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

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shable host ‘shall assemble (or ‘arrive’), [that is, when the souls are brought again into the body (sic ?)|, (d) and when among these /s the celebrated (or ‘ proclaimed’) doctrine, which, O Great Wise One, is (figuratively) transplanted** by Thee with transposition** (i. e. ‘is developed and promulgated fully’), [that is, the progress of the Din will be complete in this time], (e) whose (then) is the coercion (or ‘punishment’)?, and to whom will he (or ‘they’) give the sovereignty ?].

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An < az Tai pursam rast an man gO" i Hormuzd; x (b) kih pah an ¢ i zaman, az Savab madad + u-+ baki, pah pédai (vel ‘paida®’) padishah buvi, [kit andar 4n zaman padishahi [] [bund (sic) = bund*] béd? » (c) [] [ham = ham| an 7 ‘askar (?) khanah + ya‘ni + vad + tan + baz (?) rasad, [ki ruvan baz 4n tan dehand], (d) éshan mashhiri* kih Ti, Hormuzd, pah didan [binand = nikézend], (ki, Din ravai bundah bashad andar an zaman], (e) [] az dshdn [pddafrah kunand**] [] [0 = 6] kih véh [] [dehad = débanéd* (?)] pAdishahi] ? *

Free tr. This ask I Thee aright, Ahura, tell me;

Who smite victorious guarding Thy doctrines?

Show me a folk-lord inspired with power;

Then come the obedient*! with Good Mind to him, * or ‘Obedience’.

Mazda, to whom Thou dost wish it soe’er. aigh'* yamttinishnd i15 Sdshans avayad] min!® zak i valman!? kamak kadarchai ['8 [aigh, kola aish ghal avayad]. 1D. ins. i. %D. min man; DJ. mtn amat; K.5, M. min. *so D., K.5; DJ. obscure, seems ash; Mf. zak. *D. om. i. *D., P. om. from 5 to 5, *DJ. °akih; K.5 nak. 7DJ. reverses, om. i. °D., P. ins, at. ° DJ. aito (?). DD). om. va. “DJ. aish; K.5 ash. 127.D., P. om. 2D. zak am i valman k®; DJ. zak am avo, or ano k°; K.®, M. zak i avo hamk®. “DJ. aigham. #*DJ., D. om. '* Mf. amat; D. Va mons K.°vom.ava. * so DJ. Do. Dl ins: I.

Pahl. transl. That which I ask from Thee, tell me aright, O Atharmazd; (b) who is he who is a smiter [of the sinners] in his victory through the teaching of Thy protection ?, [that is, who shall complete chastisement for the sinners through Thy Religion]? (c) With open manifestation for me 7s the teaching of the chieftainship**, (or ‘let its* teaching) concerning the creation of the creatures (de) clear to me in both the worlds, [that is, both here and beyond I am to be considered as a Dastur (or ‘I am in the Dasttir’s keeping’ (see Ner.))]; (d) thus through Vohtiman is the coming of the good Srésh [and of Vishtasp*(?)] to*! a person, [that is, he (or ‘they’) will come into the Religion through Vohtiiman; (e) the desire] of*? Atharmazd** (gen. by position) is for that one [that is, He desires the coming of Sdshans] whose desire 7s that of (or ‘7s for’) every one, [i. e. every one desires it*?].

*1 Or, ‘and that of another person’ (2). *? or reading zak am (?) valman [kamak: -,

‘that is, my desire for him, 0 A----, etc.’; see Ner.; (probably kadarchai before the gl. was added meant ‘whomsoever’). 97

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e 7s that of (or ‘7s for’) every one, [i. e. every one desires it*?].

*1 Or, ‘and that of another person’ (2). *? or reading zak am (?) valman [kamak: -,

‘that is, my desire for him, 0 A----, etc.’; see Ner.; (probably kadarchai before the gl. was added meant ‘whomsoever’). 97

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Ner.’s sansk. text. (a) Parvoktavat jieyais. (b) Ke vijayataya* hantarah*t Tava rakshaya gikshaydh, [kila, ye santi Dinyé Te papakarminam**? nigraham ke kurvanti]? (c) Prakatatayd me srishtaye bhuvanadvaye ’pi gurutath asvadayita, [kila ihaloke® paralokecha’ gurutaya grihito smi]. (d) Evath tasya Uttamena Crogasya samagamanar Manasa, [kila, Crogasya (Gustaspasya) Uttamena Manasa Dinau samagamanam]. (e) Mahajianin, tasya me [kamah] yasya kamah kebhyagchit, [kila, me samdgamanarn Caociosasya rochate yasya kamah kebhyagchit sarvebhyah*, anydyo* (?) yasmat. viliyate].

** J.3 ram (go) with pata from later hand over, *2s0 J3. %J.3 ‘loke, °loke cha; P. *lokiye. P. is important in ¢ and d gl.; J.4, C. differ much.

Ner. transl. (a) To be understood as aforesaid. (b) Who are they who smite with victoriousness and with the protection afforded* by* (or ‘in the protection of’) Thy doctrine, [that is, who are they who effect the punishment (or ‘the coercion’) of* the sinner through Thy Din] (c) He (that is, such an one) és*4 manifestly a teacher of* the spiritual mastership to me, for the creation even in the two worlds?, [that is, I am seized (or ‘appropriated’)

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Verbatim transl., etc. Hoc Te interrogo, recte mihi dic, O Ahura;

• (b) quo-modo, Mazda, [vel ‘nonne’} {ad illam] pactionem [vel ‘consultationem’), accedam [hoc est, appropinquabo} cum Vobis [consummandam], (c) ad [eam] operationem™ Vestram, [i. e. ‘quo modo obviam ibo ad nixum Vestrum in auxilium nostrum tam efficacem recipiendum et ad eo fruendum’] quumque* mihi sit prospera**-prex* [vel quumque mihi [absolutum] sit [meae-]-vocis-desiderium [dictum’, (d) desiderium Salubritatem et Immortalitatem] in principatu*?-protegenti*? futuras-esse*2 (Salubritates-duas et Immortalitates*?-duas)
• (e) illo-Sacro-rationis-verbo, [i. e. causa ejus verbi et secundum admonitiones ejus] qui [quod] dux**-infallibilis [ex] Sanctitate (ex) [sit] ?

*1 Vel, lege Askaitim, ‘ad Vestrum comitatum’; vel lege askitim, [ut hoc verbum] ad habitaculum-Vestrum -+ [attingat] - -]. *? vel ‘{me] in domicilio frui Salub. et Immort.’ vel ‘qui secundum-ductum-[ejus-Verbi] ex Sanctitate [se-gerat] ’.

Pahl. text transl. Zaki ¢ min Lak* pirsém!, rastd avd li yemalelinai, Atharmazd; (b) aimat, Adharmazd, damand kardarth i? Lekiim [aigh, damano? i tand* f pasind, aimatd yehevanéd ?] (©) 4Zakd i> kardarth 1 Lekim [Saigh,

XLIV.

rt.’ vel ‘qui secundum-ductum-[ejus-Verbi] ex Sanctitate [se-gerat] ’.

Pahl. text transl. Zaki ¢ min Lak* pirsém!, rastd avd li yemalelinai, Atharmazd; (b) aimat, Adharmazd, damand kardarth i? Lekiim [aigh, damano? i tand* f pasind, aimatd yehevanéd ?] (©) 4Zakd i> kardarth 1 Lekim [Saigh,p. 211 by“! the spiritual mastership in the world here and for* that beyond, éut who does this?|. (d) Thus through the Good Mind ¢s the approach of Croga, [that is, the approach of Croga (i. e. of Gustaspa*(?)) within (or ‘to’) the Din és through the Good Mind]. (e) O Great Wise One, for him ds my desire who is desired by any one (meaning ‘every one’), [that as, the approach of Croga, who is desired by any persons (meaning ‘by every one ’) pleases me, from whom the lawless** vanishes*, (or read anyayoh(r), see the Pahl. and Gatha, ‘from whom the desire of any other* two* than they, (i.e. than roca and Gustaspa(?)) vanishes ’)]. ** Or not impossibly ‘I as teacher of the spiritual chieftainship --- for my creation --., etc.’, [i. e. I am seized by" the spiritual-chieftainship as its teacher** .., ete.].

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An ¢ az Ta pursam rast an man gd*, Hormuzd; (b) az min| kih pah fathmandi, zish(?) hast zadar 7 [vanahgaran*] [] padafrah [] kih knnand ? * (c) Pa-[-t = at] pédai*! an man pédaish** andar har df jihan*, radi chashed zahir, [ki, va injé va’nja*, pah Dastir dar* (?) hastam] * (d) Edin [] (Tt = Lak] veh

- Srésh | [] Vishtasp] ash(?) ras(ad ?) pah Bahman [ki pah Bahman [] an Din rasad (defaced) = -néd % (e) Hérmuzd 4n am & kamah, [kt’m rasidan 7 Séshyés bayad], kih [ ] t kamah har-kidam, [ki, harkas ti bayad] * * Or ‘paiday°’.

Free tr. This ask I Thee aright, Ahura, tell me,

How to Thy meeting, Lord, now shall I hasten?

That consummation Thine which grants my longing

That for the chief* should be Immortal Welfare

Chief through Thy Mantra’s word guiding aright. kar va dina? i Lekim aimatd bandak vadfinafid]?; va mianich® zak 19 li gbishnd homand*!? khvdstar, [aigh, Dind* ribakih't bandak aimat yeheviinéd], (d) va* sardar veheviinishniht? madam Haurvadad va'? Amerédad ?, (e) aéttind pavan® Mansar, [aigh; mozd aéttind yehabind chigtnd min Mansar pédak], mun bahar! min Ahardyih [avakih]. *D. ins. 7. 2D. om. i. *D. damanaks, ‘DJ. obscure. * DJ. written out. °DJ., D. om. va. 7D. dadistano. *DJ. over, orig. hand. ° DJ., D. ins. i. *°DJ., D, hdmanend. " DJ. °kih, 17D. ins. 4. 2 DJ. ya. or -d. “4D, bahar.

Pahl. transl. That which I ask of Thee tell me aright, Atharmazd; (b) when, O Adharmazd, is your appointment of the time, [that is, when shall the time of the future existence arrive?]; (c) and when shall they make] Your efficiency (or ‘efficiency towards You’), |that is, Your duty and law complete]?; and when shall also the suppliants* for my words appear? ({or not impossibly ‘when shad/ that which is my spoken or ‘worded’ (gdbishnhémand) supplicator* (i. e.