] the friendship of Atharmazd’. Ner.’s sansk. text. Tat Tvattah prichchhami satyari, me brahi, Svamin, [kila’ham satyarh prichchhami]; (b) kith antar bhuvane utkrishtataraih pra- thamaih, {kila, prathamam kitnchit* yat vanchhati; kim utkrishtatarar] ? (c) Ko labhasya data, [kamukebhyah labhaii ko dadati?], yah tasmin dvitaye [navarh navarh] samihate [Avistavachi Avistéarthe cha]? (d) Sa yatah punyena pravardhayati nyicamsat (? -sin*), [kila, sadvydpdrataya dadhati papakdri- taran*] sarvadai’va, (e) svimi paraloke bhuvanadvaye "pi mitro Mahajiidninah [Dinimitrah]. +J.* aye. * 4, as often, carelessly written for the ae n. ae XLIV. 2, 3. Ner. transl.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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