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1the seventh was called Srité! the Seventh, the largest in body and chief in strength, Pelonging to those instructed in many subjects for Kai-Us, and he was among his princes. 11. Kat-Us summoned him into his presence and ordered 4zm thus: ‘Go and kill that ox in the jungle!’ 12. Srits6 went, axd the ox whom he wished to kill expostulated with him, in human words, thus: ‘Do not kill me! for though thou canst kill me, he whose guardian spirit is in the Hém, the deathdispeller, w2z// also become manifest on the earth, he whose name is Zaratist of the Spitamas’, and wad/ proclaim thy bad action in the world. 13. And the distress in thy soul becomes such as is declared in revelation thus: “As it occurs to him, so it does to Vadak*, when they mention his iniquity,” and thy death becomes the like and, owing to death, it is mixed up with hers (that is, owing even to hers is the death of Sritd).’ 14. When those words were heard by him, Srité turned back, azd went again to Kai-Us; also by his manner, and even apart from this, he stated * what the ox ad spoken with awfulness, ad also thus: ' Srit6, the seventh son (compare Dk. VII, ii, 64), is not easy to identify. He could not have been Thrita the father of KeresAspa, because this Thrita the SamAn is said to have been a third son in Pahl. Yas. IX, 30 (Sp.). He may have been Srit6é of the Visraps, whose soul visited Vistasp in the latter part of his reign, about 350 years later, regarding which a legend is related in Dk. VII, vi, 2-11, and again mentioned in Dk. V, iii, 2; but there is a want of corresponding details for identification. 2 This is the citation of his name mentioned in § 7. ® The mother of Dahak, whose iniquity is considered as equal to that of the evil spirit, see Dd. LXXII, 5; Dk. 1X, x, 3. * T has ‘also by his manner he intimated and separately stated,’ CHAPTER XII, II-20. 137 ‘Il am more desirous ¢han any one who is in the earth created by righteousness, ¢hat you should now order destruction for the ox.’ 15. And Kat-Us uttered 42s will, with the conviction of superior wisdom, thus: ‘It is not certain whether he whose guardian spirit is in the Hém, the death-dispeller, is himself, or not ; and if he be, and be born!, whether he wzl/ become manifest, or not;’ and he commanded with severity, thus: ‘Go and kill it!’ 16. And Srit6é spoke thus: ‘/¢ zs not that I am without strength to kill, because z¢s reprieval by me was owing to its remonstrance, mentioned to me, that a high-priest is to arise 2’ 17. So z¢ is declared thus, 27 another revelation (déné zagai) *, when the Tfranians weve backward in heart, Kai-Us spoke thus: ‘Go out to a certain jungle, in which dwell many chiefs of the witches, and they w2é/ cut thee up without amy striving of heart.’
2So z¢ is declared thus, 27 another revelation (déné zagai) *, when the Tfranians weve backward in heart, Kai-Us spoke thus: ‘Go out to a certain jungle, in which dwell many chiefs of the witches, and they w2é/ cut thee up without amy striving of heart.’ 18. And Srit6 went up to the jungle, where many witches saw him, who kept their jaws open, and they spoke about the handsome man thus: ‘Slay and do not spare!’ 19. And compassion having gone out of his heart, he went back to the other jungle and, with his fist, he broke the back of the ox in three places ; and the ox, awfully convulsed (skifté barhamak®6), kept wf an outcry. 20. After the slaughter of the ox, owing to its convulsed state which was heard by him, the ? T omits ‘and be born,’ * The misplaced folio, which begins with § 8, ends here, but it is not quite certain that a few lines of text are not still missing. 5 T has ‘at another Ame (bén zag)’ 138 SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. remembrance of it then became grievous to Srité; and he went back to Kat-Us, and informed him how it was, and begged him that he shou/d finish off by slaying him !, because his life was not desirable. 21. Kat-Us spoke thus: ‘Sfad/ I slay thee, for it was not designed by thee?’ 22. And Srité spoke thus: ‘If thou wilt not slay me, then I sal/ slay thee.’ 23. Again Kat-Us spoke thus: ‘Do not thou slay me, for I am the monarch of the world.’ 24. Srité continued zs discontent, until Kai-Us ordered him thus: ‘Go out to a eertain jungle, because a witch in the shape of a dog is in it, and she will slay thee.’ 25. Zhen Srité went out to that jungle, and that witch in the shape of a dog was seen by him; after he smote the witch, she became two; and he constantly smote ¢hem till they became a thousand, and the host (gird5) of them slew Srité on the spot. Cuarrer XIII. 1. About the glory of Zaratist becoming manifest even before zs birth, z¢ is thus declared, that fortyfive years before the t2me when Zaratist came out to his conference’, when Frénd gave birth ¢o the mother of Zaratist?, whom they called Dadkdak, it ’ T has ‘that he should command the slaying of him.’ * That is, forty-five years before he was thirty years old (see Chap. XXI, 1-14). * It is necessary to translate in this manner, to agree with Dk. VII, ii, 3, but the text, which is ambiguous, runs as follows:— ‘amat Fréndg (Fréné-f?) Zaratfist am, zyasin Dikdakég karfwnté, CHAPTER XII, 2I—-XIII, 6. 139 came down from the endless light, in the manner of fire, avd mingled with the fire which was before her ; and from the fire it mingled with the mother of Zaratist 3. 2. For three nights it was manifest, to all passersby, as a species of fire zz the direction of the house, and passers on the road always saw great radiance. 3. Also when she became fifteen years old, the radiance of that glory which was in her, was even such that, on the path she was walking along, its brightness was then shed by her ?,
33. Also when she became fifteen years old, the radiance of that glory which was in her, was even such that, on the path she was walking along, its brightness was then shed by her ?, 4. About the combination of Zarathst, whose guardian spirit is reverenced; that is, his guardian spirit, in the Hém, and his glory are given the cow's milk, by his father and mother drinking 2¢ up*, and Ais spiritual life (ahv6) came into the combination, as was proclaimed dy his statements in the manuscript about the Guidance of the Ceremonial ¢. 5. About the backward connection of Zaratist with Adhaymazd, through the two who ave Yim, the best of the worldly existences, and Néryésang of the spirits. 6. The enumeration of the lineage of Zaratdst is Zaratist, son of Pértshaspd®, of Purtardspé, zerkhfinté ;’ which might also be translated thus: ‘when Fréné, the mother of Zaratfst, whom they called Dfkdak, was born.’ This Frénéd, whether mother or daughter, does not seem to correspond with any Freni mentioned in the Avesta. * See Dk. VU, ii, 2, 3. 3 Ibid. 7, 8. 5 Ibid. 46, 47. * Not identified, but probably like the Nfrangist4n. 5 This genealogy was, no doubt, derived originally from the same source as that in Dk. VII, ii, 70, but there are several variations, especially in orthography, which are here preserved, unless clearly copyist’s blunders. The names marked with an asterisk are written in Pazand. 140 SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. of Ahirvad4spé, of H4ékadAspé, of AKikhshnds, of Paitirasp6, of Aregadarsi*, of Kharedhar*, of Spit4mn, of Vaédist6, of Ayazem, of Frits, of Arig*, of Dairasrébé6, of MAndséthar, of M4nds-khirnar, of MA4nds-kharnak, whom Néryésang the messenger of Adharmazd brought, and whose mother was Vizag, daughter of Aryag, of Sritak, of Bitak, of Frazisak, of Zdsak, of Fraghzag, of Gizag, daughter of Airtk, son of Fréddn of the Repleans to the total of ten Aspigans, of Yim, of the Vivang,has, of the Ayang,has, of the Anang,has, of Héshang, of Fravak, of Siyamak, of Masty4, of Gayémard. CuapTer XIV. 1, About the wonderful striving of the fiend for the destruction of Zaratist. 2. When it became near to his birth, the Fever demon, the Pain demon, and the Wind demon of Aharman, each one with 150 demons, have come out to kill Zaratist, and from his spirit they have gone forth to 4zs mother. 3. And she is hurried from there by Fever, Pain, and Wind; and at ¢he distance of one league (parasang) ¢here was a wizard, Impudent (Storké) dy name, who was the most medical of wizards; in hope of practice he stood up from his seat, as she stopped in her progress. 4. A messenger of Adharmazd uttered a cry thus: ‘Do not go to a wizard! for they are not healing (béshazintd4r) for thee; but go back to the house, wash ¢/y hands on the morrow with cow's butter held over the fire, also burn (t4p6)? firewood 1 T has ‘consume (viddz5).’ CHAPTER XIV, 1-8. 141
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.
1the seventh was called Srité! the Seventh, the largest in body and chief in strength, Pelonging to those instructed in many subjects for Kai-Us, and he was among his princes. 11. Kat-Us summoned him into his presence and ordered 4zm thus: ‘Go and kill that ox in the jungle!’ 12. Srits6 went, axd the ox whom he wished to kill expostulated with him, in human words, thus: ‘Do not kill me! for though thou canst kill me, he whose guardian spirit is in the Hém, the deathdispeller, w2z// also become manifest on the earth, he whose name is Zaratist of the Spitamas’, and wad/ proclaim thy bad action in the world. 13. And the distress in thy soul becomes such as is declared in revelation thus: “As it occurs to him, so it does to Vadak*, when they mention his iniquity,” and thy death becomes the like and, owing to death, it is mixed up with hers (that is, owing even to hers is the death of Sritd).’ 14. When those words were heard by him, Srité turned back, azd went again to Kai-Us; also by his manner, and even apart from this, he stated * what the ox ad spoken with awfulness, ad also thus: ' Srit6, the seventh son (compare Dk. VII, ii, 64), is not easy to identify. He could not have been Thrita the father of KeresAspa, because this Thrita the SamAn is said to have been a third son in Pahl. Yas. IX, 30 (Sp.). He may have been Srit6é of the Visraps, whose soul visited Vistasp in the latter part of his reign, about 350 years later, regarding which a legend is related in Dk. VII, vi, 2-11, and again mentioned in Dk. V, iii, 2; but there is a want of corresponding details for identification. 2 This is the citation of his name mentioned in § 7. ® The mother of Dahak, whose iniquity is considered as equal to that of the evil spirit, see Dd. LXXII, 5; Dk. 1X, x, 3. * T has ‘also by his manner he intimated and separately stated,’ CHAPTER XII, II-20. 137 ‘Il am more desirous ¢han any one who is in the earth created by righteousness, ¢hat you should now order destruction for the ox.’ 15. And Kat-Us uttered 42s will, with the conviction of superior wisdom, thus: ‘It is not certain whether he whose guardian spirit is in the Hém, the death-dispeller, is himself, or not ; and if he be, and be born!, whether he wzl/ become manifest, or not;’ and he commanded with severity, thus: ‘Go and kill it!’ 16. And Srit6é spoke thus: ‘/¢ zs not that I am without strength to kill, because z¢s reprieval by me was owing to its remonstrance, mentioned to me, that a high-priest is to arise 2’ 17. So z¢ is declared thus, 27 another revelation (déné zagai) *, when the Tfranians weve backward in heart, Kai-Us spoke thus: ‘Go out to a certain jungle, in which dwell many chiefs of the witches, and they w2é/ cut thee up without amy striving of heart.’
2So z¢ is declared thus, 27 another revelation (déné zagai) *, when the Tfranians weve backward in heart, Kai-Us spoke thus: ‘Go out to a certain jungle, in which dwell many chiefs of the witches, and they w2é/ cut thee up without amy striving of heart.’ 18. And Srit6 went up to the jungle, where many witches saw him, who kept their jaws open, and they spoke about the handsome man thus: ‘Slay and do not spare!’ 19. And compassion having gone out of his heart, he went back to the other jungle and, with his fist, he broke the back of the ox in three places ; and the ox, awfully convulsed (skifté barhamak®6), kept wf an outcry. 20. After the slaughter of the ox, owing to its convulsed state which was heard by him, the ? T omits ‘and be born,’ * The misplaced folio, which begins with § 8, ends here, but it is not quite certain that a few lines of text are not still missing. 5 T has ‘at another Ame (bén zag)’ 138 SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. remembrance of it then became grievous to Srité; and he went back to Kat-Us, and informed him how it was, and begged him that he shou/d finish off by slaying him !, because his life was not desirable. 21. Kat-Us spoke thus: ‘Sfad/ I slay thee, for it was not designed by thee?’ 22. And Srité spoke thus: ‘If thou wilt not slay me, then I sal/ slay thee.’ 23. Again Kat-Us spoke thus: ‘Do not thou slay me, for I am the monarch of the world.’ 24. Srité continued zs discontent, until Kai-Us ordered him thus: ‘Go out to a eertain jungle, because a witch in the shape of a dog is in it, and she will slay thee.’ 25. Zhen Srité went out to that jungle, and that witch in the shape of a dog was seen by him; after he smote the witch, she became two; and he constantly smote ¢hem till they became a thousand, and the host (gird5) of them slew Srité on the spot. Cuarrer XIII. 1. About the glory of Zaratist becoming manifest even before zs birth, z¢ is thus declared, that fortyfive years before the t2me when Zaratist came out to his conference’, when Frénd gave birth ¢o the mother of Zaratist?, whom they called Dadkdak, it ’ T has ‘that he should command the slaying of him.’ * That is, forty-five years before he was thirty years old (see Chap. XXI, 1-14). * It is necessary to translate in this manner, to agree with Dk. VII, ii, 3, but the text, which is ambiguous, runs as follows:— ‘amat Fréndg (Fréné-f?) Zaratfist am, zyasin Dikdakég karfwnté, CHAPTER XII, 2I—-XIII, 6. 139 came down from the endless light, in the manner of fire, avd mingled with the fire which was before her ; and from the fire it mingled with the mother of Zaratist 3. 2. For three nights it was manifest, to all passersby, as a species of fire zz the direction of the house, and passers on the road always saw great radiance. 3. Also when she became fifteen years old, the radiance of that glory which was in her, was even such that, on the path she was walking along, its brightness was then shed by her ?,
33. Also when she became fifteen years old, the radiance of that glory which was in her, was even such that, on the path she was walking along, its brightness was then shed by her ?, 4. About the combination of Zarathst, whose guardian spirit is reverenced; that is, his guardian spirit, in the Hém, and his glory are given the cow's milk, by his father and mother drinking 2¢ up*, and Ais spiritual life (ahv6) came into the combination, as was proclaimed dy his statements in the manuscript about the Guidance of the Ceremonial ¢. 5. About the backward connection of Zaratist with Adhaymazd, through the two who ave Yim, the best of the worldly existences, and Néryésang of the spirits. 6. The enumeration of the lineage of Zaratdst is Zaratist, son of Pértshaspd®, of Purtardspé, zerkhfinté ;’ which might also be translated thus: ‘when Fréné, the mother of Zaratfst, whom they called Dfkdak, was born.’ This Frénéd, whether mother or daughter, does not seem to correspond with any Freni mentioned in the Avesta. * See Dk. VU, ii, 2, 3. 3 Ibid. 7, 8. 5 Ibid. 46, 47. * Not identified, but probably like the Nfrangist4n. 5 This genealogy was, no doubt, derived originally from the same source as that in Dk. VII, ii, 70, but there are several variations, especially in orthography, which are here preserved, unless clearly copyist’s blunders. The names marked with an asterisk are written in Pazand. 140 SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. of Ahirvad4spé, of H4ékadAspé, of AKikhshnds, of Paitirasp6, of Aregadarsi*, of Kharedhar*, of Spit4mn, of Vaédist6, of Ayazem, of Frits, of Arig*, of Dairasrébé6, of MAndséthar, of M4nds-khirnar, of MA4nds-kharnak, whom Néryésang the messenger of Adharmazd brought, and whose mother was Vizag, daughter of Aryag, of Sritak, of Bitak, of Frazisak, of Zdsak, of Fraghzag, of Gizag, daughter of Airtk, son of Fréddn of the Repleans to the total of ten Aspigans, of Yim, of the Vivang,has, of the Ayang,has, of the Anang,has, of Héshang, of Fravak, of Siyamak, of Masty4, of Gayémard. CuapTer XIV. 1, About the wonderful striving of the fiend for the destruction of Zaratist. 2. When it became near to his birth, the Fever demon, the Pain demon, and the Wind demon of Aharman, each one with 150 demons, have come out to kill Zaratist, and from his spirit they have gone forth to 4zs mother. 3. And she is hurried from there by Fever, Pain, and Wind; and at ¢he distance of one league (parasang) ¢here was a wizard, Impudent (Storké) dy name, who was the most medical of wizards; in hope of practice he stood up from his seat, as she stopped in her progress. 4. A messenger of Adharmazd uttered a cry thus: ‘Do not go to a wizard! for they are not healing (béshazintd4r) for thee; but go back to the house, wash ¢/y hands on the morrow with cow's butter held over the fire, also burn (t4p6)? firewood 1 T has ‘consume (viddz5).’ CHAPTER XIV, 1-8. 141
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