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

4 khirad’?, [maman li khiradd pavan frarinvih yakhsenunam‘? lak pavan avarindih], (d) 14’ kamakich!5, [maman?* li kamak pavan*” frarindih's yakhsenunam?” ya lak pavan?? avartnoih'’]; 1a milaya; [maman‘® li milaya*” zak? i? pavan1” frarfindihi® yemaleliinam ya2° lak payan?4 avartindih™ yemaleliinth]; vat* 14 kanishnd, [maman li kinishnd ‘ frarandé va® laké avartin6?*]; (e) 1a Dind*; [maman li Dind* it GasAnikih va lak yatti- Kih]; va 14 riband ashan ( lege lanman) pavan akvind; [zak min madam Diné* i li yekavimfinédd, ca zak min madam Dind* i2° lak yekayimunédo, ashan* riban®3 la payan® khadiké2s jinak?5]. * So D., over old; DJ. om i, ins. pahlimih ya; D. minivadiha. 2so DJ. 2 P. ins. *DJ., D. ms. i. Ss D> *ses B.D: om. *DJ. ich. *DJ. and P. maman for ich. *P. ins. mindavam om. zak. “DJ. ins. amizih. **P. and DJ. om. va. #* DJ. and P. ins. va. “DJ. * DJ. and P. om. ich; DJ. om. Sp.’s li m, and P. om. Spiegels m. **DJ. and P. ins. “DJ., D. ins. so DJ. and P. * DJ. and P. ins. maman. “DJ. om. “DJ. ~ DJ. aishan. * DJ. rabak; see P. ins. * P. om. * corr. see P.; DJ. denman. * see P.

Pahl. transl. Thus I proclaim in the world the foremost spiritual thing (or om, i ‘at first the spiritual thing’) [the Gathic doctrine]; (b) He

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Free ir. Thus forth I announce to you life’s first two spirits,
Of whom the more bounteous the worse accosted:

Never our thoughts, nor creeds, nor understandings,

Never our beliefs, nor words, nor yet our actions,

Nor can our souls, or faiths, ever be one!

of them whose* is* bountifulness spake thus to him who is the Wicked One- {e) our thoughts are not in harmony; [I do not think what thou thinkest, for I think that which is pious and thou thinkest that which js impious], nor are our teachings, [for I teach what is pious and thou teachest that which is impious]; nor is our wisdom the same, [for I have wisdom with correct* piety and thou hast it in impiety]; (d) nor are our desires in harmony, {for I have a desire for what is pious and thou for what is impious] ; nor is our speech [for I utter speech in piety and thou speakest in impiety]; OF are our actions [for my actions are pious and thine are impious]; (e) nor are our Religions one, [for my Religion is the Gathic and thine that of the sorcerer]; nor are their four] souls in harmony, {for he who takes his stand on my Religion and he who takes his stand on thy Religion are apart; their souls are not in the same place, i.e, do not occupy the same position)]. **Or ‘for’,

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evam prakrishtam bravimi antar bhuvane adri¢yat adya*, [Gathabhavah] (b) yabhiccha mahattamah Hormijdah! evam abravit enami hantaram [Aharmanam] (c) kila: na? asmakam manah*, [kilat, ahain na tat* manye yat tvam manyase, yato “hari sadvyaparitaram manye tvam cha avyaparitaram**> manyase; nacha ciksha*, [yato “hath sadvyaparitaram cikshapayami* tvammcha avyaparitaram® cikshapayasi]; nacha buddhih, [yato ‘hamh buddhim sadvyaparitaya dadhami tvamcha avyaparitaya’|;

anah*, [kilat, ahain na tat* manye yat tvam manyase, yato “hari sadvyaparitaram manye tvam cha avyaparitaram**> manyase; nacha ciksha*, [yato “hath sadvyaparitaram cikshapayami* tvammcha avyaparitaram® cikshapayasi]; nacha buddhih, [yato ‘hamh buddhim sadvyaparitaya dadhami tvamcha avyaparitaya’|; (d) nacha kamah, [yato me kamah, sadvyaparitarah* te®cha avyapari]; nacha vakyaih, [yato “ham sadvyaparitaram bravimi tvarhcha avyaparitaram brishe]; nacha karma, [yato me karma sadvyaparitaram techa avyapari|; (e) nacha Dinih, {yato me Dinih Gathabhava techa rakshasi*]; nacha’tmanah sathyuiijanti ; {ye upari Dinan me tishthanti ye* cha upari Dinan te tishthanti, teshaim atmano? na ekatra]. *J.* (2), 54, J* om b. *J*, P. *ya; J.4, C. *dyam. *J3, J.4, C. Kila, na. *so P., J.*, Jt om *J.*, J.* ady*, lege asad*. *J.*, ady*; J.* (?) adhy®, or advy*. *J.* ady*; J.* adhy*, or advy*. *J‘ tvam. °J.*, J.‘ yasa (sic).

Ner. transi. Thus I declare the first spiritual songs** (gathds(h), fem., understood) within the world those essentially contained in our Gathas]* (sic, see the Pahl, or poss.: ‘The first spiritual hymns (or ‘dins’, see e gl.---) are those which appertain to the Gathas) (b) by means of (or ‘in accordance with’) which the greatest Hormijda thus addressed the murderous [Aharmana]: (c) our minds* [-drisi] are not united, [that is, I do not think what thou thinkest, since I meditate the better (good) work and thou the ao

299 XLy. ne oe evil (lit. a “more evil* work’)]; nor are our doctrines in harmony, [since’ I teach good works, and thou teachest evil works]; nor ere our intelligences*; (for I have knowledge through (or ‘with’) goodness, thou through (or ‘ with’) evil]; (d) nor are our desires*, [since my desire is for* the more* beneficial® work*, thine for the worse (or ‘idleness’)]; nor are our words, [since I utter the good and thou the evil*]; nor owr deeds*, [for my deed is a good work*, thine wickedness]*; (e) nor our religions*, [since my religion has the Gathic character and thine the demoniacal]; nor are our souls united; [the souls of those who take their stand on my Religion and those who abide by thine are not together}.

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Verbatim transl. Sic pronuntiabo vitae hujus [rem] primam [i. e. rem gravissimam, Religionem], (b) quam mihi [omnia-penitus-]-sciens Mazda dicebat Ahura; (c) qui eam*! [Religionem*, (vel fortasse simpliciter ‘-cumque’), ep. Ved. im) ut Verbum] Vestrum*!(?) non sic {ut Vestram™] Sacrum-rationis- Verbum perficient, [i. e. id implebunt, et ei satisfacient] (d) sicut eam*! [Religionem (? vel ‘id* Verbum*’), i. e.

a-penitus-]-sciens Mazda dicebat Ahura; (c) qui eam*! [Religionem*, (vel fortasse simpliciter ‘-cumque’), ep. Ved. im) ut Verbum] Vestrum*!(?) non sic {ut Vestram™] Sacrum-rationis- Verbum perficient, [i. e. id implebunt, et ei satisfacient] (d) sicut eam*! [Religionem (? vel ‘id* Verbum*’), i. e. sicut ego de ea (vel ‘de eo’)| sentiam-et-putem(-que), dicam-que, (e) his [male-oboedientibus [vitae in-miseria [vel in-aerumna] sit ultimum, [hoc est, finis vitae horum in Tartaro erit (vide Y¥. XXX, IV (4)]! “Vel ‘ve = va — quidem, quin’, fortasse loquitur Ahura et *Vestrum’ nullo modo in sensum hoe loco convenit.

Pahl. text translit. Aéttiné fraz yemalelinam dén ahvAnd zak it yalman [? Atharmazd nafshman] i fratim [khim** virastan6?; aigh, kola‘ aish fratim khim bara avayad virastané], (b) minash avd li akAs® dadé gifts Aiharmazd (c) aigh: min lekfim mfin denman Mansar 14 aétind varzénd® (d) chiginé denman minishnd va‘ gébishnd, (e) pavan* ashan? dén ahvan andk® ait, hana? vad? avo zak i! afdim!* ‘DJ. om. 7DJ. so ins i 3so D. and others; DJ. °std. *see P.) *D., P. °siha. * DJ. -inend (meaning ‘-zénd(?)*). 7P. om. valmanshan. * DJ. om.; D., P. anak. *DJ. ins. hana (over). *?see P. om. 1D. ins. i. ** perhaps khim arose from the term im in paour®, if so it is not gloss, but may be alternative trl.

Pahl. transl. Thus I proclaim in the world that which is His {Atihar-

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———e ee CU

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Gana*-+-ya‘ni-+Gana*-Minti (c) [ki]: nah ma minishn- + pah yak-ba-yak (vide infra), man* {va = va] nah 4n [] [chiz = mandiim] ¢ Ta andéshid, chih man An i nék minam va ti an 7 bad minad** (?-sic lege -i)] va nah 4mikhtan [chih ma [] [chiz = mandtim) i nék amizam [va = va] ti an 7 bad []; [va = va] nah khirad, [chih man khirad pah néki daram [ya = va] ti pah badij (d); [va = va] nah kamah [], chih man kamah [] {nék + ya‘ni + néki va tii [] bad + ya‘ni + badi; nah sakhun, [chih man 4n 7 [] neki gtiyam, va ti an i bad gayi]; [va =va] nah kardan, [chih man kardan 7 nék + yani + néki [va = va] ti [] bad + ya‘ni + badij; (e) nah Din, [chih man Din Gasani va ti jadi]; va nah ruvan 7 ashan (sic) pah yak-ba-yak, [An kih avar Din 7 man éstéd (so) [] ashén ruvan] [] yak jai [] [hast, kf, Bahisht; [an kih avar Din 7 ta éstéd shan (sic) ruvan nah pah yak jai, [ku, éshan + ya‘ni + va + Druj = hast; dgh Vahisht; zak miin madam Din i rak* jak-néd* (sic) ashdn ribén rda* pavan adik* jindk; dgh dshan --.) ** Vel ‘Or°’. * possibly ‘manid’, pret.

Free tr. Thus forth I announcing speak this life’s* first doctrine
Which unto me the all-*wise one hath spoken;

They who to Manthra’s voice no action offer,

As I therein the same both think and utter,

Theirs shall this life’s last end issue in woe!

mazd’s own interest (or ‘that which 7s He, A.(?) himself’)] and which is the first (or ‘chief’), [viz.