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

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Verbatim trl., etc. Sic pronuntiabo quod mihi dicebat beneficentissimus Ahura (b) [illud] verbum [i. e. Manthrae*-verbum quod ad] audire™[-iendum*.] (quod) a-mortalibus optimum [sit]: (c) qui mihi huic* [in (vel ‘de’) -hac-re*?| oboedientiam dant [praestent], intentionemque-animi*?, (d) ad [eos**] accedent*4 Salubritates-duae* Immortalitates-duae, [hoc est simpliciter ‘Sal-tas et Immortalitas’] (e)[et propter actiones] Boni Spiritis [i.e. propter actiones eorum secundum mandata Boni spiritus peractas veviet *remunerans etiam] Mazda Ahura.

* Fortasse ‘dixit b. Ahura: hoc verbum audi’ (infin. loco imper.). ** vel ‘qui mihi et huic beneficentissimo’. ** vel ‘qui mihi--- oboedientiam -. reddant - - fi (ad) accedent ad Salubritates-duas et ad Immortalitates-duas [i, e. ad S-tem et I-tem] propter facta sua [sic dixit* beneficentissimus (vide (a))] M. A’. **yel ‘lege jimem’, tum in ea re loquitur Ahura: ‘yéi mdi ahmai, etc.’ usque ad finem:, ‘ad [eos] accedam cum-S-tate* et Im-tate* causa actionum [eorum remunerandarum Ego] M. A.’.

Pahl. text translit. Aétiind frazt gdbishné? manash avd? li guft? valman i afziniktim?, [Dast6bar ddshtand] (b) gdbishnd srayishno‘ dahishnih¢ min anshitaand‘ pahlim, [aigh?, anshitadn? mindavam I2 denman shapir®, amat? madam Dind* yekavimtind]; (c) mtin avd valman %¢ li2 Srésh, [val! valman 7 li Dastobar] yehabtinéd [tand* i nafshman], chashéd avo aishan, [aigh, bara yehabinéd] (d) madam yamtinéd avo? Haurvadad va7 Amerédad [pavan mozd yansegindé*]; (e) pavan? zak 1 Vohiman kanishnd [avo? lit], Atharmazd, [ach yamtinéd pavan mozd yansegiind6!2],

*DJ. ins. i, *see P. * fragm’ts val. *fragm’ts mardimén Pahliman occurs. ° fragm’ts. pahhlim. *DJ., D., fragm’ts ins. 7DJ. om. *s0 DJ.; D. °ginand. ® so fragm’ts. 1° DJ. avo li; K.° avo (no li); fragm’ts val (no li). 480 DJ. (DJ. °gindd; D. gtinand.

Pahl. transl. Thus this is to be declared forth which He who is the most bountiful declared to me, [that és, the maintenance of the Dasttr]

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buland [Khéti-dahathhi*(?)-kardan] » (b)AzSavab madad Hormuzd* akah (sic (lege ‘Agah’)), kih in dad [Khétfi-dahathhi**-kardan], (c) azash((?) sic) pah pidari* ¢ Bahman varzéd* (so), [kfish nék parvardan 7 pédaishi(vel ‘paidayishi’) ra Khétt-dahathhi*-kardan] * (d) édin an [va —=—] dukhtar 7 nék-kushishn, [7 bundah minishn], [{] Spendarmad, [kt, az Khétfidahathhi* (sic) -kardan baz nah éstad]; x (e) [] chih tamam nikézidar-[-Aan = —] pah 4n i Hérmuzd*, [kfi, pah Din ¢ Hormuzd* tamam kar u insaf [6 (vel ‘it’) = ghan] [béd]

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ahathhi*-kardan] * (d) édin an [va —=—] dukhtar 7 nék-kushishn, [7 bundah minishn], [{] Spendarmad, [kt, az Khétfidahathhi* (sic) -kardan baz nah éstad]; x (e) [] chih tamam nikézidar-[-Aan = —] pah 4n i Hérmuzd*, [kfi, pah Din ¢ Hormuzd* tamam kar u insaf [6 (vel ‘it’) = ghan] [béd]

Free tr. Thus forth I that word pronounce which Mazda told me,

That sacred word the best to mortals hearing:

Those who herein to me Obedience offer,

Come to* Immortal Weal through deeds of goodness,

Through their Good Spirit’s deed, thus* said* the Lord!

• (b) and the delivery of the recital of (or better ‘the giving of hearing* to’) those words which are the best for (or ‘of’) men, [that is, this is a good thing for (or ‘of’) men when they take their stand upon the Religion};
• (c) he who is rendering to me (lit. ‘to him who I am’ (sic)) obedience*, [even* himself* (his own body) to him who is my Dastir] teaches (or possibly ‘gives*? attention*’ to) others, [that is, he who will bestow* something* upon them], (d) he, this one, is coming on toward Haurvadad and Amerédad (Weal and Immortality) [to seize the reward]; (e) and by the action of a good mind {to me], O** Atiharmazd*’, also [he is coming to take the reward].

*1 Or ‘gives to my Srésh’. ** see the Gatha. ** without gloss, ‘to me A. zs coming’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evaih prakrishta vik yada me abravit mahattamah (Guroh grahanai*] (b) vachah*! samhlape deyah ya manushyanam utkrishtataram, [kila, manushyanam kit chit* idam eva uttamar yat* upari Dinau samtishthanti]; (c) yo madiyaya tasmai Crogdya dadati, asvadayaticha [Crogaya acharyaya dadati sviyath vapuh, Asvadayaticha anyesharh* (d) upari prapnoti Avirdade* Amirdade* [prasddam grahitum*!], (e) uttamamanahkarma* Hormijde* {asmin prapnoti prasddath grahitum*']. ** Corrected; variations not important.

Ner. transl. Thus is the declaration which the Greatest One uttered to me, inculcating* [the acceptation* of the spiritual Master], (b) containing words which are to be delivered in the discourse of speech, and which express the most excellent characteristic belonging to men, [that is, this indeed is the best thing for men that they should take their stand upon the Din}; (c) he who gives to this my Groga, and inculcates the same, [he* who* gives his own body up to Croca the preceptor, and teaches so to* others] (d) ascends to* Avirddda and Amirdada, [to take the reward], (e) and endowed with the action of the Best Mind he ascends also to* Hormijda, [that is, he comes to* Him to* obtain the reward].

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Edin fraz [] [gtyam = jamninam*)] kiyash an man guft

[Hormuzd* = Anhémd] 0 ¢ [] [afztnitar = afziinitim*) [[az= min] Dastir dashtan],

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nd endowed with the action of the Best Mind he ascends also to* Hormijda, [that is, he comes to* Him to* obtain the reward].

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Edin fraz [] [gtyam = jamninam*)] kiyash an man guft

[Hormuzd* = Anhémd] 0 ¢ [] [afztnitar = afziinitim*) [[az= min] Dastir dashtan],

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Verbatim transl. Sic uno-tenore-[in tempore futuro]-declamans-annuntiabo omnium maximum [deum supremum] (b)[Eum hymnis meis] laudans Sanctitate, [ego], qui beneficus* [sim, i.e. disciplinae ejus* plene oboediens ad mandata singula ejus* persequenda et ad voluntatem ejus* plene in re-vera constituendam corde devotus) ego laudans eos] qui [benefici*!] sint, [i. e. Spenta mainyu, Vohu Manah, Asha, etc. ; (c) [cum*] benigno (vel ‘sancto Suo’) Spiritu audito* Mazda Ahura, (d) cujus in-adoratione [i. e. ad cultum ejus* plene peragendum] una-cum-Bona interrogavi Mente, [i. e. interrogationes meas de potestate et de creatione ejus posui ut eum* tanto devotius adorarem]; (e) ejus* intelligentia [optima in meam mentem inspirata] prae [prorsus] me hortans-doceto* (optima), [i.e. sic omnia dubia mea resolvens et ignorantiam meam dispellens]. *! Utrum ‘ydi henti’ ‘omnes vivos’ significet, necne? *? ye] fortasse significet frashi promotio® hac et illac, incrementum* in omnibus rebus quum in rebus animi tum in rebus felicitatis domesticae omnino.

Pahl. text translit. Aétand fraz yemaleltinam zak { min harvisp-gindt mahist6?, [yazishné i? Yazadan kardand‘], (b) stayishnd { Ahardyth5, valman® { hti-danak [Atharmazd nafshman] min hémand; (c) spénak? minavad, nydkhsham’, Atharmazd, [aigh zak ¢ yemalelinani am bara nyOkhsh?]; (d) man zak i valman niydyishnd9 pavan Vohiman fréz hampirsakih, [aigh, daddakgobih'? i Yazadan pavan frarfindt hampirsakih bara shayad khavitanastand?2], (e) zak ¢ valmant3 khiradé 14fraz avd li Amizend pahlim, [asn9 khirad6].

*So M. *see P. *DJ. ins, 7. *see P. ®D. ins, 7. ®g0 DJ., D.; K.5, M. avd. 780 K.® and fragments. & Ks deficient. ® see P. % pg, did6-. “4 DJ, th, 22 DJ., D, *tiinastd. 1% so DJ.; K.5, M. avo. ™ DJ. om. ya.

Pahl. transl. Thus I announce that which ¢s the greatest of all [the celebration* of the worship* of the Yazads*], (b) and the praise of Aharayih, who (the Y. and A.) are [Atharmazd’s], the beneficiently wise [one’s own**], ee ioe

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