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18. ‘Then Ashavahisté calls out to the Mazdaworshippers from the upper region, avd thus he speaks: “ You are for the worship of Mazda; let no one of you become such a slaughterer of cattle as the slaughterers you have been before. 9. Recommend increase in gifts, recommend neighbourliness in person; are you worshipping Mazda? do you slaughter cattle? do you slaughter those of them which give you assistance, which speak to you thus: ‘On account of your helpfulness one tells you that you are worshipping Mazda and you may eat?’ I am in neighbourliness before that, until the come when you exclaim: ‘ Mine ave the serpent and toad.’ 10. ‘“ And you recommend increase, you recommend neighbourliness, azd@ the Mazda-worshippers slaughter cattle, even those of them who give them 1 The Pahlavi version of Av. ‘stakhrah€ meret6 zaya’ in Westerg. Frag. VIII, 2. 110 DINKARD, BOOK VII. assistance, so that you are worshipping Mazda and you eat; I am in neighbourliness before that, until the time when you exclaim: ‘Mine ave the serpent and toad.’ 11. ‘“Contentedly the Mazda-worshippers slaughter cattle, contentedly the cattle of the Mazda-worshippers let ¢hem butcher ', and contented are the cattle when they do not butcher ¢hem,; contentedly the Mazda-worshippers eat cattle, azd contented are the cattle when they eat them. 12. And then, when there are spirits, the slaughterers and whatever they slaughter, the butchers azd whatever they butcher, and the eaters and whatever they eat ave alike watched dy them.”’ 13. And this, too, it says, namely: ‘When that century fully elapses, which is the fifth in the second millennium as regards the religion of the Mazdaworshippers, then of all those who ave upon the earth, the existences which are both wicked and righteous, two-thirds zz the land of Iran are righteous and one-¢hzrd wicked ; and so likewise the Tfranians and those who ave around Iran remain non-Iranian around Ir4n; the chief increase in dwellings here below, of those in the embodied existence, remains just as now.’ 14. And this, too, it says, namely: ‘When that millennium 4as fully elapsed, which is the first of the religion of the Mazda-worshippers, what is the separation after the first century?’ 15. And Adharmazd spoke thus: ‘The sun conceals zése/f’ 16. ‘And what is the separation after the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ov tenth 1? Assuming that bfr’z4vand stands for bQrinénd which occurs in § 12. CHAPTER IX, I[-22. II! century?’ 17. And Adhaymazd spoke thus: ‘ The sun conceals zé¢se/f.’
2‘And what is the separation after the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ov tenth 1? Assuming that bfr’z4vand stands for bQrinénd which occurs in § 12. CHAPTER IX, I[-22. II! century?’ 17. And Adhaymazd spoke thus: ‘ The sun conceals zé¢se/f.’ 18. Then, when thirty winters of the tenth century are unelapsed (ard4nak6), a maiden, who is Shaptraba}, walks up to the water; se that is the mother of that good Adshédar-méh 2, and her former lineage is from Véhd-r646-1 Frah4ny4n® in the family of Isadvstar, the son of Zaratdst that is brought forth by Arang. 19. Then she sits in that water and drinks 2z¢, and she kindles in a high degree those germs which were the second of the last that the righteous Zaratdst was dropping forth originally, and they introduce that son whose name is the Developer of Worship‘ (that is, he augments liberality). 20. Though fifteen years old, the damsel (zihanak®d) das not before that associated with men ; nor yet afterwards, when she becomes pregnant, das she done so before the time when she gives birth °. 21, When that man becomes thirty years old, the sun stands still in the zenith of the sky. for the duration of twenty days and nights *, and it shines over all the regions which are seven. 22. So, too, the declaration of them themselves is that they know ' «Having a good father,’ the Zvaris of Av. Vanghu-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 142. 2 See Chap. I, 42. 8 See Chap. VIII, 55-57. ‘ The Pahlavi interpretation of Afishédar-m4&h which is an imperfect transcript of the Av. Ukhshyad-nemangh of Yt. XIII, 128. , 5 Compare the summary in Dk. VIII, xiv, 13, as follows :— ‘The arrival of Afshédar-m4h, son of Zaratfst, at the end of the second millennium ; information adout him and his time, and the destroyers of the organizers who were within the millennium of Afishédar.’ 6 The MS. omits a clause here, which occurs in Chap. VIII, 58, possibly by mistake, as part of it is given in Chap. X, 19. 112 DINKARD, BOOK VII. that the separation of the millennium, which this religion 4as heard about by listening, is even thus; and of those who do not even then know, that it is something which is different. 23. When that man becomes thirty years old, he confers with the archangels, the good rulers and good providers; o# the morrow, in the daylight of the day, z¢ zs moreover manifest, when the embodied existence is ‘hus undistressed—without a Kat and without a Karap (that is, not blind axzd not deaf to the affairs of the sacred beings), and is to be appropriated (that is, has not made its own self apart from the affairs of the sacred beings), and is produced full of life—that it has become extending, and is again great zz various places in Atran-vég where the good Daiti zs. CuarTerR X. 1. About the marvellousness which is after the end of the millennium of Adshédar and the arrival of Atshédar-mé4h, until the end of the millennium of Adshédar-m4h and the arrival of Séshdns; azd as to tidings of the same period.
3CuarTerR X. 1. About the marvellousness which is after the end of the millennium of Adshédar and the arrival of Atshédar-mé4h, until the end of the millennium of Adshédar-m4h and the arrival of Séshdns; azd as to tidings of the same period. 2. The marvellousness of Adshédar-m4h as to birth 1, glory of person, sayings, and actions; the standing of the sun amid the sky twenty days long ?; and the increase of the milk of cattle arrives at a maximum (avartdm), just as what it says, that one milks only one mature cow (t6é74 az) for a thousand men, azd that he brings as much milk as a thousand men veguzre; also the feebleness of ? See Chap. IX, 18-20. ? See Chap. IX, 21. CHAPTER IX, 23-x, 6. TI3 hunger and thirst is jus¢ as it says, that by only a single ration ove becomes satisfied for three nights, and whoever eats a leg of mutton as plenty for himse/f for three days ad nights. 3. The diminution of decay and extension (véshth) of life, the increase of humility and peace, avd the perfection of liberality and enjoyment in the world. 4. Like this which revelation states, that, when the first ten winters in the last millennium pass away, the Mazda-worshippers then make enquiry together thus: ‘ Ave we really more hairy-headed (sar-varszk-tar) than occurred before, owing to the wellyielding cattle, so that food and clothing are less necessary for us? Has affection come to us more completely, owing to those cattle, than it was ours before? /Yave we grown up less deteriorated in the hair, by old age, than those grown up before? Ave the thoughts, words, azd deeds of our women and children more instructed than they were before? 5. And 4as this thing occurred, that he is classed as disqualified who in training a child has become quite retrogressive (pas-truzd), and is Azs penalty arranged? Does the fiend think of the Karap class, and ave they utterly destroyed by her through those whose thoughts are most evil, devoid of righteousness, and devoid of a liking for righteousness? 6. Near here, in the disturbance of the existences, does that happen as heard by us from the ancients, when listening ¢o the true proclaimers of the Mazdaworshippers? And now, even when our numbers are so greatly maintaining this dispensation, do we sanctify (ahar4yinem) righteousness (that is, do we perform duty and good works) more vociferously and more strenuously ?’ . (47] I 114 DINKARD, BOOK VII. 7. This, too, it says, even that no one passes away in the last millennium, other than those whom they smite with a scaffold weapon’, and ¢hose who pass away from old age. 8. When fifty-three years of that millennium of his have remained, the sweetness and oiliness in milk and vegetables are so completed that, on account of the freedom of mankind from wanting meat, they shall leave off the eating of meat, and their food becomes milk and vegetables. 9. When three years have remained, they shall leave off even the drinking of milk, and their food and drink become water and vegetables.
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.
18. ‘Then Ashavahisté calls out to the Mazdaworshippers from the upper region, avd thus he speaks: “ You are for the worship of Mazda; let no one of you become such a slaughterer of cattle as the slaughterers you have been before. 9. Recommend increase in gifts, recommend neighbourliness in person; are you worshipping Mazda? do you slaughter cattle? do you slaughter those of them which give you assistance, which speak to you thus: ‘On account of your helpfulness one tells you that you are worshipping Mazda and you may eat?’ I am in neighbourliness before that, until the come when you exclaim: ‘ Mine ave the serpent and toad.’ 10. ‘“ And you recommend increase, you recommend neighbourliness, azd@ the Mazda-worshippers slaughter cattle, even those of them who give them 1 The Pahlavi version of Av. ‘stakhrah€ meret6 zaya’ in Westerg. Frag. VIII, 2. 110 DINKARD, BOOK VII. assistance, so that you are worshipping Mazda and you eat; I am in neighbourliness before that, until the time when you exclaim: ‘Mine ave the serpent and toad.’ 11. ‘“Contentedly the Mazda-worshippers slaughter cattle, contentedly the cattle of the Mazda-worshippers let ¢hem butcher ', and contented are the cattle when they do not butcher ¢hem,; contentedly the Mazda-worshippers eat cattle, azd contented are the cattle when they eat them. 12. And then, when there are spirits, the slaughterers and whatever they slaughter, the butchers azd whatever they butcher, and the eaters and whatever they eat ave alike watched dy them.”’ 13. And this, too, it says, namely: ‘When that century fully elapses, which is the fifth in the second millennium as regards the religion of the Mazdaworshippers, then of all those who ave upon the earth, the existences which are both wicked and righteous, two-thirds zz the land of Iran are righteous and one-¢hzrd wicked ; and so likewise the Tfranians and those who ave around Iran remain non-Iranian around Ir4n; the chief increase in dwellings here below, of those in the embodied existence, remains just as now.’ 14. And this, too, it says, namely: ‘When that millennium 4as fully elapsed, which is the first of the religion of the Mazda-worshippers, what is the separation after the first century?’ 15. And Adharmazd spoke thus: ‘The sun conceals zése/f’ 16. ‘And what is the separation after the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ov tenth 1? Assuming that bfr’z4vand stands for bQrinénd which occurs in § 12. CHAPTER IX, I[-22. II! century?’ 17. And Adhaymazd spoke thus: ‘ The sun conceals zé¢se/f.’
2‘And what is the separation after the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ov tenth 1? Assuming that bfr’z4vand stands for bQrinénd which occurs in § 12. CHAPTER IX, I[-22. II! century?’ 17. And Adhaymazd spoke thus: ‘ The sun conceals zé¢se/f.’ 18. Then, when thirty winters of the tenth century are unelapsed (ard4nak6), a maiden, who is Shaptraba}, walks up to the water; se that is the mother of that good Adshédar-méh 2, and her former lineage is from Véhd-r646-1 Frah4ny4n® in the family of Isadvstar, the son of Zaratdst that is brought forth by Arang. 19. Then she sits in that water and drinks 2z¢, and she kindles in a high degree those germs which were the second of the last that the righteous Zaratdst was dropping forth originally, and they introduce that son whose name is the Developer of Worship‘ (that is, he augments liberality). 20. Though fifteen years old, the damsel (zihanak®d) das not before that associated with men ; nor yet afterwards, when she becomes pregnant, das she done so before the time when she gives birth °. 21, When that man becomes thirty years old, the sun stands still in the zenith of the sky. for the duration of twenty days and nights *, and it shines over all the regions which are seven. 22. So, too, the declaration of them themselves is that they know ' «Having a good father,’ the Zvaris of Av. Vanghu-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 142. 2 See Chap. I, 42. 8 See Chap. VIII, 55-57. ‘ The Pahlavi interpretation of Afishédar-m4&h which is an imperfect transcript of the Av. Ukhshyad-nemangh of Yt. XIII, 128. , 5 Compare the summary in Dk. VIII, xiv, 13, as follows :— ‘The arrival of Afshédar-m4h, son of Zaratfst, at the end of the second millennium ; information adout him and his time, and the destroyers of the organizers who were within the millennium of Afishédar.’ 6 The MS. omits a clause here, which occurs in Chap. VIII, 58, possibly by mistake, as part of it is given in Chap. X, 19. 112 DINKARD, BOOK VII. that the separation of the millennium, which this religion 4as heard about by listening, is even thus; and of those who do not even then know, that it is something which is different. 23. When that man becomes thirty years old, he confers with the archangels, the good rulers and good providers; o# the morrow, in the daylight of the day, z¢ zs moreover manifest, when the embodied existence is ‘hus undistressed—without a Kat and without a Karap (that is, not blind axzd not deaf to the affairs of the sacred beings), and is to be appropriated (that is, has not made its own self apart from the affairs of the sacred beings), and is produced full of life—that it has become extending, and is again great zz various places in Atran-vég where the good Daiti zs. CuarTerR X. 1. About the marvellousness which is after the end of the millennium of Adshédar and the arrival of Atshédar-mé4h, until the end of the millennium of Adshédar-m4h and the arrival of Séshdns; azd as to tidings of the same period.
3CuarTerR X. 1. About the marvellousness which is after the end of the millennium of Adshédar and the arrival of Atshédar-mé4h, until the end of the millennium of Adshédar-m4h and the arrival of Séshdns; azd as to tidings of the same period. 2. The marvellousness of Adshédar-m4h as to birth 1, glory of person, sayings, and actions; the standing of the sun amid the sky twenty days long ?; and the increase of the milk of cattle arrives at a maximum (avartdm), just as what it says, that one milks only one mature cow (t6é74 az) for a thousand men, azd that he brings as much milk as a thousand men veguzre; also the feebleness of ? See Chap. IX, 18-20. ? See Chap. IX, 21. CHAPTER IX, 23-x, 6. TI3 hunger and thirst is jus¢ as it says, that by only a single ration ove becomes satisfied for three nights, and whoever eats a leg of mutton as plenty for himse/f for three days ad nights. 3. The diminution of decay and extension (véshth) of life, the increase of humility and peace, avd the perfection of liberality and enjoyment in the world. 4. Like this which revelation states, that, when the first ten winters in the last millennium pass away, the Mazda-worshippers then make enquiry together thus: ‘ Ave we really more hairy-headed (sar-varszk-tar) than occurred before, owing to the wellyielding cattle, so that food and clothing are less necessary for us? Has affection come to us more completely, owing to those cattle, than it was ours before? /Yave we grown up less deteriorated in the hair, by old age, than those grown up before? Ave the thoughts, words, azd deeds of our women and children more instructed than they were before? 5. And 4as this thing occurred, that he is classed as disqualified who in training a child has become quite retrogressive (pas-truzd), and is Azs penalty arranged? Does the fiend think of the Karap class, and ave they utterly destroyed by her through those whose thoughts are most evil, devoid of righteousness, and devoid of a liking for righteousness? 6. Near here, in the disturbance of the existences, does that happen as heard by us from the ancients, when listening ¢o the true proclaimers of the Mazdaworshippers? And now, even when our numbers are so greatly maintaining this dispensation, do we sanctify (ahar4yinem) righteousness (that is, do we perform duty and good works) more vociferously and more strenuously ?’ . (47] I 114 DINKARD, BOOK VII. 7. This, too, it says, even that no one passes away in the last millennium, other than those whom they smite with a scaffold weapon’, and ¢hose who pass away from old age. 8. When fifty-three years of that millennium of his have remained, the sweetness and oiliness in milk and vegetables are so completed that, on account of the freedom of mankind from wanting meat, they shall leave off the eating of meat, and their food becomes milk and vegetables. 9. When three years have remained, they shall leave off even the drinking of milk, and their food and drink become water and vegetables.
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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