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

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. by ‘He (omit min) has come not (here read mad6 yek°) to a man who comes:-~. ** probably an exegetical note meaning that the restoration of the primitive Faith must always be regarded as coincident with the coming of the Redeemer.

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Ner.’s sansk. text. Yah evath sampraptara no nardya prarthayitum samagataya, [kila, yah karydya punyaya samayati tasmai na datte]; (b) Drajah sa srishteh, [kila, srishtith dveshinith kurute], trasayaniyagcha*t, [kila, bhayamh nidargayan nihantavyah]; (c) sa yato durgati yah durgatibhyo vikagayité; (d) sa muktatmaé yo muktatmabhyah samadeshta, [antah sarhgayatve “pi yah*? kirnchit* durgatibhyo datte durgatya parijieyah, yagcha kimnchit* muktaétmabhyo datte* muktya parijieyah] (e) yévat Dinih parvadateh Hormijdasya, [yavat Caociocah prapnoti]. (Sadai’va evath parijiieyam). *1 J.* trasaryanigcha, ** all grah,

Ner. transl. He who thus does not grant a thing acquired (sic) to a man who has approached to make a request for (or ‘to seek it’), [that is, who does not afford ¢¢ to him who approaches for (or ‘in* (?)’) his righteous action] (b) is the Drfija of the creation, [that és, he*(?) produces the hateful hostile creation] and he is inspiring fear*?, [that is, he is revealing**! terror (or ‘showing fear*!’), and he ought therefore to be slain], (c) for he is wicked who gives information*? (or ‘makes a revelation*s *) to (possibly ‘increases* the prosperity" (2) of’) the wicked, (d) and he is also sanctified*(?) (or ‘freesouled’) who ¢s an instructor (or ‘a director’) of the sanctified* (or ‘righteous’); [even when one is in doubt when one gives anything to the wicked* one is to be recognized through* wickedness*, (that is, as wicked); and he who bestows a thing upon the free-souled (or ‘sanctified’) is to be known from his sanctity (from his freedom of soul)]; (e) and thus it will be as long as until™ the Din of the former creation of Hormijda* 7s* restored*, [that is, as long* as* until* Caogiocga comes], (So this expression is always to be understood).

*1 Ner. knew what samp° meant, but not its syntactical connection. ** this may be accidentally correct, or ‘he is to be feared’, or ‘intimidated’ may have been meant.

*8but vi-+ kag = ‘to augment’ with Ner., vahist6 stood in Pahlavi characters, ~-9” =also ‘vakhst.’, but see the Pahl. trl.

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*1 Ner. knew what samp° meant, but not its syntactical connection. ** this may be accidentally correct, or ‘he is to be feared’, or ‘intimidated’ may have been meant.

*8but vi-+ kag = ‘to augment’ with Ner., vahist6 stood in Pahlavi characters, ~-9” =also ‘vakhst.’, but see the Pahl. trl. ** or possibly meaning ‘while 7 lasts’, but see the ‘yavat Q.’ hardly = ‘while** © cs coming’.

Parsi-pers. Ms. trit, Kih an rasid(?) éstéd nah 4n mard [bashad = jantinad* (?)] kih pah khvahishn rasad, [ki [] kar u kirfah 4yad [nah = Jd] dehad] % (b) Druj zak pédaishi*, [ki, pédaishi*! [] kunand(?)] [] kheshm-kunad, [kfish [] khvahad + numayad [] ]; (¢) chih an (space) kih (space) bulandi * (d) [V’ = va] an ashé kih an ashavan [] [farmayad=fravdkhishn*|anday shakmandi[]kih fn darvandén chiz dehad, pah darvand darad(?)]; kih 4n ashavan dehad pah ashé darad(?), (e) ta kih Din ¢ avval dahishn Ormuzd* [ta an kih Sdshyésh rasad]; (ham& pah in darad(?) )** * Or ‘paiday®’.

Free tr, Whom then as guard to save us will they set me,

When as his aim for harm the faithless marks ?

Whom have I then but Thee, Thy Fire and Meaning?

By deeds of which Thou shieldest Right, Ahura;

To me this wonder-power for Faith* declare.

Verbatim transl. Quem* [defensorem ille] vir*! [judex et magister regp. 8nans], O Mazda, [viro]'mihi-simili, [i. e. mihi-ipsi ut] defensorem [et adjutorem (vide strophas supra) princeps*-judex* regnans] dabit [et statuet] (b) quum me scelestus-infidelis tenebat* [vel ‘spectabat*’] damno [id est, me tenebat* (vel ‘notabat’) ut me ad nocendum injuria peteret]? (c) [Quem] alium mihi dabit, [i.e. annuntiabit hic regnans magister] nisi-Te, [i.e. alium atque Te], Ignisque [-nemque Tuum], Mentisque [-temque Tuam], (d) quorum-duorum (Ignis et Mentis) actionibus, [i.e. caerimoniis ritus et factis honestis omnino a viris sanctis peractis] Sanctitas, [i. e. lex sacra nostrae constitutionis patriae] defensa*-et-nutrita-sit*?, O Ahura; (e)eam [eum ergo] mihi vigorem-mirabilem [illius defensoris - + praedica (vel ‘gratiam tutelam Tuae Sanctitatis’)] pro-Religioni[-ne] [vel ‘conscientiae, i. e. animae meae’] praedica, [i.e. declamans eum (vel ‘eam’) me doceas]. *1 Vel ‘quemnam-~. *? vel ‘cujus actionibus Sanctitatem ille meus defensor-protegens [sibi, i. e. causa suae salutis] defendit [-derit]’.

Pahl. text transl. *Minat? avo li, Adharmazd®, va? manikano [havishtand i li] panak yehabind (b) amat li* zak i* darvand [Aharmané] pavan yakhsenunishnd kind, [aigham kind levatman daréd, am panahih* min vadtnyén] (c) zakAi min Laké® Atash va® Vohtiman?; [maman Lekim rai khavitinam aigham pAnakih* vadtinyén’], (d) mtn’ pavan valmanshdn ktnishné Aharayth fravarém®, Atharmazd, [aigh, kar va kirfak vadinam-é, am panakih min vadtinyén]? (e) Zak!°r!! ft avote+ li Dastébar f2 Dino* fraz yemalelinai [denman yemaleliinai aigh'®: Dind*! pavan! Dastobart yakhsenun?].

+See P. throughout. 7D. om. at. *DJ. ins. va. *DJ., D. om. ®D, lekim. *D.

ktnishné Aharayth fravarém®, Atharmazd, [aigh, kar va kirfak vadinam-é, am panakih min vadtinyén]? (e) Zak!°r!! ft avote+ li Dastébar f2 Dino* fraz yemalelinai [denman yemaleliinai aigh'®: Dind*! pavan! Dastobart yakhsenun?].

+See P. throughout. 7D. om. at. *DJ. ins. va. *DJ., D. om. ®D, lekim. *D. va.. "DJ, néd: °D. min. *DJ,, Dr “ram. 2° DJ: valman i zak: 1: D, valk ayo, 42D om.

Pahl. transl. Who has been given to me [and my disciples*] as a protection by Thee, O Atharmazd, (b) when the wicked Aharman holds me with the hatred of his possession? [that és, since he holds me with his hatred who can afford me protection] (c) otherwise than by (or ‘apart from’) Thy Fire and Vohiman?, [for I know that it is owing to You that (or ‘where’) they may afford me protection (or ‘wherefore do Thou afford’ etc.)], (d) by which*

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Verbatim trl. (with paraphrase) [Sed quod ad illum vastatorem (vide ; supra) attinet] qui ex-contrario [vel ‘va= vere*’ dabit eas quae] mihi [meae] (quas) -colonias[-iae sint] (dat, dabit) damno [et injuriae saevae], (b) non [i. e, ne]

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(or ‘by whose*’) actions we are nourishing Sanctity, O Adharmazd, [that is, I would do duty and good works; who will (or ‘ would’) afford me protection ?]; (e) proclaim him therefore who may be a Dastir of the Religion for me; {say this thus: ‘accept (or ‘maintain’) the Religion through the Dasttir’).

*1 Lit, ‘when mine is’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Ke mahyath, Mahajiidnin, madiyebhyaccha pdataro dattah, [cishyebhyagcha madiyebhyah], (b) yato* mayi durgati*, Asinogah viditva dadhati dveshath, [kila, maya saha dvesham dadhati, me rakshar ke kurvanti] (c) anyds tvatto “gnegcha, Gvahmanachcha, fyato Yushman vedmi, kila, me rakshaih kurushe], (d) yesharh karmabhih punyar pdlayami, Svamin, {kila, karyarh punyam karomi, me rakshamh ke kurvanti]? (e) Tan me ddecena Dinau prakrishtami brihi, [idarn brihi yat* Dinirh Guruna grihnami*].

*1J.3, ©. grihnam (sic),

Ner. trans]. Who are given as protectors to me and mine, [my disciples, O Great Wise One], (b) when the wicked* Asmoga sets his hate upon me with* crwel* sagacity*, [that is, he is fixing* his hate with (i. e. upon) me, who are affording me protection] (c) other than Thy Fire and Gvahmana? [and this I say because I know You; that is, it 7s Thou who dost afford me protection, (d) by whose deeds I in my turn protect Sanctity, O Lord, [that is, | am performing a righteous action, but who are affording me protection im it?] (e) Declare these (Thy Fire and Gvahmana) forth to me through the the commandment represented by (or ‘contained in’) the Din, [that is, tell me this, since I (or ‘that* I may*’) accept the Din through the spiritual Master].

Parsi-persian Ms. irlt.