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

D. saritar. *DJ. yatinédo; D. *ishn; Sp. seems hémununishn. °DJ., D.; M. vaf®. 7DJ., D. om. i. *® DJ. ins. ich. 9% DJ. i. 107), hana; om. i lak. + D. darishn. 4? DJ. om. va. 3 DJ., D. om. va. +4# DJ. nih. 1° DJ. has va. %*DJ., D. darishn. 17 DJ. om. va zak. 18D. om. i. 1 D. avariinih.

Pahl. transl. **He who ¢s within* (or ‘dzseiplined by’) Your sovereignty {in this world where Your sovereignty prevails|, and whose is a non-giving, [i e. nothing zs to* be* (or ‘is’ (so better)) given by him - -*]; he who és the injurer, is coming - -* [who comes with the infliction of wounds - -*]; éu¢ with the good knowledge of the religious*-benedictions and also with a contract -- +”, [i.e. these things are his (or ‘ theirs’) who would execute chastisement upon those wicked ones; he is to be maintained by this*(?) which is Thine (or ‘he is to be considered (or ‘maintained’) as Thine’), that is, as wise and acting in accordance with jis compacts --*]; (c) he who is righteous in his just life and he who is wicked, [that is, both of them are to be estimated (or ‘maintained’) with legality]; (d)so he zs discerned, [that is, it is clear by this estimate that that man is a good man], and that ts also to be proclaimed to himself (or ‘to his belongings* (?)’), [i e. it is to be considered (or ‘maintained (?)’) by* (or ‘for’) himself (or ‘his belongings’) (e€) who has* been* raised up, O Atharmazd, from impiety [even from heretical*(?)-wickedness].

** A close syntactical version of this for the most part merely word-for-word trans-

lation would be more than usually uncertain. *! or ‘who has raised up that one’.

Ner’s. sansk. text. Yo Yushmakazi rajye adata nricatisasamdgamanah, |kila, antar asmin jagati danati na kurute, chhedam kartuiicha ayati], (b) suprasiddho*t va cuddhasatkarataya*?, mitratayA va [yaih papakarmanaim nigrahami kurute, sa evati parijieyah yat purushah satkari* maitrivan*]; (c) satyena jivaniyah* yo muktatma*, yaccha durgati, [kila, sarvah ko ’pi nyayamattaya* dharyah], (d) vigado ’sti sa prakrishtam svadhinatve vaksposoray bye 40) phy *G EPs WM ee 6. Text. *1 Vel Ge) Hew avoagynyoasep {R69 ony bea) dees sepsl> woyrunes)s “4 ently 06 chy 4a) 40930 bafg sd +9106 QP dd M9 ~4dd))49 0Agg 5 yy & aw) ess 5 gs29 bag “E}HO9 ep Verbatim transl. Sed qui [invicem ad] eum [vastatorem* (vide strophas IV,V,) ad se injuria accedentem et se aggressum, ipse non accedat (ultor Justus supplicio) ad] eum non [etsi ipse] vir potens [i.e. viribus sufficientibus instructus ad supplicium de eo sumendum] accedat (b) [ad] Mendacii-Daemonis domiciliof-ium] vinctoris*?, |sic, vel lege baéthahya, ‘in domicilio (locat. sg.)

ent 4 a ae ted pe ap. 249 yah*s, [kila, uttamo ’sti sa puman svAdhinataya dharyah] (e) uchchair nigato sti yo, Mahajiianin, kadarthanatvat, Svamin, [durgatitvat],

**J.5, *? J.* om from cuddhasa- to-tkari ** J.* vydikabhya; J.%, J.* yabhyah (sic),

Ner. transl.

micilio (locat. sg.)

ent 4 a ae ted pe ap. 249 yah*s, [kila, uttamo ’sti sa puman svAdhinataya dharyah] (e) uchchair nigato sti yo, Mahajiianin, kadarthanatvat, Svamin, [durgatitvat],

**J.5, *? J.* om from cuddhasa- to-tkari ** J.* vydikabhya; J.%, J.* yabhyah (sic),

Ner. transl. He who comes into Your kingdom illiberal and as an homicide, [that is, who imparts no gift in this world, and comes to. inflict injury], (b) or else (on the contrary) comes as one favourably-celebrated for successful beneficence, or for fidelity im friendship, [(by which means he accomplishes the frustration (or ‘punishment’) of evil doers), such an one is verily to be recognized as a beneficent and friendly person], (c) he who is righteous (freesouled) zs living*(?) in justice (or ‘7s to be maintained* alive* with justice’), and so also, on the other hand, he who is wicked is to be treated justly, [that is, every one, whosoever he be, is to be maintained-and-considered with legal exactness]; (d) and he is clearly distinguished and to be proclaimed forth in his own personality and possessions, [that is, good (lit ‘ highest’) is this man, and he is to be maintained (or ‘fully considered’) in his own personality and possessions], (e) that zs, the one who has been elevated, O Great Wise One the Lord, out of torment [and depravity (or ‘misfortune’)].

Parsi-persian Ms, trit. [] pah an 2 Shuma pAdishahi (sic) [ [u padishant t* dahishn padishahi = va patikhshdi* 0* (?) dabiénishn* patakhshai*] andar in jihan*, kt Shuma] ] [] hast [ki, chiz* nah dahishn] [bayad = dvdyad] J, [an ¢ [] [badtar=saritar(?)} amad[-ishn = -shn] [kih pah zakhmi kardan dyad], (b) [] [mashhir va* (?) = vafringani] pah khaib-danai [] pah [] mihr, [an kih vanéhkéran* padafrah kunand, [kih = min) pah [chiz = mandum*] in [] darad, k& shnasi [] mihrban], (c) pah rashn* [] zistan kih ashé [ré = rd] va kih ham daryand, [ka, har [di =—] [] [’sh= ash] pavan*® (sic) insAfmandi darad], (d) va [] [buzurg = vazérk*(?)] an [hast = hast] édtin, (ki rtishan an mard veh mard [] an] fraz an khvésh gobishn, [ki pah khyésh darishn], (e) kih bala rasid éstéd* [kih = mén] [] Ormuzd [] [kih = min] [] [bad*(?) = avérdni*] (az [] [darvand + sakht* = darvand] |*% **-+ mashhir néz underneath as tri,

Free tr. Who having power doth not thus approach him

To Falsehood’s Demon-home in chains* will go,

The wicked’s friend he is, and likewise wicked,

But righteous he who loves the righteous,

Since the primeval laws Thou gavest, Lord! [-ium M.-daemonis*? [nos] terrore-(suorum flagitiorum complentis]) adeat [ipse]; (c) ille(-ipse*) [valde] enim scelestus-perversus [est] qui scelesto [viro] optimus, [idest, ei maxime-favens sit], (d) [et] ille(-ipse*) sanctus-et-rectus [est] cui rectus sit amicus (e) quam (e0-modo-quo) leges*3-religionis*’ priores, [i: e. in partu mundi operantes*] constituisti, O Ahura.

ipse]; (c) ille(-ipse*) [valde] enim scelestus-perversus [est] qui scelesto [viro] optimus, [idest, ei maxime-favens sit], (d) [et] ille(-ipse*) sanctus-et-rectus [est] cui rectus sit amicus (e) quam (e0-modo-quo) leges*3-religionis*’ priores, [i: e. in partu mundi operantes*] constituisti, O Ahura. *'Vel altera traductio ‘Qui [invicem etsi] potens[ad civem (injuriis vexatum et auxilium adversus oppressorem implorantem (vide strophas supra)) non opibus suis in auxilium accedat--’. *? masculinum sed nihil nocet; for- 32p. 7 tasse ‘haithahyé (J.*) <= vere exsistentis’ (?). ** vel ‘quoniam [sic] conscientias, [i. e. animas] priores [in tempore priori] creavisti[-veris], O A.’.

Pahl. text translit. 1Min zak madé* yekavimiinéd*, 14 av gabré min pavan khvahishné yatinéd, [aigh pavan kar va’ kirfako yatinéd!, yehabtinéd]. (b) Drajo* zak dam, [aigh, damih® i® Drijé vaddtinyén], afash’ asami-ait, [aighash bim! numai-aitd®, afash® makhitini-ait!®]; (c) mamman zak! darvand min avé darvandan pahltimih; (d) zak aharibé min avé aharfiband pahlimih!’. [Dén varhémandih It min av6 darvandin mindavam yehabiinéd, pavan darvand!4 darishné'5, mfin avd ahartiband yehabfinéd, pavan aharibd darishnd‘*], (e) vad amat Dind* it? fratim dahishnd 18 Aftharmazd, [vad zak amat Sdshans yamtinéd| (hamak’® pavan aé?° darishno)]. +See P. 2D. ins. i. * DJ. om. va. *D. ins. i. ‘or ‘aighaish’; DJ. dimih ‘*DJ., D. ins. i. 7D. seems ash (?). *D. ins. min. ®DJ., D. om. va. *° so DJ.. D. “DJ. valman. **DJ., D. ins. va. 1D. fravamishn, 4 DJ. °dain. .** D; ins: va. ="s0, DJ,, D2 2D insaa. f 8D I. Ds omne sem) hamai (?) but perhaps = Ak. ?° D. hana.

Pahl. transl. He who (mitin) does not give* (see gl. (omit mad6*! yeko*t here)) to that one (zak), to the man who approaches* with an earnest entreaty (or ‘prayer’), [that is, to one who comes with duty and good works] (b) is the creature (or ‘creation’) of the Drij, [that is, they, such persons, would produce the creation of the Drtj] and (a person, that is, the person who approaches with good works,) is also terrified by him, (or ‘her*’), [that is, terror is shown by him, and he is even afflicted (lit. beaten) by him, (or ‘her, the Dréj’)]; (c) for that man is wicked who gives (see gl. to d) the best thing to the wicked, (d) and he is holy who gives the best thing to the holy, [that 7s, he who gives a thing to the wicked when in* a single* doubt is to be regarded as wicked, and he who gives to the righteous is to be regarded as righteous]; (e) and thus one must always be considered until* when* (sic, or ‘during the time while’) the First* Religion*, that of Atharmazd, is instituted afresh, [that is, until the time when Séshans shall appear]. (It must be always rendered thus*?), *!Mado yek®, an obvious and erroneous second transl. of yastem, shows what care is needed to avoid fatuity; it must of course be translated separately and as a second trl.