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19. When three years have remained, they shall leave off even the drinking of milk, and their food and drink become water and vegetables. to. And in his millennium ave the breaking (l4nak6) of the fetters of Dahak?, the rousing of Kerésdspé * for the smiting of Dahak, the arrival of Kai-Khasré* and his companions for the assistance of Sésh4ns in the production of the renovation of the universe, and the provision of most of mankind with the G&athic disposition and law; also the occurrence of many other wonders and marvels is manifest in that millennium of his. t1. And this, too, it says, namely: ‘When that millennium as fully elapsed, which is the second of the religion of the Mazda-worshippers, what is the separation after the first century?’ 12. And Athavmazd spoke thus: ‘The sun conceals z¢se/f.’ 13. ‘And what is the separation after the second, 1 Reading pavan d4r snesh, as in some modern copies; but the old MS. of 1659 has run the last two words together, so as to produce pavan dérégfsh, ‘as destitute,’ which must be wrong. ® For details see Byt. III, 55-57; Bd. XXIX, 9; Dd. XXXVII, 97; Dk. IX, xv, 2. It may be noticed that this release of the demoniacal tyrant is expected to follow the triumph of strict vegetarianism. 5 See further Byt. III, 59-61 ; Bd. XXIX, 7, 8. * See Mkh. XXVII, 59-63; LVII, 7; Dd. XXXVI, 3. CHAPTER X, 7-18. 115 third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ov tenth century?’ 14. And Adhaymazd spoke thus : ‘ The sun conceals z¢se/f.’ 15. And when thirty winters of the tenth century ave unelapsed, that maiden, who is Gébak-abd}, walks up to the water; she that is the mother of that testifying Séshans who is the guide to conveying away the opposition of the destroyer, and her former lineage is from Véhd-r6£6-1 Frahany4n? in the family of fsadvAstar, the son of Zaratist that is brought forth by Arang. 16, ‘That maiden whose title is All-overpowerer is thus all-overpowering, because through giving birth she brings forth him who overpowers all, both the affliction owing to demons, and also that owing to mankind *” 17. Then she sits in that water, when she is fifteen years old, azd it introduces zz¢o the girl him ‘whose name is the Triumphant Benefiter, and 42s title is the Bodymaker; such a benefiter as benefits (savinéd@5) the whole embodied existence, and such a dody-maker, alike possessing body and possessing life, as petitions about the disturbance of the embodied existences and mankind *.’ 18. Not before that as she associated with men; nor yet afterwards, when she becomes pregnant, fas she done so before the time when she gives birth °. 1 ‘Having a testifying father,’ the Pahlavi of Av. Eredad-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 142. 2 See Chap. VIII, 55-57. 3 The Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 142, latter clause. * From the Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 129.
21 ‘Having a testifying father,’ the Pahlavi of Av. Eredad-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 142. 2 See Chap. VIII, 55-57. 3 The Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 142, latter clause. * From the Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 129. > Compare the summary in Dk. VIII, xiv, 14, 15, as follows :— ‘ The coming and arrival of Séshans, son of ZaratQst, at the end of the third millennium, the destroyers of the organizers who were within the millennium of Afishédar-m4h, the arrival of Sdéshans, I2 116 D{INKARD, BOOK VII. 19. When that man becomes thirty years old, the sun stands still in the zenith of the sky for the duration of thirty days azd nights, and it arrives again at that place where it was appointed by allotment. CuHarTer XI, 1. About the marvellousness which is after the end of the millennium of Adshédar-m&h and the arrival of the Triumphant Benefiter, until the end of the fifty-seventh year of Séshans and the production of the renovation among the existences. 2. Concerning the marvellousness of Sésh4ns as to splendour and glory of person, it says that ‘when the coming of the last rotation of those rotations of the seasons of Adishédar-m4h occurs, the man Séshans is born! whose food is spiritual and body sunny (that is, his body is as radiant as the sun) ;’ also this, that ‘he looks on all sides with six-eyed power (6-déisarth), azd sees the remedy for persecution by the fiend.’ 3. This, too, that with him is the triumphant Kayan glory ‘which the mighty Fréd¢dn * bore when Az-i Dahak* was smitten by him; also Kai-Khisréi* was bearing it when the Tar Frangrasiyak® was smitten by him; also Frangrastyak bore it when the Drvé Zénigak * was smitten by him; and Kal- and information aout Sésh4ns and his time. Also, as to the renovation of she universe and the future existence, z# is declared that they arise in his time’ 1 The date here indicated seems to be about twenty-eight years later than that intended in Chap. X, 15-19. 2 See Chap. I, 25. . 5 See Chap. I, 26. * See Chap. I, 39. 5 See Chap. I, 31, 39. * Av. Drvau Zainigaus, an Arab chieftain who invaded Iran CHAPTER X, I9-XI, 7. 117 Vistésp! shall bear it when you fully attract him to righteousness, avd through it he shall carry off the fiend from the concerns of the world of righteousness ®.’ 4. And this, too, that in fifty-seven of his years there occur the annihilation of the fiendishness of the two-legged race avd others, and the subjugation of disease and decrepitude, of death and persecution, and of the original evil of tyranny, apostasy, and depravity; ¢here arise a perpetual verdant growth of vegetation and the primitive gift of joyfulness; and there are seventeen years of vegetable-eating, thirty years of water-drinking, azd ten years of spiritual food. .
3. 5. And all the splendour, glory, and power, which have arisen in all those possessing splendour, glory, and power, ave in him on whom they arrive together and for those who are his, when many inferior human beings are aroused splendid axd powerful ; and through their power and glory all the troops of the fiend are smitten. 6. And all mankind remain of one accord in the religion of Adhaymazd, owing to the will of the creator, the command of that apostle, and the resources of his companions. 7. At the end of the fifty-seven years the fiend and Aharman are annihilated, the renovation /or the future existence occurs, avd the whole of the good creation is provided with purity azd perfect in early times and killed many with his evil eye, till the Iranians invited Frangrastyak to destroy him (see Darmesteter’s French translation of part of Chap. XLI of Iranian Bundahis in Annales du Musée Guimet, vol. xxii, p. 401). 1 See Chap. I, 41. 2 From a Pahlavi version of Yt. XIX, 92, 93, with the second and third clauses transposed. 118 DINKARD, BOOK VII. splendour. 8. ust as revelation states thus: ‘When that millennium as fully elapsed, which is the third of the religion of the Mazda-worshippers, that Mazda-worshipper whose name is so Triumphant! then marches forward from the water Kanyis4? with a thousand companions and also maidens of restrained disposition and_ blindlystriving behaviour®; and he smites the wicked people who ave tyrannical, and annihilates them.’ 9. Then those Mazda-worshippers smite, and none are smiting them. 10. Then those Mazdaworshippers produce a longing for a renovation among the existences, ove ever-living, ever-beneficial, and ever desiring a Lord. 11. ‘Then I, who am Atharymazd, produce the renovation according to the longing among the existences, ove ever-living, ever-beneficial, and ever desiring a Lord.’ ? See Chap. X, 47. 2 Reading the name as Pazand; if it were Pahlavi it would have to be read KanmasAi, because Iranian Paz. yi is very like Pahl. m4. It is Ky4nsih in Bd. XIII, 16; XX, 34; XXI, 6, 7, and represents Av. Kasava, the brackish lake or sea of Sagastan. 5 Reading ‘va-bigar-#k-i vand khim va-k@r-fakhd ras,’ and assuming that bigar is Ar. bikr, as an Arabic word is occasionally used in the Dinkard (see Chap. II, 2 n) though very rarely. Bd. XXX, 17, mentions ‘ fifteen men and fifteen damsels’ as assisting Séshans at the time of the renovation of the universe. DINKARD.—BOOK V. Cuapter I, 1. The triumph of the creator Adhaymazd, and glory of complete wisdom, is the divine (ahftg) religion of Mazda-worship. 2. The fifth d00% is about the sayings of the saintly Atdr-farnbag 1 son of Farukhzdd, who was the leader of the orthodox, even as to the manuscript which is called GyémarA% 3. The collected replies of Atar-
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
19. When three years have remained, they shall leave off even the drinking of milk, and their food and drink become water and vegetables. to. And in his millennium ave the breaking (l4nak6) of the fetters of Dahak?, the rousing of Kerésdspé * for the smiting of Dahak, the arrival of Kai-Khasré* and his companions for the assistance of Sésh4ns in the production of the renovation of the universe, and the provision of most of mankind with the G&athic disposition and law; also the occurrence of many other wonders and marvels is manifest in that millennium of his. t1. And this, too, it says, namely: ‘When that millennium as fully elapsed, which is the second of the religion of the Mazda-worshippers, what is the separation after the first century?’ 12. And Athavmazd spoke thus: ‘The sun conceals z¢se/f.’ 13. ‘And what is the separation after the second, 1 Reading pavan d4r snesh, as in some modern copies; but the old MS. of 1659 has run the last two words together, so as to produce pavan dérégfsh, ‘as destitute,’ which must be wrong. ® For details see Byt. III, 55-57; Bd. XXIX, 9; Dd. XXXVII, 97; Dk. IX, xv, 2. It may be noticed that this release of the demoniacal tyrant is expected to follow the triumph of strict vegetarianism. 5 See further Byt. III, 59-61 ; Bd. XXIX, 7, 8. * See Mkh. XXVII, 59-63; LVII, 7; Dd. XXXVI, 3. CHAPTER X, 7-18. 115 third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ov tenth century?’ 14. And Adhaymazd spoke thus : ‘ The sun conceals z¢se/f.’ 15. And when thirty winters of the tenth century ave unelapsed, that maiden, who is Gébak-abd}, walks up to the water; she that is the mother of that testifying Séshans who is the guide to conveying away the opposition of the destroyer, and her former lineage is from Véhd-r6£6-1 Frahany4n? in the family of fsadvAstar, the son of Zaratist that is brought forth by Arang. 16, ‘That maiden whose title is All-overpowerer is thus all-overpowering, because through giving birth she brings forth him who overpowers all, both the affliction owing to demons, and also that owing to mankind *” 17. Then she sits in that water, when she is fifteen years old, azd it introduces zz¢o the girl him ‘whose name is the Triumphant Benefiter, and 42s title is the Bodymaker; such a benefiter as benefits (savinéd@5) the whole embodied existence, and such a dody-maker, alike possessing body and possessing life, as petitions about the disturbance of the embodied existences and mankind *.’ 18. Not before that as she associated with men; nor yet afterwards, when she becomes pregnant, fas she done so before the time when she gives birth °. 1 ‘Having a testifying father,’ the Pahlavi of Av. Eredad-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 142. 2 See Chap. VIII, 55-57. 3 The Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 142, latter clause. * From the Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 129.
21 ‘Having a testifying father,’ the Pahlavi of Av. Eredad-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 142. 2 See Chap. VIII, 55-57. 3 The Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 142, latter clause. * From the Pahlavi version of Yt. XIII, 129. > Compare the summary in Dk. VIII, xiv, 14, 15, as follows :— ‘ The coming and arrival of Séshans, son of ZaratQst, at the end of the third millennium, the destroyers of the organizers who were within the millennium of Afishédar-m4h, the arrival of Sdéshans, I2 116 D{INKARD, BOOK VII. 19. When that man becomes thirty years old, the sun stands still in the zenith of the sky for the duration of thirty days azd nights, and it arrives again at that place where it was appointed by allotment. CuHarTer XI, 1. About the marvellousness which is after the end of the millennium of Adshédar-m&h and the arrival of the Triumphant Benefiter, until the end of the fifty-seventh year of Séshans and the production of the renovation among the existences. 2. Concerning the marvellousness of Sésh4ns as to splendour and glory of person, it says that ‘when the coming of the last rotation of those rotations of the seasons of Adishédar-m4h occurs, the man Séshans is born! whose food is spiritual and body sunny (that is, his body is as radiant as the sun) ;’ also this, that ‘he looks on all sides with six-eyed power (6-déisarth), azd sees the remedy for persecution by the fiend.’ 3. This, too, that with him is the triumphant Kayan glory ‘which the mighty Fréd¢dn * bore when Az-i Dahak* was smitten by him; also Kai-Khisréi* was bearing it when the Tar Frangrasiyak® was smitten by him; also Frangrastyak bore it when the Drvé Zénigak * was smitten by him; and Kal- and information aout Sésh4ns and his time. Also, as to the renovation of she universe and the future existence, z# is declared that they arise in his time’ 1 The date here indicated seems to be about twenty-eight years later than that intended in Chap. X, 15-19. 2 See Chap. I, 25. . 5 See Chap. I, 26. * See Chap. I, 39. 5 See Chap. I, 31, 39. * Av. Drvau Zainigaus, an Arab chieftain who invaded Iran CHAPTER X, I9-XI, 7. 117 Vistésp! shall bear it when you fully attract him to righteousness, avd through it he shall carry off the fiend from the concerns of the world of righteousness ®.’ 4. And this, too, that in fifty-seven of his years there occur the annihilation of the fiendishness of the two-legged race avd others, and the subjugation of disease and decrepitude, of death and persecution, and of the original evil of tyranny, apostasy, and depravity; ¢here arise a perpetual verdant growth of vegetation and the primitive gift of joyfulness; and there are seventeen years of vegetable-eating, thirty years of water-drinking, azd ten years of spiritual food. .
3. 5. And all the splendour, glory, and power, which have arisen in all those possessing splendour, glory, and power, ave in him on whom they arrive together and for those who are his, when many inferior human beings are aroused splendid axd powerful ; and through their power and glory all the troops of the fiend are smitten. 6. And all mankind remain of one accord in the religion of Adhaymazd, owing to the will of the creator, the command of that apostle, and the resources of his companions. 7. At the end of the fifty-seven years the fiend and Aharman are annihilated, the renovation /or the future existence occurs, avd the whole of the good creation is provided with purity azd perfect in early times and killed many with his evil eye, till the Iranians invited Frangrastyak to destroy him (see Darmesteter’s French translation of part of Chap. XLI of Iranian Bundahis in Annales du Musée Guimet, vol. xxii, p. 401). 1 See Chap. I, 41. 2 From a Pahlavi version of Yt. XIX, 92, 93, with the second and third clauses transposed. 118 DINKARD, BOOK VII. splendour. 8. ust as revelation states thus: ‘When that millennium as fully elapsed, which is the third of the religion of the Mazda-worshippers, that Mazda-worshipper whose name is so Triumphant! then marches forward from the water Kanyis4? with a thousand companions and also maidens of restrained disposition and_ blindlystriving behaviour®; and he smites the wicked people who ave tyrannical, and annihilates them.’ 9. Then those Mazda-worshippers smite, and none are smiting them. 10. Then those Mazdaworshippers produce a longing for a renovation among the existences, ove ever-living, ever-beneficial, and ever desiring a Lord. 11. ‘Then I, who am Atharymazd, produce the renovation according to the longing among the existences, ove ever-living, ever-beneficial, and ever desiring a Lord.’ ? See Chap. X, 47. 2 Reading the name as Pazand; if it were Pahlavi it would have to be read KanmasAi, because Iranian Paz. yi is very like Pahl. m4. It is Ky4nsih in Bd. XIII, 16; XX, 34; XXI, 6, 7, and represents Av. Kasava, the brackish lake or sea of Sagastan. 5 Reading ‘va-bigar-#k-i vand khim va-k@r-fakhd ras,’ and assuming that bigar is Ar. bikr, as an Arabic word is occasionally used in the Dinkard (see Chap. II, 2 n) though very rarely. Bd. XXX, 17, mentions ‘ fifteen men and fifteen damsels’ as assisting Séshans at the time of the renovation of the universe. DINKARD.—BOOK V. Cuapter I, 1. The triumph of the creator Adhaymazd, and glory of complete wisdom, is the divine (ahftg) religion of Mazda-worship. 2. The fifth d00% is about the sayings of the saintly Atdr-farnbag 1 son of Farukhzdd, who was the leader of the orthodox, even as to the manuscript which is called GyémarA% 3. The collected replies of Atar-
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