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

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* See P. 2°D. ins. va. * DJ. om. i # DJ., D. ins.

Pahl. transl. Thine is Spendarmazd [that is, Thine own]; with Thee is the wisdom which belongs* to*, or is, the former of the Herd. (b) Through the spiritual truth wasa way provided by Thee, O Atharmazd, for him, or ‘it, (the .

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Trlit. Ad(t) hi ayao fravar(e)ta vastrim [=°iyem] ahyai fshuyaiitem, Ahurem ashavanem Vanheus fshéiighim [°iyem] Manaaho;

Noid(t), Mazda. avastr[i}y6 davaschina humeretdéi§ bakhsta.

Verbatim transi. At illa [Bos] eorum-duorum eligebat agri-colam ei [sibi] diligentem-[et-ergo-divitem] (b) dominum sanctum, et Bonae divitias

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no tr. for zak (? zak) ¢ Ti] * £(b) Bahman pidar- hasti Ta, [pidar’z Babman hasti],

kih ma-ra Tai pah hamchashmi an ham kard * hasti, [ki, ma-ra pah har dti chasm

binad (?) hasti ma-ra édin minishn (?), ki pidar ¢ Bahman hasti] % (c) Askarah

an ¢ Sawab pédaish*? [] [rashan = rdshdan 2), [ktil, péddish *1 7 nék TA dad], [wa =

va] andar jihin* pah kunishn khuda hasti, [[] pah gunah u kirfah shumar kunand] *1 Or paidayish.

Free tr. Thine was piety verily; Thine wisdom, the Kine’s creator, The spirit’s wisdom, Ahura, since for her a path Thou hast given. By the tiller aided she goeth, or from him who was never tiller.

herd’), that is, a way to the beyond (to the other world) is given by Thee to him, (‘or it ’)], (c) who (or ‘which, thatis, the herd’(?)) proceeds by means of husbandry, [that is, duty and good works are done by him (her husbandman, or ‘for her’)|; but for him who is not a husbandman [the way is not thus provided by Thee].

Ner. transl. Thine is Spind4rmada [that is, Thine own]. In Thee is Wisdom, the maker of the Kine, {by which also Thou createst* the herds], (b) which (Wisdom) has by (or ‘in accordance with ) the Spiritual truth con- structed* a path for this one, O Great Wise One, the Lord, (c) for the one » who comes with diligence, [that is, who makes effort for the herds], or who is no worker, [that is, to this /atter she, wisdom, has not given a path].

Parsi-persian Ms. Tfi hast Spendarmad [ki, Ti khwésh]. Pah Tf hast an 7 gosfend tashidar khirad x (b) Pah minii, Hormuzd, at an i dad rah, [kit rah 7 anja an fi dad], (c) kih pah varzidar 4yad, (kash kar u kirfah kard éstéd (so)], kih nah hast varzidar, {at nah [bavad (?) = —] dad] x

Free tr. Of both chose she the tiller, the zealous for her, and the thriving, A lord most truly righteous, with the wealth of the righteous gain Ne’er, Mazda, shall the raider, or the infidel, share our lore!

Mentis. (c) Non, Mazda, non-agrum-colens [hostis noster praedator et expers omnis agri-culturae studii] fallens quisquam [i. e. fidem fallacem daemonis-men- dacii professus] bonae-narrationis [i. e. nostrae sanctae disciplinae, et bene- ficiorum ejus] particeps [erit].

68 XXX. 10, 11.

dan’ pavan frarfintih vadinyén]. (c) La, Atharmazd, yal valman 7 avarzi- dart? Aharmok, i davasahich** 44+ pavan zak {12 khipt-héshmirishnih khel- kanéd. [Pavan Diné* i7 khipd* ghal yemaleliinéd, aigh**, havandich (sic)* mozd chand® av davais** (sic) yehabind, avd Aharmok*>+" la yehabund].

1See P. 2DJ.,D. om. i. *DJ.om.i. *DJ., D. ins. at. °D. °an. ®DJ., D. ins. 7 DJ., om. ®DJ.°shak. ®soDJ.; M. miscorrected. *° DJ., M. seem avarddar(?). ™ D. Mf. °schin, DJ. °sahich, M. davds.ihach. *? D. om. i. ** DJ., D. ins. i.- + ML, Kans, cakeeeem: °mdkan; DJ. om. ayo, or ‘detached ano’. (** in Zend characters.)

Pahl. transl. Thus from, or of these (ayao) [men] they assign under — Thine influence to that husbandman (see gl.) that which is the two (i) [the origin and, the produce], to that husbandman (see gl., or ‘a husbandman to that one, the Cow’ (but see gl.)) who is a producer of wealth, [that is, the origin and produce of the Herd are given by Thee to that one who is ener- getic and regular], (b) a righteous lord, whose wealth és gained through a Good Mind, [that is, they should exercise sovereignty over the Herds with correctness, or piety]. (c) He does not, O Aiharmazd, (or ‘Atiharmazd (?) does not’) allot to him who is the non-agricultural Persecuting-heretic and deceiver (or ‘thieving one’ (?), oragain ‘hypocrite’ (?)) any share in the good recitation. [In the good Religion, it says, that even as much reward as they give to the deceiver (thieving one (?), or hypocrite), they do not give to the Persecuting heretic].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evath te dvitayamht etebhyo mitrikritam karya-

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Trlit. Hyad(t) né, Mazda, paourvim |[=°viyem] gaéthaoscha tashé, daénaoscha, Thwa mananha khrattscha, hyad(t) astvatitem dadao ustanem, Hyad(t) 8(k)yaoth(a)nacha séfighascha yathra var(enéng vasiio dayeité.

Verbatim transl. Quum nobis Mazda, primum colonias [sacras nostras]

creabas [-avisti], legesque* (b) Tua mente intelligentiasque [nostras, i. e.

conscientiasque recti], quum etiam corpore-praeditum fecisti [et firmavisti]

vitae-vigorem {nostrum], (c) quum actiones-pietatis [et officia sancta] doctrinas- que [statuisti] quo [ut] optiones suas [religionis] vir-optans accipit [-iet, vel ponat--|. * Vel ‘animas’ (aegre).

Pahl. text trl. ‘Amatatd? avé lanman Atharmazd fratim géhano tashid, ya? Dind*, (b) pavan aé* Lak minishnd® khiradé at dad®, 7amatat® zak® tant-ho- mandand jan yehabiind, [aighat jand va? avd tand!° 1 Gaydmardé" yehabind, ach

Xxxi. 10, 11. 69

kartre, [tad dvitayari, naranarirdparm*, mfilarh phalam va] etebhyo manush- yebhyo dattazh karyakarine, etasmaicha [vikagayitre] kutumbine, (b) sva- mine punyatmane, Uttamasya vispharayitre? Manasah, [kila, sad&charasya pra- vardhayitre?|. (c) Na Mahajnani akaryakartre pratarayitret, Asmogaya, crad-

dhadhyayanataya** pravarshati, [tena yat cuddhar adhyeti prasidam na® dadati,

yatah avyaparataya adhyeti]. 1 J.* dvitiyam, J.* “lyamh. 2 5.3, J.4, J.*. % all diff, LOhbl yan oy OmOMe CORUc rp ibs Orsi dle Cri’. | o-rd).8:

Ner. transl. Thus these** [a pair] are* made* friendly (chosen) by, or from, these (aydo) for the man diligent in his business, [that is, this pair, having the form of man and woman, root and fruit, that 7s, all their generative force with the result of it, is given to the performer of duty from, or by, these men] to this frevealer (? meaning ‘increaser ’)| to the countryman (agriculturalist), (b) to the lord of holy mind, to the highest (best) mind’s increaser (furtherer), [that is, to the promoter of good actions]. (c) The Great Wise One the Lord, does not give to the idle and deceitful (thieving one, or ‘hypocrite’), to the Asmoga*, anything through the study of the faith, [that is, he gives him no reward because he studies well, for he reads without proper (or ‘with evil’, effort)]. *1 Not ‘Thy’.

Fr. ir. When first, Ahura, Thou madest our homes and our sacred laws, With Thy mind our understanding, and did’st frame corporeal life, °

up to”. *D. om. va. *D. hanai,DJ.aé. °D. ins. va. °D. yehabfind. 7 DJ., D. om. va. * DJ. om. at. °DJ., D. avo. #° Mf.(?) tora, om. i. 44DJ., D. gyok°. 1 M. yehabtnd. 1*DJ. dad. * DJ. ins.i. 1°DJ.om.va. 1°DJ.,D. ins. va. 27D. pavan. Mf. (not D.)pavan. #°DJ. om. *° DJ., D.yehabind.

Pahl. transl. When the world and the Religion were first made by Thee for us, O Attharmazd, (b) they were created in this, the wisdom of Thy mind; and when the life of those possessed of bodies was created by Thee, [that is, when life was created by Thee in the body of Gayémard, it was also given forth by Thee, in this wisdom of Thy mind]. (c) When actions and teachings are established by Thee, [that is, the actions and teachings of the pious are established by Thee, this is also in this wisdom of Thy mind]; and when there

70 XKXI. 11, 12.

7s @ person in whom there is a desire for the other world, that desire is granted to him by Thee, [that is, what is necessary when he is arriving in the other world, this which is thus given is required from Thee by him. In that manner he will come to the other world, and this is also given to him through this which is Thy mind and wisdom].

Ner. tr. When thou, O Great Wise One, the Lord, wast first a creator of earthly property and of the Din for us [which Thou did’st produce in the world]

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Trlit. Athra vachim[=°chem] baraiti mithahvachdo va, ereshvachdo vA

Feet te Oe x a tt eee
Vidvao va, evidvdo va ahya zerediché mananhacha,
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Anushakhs Ar[a|maitis mainyu peresaité yathra maétha.

Verbatim transl. Ibi vocem [verbum] fert falsiloquus, [doctrina-mendax | vel recte-loquens [i. e. fidem sanctam professus] vel (b) sciens vel nesciens vel ejus [sui] cordeque menteque; (c) ex-ordine [-et-perpetuo] Pietas (prompta- mens) spiritus-duos [ibi] interrogat [-abit] ubi in domicilio* [sint, vel ubi ea- ipsa domi sit]. * Vel ‘ubi errores sint’ (aegre)

Pahl. transl. In that place there is a cry which is loud indeed [that of the Evil Spirit (?)] the teller of lies, [and that also of Adharmazd (?)] the

Xxxi. 11, 12. 71

(b) in Thy thought and wisdom, [that is, because thought and wisdom were in Thy view, therefore Thou didst give* them]; avd when Thou did’st produce the life of the corporeal [life within Gaiomarda, this also for that reason Thou gavest be- cause thought and wisdom were in Thy view]; (c) and when Thou did’st bestow both the practice and the doctrine, [this Thou did’st also because thought and wisdom wére within Thy view], and when Thou gavest (or ‘did’st fulfil’) the desire of those who are longing for the other world, [that is, Thou did’st also grant his. wish to the one who desires that by which he may advance to the other world; (when Ye gave*!, (or dadati ‘He gives’) it to him who really desires it, and approaches to that other world--)]. ** Old Vedic 2na pl. (2),

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih at (sic) an [] [& = varman] Hormuzd awwal jiban® tashid, [] Din, (b) pah in Ti minishn* khirad at dad, kiyat an tanmandan jan dad, [kfit jan [] an [] [gav = tona (sie pro tora)] [u = va] Gayomard dad, ham pah in Ti minishn® khirad dad] (c) Kiyat kunishn [] 4mfikhtishn (sic) dad, [kit kunishn [w= va] amikhtishn (sic) ¢ frarin dad, ach (sic) pahin Ti minishn*, [u = va] khirad dad], [wa = va] kih kih (= min (?)) an anja kémah, wa — kamah dad, [— = vdgiind or nad] (ka, an kih bayad kih [] [pah = pavan) an anja rasad no tr. for atash (2) no tr. for dvdst (sic) {] édim dad, pah An rah [] [pah = pavan] an anja rasad, ham pah in 7 Ta minishn* u khirad dad] s¢

Free tr. There high, his faith to utter, his voice lifts the truthful or liar; Learnéd or not-instructed, with heart and the mind devoted; But the faithful steadily questions both spirits where they abide (?).

truth-speaker, (b) that of the intelligent (or wise) [Atharmazd (?)], and that of the unintelligent [Ganrak Minavad(?)] to, or for, his heart and mind [Zara- tusht’s]. (¢) In arousing (or ‘arising’), [that is, while we* shall arouse him (or ‘arise to him’)] he who consults with, or ‘as’, perfect-mindedness (i.e. Aramaiti) and with, (or ‘through’) that which ‘s the spirit [with the Religion of the spirit (or ‘which is spiritual’)], his is the abode there (beyond), [that is, whoever will prosecute priestly studies (or ‘observe the assemblies’) with perfect- mindedness, for him there is the place beyond].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Atra* bumbati! karoti {antar jagati] mithyavakta? va, satyavakta va, (b) vetta vd, avett& va, tasya* hridayadardchcha, ména- sachcha (¢) — (?)? utthanena ye saripirnamanasé adricyatayé prichchhanti paralokanivasan, [Dinya, adrigyatay4, paralokasthandni prichchhantil].

*So irreg. 280 P., but J.*, J.4, C. °yo”. *J.* mene, J.* me te, C., P. mene.

Ner. transl. There [within the world] the teller of lies is uttering a cry, or the truth-teller, (b) the intelligent, or the ignorant, with his heart’s emotion (?) and his mind, (c) with an — (?) arising (?); they are lifting* their* ery* who are asking, or consulting, those who dwell in the world beyond with perfect thought and with the spirituality, [that is, they are asking those _ things in the dwellings beyond by means of the Din, the spiritual truth).

12 XXXI. 13, 14.

[w’ =va] nan i [fi = varman] (2) dilu minishn [¢ Zaratusht] (¢) pah no tr. for Pahl. hhézishn, (ka, tash bih khizam*] kih pah pur- minishni* pah an ¢ mini hampurséd [pah Din 7

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