Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 31 — The Zend-Avesta, Part III / Yasna & Gathas (Mills, page scans)
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t 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. the nature (or ‘disposition’) and the regulation (?), that is for every person it is first absolutely necessary that the nature*! should be regulated], (b) which interest he, the wise One Atharmazd delivered and declared to me, (c) to this effect, that those of you who do not thus fulfil (or ‘use’) this Manthra (d) as it ought*2 to be contemplated and uttered, (e) upon them there shall be evil in the world, and this until the end.
** Or poss. meaning ‘to adjust (or ‘arrange’) the nature (the detailed doctrine) of the Manthra; see (c). *? no sign of the 1st pers.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Evari prakrishtarn bravimi antar bhuvane sya adyaia, [asya Hormijdasya svadhinarh Adyar cilam, sarhmarjanai, kila, sarvasya kasyachit* ddau cilath sarhyujyate saiimarjayitum], (b) yat* me vetta Mahajnani avochat Svami, (c) kila: ‘ye ena bhavadbhyah na evaih? Vani samacharanti (d) yatha iyarh manasi vachasicha, (e) taigcha antar bhuvane anyayo ’sti yavat* nirvanam. Variations unimportant.
Ner. transl. Thus I declare forth in the world His first interest*, [that is, Hormijda’s own first natural characteristic, purification* (or ‘orderly* regulation*’), that is, in the beginning (first of all) it is necessary (or ‘fitting’) to purify the nature of every individual]; (b) yea, I announce that which the intelligent Lord, the Great Wise One declared to me, (c) that is, that they who do not thus fulfil the Word through your* means* (or ‘for you’; ‘according to your prescription’)* (d) as this word ought to be obeyed andp. 4 carried out in thought and speech, (e) through these* (or ‘with reference to (or ‘for’)) these persons’) there is also disorder in the world as long as* until* the end.
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Verbatim transl., etc. Sic declamans-annuntiabo vitae hujus optimum [virum™ principem sanctum mandata Verbi-sancti-rationis (vide s. II (3) plene peragentem, (b) eum] Sanctitate ex Mazda novit® [vel (‘scivit Se. Maz.*(?)) eum optimum esse, Mazda’] qui eum creavit [vel ‘ut principem nostrum statuit’ ; (c) immo Mazda statuit hune optimum (sub potestate et voluntate sua)| patrem [viri sancti in fide et in vivitate, i.e. patrem viri] Bonae[-na] diligentis (-agri-colentis) Mentis[-nte praediti]. Ita[que] huic [i.e. Mazdae**, vel ‘viro* principi*’] filia [est bonam-actionem-perficiens (nom. sg. fem., vel ‘b.
Mazda statuit hune optimum (sub potestate et voluntate sua)| patrem [viri sancti in fide et in vivitate, i.e. patrem viri] Bonae[-na] diligentis (-agri-colentis) Mentis[-nte praediti]. Ita[que] huic [i.e. Mazdae**, vel ‘viro* principi*’] filia [est bonam-actionem-perficiens (nom. sg. fem., vel ‘b. actione-praedita ) Pietas, [vel Devotio, i. e. mulier (2?) sancta Devotione* praedita]; (e) non fallere[-endus est ille], omnia volens-et-aspiciens [vel ‘decernens’] Ahura, ligitur hune optimum ducem cognovit, et etiam bene scit (AshAd(t) hacha vaéda) me omnia vera in hac re nec nimium nec parum dixisse].
“! Vel ‘Annuntiabo -- optimum Deum, i. e. ‘Ahuram ipsum’’; (b) ex Sanctitate [i. e. in veritate dictum esse] Mazda scivit [hoc Verbum-rationis meum ([vide s. III (3) yoi im mathrem,)) (Mazda) qui id [Verbum] inspiraverit et statuerit - -’; vel etiam fortasse legendum sit ‘Mazdém — cognovi Mazdam ---, (c) eum ut patrem - -’; ([vel ‘ Mazda,’ lecto verte, ‘scivi, O Mazda, et ergo Te ut patrem B. M. annuntiabo’)).
Pahl. text translit. Aéttin’ fraz yemalelinam dén ahvan zak i valman i Atharmazd nafshman pahlim, [Khvétik-dast kardané2]; (b) min Aharayth avakih Atiharmazd 4kis, man denman yehabind’, [Khvétik-das! kardand]; (c) afash pavan abidarth ¢ Vohtimani varzid, [aighash frarind fravardarith i daman rai Khvétik-dast kardand4]; (d) aéttin’ zak 4° bentman® i hiktnishno, t bindak minishnd, [7Spendarmad, aigh min Khvétik-dast kardan0? lakhvar 14 yekaviminad] ; (e) 188 frift, [aigh’ min Khvétik-dast kardané? lakhvar 14 yekavimtindd’+®]; maman harvisp6 nikiridar? pavan zak i Atharmazd, [aigh, pavan Dind* ? Attharmazd hamakt! kar va dindt2 ghal'® yehevtinéd]. ‘DJ. khyétti-d°. ?DJ,, kardé. * DJ, dado. #80 DJ.; see P. DJ. ins. i; see P. °D, dokht?;
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man* -+ khvésh] ¢ avval [{khaslat* arastan, kf, har [di = —] kas avval khaslat* [= Pahl. him* (sic)] bih bayad arastan], (b) kiyash an man [] [agahi(h)a* = akassha* (sic)} [] guft Hormuzd, (c) kt: az shuma kih in Mansar nah édfin varzénd* (d) chin in minishn* u gobishn, (e) pah dshan andar akhan* ranj hast [] an 4n 7 akhir*, %
Free tr. Thus forth I announce to you this life’s best leader*,
Him from his Truth He knows who him created;
Father of good Mind he, the toiler’s spirit;
Thus is his daughter through good deeds Devotion;
None can the Lord deceive; all things he guides.
DJ. imperfect. ™DJ., D. om. va. ®D. om. from. ® to * inclus.(?), ® so DJ., D. % D. *diran.; see PB. “so DJ., D: ™ D. dadistan. 1° DJ., D.
Pahl. transl. Thus I proclaim that which is Atharmazd’s own* best thing in the world [the making* marriages* among kinsfolk* (?)]; (b) in accompaniment with (or ‘with the help of’) Aharayth, Atharmazd the wise (or ‘ all-knowing’) instituted this [the fulfilment of this Khvétik-das]; (c) He also practised it in the fatherhood* of Vohiman, [that is, for the correctly-pious nourishment of the creatures; that is, he caused the practice of the marrying-among-kin for this elp of’) Aharayth, Atharmazd the wise (or ‘ all-knowing’) instituted this [the fulfilment of this Khvétik-das]; (c) He also practised it in the fatherhood* of Vohiman, [that is, for the correctly-pious nourishment of the creatures; that is, he caused the practice of the marrying-among-kin for this purpose]; (d) so is His virgin-daughter the well-conducted and* perfect-minded-one, [that is, from the fulfilment of ‘relationmarriage*’ let her not recoil]; (e) may she** not be deceived, [that is, may she not refrain from Khvéttik-das (sic)], for an observer of all she (or ‘one*’) becomes according to Him (or ‘as* He’) who 7s A. (or ‘that which is A.’s’), [that is she appertains (is devoted) to the whole duty and law in the Religion of Atharmazd (or ‘the whole d. and lL, etc, appertain to her’)].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarh prakrishtari bravimi antar bhuvane asya utkrishtataram, [asya iti Hormijdasya sv4dhinarh utkrishtatararh Shuaetuodathakaranam**!], (b) Punyasariclishtarn Hormijdo vetté yad idath dadau [Shuaetuodathakaranath**]; (c) pitritaya Uttamasya samacharat Manasah, [kila, sadvydparapalandyai* srishtinazh shuaetuodatham chakara]; (d) evarh s& duhita uttamakarmini saipirnamanasi [prithivi] (e) na vydmohita, [kila, Shuaetuodathakaranat*! anyatha na’sit] sarvajiidnint Hormijdiya*, [kila, Dinyé Hormijdasya samagrani karyani nydyd¢2cha tatra bhavantil.
“so J.5, J.4, ete.; see notes. * J.* ins. ya, but see Pahl. and P.
Ner. transl. Thus 1 declare in the world His more (most) excellent prescribed practice, [that is, Hormijda’s own most excellent deed the Shuaetuodatha*]; (b) when Hormijda the wise* instituted it, it was conjointly with Sanctity that He did so, [this deed of Shuaetuodatha*]; (c) He practised it in His (or ‘through the’) fatherhood of the Best Mind, [that is, He instituted Shuaetuodatha* for the good protection of the creatures]; (d) thus His daughter, best in conduct as she is and endowed with a perfect Je earth*],
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(e) was not deluded, [that is, she was not averse from the act of Shuaetuodatha*], understanding all things and faithful to (or ‘belonging to’) Hormijda, [that is, all deeds and laws there on the earth (Aramaiti being considered to be the earth) are in* accordance* with* (or ‘constituted by’) the Din of Hormijda)].
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Verbatim trl., etc. Sic pronuntiabo quod mihi dicebat beneficentissimus
Ahura (b) [illud] verbum [i. e.
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