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One moment.
Fetching
One moment.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
12 Here spelt Nérésang; see Chaps. I, 29; II, 70; and Zs, XIII, 6, for this angel’s influence on the royal race. 5 The MS. has 330 years, but the time intended is evidently that shortly before the birth of ZaratQst, and this third 3,000 years: 24 DINKARD, BOOK VII. well-disturbed1 worldly existence remained, Vohtmand and Ashavahist6 then associated their preeminence together, ad turned off into the embodied existence ; there they came up to where two birds had settled in quest of progeny, azd seven years before the serpents devoured the inexperienced progeny. 25. For their own designs, Vohfimané and Ashavahisté went on, and those birds consulted them thus: ‘We have to offer homage, and our want is that Hém.’ 26. The circumstances of those associated together in pre-eminence and the request of these for that Hém were a double marvel ; Vohfmané seized one of those dzrds by both legs, and the other dy one; he also brought them that Hém, and gave it up to them there, on that tree within ¢hezy nest. 27. And they uncovered above the serpents, that have gone up to the progeny of the birds; then that guardian spirit of Zaratdst started up, and the serpents on the tree rushed also from them away towards the demons ; éu¢ that guardian spirit of Zaratist smote them on the jaws, ad the serpents fell down and expired, which events have also occurred among them till now, Aaveng been requisite as regards a depriver of life (gAn-gtr) and any one of that species. 28. And that Hém was connected with that tree; and on the summit of that tree, there ended either when Vist&sp6 accepted the religion, in Zaratfst’s forty-second year, or when Zaratfist received the religion in his thirtieth year, but this earlier date is the more likely. 1 This word, hf-afbigadtg, is written in Pahlavi precisely like an-atbigadifg, ‘without a destroyer,’ though its meaning is the reverse, which is an unexpected cause of perplexity to a cursory reader. CHAPTER II, 25-33. 25 where the nest of the birds was, it grew constantly fresh and golden-coloured '. 29. After the coming of her who bore Zaratist, to Pérashdspé for marriage, Vohdmané and Ardavahist6, thus associated together in their preeminence, came up there to Pérfsh4spd in the cattle-pasture of the Spitamas, and their thoughts were confined to that Hém brought by them. 30. Then Pérdshd4spé walked forth, with spiritual desire, up to the water of the DAait*, because the requirement of the spirits is the spiritual knowledge ® that spirits are ever-beneficial; and that Hém was also seen by him, when it had grown on that tree, on the inside of the nest. 31, Then Pérfdshdspé thought thus: ‘It is for me, really (madam-Zk-am) to proceed and, even as ¢here is no reaching by me up to that Hém, that tree must be cut down, for apart from that, O Hém of Adhaymazd! thou seemest fresh, so that the benefit of something from thee wd de _advantageous.’
231, Then Pérfdshdspé thought thus: ‘It is for me, really (madam-Zk-am) to proceed and, even as ¢here is no reaching by me up to that Hém, that tree must be cut down, for apart from that, O Hém of Adhaymazd! thou seemest fresh, so that the benefit of something from thee wd de _advantageous.’ 32. Then Pérdshéspd walked on and washed their clothes acquiescently (pat4stg), and here a great wonder was manifest to Périshaspé. 33. About this it says that, all the while that Pérdsh4spé. washed their clothes, Vohimanéd then proceeded from the uppermost third of the tree unto the middle of it, whereon z¢ was the desire of Pérd- 1 Or it may be ‘ verdant.’ * Ay. Daitya, a mythic river in Afran-vég (Bd. XX, 13); a favourite place for religious rites, see Yt. V, 17, 104, 112; IX, 25, 29; XVII, 45, 49, 61. Or it may be merely may4-f shéd, ‘brilliant water.’ 5 Reading mainég-danisnfth, but the MS. has mafnég déné-d4nth which might be translated ‘spiritual knowledge of religion,’ though the latter Pahlavi word is unusual. 26 DINKARD, BOOK VII. shasp6 to be conveyed. 34. Then Pérdshdspé, having washed the clothes, walked up to it and, thereupon gathering up the whole of that Adm, all of it was then also appropriated by him through assistance like that of that archangel, just as what thou offerest for the food-sustenance of a friend’s son of two years or three years of age; and it seemed to him that archangel’s joyful payment. 35. Carrying off their Hém, Pérdshaspé spoke of it to Azs noble (mas) wife thus: ‘So thou, O Dadkdadb! shouldst keep their Hém in custody, all the while that their Hém fulfils duty and routine.’ 36. One marvel is this which zs declared, that the coming of the nature (géhar) of the body of Zaratist, through water amd vegetation, to the bodies of zs parents, is manifested as a great wonder of the creator to the multitude. 37. As revelation mentions z¢ ¢hus: ‘Thereupon, when Athavmazd had produced the material (dahisn6d) of Zaratist?, the nature of 42s body then, in the presence of Adhavmazd, fled on cowards the material of Zaratist.’ 38. About Khardad and Mifirdad? bringing the cloud-water down in a compassionate manner ever anew, drop by drop, avd completely warm, for the delight of sheep and men, and—wzth as much seed as the roving of two rampant bulls wou/d thereby cast upon the plants whzchk have grown, all of every species—‘they are casting z¢ upon those other plants at that time, even upon the dry omnes; and the 1 Compare § 3. * These two archangels have special charge of water and vegetation (see Sls. XV, 25-29), and here they are represented ag acting in a manner usually ascribed to Tistar, the Dog-star. CHAPTER II, 34-43. 27 nature of Zaratist came from that water to those plants.
3* These two archangels have special charge of water and vegetation (see Sls. XV, 25-29), and here they are represented ag acting in a manner usually ascribed to Tistar, the Dog-star. CHAPTER II, 34-43. 27 nature of Zaratist came from that water to those plants. 39. One marvel is this which zs declared, that, in order that the nature of Zaratdst shall come unto Ais parents, after! the mounting of the archangels Pérdshaspé drives six white cows, with yellow ears, up to those plants. 40. And here is manifested a great wonder, such as revelation mentions thus: Two? of those cows, unimpregnated, Zad become full of milk, and the nature of Zarathst came from the plants to those cows, and is mingled with the cows’ milk; it is owing thereto shat Pérdshdspé drove those cows back. 41. And Pérdshdspdé spoke to Dakd4db thus: ‘O Dakdatb! in two of those cows, which are unimpregnated and have not calved, milk 4as appeared; do thou milk those cows, which are the splendour and glory of the cows and of any embodied existence whatever.’ 42. And Ddkdédb arose and, taking that pail of hers which had a fourfold capacity, she also milked from them the milk which was in them, and a great part of what they gave up to her she had to throw away; and the nature of Zaratist was in that milk. 43. One marvel is this which is manifested in the struggle of the adversary for concealing and spoiling that milk, 7zs¢ as revelation mentions thus: Thereupon, at that time, the demons formed ¢hemselves into an assembly, and the demon of demons growled thus: ‘You demons become quite unobservant : that food is really supplied fresh, so that the formation is settled which w2// extend as far as to that * Reading akhar instead of adén, ‘then.’ * In some places the singular number is used, in others the plural, 28 DINKARD, BOOK VII. man who wl de the righteous Zaratdst ; which of you wz// undertake his destruction, all the while that he exists for mankind, so as to make 42m more contemptibly impotent?’ 44. Aéshmak!, astute in evil, growled thus: ‘I w2dZ undertake his destruction. 45. Astute in evil, he rushed away with thrice fifty of the demons who are Karaps of Aéshmak; and that village was partly uprooted and partly destroyed? by him, fellow-workers were ruined, and the number of fellow-eaters of broken victuals, attending the great, was not broken up, among whom was he that had repelled his authority. 46. /¢ zs declared that, afterwards, Pérdishaspé asked again for that Hém from Dakdadb, and he pounded it, and with that cows’ milk*, into which the nature of the body of Zaratist had come, he here mingled the guardian spirit of Zaratdst, and the nature of the body came at once into union with it.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
12 Here spelt Nérésang; see Chaps. I, 29; II, 70; and Zs, XIII, 6, for this angel’s influence on the royal race. 5 The MS. has 330 years, but the time intended is evidently that shortly before the birth of ZaratQst, and this third 3,000 years: 24 DINKARD, BOOK VII. well-disturbed1 worldly existence remained, Vohtmand and Ashavahist6 then associated their preeminence together, ad turned off into the embodied existence ; there they came up to where two birds had settled in quest of progeny, azd seven years before the serpents devoured the inexperienced progeny. 25. For their own designs, Vohfimané and Ashavahisté went on, and those birds consulted them thus: ‘We have to offer homage, and our want is that Hém.’ 26. The circumstances of those associated together in pre-eminence and the request of these for that Hém were a double marvel ; Vohfmané seized one of those dzrds by both legs, and the other dy one; he also brought them that Hém, and gave it up to them there, on that tree within ¢hezy nest. 27. And they uncovered above the serpents, that have gone up to the progeny of the birds; then that guardian spirit of Zaratdst started up, and the serpents on the tree rushed also from them away towards the demons ; éu¢ that guardian spirit of Zaratist smote them on the jaws, ad the serpents fell down and expired, which events have also occurred among them till now, Aaveng been requisite as regards a depriver of life (gAn-gtr) and any one of that species. 28. And that Hém was connected with that tree; and on the summit of that tree, there ended either when Vist&sp6 accepted the religion, in Zaratfst’s forty-second year, or when Zaratfist received the religion in his thirtieth year, but this earlier date is the more likely. 1 This word, hf-afbigadtg, is written in Pahlavi precisely like an-atbigadifg, ‘without a destroyer,’ though its meaning is the reverse, which is an unexpected cause of perplexity to a cursory reader. CHAPTER II, 25-33. 25 where the nest of the birds was, it grew constantly fresh and golden-coloured '. 29. After the coming of her who bore Zaratist, to Pérashdspé for marriage, Vohdmané and Ardavahist6, thus associated together in their preeminence, came up there to Pérfsh4spd in the cattle-pasture of the Spitamas, and their thoughts were confined to that Hém brought by them. 30. Then Pérdshd4spé walked forth, with spiritual desire, up to the water of the DAait*, because the requirement of the spirits is the spiritual knowledge ® that spirits are ever-beneficial; and that Hém was also seen by him, when it had grown on that tree, on the inside of the nest. 31, Then Pérfdshdspé thought thus: ‘It is for me, really (madam-Zk-am) to proceed and, even as ¢here is no reaching by me up to that Hém, that tree must be cut down, for apart from that, O Hém of Adhaymazd! thou seemest fresh, so that the benefit of something from thee wd de _advantageous.’
231, Then Pérfdshdspé thought thus: ‘It is for me, really (madam-Zk-am) to proceed and, even as ¢here is no reaching by me up to that Hém, that tree must be cut down, for apart from that, O Hém of Adhaymazd! thou seemest fresh, so that the benefit of something from thee wd de _advantageous.’ 32. Then Pérdshéspd walked on and washed their clothes acquiescently (pat4stg), and here a great wonder was manifest to Périshaspé. 33. About this it says that, all the while that Pérdsh4spé. washed their clothes, Vohimanéd then proceeded from the uppermost third of the tree unto the middle of it, whereon z¢ was the desire of Pérd- 1 Or it may be ‘ verdant.’ * Ay. Daitya, a mythic river in Afran-vég (Bd. XX, 13); a favourite place for religious rites, see Yt. V, 17, 104, 112; IX, 25, 29; XVII, 45, 49, 61. Or it may be merely may4-f shéd, ‘brilliant water.’ 5 Reading mainég-danisnfth, but the MS. has mafnég déné-d4nth which might be translated ‘spiritual knowledge of religion,’ though the latter Pahlavi word is unusual. 26 DINKARD, BOOK VII. shasp6 to be conveyed. 34. Then Pérdshdspé, having washed the clothes, walked up to it and, thereupon gathering up the whole of that Adm, all of it was then also appropriated by him through assistance like that of that archangel, just as what thou offerest for the food-sustenance of a friend’s son of two years or three years of age; and it seemed to him that archangel’s joyful payment. 35. Carrying off their Hém, Pérdshaspé spoke of it to Azs noble (mas) wife thus: ‘So thou, O Dadkdadb! shouldst keep their Hém in custody, all the while that their Hém fulfils duty and routine.’ 36. One marvel is this which zs declared, that the coming of the nature (géhar) of the body of Zaratist, through water amd vegetation, to the bodies of zs parents, is manifested as a great wonder of the creator to the multitude. 37. As revelation mentions z¢ ¢hus: ‘Thereupon, when Athavmazd had produced the material (dahisn6d) of Zaratist?, the nature of 42s body then, in the presence of Adhavmazd, fled on cowards the material of Zaratist.’ 38. About Khardad and Mifirdad? bringing the cloud-water down in a compassionate manner ever anew, drop by drop, avd completely warm, for the delight of sheep and men, and—wzth as much seed as the roving of two rampant bulls wou/d thereby cast upon the plants whzchk have grown, all of every species—‘they are casting z¢ upon those other plants at that time, even upon the dry omnes; and the 1 Compare § 3. * These two archangels have special charge of water and vegetation (see Sls. XV, 25-29), and here they are represented ag acting in a manner usually ascribed to Tistar, the Dog-star. CHAPTER II, 34-43. 27 nature of Zaratist came from that water to those plants.
3* These two archangels have special charge of water and vegetation (see Sls. XV, 25-29), and here they are represented ag acting in a manner usually ascribed to Tistar, the Dog-star. CHAPTER II, 34-43. 27 nature of Zaratist came from that water to those plants. 39. One marvel is this which zs declared, that, in order that the nature of Zaratdst shall come unto Ais parents, after! the mounting of the archangels Pérdshaspé drives six white cows, with yellow ears, up to those plants. 40. And here is manifested a great wonder, such as revelation mentions thus: Two? of those cows, unimpregnated, Zad become full of milk, and the nature of Zarathst came from the plants to those cows, and is mingled with the cows’ milk; it is owing thereto shat Pérdshdspé drove those cows back. 41. And Pérdshdspdé spoke to Dakd4db thus: ‘O Dakdatb! in two of those cows, which are unimpregnated and have not calved, milk 4as appeared; do thou milk those cows, which are the splendour and glory of the cows and of any embodied existence whatever.’ 42. And Ddkdédb arose and, taking that pail of hers which had a fourfold capacity, she also milked from them the milk which was in them, and a great part of what they gave up to her she had to throw away; and the nature of Zaratist was in that milk. 43. One marvel is this which is manifested in the struggle of the adversary for concealing and spoiling that milk, 7zs¢ as revelation mentions thus: Thereupon, at that time, the demons formed ¢hemselves into an assembly, and the demon of demons growled thus: ‘You demons become quite unobservant : that food is really supplied fresh, so that the formation is settled which w2// extend as far as to that * Reading akhar instead of adén, ‘then.’ * In some places the singular number is used, in others the plural, 28 DINKARD, BOOK VII. man who wl de the righteous Zaratdst ; which of you wz// undertake his destruction, all the while that he exists for mankind, so as to make 42m more contemptibly impotent?’ 44. Aéshmak!, astute in evil, growled thus: ‘I w2dZ undertake his destruction. 45. Astute in evil, he rushed away with thrice fifty of the demons who are Karaps of Aéshmak; and that village was partly uprooted and partly destroyed? by him, fellow-workers were ruined, and the number of fellow-eaters of broken victuals, attending the great, was not broken up, among whom was he that had repelled his authority. 46. /¢ zs declared that, afterwards, Pérdishaspé asked again for that Hém from Dakdadb, and he pounded it, and with that cows’ milk*, into which the nature of the body of Zaratist had come, he here mingled the guardian spirit of Zaratdst, and the nature of the body came at once into union with it.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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