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

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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(c) kih an fi ¢ [] Srésh an [] ¢ man Dasttir] dehad [tan 7 khvésh] [va = va] chdshéd* an kasan, [k, bih dehad), (d) avar rasad an Khérdad w’ Amerdad [pah muzd [] [sitad=-aind*]]#; (e){] nz Bahman kunishn an {] [az=mn] Hormuad []rasad [pah muzd sitanid*(?, vel °nand)]¥

Free tr. Him forth I announce to you, of all the greatest,
While the Benignant* each with Right I worship;

Let great Ahura hear with bounteous* spirit;

In whose true praise I asked questions with Good Mind,
With His best wisdom forth answer the Lord.

(c) O Bountiful Spirit Adharmazd, hear me, [that is, listen to me fully in that which I shall say]; (d) He* whose praise is to be offered through (or ‘in accordance with’) a continued colloquy with Vohiman, [that is, it is entirely necessary to understand the mediation (or ‘legal declaration’ (?) ) of the Yazads, wnd through pious conference]; (e) His wisdom whose praise ts thus they are teaching me continually, the best [the innate* wisdom].

*1 Hardly meaning ‘who A. -- Himself’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evar prakrishtam bravimi sarvebhyo mahattarar! [Ijisneh Iajdanarh karanarh], (b) stuti[r}? punyanaih asya uttamajfidnino* yah santi, [kila, Hormijdasya svadhinah* santi]. (c) Mahattarah[-a] adricyamirte, crinu, Mahajnanin Svamin, [kila, yad vayath brimahe, tat crinuj. (d) Yasya pranamah* Uttamasya pragnataya* Manasah, [kila, abhyarthanaih* Svdminah sadvyaparipragnataya cakyate parijiaturn], (e) tasya buddhirn me prakrishtam gikshapaya* utkrishtataraii [naisargikarm* (?)).

*so C. ?J.%, JA stuti. °J.3, J.4 uttamamahajianinoh; J.* uttamajianinoh.

Ner. transl. Thus I declare that which is greater than all [the performance of the Ijisni of the Y(I)ajdas*], (b) and the praises* which are those of the holy ones and belong to Him who is beneficently wise, [that is, they are Hormijda’s own*], (c) O Greater|-test] Spirit the Great Wise One the Lord, hear, [that is, listen to us in that which we are telling You]. (d) He whose praise 7s accompanied with (or ‘through’) the questioning of the Best Mind, [that is, it is possible to comprehend the worship* of the Lord by questioning the holy*t|, (e) His most excellent [innate* (?)] knowledge (His whose praise is thus) do Thou then teach me forth. *! Or ‘by an holy* questioning’.

Parsi-persian Ms, trit. Edin fraz gtyam an 7 az tamam [] [Yazishn 7 iz(a)dan kardan] [meh = mas], (b) stayishn ¢ Savab [] ¢nék-déna [Hormuzd* khvésh] kih hastand *, (c) spanah mina, shunay man, Hormuzd*, [[] an ¢ gfiyam ma-ré— (?) [] [néki= band* naduké (\)).

forth. *! Or ‘by an holy* questioning’.

Parsi-persian Ms, trit. Edin fraz gtyam an 7 az tamam [] [Yazishn 7 iz(a)dan kardan] [meh = mas], (b) stayishn ¢ Savab [] ¢nék-déna [Hormuzd* khvésh] kih hastand *, (c) spanah mina, shunay man, Hormuzd*, [[] an ¢ gfiyam ma-ré— (?) [] [néki= band* naduké (\)). (a) Kih an 7 & niyayishn [kunam = vdginam] pah Bahman fraz hampursishn *, [ki jadangdshi* (sic) ¢ izia)dan pah nék hampursishn bih shéyad danistan] :, (e) an ¢ fi khirad fréz fn man amfizand buland [[] [Agahi= dgdi (sic videtur) khirad] *% ee

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ab) venus O69 eu9hng sw) Caen dy 1 Aid p48) ¢0 Verbatim transl. Cujus [maximi supremi Dei] res-utiles, [i.e. institutabenefica (ritum, mandata et hymnos inspiratos ad salutem nostram efficaces) | desiderent [i.e. precibus suis strenue petant] oblatores [qui vere ut fines suos sanctos attingant enisi-sint] (b) [ii] qui (enim) vivi* fuerunt* [vixerint*! hi eas res precibus-petentes usque adhuc enisi sunt*t, et ii qui nunc vivi] sunt(que) [vel ‘qui posthac nati-sint (?)’]; (c) in-Immortalitate sancti anima [eas res ad salutem nostram tam utiles*?] desiderans*?++- [-est (i.e. eas desiderat)], (d) [in Immortalitate] continua*, quae*? [res*2] [tamen in] homines calamitates* [sint] scelestos-infideles; (e) easque [res utiles et efficaces per] Regno[-gnum Suum] [ut] effector* [earum nobis impertiet] Ahura. *! Utrum ab auctore intellectum fuerit: ‘qui enim in caelo vivi nunc adhuc usque ad hoc tempus precationem protinus faciant’ necne? *? vel ‘anima sancti precibus contendit in Immortalitate ut (ya =yéna)

adversus homines-infideles calamitates sint’; utrum vertere possimus ya = in*-qua (locat. (?)) immortalitate--.’, necne? *® vel ‘animosa* est’.

Pahl. text transl. Zak i valman! i? sid bavihtinam pavan rad dahishnib, [amat radih vadinam-é?]. (b) Man akaraz‘ min® zivandakand® min® bid homand, minich*+s, yehevind? [héman® btindaktar avo nafshman? vadiinam-e§] (c) amarg-ribishnih zak i aharfiband avd rfiband khyastar’, [amat pavan1? tano* i pasind® lakhvar 14 avayad zektelintand"] (d) 12tikhshishnt® amat gabra>+> tang® i! darvand®; (e) aétunéch Aflharmazd d4man valman“ i khadai.

*B8o DJ., D.; M., K.° avd. 2 DJ. ins. i 80 DJ., M.; D. °mam (sic). ‘DJ. ins. ®seesP. *DJ., D. mimich. 7DJ. bid. *D, hdmanend; DJ. va denman. *DJ. khyésh. *so DJ. “DJ. D., M. Iindd. ™ M. om. va. % DJ. om. va. % see ‘Ps .

Pahl. transl. That which 7s His* and which is a benefit IX am *seeking* through bountiful giving [when I would exercise liberality]. (b) Those who have always* been of the living and who also are still among them (or ‘are about to be (are becoming)’) [I would make more perfectly His (or ‘my*? (?)) own], dupes ls nae bepsarge) 144323890 5 aag09 “ff ee 8. Text.

g* through bountiful giving [when I would exercise liberality]. (b) Those who have always* been of the living and who also are still among them (or ‘are about to be (are becoming)’) [I would make more perfectly His (or ‘my*? (?)) own], dupes ls nae bepsarge) 144323890 5 aag09 “ff ee 8. Text. -¢gng)avq sual PO CBOs p He h sanpanssesnedy> woryateobasrogaty “O)n}0 6 -apgensatly 2 GE) eas 6K 9996 “6M ~ As oY 9 49a Goi 4499} bla tole woescul why “ee

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Free tr. Whose helpful gifts let offerers pray for

Who now on earth abide, or lived aforetime;

Soul of the righteous seeks in Life Immortal

That lasting weal which yet brings sinners ruin;

All through His Kingdom* thus maketh* the Lord.

• (c) praying*! for the immortality which is for the soul of the righteous, [if so be that in the final body it is not (may not be) necessary to slay them anew],
• (d) praying for persistent energy while the affliction of the wicked man is present; (e) so also doth Aiharmazd dispose, He the monarch of the creatures.

*1 Or as always the original is to be followed ‘the soul of the righteous is beseeching-for (avo-khvastar) immortality - -’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Asya labhan samihe dakshinadanena asya, [iti Hormijdasya, kila, dakshinim karomi] (b) yan kadachit* jivadbhyah sambhitan sarhbhavatag cha [sarapirnataran sviyan karomi] (c) amrityupravrittimn muktatmana atmanarh[-am] abhipsavah, [kila, tanor akshayatayaém punar na yogya* hantum‘] (d) adhyavasfyino* ye nara. Ayasino* durgatimantah. (e) Te ’pi rajano Mahajrianinah srishtindth Svaminah. ** Variations not important.

Ner. transl. I pray for his profitable* acquisitions (in accordance) with His, [Hormijda’s] gift of offering [thus, that is, I am making a gift]; (b) and [I am making] the same acquisitions which have been effected at any time (meaning ‘at every time’), for (or ‘by’) living persons, and those also which are now in the course of being effected [more perfect, and also more thoroughly his* (or ‘their*’, or ‘my*’) own], (c) desirous as they are of the immortal progress of (or ‘for’) the souls of the pious, [that is, in that indestructibility of the body which I desire for them they are not deserving” to be slain anew], (d) for they (lit. who) are the energetically-zealous men; and tormented*? are the wicked; (e) and these righteous ones also are monarchs of the creatures of* the Great Wise One, the Lord*. *? Or ‘Even these are Kings, great* wise* lords* of the creatures’. ** tormentors (?).

Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An i f 7 sfid khvaham pah sakhayat dadan, [kih sakhavati kunam] #¢ (b) Kih hargiz az [aknim (sic) = knit (?)] zindah [] [hend = homund] [|] biudah hend [] [va = va] kih ham [] [bid = janind*| [hend* bundahtar an khvésh kunam], (c) bi-mark(g)*-raftan 4n 7 ashavan 4n ruvan kh(y)astar [-am=-aml], [kih pah tan 7 pasin, [{kih man = min ra*] baz nah bayad zadan] *, (d) kushishn [] [an = an] mard [] {deham kih mard kahilit = dabinam* —— —] *#; (e) édim ham