Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 31 — The Zend-Avesta, Part III / Yasna & Gathas (Mills, page scans)
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those dwelling in the neighbourhood*®) ; (d) nor yet does he who is the wicked tyrant within the Province, [that is, no Province-governors are favourable to me]; (e) how then shall<I propitiate Thee, O Attharmazd.
*1 Or, ‘toward what land shall I worship’? **hé was read nasalised hém, hence hams®. (NB, The forced Pahl. of these (largely) word-for-word trls. imperatively requires special and often alternative treatment).
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Ner.’s sansk. text. Kari namaskaromi* jagatirh, Hormijda, gishyaih kasmin cha* [-yain* cha] namaskritya pracharami!? [kirn!, kayâchit yachanaya*]?; (b) upari* svadineshu Adecgamanassu* pradatto ’smi, [kila, tebhyah krito ’smi]; (c)*? na mar sathivindanti* ye svacrenayo pi, (d)*? né’ntah* grameshu ye “nyayino durgatinah. [Gramadhipatayah, te *pi maz na vindanti*]; (e) katham Tvam, Mahajiianin, satkdrayami*, Svamin ? (Akrandanath Jarathustrasya). *' J, J.4, J* kim. *2 lines c und d are later written on the margin of J.*. (As to the irregularities of this Sanskrit and sandhi see other notices.) ** J.8, J.4 vid®. **J.° vid.
Ner. transl. What land shal/ I reverence*, O Hormijda, through my disciples?; to what land shall 1 proceed with my worship, [that is, what* thing* (see the Pahl., or ‘wherefore*’) do J seek with any* prayer|? (b) Among the masters and the subordinates, I am delivered up (or ‘I am given up hep yoaye WAVING SG LU cs wa youl 2. Text IG QYL 4} } Garg Sep EO 1999989030} 699 AUG au ) yp eee ‘ee 5 bee abs dew “Aeon ay ald “Bere “Hsp «pleds)
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Verbatim trl. Scio hoc quare [vel ‘ut1(sic)] (sum), O Mazda, [homo] finempropositum-optatum-suum-non (vel ‘minime’) -adipiscens [sim] (b) [propter*?] mea [meam rem] re-pecuaria{-am]-exigua*?[-guam] et quod (que), [i.e. quare paucos-homines-habens, [id est, virorum (i. e. discipulorum*-et-militum*)- -egens*3] sim*; (c) [immo hoc] conqueror (Tibi) {[apud Te]; id aspice, O Ahura, (d) gratiam [Tuam* auxilii et solacii ego“! pro me] cupiens quod [i. e. talem gratiam* qualem] amicus amico det; (e) [me] doceas [etiam] Bonae [per] Sanctitate|-tem] opes*®, [i.e. emolumenta] Mentis, [i. e. ut ex mea tam acerba indigentia exsurgam monstra mihi quo modo opes necessarias obtineam|.
*1-Y4 = yéna(?). *? fortasse ‘und cum (?) meo socio tam paupere*’, vel adverbialiter. *3i. e. ‘quare partes meae in mea tam gravi contentione mecum stantes adhuc usque debilissimae sunt (vel ‘sint’) *4 vel ‘Tu® cupiens, i. e. Tu* assensus et pariter meis angoribus dolens bene volens-- me doceas’. **i. e. opes ejus viri fortunati (Tua Bona Mente impleti) mihi des.
Pahl. text translit. ‘Akds homanam? zak, main hémanam, Atharmazd’, akhvastar denman?, [atgham*] denman? attibanikiht mamman® rai khavitinam‘).
® cupiens, i. e. Tu* assensus et pariter meis angoribus dolens bene volens-- me doceas’. **i. e. opes ejus viri fortunati (Tua Bona Mente impleti) mihi des.
Pahl. text translit. ‘Akds homanam? zak, main hémanam, Atharmazd’, akhvastar denman?, [atgham*] denman? attibanikiht mamman® rai khavitinam‘). (b) Li amat kam ramak, [aigham! khvastak kam], va amatich kam gabra hdmanam’, [aigham gtird* va’ afzir kam, ach®(sic) khavitinam aigh maman rai]; (¢) garzam avi“! Lak*? zak3 denman!? khadittin, Atharmazd [aigham charak bavihin'® ; (d) ramishn!®? am!°, k4maké, min désté avo valman't
_p. 941 from among them’); [that is, theirs (tesham) I am [made] (or ‘from*(?) them I am forced*’); (c) and yeé the clansmen do not recognize (or ‘accept*’) me, (d) nor do they who are lawless and depraved in the villages, [i. e. the village-chiefs, these also do not accept™! me]; (e) how shad? I propitiate Thee, O Lord? (Complaint of Jarathustra.) *! so meaning.::
Parsi-persian Ms. frit, An kadar + ya‘nt + kudam zamin [ {] [miyayish, an kib, [Ormuzd = [] niydyishn, dn min, [Anhdma*, (sic)] pah [] [shagirdin, man kih — dhavishtan* ra* min] | pab niyayish ravam [pah chiz [] [khvastan = bihiinastan®]? * (b) Kih bih khvéshan* (?) farman* + minishni did hastam, [ktishan bih kard hastam] (c) nah man khéshé-kunand* (?) kih [az = min] [] [dil ((?) sic videtur, fortasse veli*? hamsigan = vdriinich hamishi*-(?)-ch]; (d) nah andar deh, kih zyangaér* (= Pahl. sastar)] é darvand [hast kih = hast min] [deh-sardar [stayad = shndyend]] % (e) Chin Ta, Ormuzd*, [man=ra] stayam? % (NB. in this Gatha the proper v is used instead of w.)
Free tr. This know I, Mazda, wherefore foiled I wander,
My flocks so small, and following so feeble;
To Thee in grief I cry behold it, Master,
Thy grace vouchsafing me as friend bestows on friend,
Showing with pureness* Thy Good Mind’s riches best! dést5 yehabined; (e) pavan amikhtishno (sic) i!? Vohtiman, [amat pavan frardndih'® amikht6 yekavimtinam']; zak i!? Aharayih ist* am [yehabtinai]!
‘See P. throughout. ?D. hémananam (sic). *DJ. om. ‘so D., M., Sp.; DJ. seems astob®, or ait6®(?). *DJ. ich. *DJ. “tunam. 7D. “mananam (? sic), ® DJ. om. va, ® DJ. mes lee 21), “shnom: **D. ins. 1 late, **D. om. f. ** so D.
Pahl. transl. I am aware of that, O Atharmazd, I who am this not- (favoured*) suppliant* (or ‘no gainer* of my prayer’), [that is, I know why this is an impossibility to’ me]; (b) since my flock is small, [that is, my wealth is little] and since also I am provided with few men (hardly ‘since I am an insignificant person’) {that is, since my champion and my weapons are defective, I know also from what cause zt 7s thus|; (c) I therefore complain to Thee of it; behold this, O Atharmazd, [that is, seek me a remedy], (d) and grant me rejoicing and my desire (possibly a quasi compositum ‘ Thou* having a desire for my rejoicing’) which* a friend gives to his friend; (e) through (or ‘on account of’) the teaching of Vohtiman, [that refore complain to Thee of it; behold this, O Atharmazd, [that is, seek me a remedy], (d) and grant me rejoicing and my desire (possibly a quasi compositum ‘ Thou* having a desire for my rejoicing’) which* a friend gives to his friend; (e) through (or ‘on account of’) the teaching of Vohtiman, [that is, since I am instructed in piety, give me] the wealth of Holiness.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Vedmi tat* yad asmi, Mahajhanin, aprarthayita*, {kila, me idath agaktitvarzh kimartham iti vedmi]; (b) aharh kimhchit* na saiichayah, [kila, me vibhitih*! kithchittara*|, yachcha kichit* naro ’smi, {kila, me sainyar* gastranicha kithchittarani*, idaricha kimartham iti vedmi]; (c) krandami Tvayi*; tad etat* dlokaya, Svamin, [kila, mahyar upayamh samihasva]; (d) pramodaih samthitaih cha [deh] yan mitrari mitraya dadati, (e)
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cikshaya Uttamasya punyalakshmith* Manasah; {chet sadvyaparataya cikshito ’smi, tan mahyam prasddai dehi]. ** J.*, J.*, °tim.
Ner. transl. I know this wherefore*! I am no prospered (?) supplicant (or perhaps ‘one who does not attain his prayer’), |i. e. I know from what cause this my impotence exists]; (b) in no respect am I wealthy*, [that is, my property is most insignificant*], and that (or ‘ wherefore’) I am possessed* of* few* men* (so better (see the Pahl.), or possibly ‘and wherefore Iam an insignificant* man’) I also know, [that is, my army and my weapons are most* insignificant, and why this is thus I also know]; (c) I lament to* Thee, regard it therefore, Lord, [that is, seek (or ‘devise’) a remedy (or ‘ relief’) for me]; (d) and bestow upon me that wished-for joy which a friend bestows
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Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Quando, (vel ‘Nonne*’ prorsus* progredientur), O Mazda, eae cogitationes a Te inspiratae*?] qui [i. e. quae] illustrantes*! dierum [sint, i. e. quae nostras res gestas et gerendas luce prosperitatis illustrent*] (b) vitae [vel ‘ populi*’(?)] sustentationi [i.e. ad vitam*] (prorsus) Sanctitatis [in civibus nostris sustinendam, prorsus successu, i. e. ad finem propositum suum] progrediuntur[-ientur*]? (c) [Quando progredientur], sublimibus** hortationis-doctrinis [nobis] bene-facturorum*-prophetarumprincipum cogitationes*??; (d) [et] quibus, i.e. ad quos etiam in| auxilio[-ium per] Bona[-nam] accedat{-det] Mente[-tem ille* amicus princeps nobis opes (ad annisum* sacrum nostrum necessarias) impertiens (vide stropham II (2))]? (e) Mihi [tamen; i. e., quod ad me attinet] Te [ipsum] duci-docenti [i.e. ut meum ducem-docentem] eligo [et precibus aggressus in partes meas induco], O Ahura.
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