Trlit. Ya frasa avis(k)yA [= Avishiya] ya va, Mazda peresaité, taya, Ye va kaséus aénanhd 4 mazistam (A)yamaité btijem; TA chashmeng thwisra hard aib? Asha (aibi) vaénahi vispa!

Verb. transl. Quae [quas] quaestiones manifesta as], quae |quas| vel, Mazda, rogat {proposuit] clandestinas [occultas], (b) qui vel [per occasionem| parvae malitiae (p. malitiam apud*) {alicui injuste] maximum adjungit excusa- tionis-pretium (ut maxima poena eum multet), (c) haec oculo [Tuo] micanti ([vel, O splendide (?)]) custos (ad) Sanctitate (ad) aspicis omnia!

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Pahl. trl. What is discussed (or ‘He who has discussed’ (?)) concerning what is open, O Atiharmazd, [whether it is necessary to (or ‘he (?) must’) do good works which are open], and what is discussed, (or ‘he who has discussed’) as to that which is secret [concerning sin, and* they may do much that is secret], (b) and he who to gratify a petty hatred ventures upon a great one for the sake of deliverance, [that is, those who would commit a trifling sin,

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mini] ash inja makin + [Kih magopatdari bundah* (?) minishn-iha kunand, ash gah anja béd)] # 7 ‘b’ in other MSS. has ‘c’s’ place in the Persian MS.

Free. What open questions are asked, or what questions sealed and forbidden, Or who for a little sin, binds on the heaviest penance: With brilliant eyes as a guard, on all with the truth Thou art gazing!

and afterwards a very* great one in order that it may not be discovered], (c) those things which are in both Thine eyes are this (or ‘are one’, (read I with D. J.)) [that is, Thou seest*! them]. In the combination of both [in that condition | of sin in which it is mingled with good works*] Thou art the ruler; and also over Sanctity, and Thou lookest** upon all! ** Vaénahi twice treated. Ner.’s sansk. text. Yah prichchhati prakatena, [punyena] yo va, Mahajiianin, prichchhati prachchhannena [papena], (b) yo va kirnchanena** duhkritena tan ma- hat acharati cuddhaye, [cuddhyartham, duhkritena kirnchanena (sic) yat kritam dste!, ekari sthilatararh kurute yavat prakatam? na? bhavet], (c) tau lochanabh- yam, ekahelaya [papeshu pari punyeshu] paripacya samagrau’, [papeshucha, pun-

yeshucha, ekahelaya, adhipatir asi sarvatracha punar api]. *J.%, J.4, P. yat krita- master 2 J.,0d. “Kato ma, .C., P. “tene. * J.*, J.*4, P. Soro, C. “ora. ** See Burnouf.

Ner. transl. He who asks with regard* to* what is open (or ‘openly’ (?)), {with regard* to* sanctity], or he who asks with regard* to* what is concealed (or ‘secretly’ (?)) [with regard to sin (or ‘sinfully’ (?))], (b) or he a/so who through, ~ (or ‘on account of’) a little* sin, commits the great one to secure a clearing, [that is, who, for the sake of a clearing (or ‘acquittal’) necessary on account of a little sin which has been committed, commits a greater one, in order that the first may not become known], (c) upon these two, each of them, look with Thy two eyes, and with one light on both, (i. e. coordinately, without prejudice) [on doth their sins and their righteous actions. Over sins and righteous actions Thou art evenly (so) everywhere, and again, the Lord].

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih hampursid pah an i dshkarah [(kirfah 7 Ashkérah bayad kardan}, Hormuzd, kih hampursid pah an 7 — [wanah*, [] — bisyar kunand] x (b) kih [] an 7 andak kinah an 7 meh azmayad — ra, [kf, gunah [] andak bih kunand, [] pas yak (or ék) ¢ buzurg bih kunand, ki t@ an péda** nah bad] * (c) an ¢ pah har di chashm in, [[kt, mi-bini (?) fu = va] an] 4, Pah — [ J sardar hasti, [[wa = v@] wanah* andar an kirfah amikht éstéd [] [chih = maman]]; Saw&b ham [sardar hast(i)] [] awar [] [édin = aédin’)

tamim « !The characters intended for aédtm are those also used for édtin. *1 Or ‘paida’.

Free tri. This then I ask: what judgments are passing now and will pass, What debts are paid in justice for the offerings of the holy, And what is the wicked’s debt? and their portion what in the judgment?

Verb. tri. Haec [i.e. de his] Te interrogo, O Ahura, quae enim it [eunt,

i e. fiunt (de nostra salute)| venietque[-ient, i.e. fient], (b) [et de iis] quae ut 10.

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debita accipiuntur [vel solvuntur] oblationum fi.e. de oblationibus] (ex) [viri] sancti [et fidelis], (c) et de iis quae, O Mazda, [ut debitae poenae a] scelestis [infidelibus solvuntur], et quo modo eae [ea] sint [erunt, i. e. solventur] in consummatione, [et] quando. (* The transliteration is again purposely omitted),

Pahl. text translit. 1Zak ikolA II min Lak pursém, Atharmazd, min madé va’ minich yamtinéd, (b) mtin avam yehabanédd min das(th)ran*, min zak! {3 ayo valman i aharibd, [min zak ¢ chigin dvayadd yehabinds, Attharmazd], (c) vat munich avo darvandand, chigind valmanshin homand, angardikih* aétind den- man, [aigh, valman’ dadistnd maman ? valman dind® maman 2am bara yemalelin]! SOEs Paes), OND) J sins ech): ins.; DJ. om. * DJ. ghal. © so Mf.; D. dadist®.

Pahl. transl. Both these questions I ask of Thee, O Atharmazd, first as to what has happened, and as to what is happening, (b) and as to what debt 7s paid (given) from the offerings, from that which appertains to him who is holy [from that which is swch as it is necessary to give (sic)], O At- harmazd, (c) and as to what also are the debts to the wicked, and how these Shall be awarded as this completed reckoning thus, [that is, that sentence, what is it?; that decree, what is it?; tell mej.

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Trlit. Peresa avad(t) ya maénig yé dregvaité Khshathrem hunditi

Dus-skyaothanai, Ahura ye noid(t) jydtiim [=jiva?] hanar(e) vinasti Vastr[i]yehya aénanhd paseus, vird(a)d(t)cha adrujyanté,

Verbatim transl. Interrogo tantum (vel tale), quae [sit ejus] damnatio qui scelesto [infideli] auctoritatem-regalem comparet [-abit] (b) malefico, Ahura, qui non vitam [i. e. alimenta sibi] aliter adipiscitur [vel adipisci-possit] (c) [nisi ex] agricolae noxa pecoris [vel gregis] viroque [viri] nunquam:-men- dacis [i. e. daemonis-mendacii-falsam-fidem-non-professil

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Ner.’s sansk. text. Tad dvitayar Tvattah prichchhami, Svamin, yad dga- tamh, aydticha; (b) yo* rinari dadatet dinebhyah punydtmane, [Hormijdaya yatha yujyate datum], (c) yecha, Mahajianin, durgatimadbhyah, kathari tesh- ah? asti® vipakata* evar, [kila, yah tat kurute, tasmai niddne* prasAdaddnar kith bhavati, yagcha tat kurute, tasmaicha kith bhavati ti4, me brihi].

* J.“ dadhate. 2 P. * P. om. teshim. 4 J.4 (?).

Ner. transl. These* two* things I ask of Thee, O Lord, what has hap- pened, and what is happening ?, (b) and as to him who pays (or ‘accepts’ (?)) the debt from the offerings, to the holy-of-soul, [that is, to Hormijda (?), as it is fitting to pay it], (c) and I also ask as to those who, O Great Wise One, pay (or ‘accept’?) the debt for the wicked; how is their consummation so, [that is, what is the reward in the end*! for him who does this, and what is thus for him who does that* other* action? Tell me this]. * See Y. 43,5.

Parsi-persian Ms. An 7 har dit az Ta pursam, Hormiizd, kih ras — (?) [] kih ham rasad s (b) Kih karz dad az didan, — an ¢ an ti 7 Ashdo, [az an 7 chim bayad dad, Hormuzd], (¢) wa kih ham 4n darwandan? chim éshan hend, [] [tamam = harvisp (?)| édin in, [kfi, i dadistan chih? ft dadistan chih? man bih oUF] *) Parsi‘ go’.

Free tr. Thus ask 1; what his judgment, who the throne for the wicked formeth For the evil-doer, Mazda, who his bread not else obtaineth Save as harming the tiller’s flock, his who does not serve the Foe?

‘va gdspend khtipd yakhsenunéd, ash kind levatman yakhsenunéd]. 1 See P. 2 M. ins. pitrsem. * DJ. ins. 7. 4 DJ., D. ins. zak. * so D.; DJ. vadtmyénéd (?); M. vadiniayén. °DJ. om.i. 7DJ. *D. ins. va. 9DJ. om. va. 1° D. mardim. ** So in Comm.

Pahl. transl. Thus it is asked of* him: ‘Will they inflict that punish- ment by ruin, and upon him who would provide the lordship for the wicked, (b) who is an evil-doer, O Attharmazd, who does not announce the life as* gained* even for a reward ?, [that is, even when they give him a bribe, they, that is, such persons would not leave a living man apart (or ‘release him’)], (c) the malefactor who (see min in 4) vents his hatred even upon the husbandman who for herd and man is contending against the Draj? [that is, he regards with hate even this good man, him who is maintaining man and herd welll.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Prichchhami evami: yat vindcanigrihituh! yo dur- gatimato rajyar kurute, [kila, parthivatvam nikrishtebhyo? datte], (b) dush- karma’, Svémin, yasmat na jivitarh lamchaya (sic) *pi labhate, [asaucha yah lathchopachararh (sic) dadati, tasyd ’pi jivitarh na tena vimuiichati], (c) kar- taraticha kadarthayati pacindm* virinamcha, abadhitararh, [kila, yah prati- yatnarh manushyandmé gopaciinim*, yavantaii*> yujyate kartum, na badhate].

*J.*, J.4, C, -grah®; J.*, P. °grah-, 2J,4 “bhyo®, C., P. bhya®. *J.4, so all. ® not yach®.

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Ner. transl. Thus I ask Thee: ‘What zs for him who destructively punishes (not ‘oppresses’), and who (for: ‘What ¢s the deed of the destructive punisher of him who (see the Pahl.]) provides the sovereignty for the wicked, [that is, who bestows the kingdom upon the degraded]? (b) the evil-doer, O Lord, from whom one does not gain* life, even through a bribe*, [that is, he who gives a complete bribe does not save (or ‘spare’) even his live by this means]; (c) and this evil-doer also brings calamity upon the worker (hus- bandman), the remover of obstacles (or ‘oppression’) from herds and men,

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Trlit. Peresd avad(t) yatha hyo, yé hudanus d(e)manahya* Khshathrem, Shdéithrahya va, dahyeus va Asha fradathai asperezata, Thwavas, Mazda Ahura yada hvé anhad(t) ya-S(k)yaothnascha.

Verbatim transl. Interrogo tantum (vel tale): quo-modo ille qui bene- faciens [vel de-bono-sapiens], habitationis Regimen, (b) regionis-vicis-abund- antis vel*, provinciae vel*, Sanctitate promotioni [promovere] studebat [-uit], (c) Tui-similis [vel dignus], Mazda, {sit vel veniet, et] quando ille-ipse [ita] sit (fiet vel aderit), [et] quae-facta-faciens [suum adventum, vel suos pro- gressus* in* perfectionem*, celeret}.

Pahl. transl. It is asked of him thus as fo that one: [Is the reward bestowed also upon him] in whose abode the beneficently Wise One is lord, [that is, Aiharmazd is made Lord within his body, through the spiritual truth, (b) and who is also no(?) striver (or better ‘a striver’, or ‘competitor’ (but see the gl.)) with him who is occupied in the propagation of Sanctity,

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(that is, «pon the man who does not fetter an effort for (or ‘of?) men and herds such as it is fitting to make’).

Parsi-persian Ms. [] (Pah sakhtosh = pavan sdkht Osh (?)] édtin: i pah [in = zak] gundhan padafrih (wa’sh = vash) kunand, kih an fi ¢ darvand khudai kunand, (b) 7 bad-kunishn, Hérmuzd, kih nah zindagi pah ham muzd* space, (ku, kiyash — dehad ham adamiz ziyandah* [] nah gfizishtand (?)] * (c) [Wa = va] i ham 7 varzidar kinah-kunand, kih pah gésfend u mard bi — (sic, text adrtizishn), (kt, mard ham [ } nék kih mard u gésfend khfib dar(ad (?)), ash kinah awa darad] #

Free tr. How thus doth he, I ask Thee, who o’er dwelling, district, province, Generous and wise, the Rule, in the Right, to promote is striving, Become like Thee, Ahura? When thus shall he be (?), through what actions ?

in the town which is in As province, [that is, that person is his Lord in the world, who, when they* would do duty and charity, does not (?) strive (or ‘chastize’)], (c) when, it 7s asked, does such an one become like Thee, O Athar- mazd, in that dispensation, one with whose action it is even thus’? ** Or ‘spiritually’.

Ner.’s sansk. text. Prichchhami evar: kathaih etasya yat uttamajia- ninot dehi [dadasi] réjyar, [kila, adricyatayé vapushi nije rajanam kurute], (b) deceshu va, grémeshu va, punyavriddhidena advandvinah (? see Comm.) {kila samara tena yah karyath punyaricha kurvann aste, na yudhyati, tasya Acharyasya sa acharyah]. (c) Tvattulyo?, Mahajiianin, evath sa* asti*, yah kar- manacha, [yah evarh so ’sti karmanacha’ tvattulyah‘).