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

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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

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Verbatim transl., etc. Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quisnam* genitura [vel ‘in sua stirpe’ fuit*!] pater. Sanctitatis primus ?; (¢) quisnam solem [i. e., soli] stellamque [stellisque] statuit viam* [semper tam certam]?; (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.

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. who gave them their way]?; (d) from whom is it when the moon waxes [S.Ap. 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, Svamin, [kil#@har satyarh prichchami]; (b) ko jananeh* pita punyasya prathamari, [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® kasmat}? (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 Sanctity, [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.

s 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 parvyartari*(?) 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 eep. 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 yemalelanai, 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.