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1), [] tuvani, [kushishn]? (d) [Va=va] kih hash u rapisavin® (sic loco rapis°) u lélyé? [Héshan u rapisavin (sic videtur loco rapis*) u zaman i lélyéa kih dédj?; x (e) kih andazah ¢ fi [riz = jdm] ¢ shumar vazardar pah dadistén?; [kti, Aan zaman kih Soshyés rasad kih dad]? 1* = °Ay4fishni. Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, Are these in very deed truths which I utter? Doth Holiness further Right in our actions? To Thine, through the Good Mind the Realm did’st Thou offer? For whom did’st Thou made the Kine mother to glad? Atharmazd; (b) 3zak6? kola II (do)* fraz yemaleltinai [mindavam i aharaban’, va* darvandan] hat aéttind zak Ashkarak, [réshanak aigh’ tand* { pasinv® yeheviinéd. Ait min: chigin réshanak ? yemalelinéd]. (¢c) Minash Aharayih pavan kinishnd, ash zak i® stavar* bfindak minishnih’ [yehevinéd]; (d) min avo Lak khidayih vash!® Vohtiman chashéd [mozd]. (e) Avé main Tora i Az i'! radih-kardar tashid? + See Pp. throughout. ?D. ins. i, *D. ins. pavan. ‘see P. *so DJ. * DJ. ins. aigh. DJ. om. aigh. *see P. °DJ. ins. i, 1° DJ., D., M. om. va; Spiegel has vash. 1! D, ins. i. Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee tell me aright, 0 Aftharmazd (b) speak forth (see also Ner.) to me concerning both, [that is, concerning the case of the righteous and that of the wicked], if it is thus so manifest, [that is, of it is clear that (or ‘where’ (?)) the final body exists. Some say that the text should be rendered: ‘how is it, or does it become, clear?’|. (c) He whose is Sanctity in his actions, his [is] that which 7s the vigorous perfect mind™, (d) for Vohtiman indicates (or ‘gives instruction concerning’) [the 192 XLIV. 6, 7. reward] to him who attributes the sovereignty to Thee. (e) For whom then did’st Thou create the Kine named* Az*, the producer of bounty? *! Possibly a question as in the Gatha. : Ner.’s sansk, text. (a) Ptrvoktavat jiieya. (b) Tad dvitayarh prabrihi, [kitnchit* yat muktatmanam, durgatindrh], yadi tat evar parisphutatarai, [kila, vigadataraih vapushi pagchatye! bhavati]; (c) punyanam karmabhih — sthilatara samptirnamanasata [bhavati]; (d) tvadiyebhyo rajyath Uttamar asvadayati Manah, [kila, Gvahmanah prasadath dadati]; (e) kebhyah Ajinam- nim dakshinakaraih Garth aghatayah? + J.* pacchyatye. Ner. transl. (a) To be understood as above. (b) Declare Thou this double thing (or ‘these two things’), [that something which concerns the pious (or ‘free-souled’), and that which appertains to the wicked], if this 7s thus more au )>ops sawp bale bg 3496) ¢ 4496) ga) suse tak ietet 62946 () aw BG 10) Copa dy GON 9 Ag -egorvey +9 wo) Gry Gt) Ore -499940)4899 Lp epbp GEES) -€9 +8095 396 om 64M) 9 soreeds)d Avyse 13920 “Geo 6¢)aveoausg 6p Jwevolo gee 7809 90 $2 £04 49 Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase), Hoc Te interrogo; recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quis beatam [et* exoptatam*] fecit und cum Auctoritate-regali Devotionem [vel ‘Pietatem, promptam mentem’, i. e.
2GEES) -€9 +8095 396 om 64M) 9 soreeds)d Avyse 13920 “Geo 6¢)aveoausg 6p Jwevolo gee 7809 90 $2 £04 49 Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase), Hoc Te interrogo; recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quis beatam [et* exoptatam*] fecit und cum Auctoritate-regali Devotionem [vel ‘Pietatem, promptam mentem’, i. e. quis constituit hanc Auc- toritatem civitatis sacrae nostrae non solum potentem, sed etiam vera Pietate instructam]?; (c) quis venerantem: (cp. Ind. uh,-vel ‘ud + ma&* = vires ad officium suum sufficientes habentem’, vel etiam fortasse ‘ud + dama*, virtute domestica praeditum’) fecit perspicientia [sua vel ‘ejus’] filium patri [erga patrem]? (d) Ego his [interrogationibus*t ad] Te ad-cognoscendum, [i. e. ad copiam-scientiae de his rebus obtinendam] tendo, O Mazda, (e) O benigne [vel ‘sancte’* (?)] spiritus, omnium datorem [dator]. ** Vide ‘tad(t) thva per(e)s&’ per omnes partes in hoe capite. Pahl. text translit. Zaké i min Lak pairsém* rastd avd li yemaleltinai, Atharmazd; (b) man Arzik tAshid? [avayast? avo kar va kirfako] khtidayth levatman biindak minishnih?; (c) mtin déstih kard6 amat vindinéd* ptisar Abii?, [aighash péhréjé vaddnyén]. (d) HOman‘ valmanshan min Lako kabed aiyyarih minam, Atharmazd, [valmanshan daman], (e) afzinik minavad, min harvisp- gtind® dadar hémanih’, (nadtkih]. +D. ins. i, 2DJ., D., M. *DJ, D. ins i. 4 80 D., P.; DJ., Sp. °manam. 5 go DJ. D. harvist-(?). ® D. “mananih. Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright, Atharmazd; (b) who made the sovereignty*t a desired object [that is, desired for duty a ee XLIV. 6, 7. 193 evident, [that is, it becomes more lucid (or ‘manifest’) in the final body]. (c) Perfection of mind [becomes] more positive (lit. greater) through the deeds of the righteous, (d) and to Thy people the good mind gives instructions concerning (or ‘inculcates’) the sovereignty, [that is, Gvahmana gives the reward*!]. (e) For whom then did’st Thou create the Cow named Aji*, the one who effects the gift? * Or meant as a question? Parsi-persian Ms. tri. An ¢ az Ta pursam, rast an man g6*, Hormuad, » (b) an i har da [chiz = mandim*] fraz g6[] [chiz ¢ ashavan* ti 7 darvandan]; at (sic pro hat) edn an zahir [ [] ki, tan ¢ pasin, [kih= min] bashad; hast kih: chitin raishan*?: gilyad] * (c) Kiyash Savab pah kunishn, ash 4n 7 buzurg* bundah (sic videtur) minishni* [kih = mén] [bed] » (d) Kih an Ti khudai, [] ash Bahman chashad [muzd] # (e) An kih Gatti Azah* [sic videtur] sakhavati-kunandah péda*'-kard? x * Vel ‘paida’. Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, Who blest* Devotion hath set in Thy Kingdom? Who wise* hath made dutiful the son to father ? With this for full knowledge, Mazda I press Thee; Giver of all Thou art, O Spirit kind*. and charity*], together*! with the Perfect*1 Mind*t? (c) Who created paternal love when the father causes the son to acquire*? (or ‘to understand*’) ?, [that is, they the fathers, will take care of him (meaning them, the sons)].
3knowledge, Mazda I press Thee; Giver of all Thou art, O Spirit kind*. and charity*], together*! with the Perfect*1 Mind*t? (c) Who created paternal love when the father causes the son to acquire*? (or ‘to understand*’) ?, [that is, they the fathers, will take care of him (meaning them, the sons)]. (d) I regard those*? things as derived from Thine abundant friendship, O Adhar- mazd, [those creatures], (e) O bountiful spirit, Thou art the provider of all things, [that is, of benefits]. **So as ordinary language; but here is an important illustration; khshath® and levat® merely correspond to the order of Kh.° and mad(t); read ‘with the Kingly Power’, etc. ?does it mean ‘begets a son (?). or, (see Zend and Ner.): ‘I am (thinking of) the abundant friendship from Thee toward those [creatures]’. Ner.’s sansk. text. (a) Pirvoktavat jiieyai. (b) Kah* priyataraih agha- tayat rajyath samarh sampirnamanasa, {abhilashukai* satkaryasya punya- sya]? (c) Kah* prititn akarot yat grihnati putrati pita, [kila, pratiyatnam karoti]? (d) Ahath tasaih Tvattah prachuram sAhayyath dhydyami, Mahajna- nin, [tasarh] srishtinam], (e) mahattama adricyamtrte, vicveshdm data ’si, [Sarvebhyah cubhai dadati]. * Variations trifling. Ner. transl., etc. (a) To be understood as above. (b) Who made the sov- ereignty more beloved together with the perfect mind, [the desired object of (or ‘for’) the right-doer and the religious*]? (c) Who made the love when the father accepts*! (or ‘embraces*!’ the son?, [that is, exercises devoted regard toward him]. (d) I regard friendship toward these [these creatures] as abundant* on Thy part, O Great Wise One, (c) Greatest Spirit, Thou art the bestower of all; [that is, he gives happiness to all]. ** Hardly ‘begets’ in view of the gloss, ** or ‘I am pondering much the friendship from Thee toward them’. 25 194 XLIY. 8. Parsi-persian Ms. irlt, An ¢ az Tt pursam, rast 4n man go*, Hérmuzd; * (b) kih umid péda*-kard [= tashid]; [bayad an kar u kirfah] khudai ava bundah mi- nishn ? % (c) Kih désti péda*-kard, kih yaftan (?) pusar u pidar?, [kish pahréz a)» eypas .swpbasly whe naty ee 43.496) g0) 1s St pees “8 Text pCO ANOS aie Spy IAI) BOE KE «48 Qy34 406 eon)? sugdy» qubbh an REN ING ~awargygel -o¢)s “Hor ferae AU EAL SD «AW 194 pg Soe "Euce -psiaydyaury) wb ayy) “6 Ag Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Hoc Te interrogo: recte mihi dic, Ahura, (b) animadvertere, [hoc est, ut ad eam animum meum advertam et eam pro mea pronuntiem, mihi dic eam*] quae* [sit*] Tui [Tua], O Mazda, doctrina*-et-mandatum [Tuum], (c) [et] quae (-que)*1 [sint] Bona [Mente] verba [hymnorum meorum et mandatorum Tuorum revelanda de quibus usque ad huc] interrogavi*? (vel ‘quae [sint responsa ad] verba [interrogationum quae] inter- rogatum |-ta sint]’) (Mente), (d) [et] quae*#(-que) Sanctitate [ad] mundi[ vel ‘vi- taé, fortasse ‘populi’] progressum-in-perfectionem scientiae** [sint, i.e.
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), [] tuvani, [kushishn]? (d) [Va=va] kih hash u rapisavin® (sic loco rapis°) u lélyé? [Héshan u rapisavin (sic videtur loco rapis*) u zaman i lélyéa kih dédj?; x (e) kih andazah ¢ fi [riz = jdm] ¢ shumar vazardar pah dadistén?; [kti, Aan zaman kih Soshyés rasad kih dad]? 1* = °Ay4fishni. Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, Are these in very deed truths which I utter? Doth Holiness further Right in our actions? To Thine, through the Good Mind the Realm did’st Thou offer? For whom did’st Thou made the Kine mother to glad? Atharmazd; (b) 3zak6? kola II (do)* fraz yemaleltinai [mindavam i aharaban’, va* darvandan] hat aéttind zak Ashkarak, [réshanak aigh’ tand* { pasinv® yeheviinéd. Ait min: chigin réshanak ? yemalelinéd]. (¢c) Minash Aharayih pavan kinishnd, ash zak i® stavar* bfindak minishnih’ [yehevinéd]; (d) min avo Lak khidayih vash!® Vohtiman chashéd [mozd]. (e) Avé main Tora i Az i'! radih-kardar tashid? + See Pp. throughout. ?D. ins. i, *D. ins. pavan. ‘see P. *so DJ. * DJ. ins. aigh. DJ. om. aigh. *see P. °DJ. ins. i, 1° DJ., D., M. om. va; Spiegel has vash. 1! D, ins. i. Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee tell me aright, 0 Aftharmazd (b) speak forth (see also Ner.) to me concerning both, [that is, concerning the case of the righteous and that of the wicked], if it is thus so manifest, [that is, of it is clear that (or ‘where’ (?)) the final body exists. Some say that the text should be rendered: ‘how is it, or does it become, clear?’|. (c) He whose is Sanctity in his actions, his [is] that which 7s the vigorous perfect mind™, (d) for Vohtiman indicates (or ‘gives instruction concerning’) [the 192 XLIV. 6, 7. reward] to him who attributes the sovereignty to Thee. (e) For whom then did’st Thou create the Kine named* Az*, the producer of bounty? *! Possibly a question as in the Gatha. : Ner.’s sansk, text. (a) Ptrvoktavat jiieya. (b) Tad dvitayarh prabrihi, [kitnchit* yat muktatmanam, durgatindrh], yadi tat evar parisphutatarai, [kila, vigadataraih vapushi pagchatye! bhavati]; (c) punyanam karmabhih — sthilatara samptirnamanasata [bhavati]; (d) tvadiyebhyo rajyath Uttamar asvadayati Manah, [kila, Gvahmanah prasadath dadati]; (e) kebhyah Ajinam- nim dakshinakaraih Garth aghatayah? + J.* pacchyatye. Ner. transl. (a) To be understood as above. (b) Declare Thou this double thing (or ‘these two things’), [that something which concerns the pious (or ‘free-souled’), and that which appertains to the wicked], if this 7s thus more au )>ops sawp bale bg 3496) ¢ 4496) ga) suse tak ietet 62946 () aw BG 10) Copa dy GON 9 Ag -egorvey +9 wo) Gry Gt) Ore -499940)4899 Lp epbp GEES) -€9 +8095 396 om 64M) 9 soreeds)d Avyse 13920 “Geo 6¢)aveoausg 6p Jwevolo gee 7809 90 $2 £04 49 Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase), Hoc Te interrogo; recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quis beatam [et* exoptatam*] fecit und cum Auctoritate-regali Devotionem [vel ‘Pietatem, promptam mentem’, i. e.
2GEES) -€9 +8095 396 om 64M) 9 soreeds)d Avyse 13920 “Geo 6¢)aveoausg 6p Jwevolo gee 7809 90 $2 £04 49 Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase), Hoc Te interrogo; recte mihi dic, Ahura; (b) quis beatam [et* exoptatam*] fecit und cum Auctoritate-regali Devotionem [vel ‘Pietatem, promptam mentem’, i. e. quis constituit hanc Auc- toritatem civitatis sacrae nostrae non solum potentem, sed etiam vera Pietate instructam]?; (c) quis venerantem: (cp. Ind. uh,-vel ‘ud + ma&* = vires ad officium suum sufficientes habentem’, vel etiam fortasse ‘ud + dama*, virtute domestica praeditum’) fecit perspicientia [sua vel ‘ejus’] filium patri [erga patrem]? (d) Ego his [interrogationibus*t ad] Te ad-cognoscendum, [i. e. ad copiam-scientiae de his rebus obtinendam] tendo, O Mazda, (e) O benigne [vel ‘sancte’* (?)] spiritus, omnium datorem [dator]. ** Vide ‘tad(t) thva per(e)s&’ per omnes partes in hoe capite. Pahl. text translit. Zaké i min Lak pairsém* rastd avd li yemaleltinai, Atharmazd; (b) man Arzik tAshid? [avayast? avo kar va kirfako] khtidayth levatman biindak minishnih?; (c) mtin déstih kard6 amat vindinéd* ptisar Abii?, [aighash péhréjé vaddnyén]. (d) HOman‘ valmanshan min Lako kabed aiyyarih minam, Atharmazd, [valmanshan daman], (e) afzinik minavad, min harvisp- gtind® dadar hémanih’, (nadtkih]. +D. ins. i, 2DJ., D., M. *DJ, D. ins i. 4 80 D., P.; DJ., Sp. °manam. 5 go DJ. D. harvist-(?). ® D. “mananih. Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee, tell me aright, Atharmazd; (b) who made the sovereignty*t a desired object [that is, desired for duty a ee XLIV. 6, 7. 193 evident, [that is, it becomes more lucid (or ‘manifest’) in the final body]. (c) Perfection of mind [becomes] more positive (lit. greater) through the deeds of the righteous, (d) and to Thy people the good mind gives instructions concerning (or ‘inculcates’) the sovereignty, [that is, Gvahmana gives the reward*!]. (e) For whom then did’st Thou create the Cow named Aji*, the one who effects the gift? * Or meant as a question? Parsi-persian Ms. tri. An ¢ az Ta pursam, rast an man g6*, Hormuad, » (b) an i har da [chiz = mandim*] fraz g6[] [chiz ¢ ashavan* ti 7 darvandan]; at (sic pro hat) edn an zahir [ [] ki, tan ¢ pasin, [kih= min] bashad; hast kih: chitin raishan*?: gilyad] * (c) Kiyash Savab pah kunishn, ash 4n 7 buzurg* bundah (sic videtur) minishni* [kih = mén] [bed] » (d) Kih an Ti khudai, [] ash Bahman chashad [muzd] # (e) An kih Gatti Azah* [sic videtur] sakhavati-kunandah péda*'-kard? x * Vel ‘paida’. Free tr. Thus ask I Thee, aright, Ahura, tell me, Who blest* Devotion hath set in Thy Kingdom? Who wise* hath made dutiful the son to father ? With this for full knowledge, Mazda I press Thee; Giver of all Thou art, O Spirit kind*. and charity*], together*! with the Perfect*1 Mind*t? (c) Who created paternal love when the father causes the son to acquire*? (or ‘to understand*’) ?, [that is, they the fathers, will take care of him (meaning them, the sons)].
3knowledge, Mazda I press Thee; Giver of all Thou art, O Spirit kind*. and charity*], together*! with the Perfect*1 Mind*t? (c) Who created paternal love when the father causes the son to acquire*? (or ‘to understand*’) ?, [that is, they the fathers, will take care of him (meaning them, the sons)]. (d) I regard those*? things as derived from Thine abundant friendship, O Adhar- mazd, [those creatures], (e) O bountiful spirit, Thou art the provider of all things, [that is, of benefits]. **So as ordinary language; but here is an important illustration; khshath® and levat® merely correspond to the order of Kh.° and mad(t); read ‘with the Kingly Power’, etc. ?does it mean ‘begets a son (?). or, (see Zend and Ner.): ‘I am (thinking of) the abundant friendship from Thee toward those [creatures]’. Ner.’s sansk. text. (a) Pirvoktavat jiieyai. (b) Kah* priyataraih agha- tayat rajyath samarh sampirnamanasa, {abhilashukai* satkaryasya punya- sya]? (c) Kah* prititn akarot yat grihnati putrati pita, [kila, pratiyatnam karoti]? (d) Ahath tasaih Tvattah prachuram sAhayyath dhydyami, Mahajna- nin, [tasarh] srishtinam], (e) mahattama adricyamtrte, vicveshdm data ’si, [Sarvebhyah cubhai dadati]. * Variations trifling. Ner. transl., etc. (a) To be understood as above. (b) Who made the sov- ereignty more beloved together with the perfect mind, [the desired object of (or ‘for’) the right-doer and the religious*]? (c) Who made the love when the father accepts*! (or ‘embraces*!’ the son?, [that is, exercises devoted regard toward him]. (d) I regard friendship toward these [these creatures] as abundant* on Thy part, O Great Wise One, (c) Greatest Spirit, Thou art the bestower of all; [that is, he gives happiness to all]. ** Hardly ‘begets’ in view of the gloss, ** or ‘I am pondering much the friendship from Thee toward them’. 25 194 XLIY. 8. Parsi-persian Ms. irlt, An ¢ az Tt pursam, rast 4n man go*, Hérmuzd; * (b) kih umid péda*-kard [= tashid]; [bayad an kar u kirfah] khudai ava bundah mi- nishn ? % (c) Kih désti péda*-kard, kih yaftan (?) pusar u pidar?, [kish pahréz a)» eypas .swpbasly whe naty ee 43.496) g0) 1s St pees “8 Text pCO ANOS aie Spy IAI) BOE KE «48 Qy34 406 eon)? sugdy» qubbh an REN ING ~awargygel -o¢)s “Hor ferae AU EAL SD «AW 194 pg Soe "Euce -psiaydyaury) wb ayy) “6 Ag Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Hoc Te interrogo: recte mihi dic, Ahura, (b) animadvertere, [hoc est, ut ad eam animum meum advertam et eam pro mea pronuntiem, mihi dic eam*] quae* [sit*] Tui [Tua], O Mazda, doctrina*-et-mandatum [Tuum], (c) [et] quae (-que)*1 [sint] Bona [Mente] verba [hymnorum meorum et mandatorum Tuorum revelanda de quibus usque ad huc] interrogavi*? (vel ‘quae [sint responsa ad] verba [interrogationum quae] inter- rogatum |-ta sint]’) (Mente), (d) [et] quae*#(-que) Sanctitate [ad] mundi[ vel ‘vi- taé, fortasse ‘populi’] progressum-in-perfectionem scientiae** [sint, i.e.
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