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

] [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 Hormuzd pédaish** i 7 khuda » *! Or ‘paidayish’.

Free tr. Him in our hymns of praise I seek to worship Whom with discerning eye now see I clearly, Of the good spirit lord of word and action, Knowing through Asha’s grace Ahura Mazda; Thus in Abode of Song his praise I bear! Verbatim transl. Hunc {i. e. Huic maximo et supremo deo (vide supra) in] nostrum|-stris] laudibus, [i. e. in nostris hymnis cantandis et in officiisp. 232 celebrandis {apud] cultum Ejus [veneratum] (apud) servire-volens [sum, i. e. volo], (b) nunc enim-quidem [Eum (in-)-oculo [fidei (vel ‘in visione inspirata’) penitus-cernam™! [per Sanctitatem] Boni Spiritus, actionis-que, dicti-que, (d) cognoscens Sanctitate [legis sacrae] enim ego] quem {i.e. Eum-qui] Mazdam f-da sit] Ahuram|-ra], {i. e. (per intelligentiam Sanctitate stimulatam et per effectum actionis bonae et sermonis pii in me ipsum reflexum*?) et proprietates et voluntatem Domini cognosco dum Eum (mente) aspicio]; (e) sic [igitur (vi ejus scientiae plenioris)] Ei adorationes [nostras] in-Domicilioj-ium] Sublimitatis [vel ‘cantis’, i.e. in Caelum] deponamus [i. e. reddamus]! *vel ‘°ebam’. * retrorsum flexum.

Pahl. text translit. Zak i! valman! stayishnd va? niyayishnd zak i lanman bara varzishnd (b) maman kevan denman pavan chasm bara?+? pédak# [aigh naddkih’ (i.e, névakth) hamak® min Atharmazd]. (c) Min pavan Vohtimand kdinishnd? gédbishnd (d) kas yehevinéd pavan rastih® Atharmazd?, [pavan Dind* i Atharmazd]; (e) aétand zak ¢ valman‘o niyayishn dén™ Garddmano ash bard yehabiind. ‘DJ., D. and P. ins. 7 valman i. > DJ., D. ins. va. * see P. *see P. ins. hast. 5 P, nadtk. *DJ., D. -ak. "DJ. ins. va, *DJ. om: i, DJ. ins. ya. *DJ., D. and P valman; M. avd. “DJ. dén; P. min dén.

Pahl. transl. The praise and worship of* him* who is that one (sic) és that which is to be fully performed by* us (b) for now this is perfectly evident to the eye [that happiness zs ever from Atharmazd]. (c) He whose deeds and words are in accordance with Vohiman, (d) knows (is knowing) Atharbeereodyay +N 393 40449 6 “Bue aud “1 “GF 9. Text.

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& byrajng AW) Bssosox Crop ~A8d O84 39 gurl Verbatim transl. Hune [maximum et supremum Deum (vide supra)] [cum] nostra Bona (cum) Mente [ab Eo in nostros cives sanctos inspirata nobis-ipsis-] conciliare-desiderantes [sumus, i. e. Eum nobis ipsis conciliare desideramus] (b) qui nostrum [pro-nobis] bene-volens* effecit fortunam-secundam(-que) remque-adversam, [i. e.

aximum et supremum Deum (vide supra)] [cum] nostra Bona (cum) Mente [ab Eo in nostros cives sanctos inspirata nobis-ipsis-] conciliare-desiderantes [sumus, i. e. Eum nobis ipsis conciliare desideramus] (b) qui nostrum [pro-nobis] bene-volens* effecit fortunam-secundam(-que) remque-adversam, [i. e. qui et ad nostrum bonum et ad nostrum malum tam magnam vim attollat, faciens ut ambae duae, res-secundae et res-adversae ad bonum exitum perveniant] (c) Mazda per Regimen-Suum-et- Potestatem-Suam [viros-] vicos*- [vel ‘-aedificia*-rustica’-(in felicitate)-habitantes) det, [i. e. constituat, vel sustineat] Ahura (d) [ad] greges, virosque nostros promovendos*-et-prosperandos (e)Bonae [per] sanctitate[-tatem Mentis in nostra con-

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‘mazd in* truth* (or ‘intelligent in the truth of (i) A.’) [in the Religion of Atharmazd]; (e) and thus shall they*! render to Him praise in Garddman at last, *1 Or read yehabind and supply lanman from a ‘thus shall we* render’; see Ner:

Ner.’s sansk. text. Tasmai asmabhih stutih prandmah* tato ‘dhikarh vidheyah (b) nanu*(?) yatah idarn lochandbhyarh vidrigyate, [kila, gubhath samastain Hormijdat]. (c) Uttamasya Manasah karmandcha, vachasdcha (d) vetta satyatayA bhavati yah Mahajiidninah Svaminah, [kila, Dinya Hormijdasya]. (e) Evarh tasmai prandmar* antar Garothmane* nidadimahe.

* Variations not important.

Ner. transl. From hence on (or ‘Therefore’) praise and worship are to be offered* up*, (or ‘to be offered with* excessive* zeal*’) by us to this one, (b) since vow* this* is seen with both the eyes [that all good comes from Hormijda]. (c) Z¢ is through the deed and word of the Best Mind (d) that he who belongs*? to*2 the Great Wise One the Lord becomes intelligent in (or ‘through the truth’), [that is, through Hormijda’s Din]; (e) and thus it is that we offer up our worship to Him in Garothmana on high.

*1 So understanding nanu. *? or ‘a knower in truth ¢s he who 7s a* knower* of M. 8.’.

Parsi-persian Ms, trit. An 7 fi sitidan u niydyishn an 7 ma bih varzishn, (b) chih akntin in pah chashm [] péda™ [hast = hast] [kih (sic pro kf) [] [nék = naduk*] hama az Hormuzd*] » (c) Kih pah Bahman kushish* (sic = — (?)) gdbishn (d) agah bashad [ ] [az = min] vasti + Hormuzd* [pah Din ¢ Hormuzd*] (e) Adtn [] [Ta = Rak] [] niyayish, [] [kih = mén] andar Gardtman* ash bih dehand % ** Or ‘paida’,

Free tr, Him with our better mind we seek to honour

Who kind hath cared for us in weal and sorrow;

May Mazda hold our farm-lands strong with power,

Herds and our men in health and thrift to further;

From Good Mind’s worth* it was, a holy gift! gregatione vivae et efficacis, et ex sud] nobilitate** [vel ‘generositate’] (Mentis) ! *1 Si usén = usaniace. pl. nent. (cp. mizhdavan'= °yani) tum in ea re reddamus: ‘qui nobis constitutiones-Suae-voluntatis nobis consolationem et auxilium afferentes in - -]. Mirum est quin aliquis spéncha aspénché =‘canes et equos’(!) verterit.

et ex sud] nobilitate** [vel ‘generositate’] (Mentis) ! *1 Si usén = usaniace. pl. nent. (cp. mizhdavan'= °yani) tum in ea re reddamus: ‘qui nobis constitutiones-Suae-voluntatis nobis consolationem et auxilium afferentes in - -]. Mirum est quin aliquis spéncha aspénché =‘canes et equos’(!) verterit. Utrum spéncha dspéncha* (= ‘res prosperas et res praecipue*-prosperas’) legendum sit, necne? *? vel ‘verezi nao = zyi nio = utinam M, per Suam potestatem efficacia* nostra* [officia propitiationis] reddat Ahura’; cp. stropham VIII (8) staotais et s. VI, stavas-- sraotu Mazda A’, *° vel ‘ex bona*-civitate* Bonae Mentis, [i. e. ex bonis moribus civis sancti a Bona Mente (ut persona mente concepta) inspirati’).

Pahl. text translit. Zak i valman! lanman pavan avakih i? Vohiman chigimchai shndyishnd, [aigh, pavan ramishnd bard kdinishnd] (b) minash avd lanman pavan khdrsandih kard¥? Asinih, valmanich i# andsdn>*, [aigh, valman ich i darvyand4 Asdnih, andchandash® ait min Atharmazd]; (c) pavan zak

¢ Adharmazd khidayih? varzidaér avé lanman yehabindai, Atharmazd; hami- 30p. 10 shak6 kar]; (d) pavan pahé va’ vir§ mfinmand$ [pah va vir panakth(?) vadtinyen‘, va® lanmankanéch‘] min fradahishné homanam!®, [aigh, mindavam bara afziyinam??]; (e) pavan zak i Vohimand tarsdkdstht! [frardind'? tarsAkAsih’s rai# zim aité] amavandih’® i‘ pavan Vohtimand [amano yehabtinail.

1DJ.ins. i. 7D. om. 3D. ins. va. tsee P. *so Mf. ®s0 DJ., D.; M.om. ash. 7s0 D. “DJ. ®see P. *°D.°ém. so D. ? DJ. %h. 12 s0 D. *DJ. om. ®DJ., D. diff. ®DJ., D. om.

Pahl. transl. He who és that one (sic) is to be propitiated in everything* by us* with the accompaniment (or ‘help’) of Vohiman, [that is, everything is to be done for the sake of thoroughly rejoicing him}, (b) by whom there has been (or ‘who** has* been’) made a comfort to us in a time of satisfaction, and he also who és (or ‘who has made’) a distress, [that is, even he who (or ‘that which’) is the wicked’s comfort, in so far as*1 he (or ‘it’) ¢s that also which is) from Attharmazd, is therein to be propitiated|; (c) mayest Thou then give us, 0. A., a husbandman endowed with the authority of Adharmazd [a continuous, i. e. unbroken agriculture]; (d) and do Thou (or ‘may they’, or ‘one’) effect protection for*? our herds, and for the men who are ours {even for those of ours also] whose promoter (or ‘ promotion’) I am, [that is, I will cause their interests to flourish (through their (or ‘his’), help); (e) [give us therefore| that strength which is through a good mind according to the reverential-recognition (or ‘reward(?)’) of Vohiman, [the reverential*-recognition* (or ‘reward(?)’) of the pious which is (or ‘may become’) mine (ours)|. “Or ‘in so far he (or ‘it’) ds from A.’ (so without ‘as’), “ Ner.’s instrumental is difficult.

Ner.’s sansk. text.