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1hi 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. This 1 ask of Thee truly (see gloss), tell me, O Lord, [that is, I* ask(?) truly]: (b) ‘What is the first and best thing in the world, [that is, the first thing which he (or ‘one’) desires?; which is the more (or ‘most’) excellent]? (c) Who is the giver of the benefit, [that is, who gives the gain to those who desire it], and to him who desires it in connection with the two-fold thing [again and again, that is (in, or ‘for’) the Avista-word and the Avista-interpretation]?, (d) because he* (?) increases* the repentance* (2) of the homicides*, through (or ‘in’) Sanctity, [that is, because he establishes ' the sinful ones in good conduct] for ever, (e) a ruler as he és in the world oe ee sup buuls whe a5 )¢ 30596) cos 4H Se “eats 3. Text. ho) rbargy AU IIQPI MI. £00490) sas ORS +48) 044g “6 £}40> FU “Eas -asprog) argos wee 149}30.499 380s +9849 dy JI HOMY? “G86 U9 9 Bw Geb 1d) WAI} 59 wei G6os lo 809516 ‘hepa Verbatim transl., etc. Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quis- nam* genitura [vel ‘in sua stirpe’ fuit*!] pater. Sanctitatis primus ?; (¢) quis- nam solem [i. e., soli] stellamque [stellisque] statuit viam* [semper tam cer- tam]?; (d) quis [eam legem naturae constituit secundum] qua[-am] luna crescit [et] decrescit [alius atque] Te [Tu]*2?; (e) haec omnino, O Mazda volo, [i-e., precibus petam], aliaque scire. *1 Vel fortasse significat zéthva ‘gignens’ gerund (sic). Utrum fieri possit ut Thyad(t)* responsum sit: [‘Immo crescit et decrescit, ete.] a Te, [i e. vi Tuae potestatis procreatricis’, sic omnibus his interrogationibus responderem]. Vel (tentemus semel iterum) ‘a* Te* haec-omnino, O A., yolo* scire*’. Pahl. text translit. Zak} i min Lak pairsém, trast avd? i yemalelinai, Atharmazd’; (b) ‘min zik6. [zak 1 Ashavahishto4+® zAkoé i?; min afash min] abti i7 Aharayih fratim, [aighash fratim® fravardarth man kardo]?; (c) mtn khirshéd* va* star yehabtind ras*, [aight, ras i7 valmanshan min yehabind]?; (d) min main amat mah vakhshéd va4 nerefséd, Lak, [aighash afzdyishnd va® kayishné+ min min]?; (e) zakicham, Atharmazd, kamakd®, zakich 11° zakai akas-dahishnih', [aigh bara khavittinam]. +¢ D. ins.f. 2 DJ. ghal. ? DJ. om. pasce PP, *D. om. /°.D3e ines vant Dieeane: i(?). ®DJ. fratimak (?). °M. om. 2° DJ,, Wiens.) 1.524 DJ.;'D. nth, Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee tell me aright, O Atharmazd; (b) from whom (lit. whose, see d gloss) was the production [the procreation of Ashavahisht?; whose also zs he (or ‘who also 7s he* (ash as nom. (?)) who was] at* first father of Aharayth ?, [that is, who first provided him with nourishment] ?; (c) who gave the path Jor (or ‘of’) the sun and the stars, [i. e.
2whom (lit. whose, see d gloss) was the production [the procreation of Ashavahisht?; whose also zs he (or ‘who also 7s he* (ash as nom. (?)) who was] at* first father of Aharayth ?, [that is, who first provided him with nourishment] ?; (c) who gave the path Jor (or ‘of’) the sun and the stars, [i. e. who gave them their way]?; (d) from whom is it when the moon waxes [S.A ‘XLIV. 2, 3. 187 beyond and a friend also of the Great Wise One in the two worlds, [that is, .a friend through* the Din]. ** Or reading at ‘from sin’ (?). Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Anz az Tt pursam, rast an man g6* (so), Hérmuzd (or ‘Or®’); (b) kudam andar jihan bulandi avval, [kfi, avval chiz [] 6 (?) khvahad chih, [chiz = mandim] buland]? * (c)kih pah khydhishn sid dahishn, [kih 6 (?) khvahad std, dehad] kih pah an ¢ har da[ []{nuh (sic lege no) nuh (sic) =nuh(?) nuh(?)] khvahad {[az=mmiin}.[] Avesta u Zand] ?; (d) chih an hast kit kih pah Savab [darad*, pah néki] afzayad, fi ham ¢ bad [= raspatah] [gunah-kartar* (sic) [bid = jantind] ], pah tamam [pédaish*] (ec) sardar pah mint pah har da jihan [Din], dost* ¢ Hormuzd, [[] [Yazdan 7 veh — Yahan* shapir] | s Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, Who in production first was Asha’s father ? Who suns and stars save Thee their path hath given? Who thins the waning moon, or waxing filleth; This and still other works Lord would I know. and wanes ?; dost Thou*! cause this (or: ‘és ¢t from* Thee*!?’); [from whom are its increase and diminishing]?; (e) this is also my desire, O Atharmazd, and that also which ¢s information as to other things, [that is, I will (would) know stéil/* more*], ** Perhaps Lak belongs with line e: ‘This is also my wish from** Thee, etc.’. Ner.’s sansk. text. Tat Tvattah' prchchhami satyari, me brahi, Sva- min, [kil#@har satyarh prichchami]; (b) ko jananeh* pita punyasya pratha- mari, [kila, prathamath sadvydparatvain* kacchakre]? (c) Kah? stiryasya tarakanaii cha dadau padavith, [kila, margazh teshar ko? dadau]? (d) Kasmat, yat chandrah unmilati nimilaticha!; Te, [kila’sya vriddhiht kshaya¢cha® kas- mat}? (e) Tach cha, Mahajdnin, vaiichhaye; anyasya cha‘ vetta’smi, [kila jAndmi]? *P. ?J.* ins, first hand on marg. °J.4 ins, *J,* *echa. © J.* asya, Ner. transl. This I ask thee aright (see gloss), tell me, O Lord, i. e. I ask (?) aright]; (b) who was at first the father of* the creation of Sanc- tity, [that is, who first produced good* conduct*]?; (c) who gave their path to* the sun and the stars, [that is, who gave them their way]?; (d) from whom is it when the moon waxes and wanes? Is* i¢* Thy work? [That is, from whom are her increase and diminution]?; (e) this, O Great Wise One, I desire to understand, and of another thing I am (sic) already cognizant (through* Thine* instruction*), (that is, I understand it]. ** or ‘from*(?) creation’. . Parsi-persian Ms. trit.
3s and wanes? Is* i¢* Thy work? [That is, from whom are her increase and diminution]?; (e) this, O Great Wise One, I desire to understand, and of another thing I am (sic) already cognizant (through* Thine* instruction*), (that is, I understand it]. ** or ‘from*(?) creation’. . Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An ¢ az Ta pursam rast an man gd* Hérmuzd; (b) [az = min] kih péda*-kunandah? [[] kih azash kih] pidar 7 Savab avval, [kfish ayval parvyar- tari*(?) mfn (sic) kard]?; # (c) kih kharshéd u sitarah dad [] [ [] rah ¢ dshan kih dad]?; * (d) az kih, kih mah afziyad + afzi**(sic) [] kéhad; Ta? %, [kash afzdyishn + afzfidan, u kéhishn + u + k@stan az kih]? * (e) An ham am, Hormuzd kamah, an ham 7 digar agah-dahishn[—i = ¢—], [ka bih dinam] ** ** Or ‘paidé’, so also in“y. 8 (d). eee ge ee ee 188 XLIV. 4, 5. wav )eps wp baslo og aye )g 4496) go) ses eae 4. Text. et eA “wPORS saueeedeg 4} 89.499 .auyysogass)a»>)> bes “(9 .aty2 beosdasgyasyyss a peebsyo san ea hehe) 144g 2.4 geass Lp “£9 gbyrs}c MO GKS +WWO5 96 HFO34 40} 29.499 Verbatim trl., etc. Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quisnam* sustinebat terram(que) ab-imo-nubesque* (c) [de] casus [-su, id est ne [vel ‘ut non’}* conciderent}? quis aquas arboresque [creabat]?; (d) quis ventis*t nubibus-que-procurrentibus adjunxit veloces-duos [equos eorum? (fortasse acc. pl. velocia, i. e. veloces fulgores* (?))]?; (e) quisnam Bonae, O Mazda, [fuit] creator Mentis, [i. e. sancti discipuli in cujus animo habitat Bona Tua Mens]. *1i.e. ad ventos: -, loco dativi; vel lege °tai ‘quis vento [ad vent.]’. Pahl. text translit. Zakod i min Lak pirsém i! rastd avd li yemale- lanai, Atharmazd; (b) min yakhsenunéd damik pavan adarishnih, [aigh?, dashtar® I* i stih ldit], (c) abara®-atiftishnd [aé denman kbkavittinam aigh bara 14 atiftéd®]; min maya va atrvar* (or ‘htrvar’(?)) [yehabind]? (d) Min? mtn, amat vad6 va avar® madam dydjénd? tiz [avé' khvésh-karih]?; (e) “min, Atharmazd, va Vohiman dam, [aigh, i Vohtmand dam!? mtin!*]? *D. ins. i. ? P., DJ., D., M. ins. ash. * see P. *so DJ., D.; K.*, M. aé, *see P. * DJ. ins. va (?), ™seeP. ®*DJ., D., M., K.*, om.; see Bo and Ner.- 2 so DJ, W);) poss: ajiizénd, see N. and P. trl. * P. rak(?). 14 see P. ins. min. 1? DJ. D. ins. i. 1% see P. Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright, Adharmazd; (b) who supports the earth in its non-support? [that is, a single supporter of the world there is not] (c) in cts non-falling* [for this I know that it will not fall]? Who made the waters, and the plants?; (d) from whom is 7# when they yoke*t-on the wind and the cloud, swift ones as they are, [for their*? (spontaneous”) activity]?; (e) whose*® O Attharmazd, (see P. az min) is also a8 ) eps sup basly wg aye) 49496) gay ase ‘eee 5. Text.
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.
1hi 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. This 1 ask of Thee truly (see gloss), tell me, O Lord, [that is, I* ask(?) truly]: (b) ‘What is the first and best thing in the world, [that is, the first thing which he (or ‘one’) desires?; which is the more (or ‘most’) excellent]? (c) Who is the giver of the benefit, [that is, who gives the gain to those who desire it], and to him who desires it in connection with the two-fold thing [again and again, that is (in, or ‘for’) the Avista-word and the Avista-interpretation]?, (d) because he* (?) increases* the repentance* (2) of the homicides*, through (or ‘in’) Sanctity, [that is, because he establishes ' the sinful ones in good conduct] for ever, (e) a ruler as he és in the world oe ee sup buuls whe a5 )¢ 30596) cos 4H Se “eats 3. Text. ho) rbargy AU IIQPI MI. £00490) sas ORS +48) 044g “6 £}40> FU “Eas -asprog) argos wee 149}30.499 380s +9849 dy JI HOMY? “G86 U9 9 Bw Geb 1d) WAI} 59 wei G6os lo 809516 ‘hepa Verbatim transl., etc. Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quis- nam* genitura [vel ‘in sua stirpe’ fuit*!] pater. Sanctitatis primus ?; (¢) quis- nam solem [i. e., soli] stellamque [stellisque] statuit viam* [semper tam cer- tam]?; (d) quis [eam legem naturae constituit secundum] qua[-am] luna crescit [et] decrescit [alius atque] Te [Tu]*2?; (e) haec omnino, O Mazda volo, [i-e., precibus petam], aliaque scire. *1 Vel fortasse significat zéthva ‘gignens’ gerund (sic). Utrum fieri possit ut Thyad(t)* responsum sit: [‘Immo crescit et decrescit, ete.] a Te, [i e. vi Tuae potestatis procreatricis’, sic omnibus his interrogationibus responderem]. Vel (tentemus semel iterum) ‘a* Te* haec-omnino, O A., yolo* scire*’. Pahl. text translit. Zak} i min Lak pairsém, trast avd? i yemalelinai, Atharmazd’; (b) ‘min zik6. [zak 1 Ashavahishto4+® zAkoé i?; min afash min] abti i7 Aharayih fratim, [aighash fratim® fravardarth man kardo]?; (c) mtn khirshéd* va* star yehabtind ras*, [aight, ras i7 valmanshan min yehabind]?; (d) min main amat mah vakhshéd va4 nerefséd, Lak, [aighash afzdyishnd va® kayishné+ min min]?; (e) zakicham, Atharmazd, kamakd®, zakich 11° zakai akas-dahishnih', [aigh bara khavittinam]. +¢ D. ins.f. 2 DJ. ghal. ? DJ. om. pasce PP, *D. om. /°.D3e ines vant Dieeane: i(?). ®DJ. fratimak (?). °M. om. 2° DJ,, Wiens.) 1.524 DJ.;'D. nth, Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee tell me aright, O Atharmazd; (b) from whom (lit. whose, see d gloss) was the production [the procreation of Ashavahisht?; whose also zs he (or ‘who also 7s he* (ash as nom. (?)) who was] at* first father of Aharayth ?, [that is, who first provided him with nourishment] ?; (c) who gave the path Jor (or ‘of’) the sun and the stars, [i. e.
2whom (lit. whose, see d gloss) was the production [the procreation of Ashavahisht?; whose also zs he (or ‘who also 7s he* (ash as nom. (?)) who was] at* first father of Aharayth ?, [that is, who first provided him with nourishment] ?; (c) who gave the path Jor (or ‘of’) the sun and the stars, [i. e. who gave them their way]?; (d) from whom is it when the moon waxes [S.A ‘XLIV. 2, 3. 187 beyond and a friend also of the Great Wise One in the two worlds, [that is, .a friend through* the Din]. ** Or reading at ‘from sin’ (?). Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Anz az Tt pursam, rast an man g6* (so), Hérmuzd (or ‘Or®’); (b) kudam andar jihan bulandi avval, [kfi, avval chiz [] 6 (?) khvahad chih, [chiz = mandim] buland]? * (c)kih pah khydhishn sid dahishn, [kih 6 (?) khvahad std, dehad] kih pah an ¢ har da[ []{nuh (sic lege no) nuh (sic) =nuh(?) nuh(?)] khvahad {[az=mmiin}.[] Avesta u Zand] ?; (d) chih an hast kit kih pah Savab [darad*, pah néki] afzayad, fi ham ¢ bad [= raspatah] [gunah-kartar* (sic) [bid = jantind] ], pah tamam [pédaish*] (ec) sardar pah mint pah har da jihan [Din], dost* ¢ Hormuzd, [[] [Yazdan 7 veh — Yahan* shapir] | s Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, Who in production first was Asha’s father ? Who suns and stars save Thee their path hath given? Who thins the waning moon, or waxing filleth; This and still other works Lord would I know. and wanes ?; dost Thou*! cause this (or: ‘és ¢t from* Thee*!?’); [from whom are its increase and diminishing]?; (e) this is also my desire, O Atharmazd, and that also which ¢s information as to other things, [that is, I will (would) know stéil/* more*], ** Perhaps Lak belongs with line e: ‘This is also my wish from** Thee, etc.’. Ner.’s sansk. text. Tat Tvattah' prchchhami satyari, me brahi, Sva- min, [kil#@har satyarh prichchami]; (b) ko jananeh* pita punyasya pratha- mari, [kila, prathamath sadvydparatvain* kacchakre]? (c) Kah? stiryasya tarakanaii cha dadau padavith, [kila, margazh teshar ko? dadau]? (d) Kasmat, yat chandrah unmilati nimilaticha!; Te, [kila’sya vriddhiht kshaya¢cha® kas- mat}? (e) Tach cha, Mahajdnin, vaiichhaye; anyasya cha‘ vetta’smi, [kila jAndmi]? *P. ?J.* ins, first hand on marg. °J.4 ins, *J,* *echa. © J.* asya, Ner. transl. This I ask thee aright (see gloss), tell me, O Lord, i. e. I ask (?) aright]; (b) who was at first the father of* the creation of Sanc- tity, [that is, who first produced good* conduct*]?; (c) who gave their path to* the sun and the stars, [that is, who gave them their way]?; (d) from whom is it when the moon waxes and wanes? Is* i¢* Thy work? [That is, from whom are her increase and diminution]?; (e) this, O Great Wise One, I desire to understand, and of another thing I am (sic) already cognizant (through* Thine* instruction*), (that is, I understand it]. ** or ‘from*(?) creation’. . Parsi-persian Ms. trit.
3s and wanes? Is* i¢* Thy work? [That is, from whom are her increase and diminution]?; (e) this, O Great Wise One, I desire to understand, and of another thing I am (sic) already cognizant (through* Thine* instruction*), (that is, I understand it]. ** or ‘from*(?) creation’. . Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An ¢ az Ta pursam rast an man gd* Hérmuzd; (b) [az = min] kih péda*-kunandah? [[] kih azash kih] pidar 7 Savab avval, [kfish ayval parvyar- tari*(?) mfn (sic) kard]?; # (c) kih kharshéd u sitarah dad [] [ [] rah ¢ dshan kih dad]?; * (d) az kih, kih mah afziyad + afzi**(sic) [] kéhad; Ta? %, [kash afzdyishn + afzfidan, u kéhishn + u + k@stan az kih]? * (e) An ham am, Hormuzd kamah, an ham 7 digar agah-dahishn[—i = ¢—], [ka bih dinam] ** ** Or ‘paidé’, so also in“y. 8 (d). eee ge ee ee 188 XLIV. 4, 5. wav )eps wp baslo og aye )g 4496) go) ses eae 4. Text. et eA “wPORS saueeedeg 4} 89.499 .auyysogass)a»>)> bes “(9 .aty2 beosdasgyasyyss a peebsyo san ea hehe) 144g 2.4 geass Lp “£9 gbyrs}c MO GKS +WWO5 96 HFO34 40} 29.499 Verbatim trl., etc. Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quisnam* sustinebat terram(que) ab-imo-nubesque* (c) [de] casus [-su, id est ne [vel ‘ut non’}* conciderent}? quis aquas arboresque [creabat]?; (d) quis ventis*t nubibus-que-procurrentibus adjunxit veloces-duos [equos eorum? (fortasse acc. pl. velocia, i. e. veloces fulgores* (?))]?; (e) quisnam Bonae, O Mazda, [fuit] creator Mentis, [i. e. sancti discipuli in cujus animo habitat Bona Tua Mens]. *1i.e. ad ventos: -, loco dativi; vel lege °tai ‘quis vento [ad vent.]’. Pahl. text translit. Zakod i min Lak pirsém i! rastd avd li yemale- lanai, Atharmazd; (b) min yakhsenunéd damik pavan adarishnih, [aigh?, dashtar® I* i stih ldit], (c) abara®-atiftishnd [aé denman kbkavittinam aigh bara 14 atiftéd®]; min maya va atrvar* (or ‘htrvar’(?)) [yehabind]? (d) Min? mtn, amat vad6 va avar® madam dydjénd? tiz [avé' khvésh-karih]?; (e) “min, Atharmazd, va Vohiman dam, [aigh, i Vohtmand dam!? mtin!*]? *D. ins. i. ? P., DJ., D., M. ins. ash. * see P. *so DJ., D.; K.*, M. aé, *see P. * DJ. ins. va (?), ™seeP. ®*DJ., D., M., K.*, om.; see Bo and Ner.- 2 so DJ, W);) poss: ajiizénd, see N. and P. trl. * P. rak(?). 14 see P. ins. min. 1? DJ. D. ins. i. 1% see P. Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright, Adharmazd; (b) who supports the earth in its non-support? [that is, a single supporter of the world there is not] (c) in cts non-falling* [for this I know that it will not fall]? Who made the waters, and the plants?; (d) from whom is 7# when they yoke*t-on the wind and the cloud, swift ones as they are, [for their*? (spontaneous”) activity]?; (e) whose*® O Attharmazd, (see P. az min) is also a8 ) eps sup basly wg aye) 49496) gay ase ‘eee 5. Text.
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