Ner. transl. I ask Thee thus: ‘How dost Thou(?) bestow the sovereignty upon him when* he* is* beneficently* wise? [That is, he(?) produces a royal characteristic in his own body through spirituality], (b) upon him who, on account* of* the increase of Sanctity, is no(?) opposer (or ‘contender ’) in pro- vinces, or villages? [that is, with him who is. discharging his duty and per- forming acts of sanctity he does not contend; he is this teacher’s teacher]. (c) Thine equal, O Great Wise One, the Lord, thus is he verily, who 7s such in action, [who is thus this Thine equal also through (or ‘in’) activity].
Parsi-persian Ms. [] [Pah,; pasdkht (?) wa’sh (?) = — — — (sic?)] édiin @ [muzd — [] [dehad = dabinishn + éd* (vel + héd)] kiyash an ¢ nék-dana& andar (— defaced) khuda, [ktish Hormuzd, pah minti, andar tan khud&é kard éstéd (so)] # (b) Azash (sic), andar shahr 4n, andar deh, an kih pah Sawab — [] [no tr. for aktishidar], [ktish pah géti an kas khudi 7, kih kar u kirfah kunand (?), nah —] % (c) Ta [], Hormuzd, pah 4n dahishn, kih édtin an hast pah kunishn [] *
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Trlit. Katarém ashava va, dregvao va, verenvaité maz[ily6 ?
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Vidvao vidushé mraoti ma evidvao aipi débavayad(t),
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Zdi née, Mazda Ahura, Vanheus fradakhsta Mananho.
Verbatim transl. Utrum [-ter] sanctus-ve*, scelestus-ve*, sibi eligit [i. e. credit] majus? (b) sciens scienti loquatur (vel narrato); ne nesciens porro* fallat! (c) esto (vel id dic) nobis, Mazda Ahura, Bonae monstrator Mentis.
Pahl. text translit. Kadar, ayifé aharabd? aydf darvand, hémnuninéd? mas, [aigh, aishand ayif zak i aharibd tikhshakihatar¢ hémnuninéd, ayifs zak i darvand]? (b) AkAsth® valman ¢ Akas rai yemaleltinai, vat 14 valman ¢ anakas® yehevindi min akharash! vadat1 [bara yemaleltinam]. (c) Azdtnd*7 lanmant, Atharmazd, [aighman’ bara khavitinino’, afmand] pavan Vohtiimand fraz dakhshakind9, [aighmand pavan frardndih pavan dakhshak bara vadtin 1}.
* See P. 2 DJ. ins. va, 2 D., Mf. hémnunéd. 4 D., Mf. °shak®, 5 DJ. om. 7, * so Mf.; D. *ih, or “sh (?). 7™DJ., D., Mf. azdino. * all *tunin®. °D., Mf. °kind. 1° D., Mf. °and.
Pahl. transl. Which causes men to believe the great truth, the holy, or the wicked?, [that is, does he who is holy convince persons with the more energetic persuasion, or does he who is wicked]? (b) Speak intelligence for him who is intelligent, and do not become ignorant thereafter, while [I shall speak to thee]. (c) Search* it* out® for us, O Atharmazd, [that is, inform us fully], and deliver a sign [to us] also by (?) (or ‘in reference to ae Vohiman, [that is, provide us with a sign by (?), or ‘for’ piety].
mpagujins aos arosipary lbw g | Perewdy o-pgysp an 18, “euugw awl gasswg.sils.celebsbmey | wh cgrul.cqavces + haw & wi 0290}9.6964029.44).4 Fu | sp youga)g.aupanessayyg Trlit. Ma chis ad(t) vé dregvaté mathrascha giista, sdsndoscha ! A zi d(e)manem visem va, shéithrem va dahyim [=°yuvem] va, Adad(t) Dusitacha mar(a)kaécha; atha %§ s4zdim [°tivem] snaithisha! Verbatim transl. Ne quis itaque vestrum scelesti [Daemones colentis falsa*-]rationis-verba-que auscultet hortationis-doctrinas-que ! (b) (Ad *) enim domicilium, vicum vel", oppidum yel*, provinciam vel*, ponat [coniciat] (¢) [in] miseria [-iam] [in] morte [-temque]. Itaque eos caedite securi! (vel eos [iis] acuite (?) acinaces (? sic etiam traditio)).
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Free tr. Which creed as the greater believeth the righteous, or is it the wicked ? Let enlightened speak to the wise, let not the foolish longer beguile us; Be Thou, Ahura, our guide, the revealer of Thy Good Mind.
Ner. transl. Who, alas! the pure of soul, or the wicked, teaches as the great one?, [that is, between the two which teaches as a person more zealous than the other, the ignorant?| (b) The intelligent speaks to the intelligent, [the man of holy (?) action (‘the priest’ (?), or ‘husbandman’ (?)) to the men* of* action“]; be not thou ignorant thereafter because (or ‘while’ (?, see the Pahl.)) misled by, or from, the deceiver, (or ‘after (?) the de- ceiver’). (c) Instruct us, O Great Wise One the Lord, [that is, cause us to understand]; furnish us with a sign by, or about, the Best Mind, [that is, furnish me with a sign from* the Din with* reference* to* good conduct].
Parsi-persian Ms. Kudam, ya ashé ya darwand, khwihad meh? [ki, kasan ya an 7 asho — tar (sic) — khw&had (? = admfininéd (sic)), ya an 7 darwand 2] x (b) Agahi a7 Agéh ra gti [] nah f 7 bi-agah bawi az pas [] [] [raik** = dir*] [bih gfiyam] sz (c) space [] [& = varman], Hormuzd, [kfi, main bih dani ma-ra] pah Vahéman (sic) fraz —, (kt, man pah frarini pah khaslat bih kunad (?)] % *! Sic (prob. dar = rdih).
Free tr. Not one of you lend a hearing to Manthra, or creed of the wicked, For house, village, district, or Province, he gives to destruction, Leaves them in ruin and death; then hew ye them all with the halberd!
Pahl. trl. So let not one of you listen to the Manthra of that wicked one, or his teaching, [that is: ‘Hear ye not the (or ‘their’) Avesta and Zand from the Persecuting-heretics’], (b, ¢) for in that which zs dwelling, village, town,
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and province he [who is the Persecuting-heretic] produces evil proceedings and death; therefore for those Persecutors prepare ye the sabre.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Ma kagchit evarn sadbhyo! (bhavadbhyo (?)) durgatimato Vanith crinotu ciksharicha; [ekA Avistévak, eka vyakhydnatachal, (b) sa yatah Asmogah?2 griheva..... , dece va, grame va, dadati (c)dushtarh* pravrittith mrity uth, aparamhcha anyayaih. Evarh tasmai bhujena castram vighataya? [Asmoganam guddhayecha vachasarh, gastrath tebhyo arachayata*4]! +J.* sadbhy6, J.4 madbhyo, J.*in Comm. is J.*;C. mad’, P. bhama®. ? all gehe va (variation for erih®.). Sall °taya. * so Haug (?); J., J.* arayet, J.* acharayet (so), C. acayat; C., P. add aray?®.
Ner. transl. Let no one of those present (?), or ‘of the good’ (or (with
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Trlit. Gishta yé mata Ashem, ahtmbis * vidvao, Ahura,
Erezhukhdhai vachanham khshayamano_ hiz[u]v6-vas6,
Thwa Athraé sukhra, Mazda, vanb[uv(?)|au vidata ranayao.
Verbatim transl. [Ei] auscultet [vel eum audite] qui mente-concipiebat Sanctitatem mundum-salvans*!(?) [vel (leg. ahfibis) pro populo, vel etiam pro vitis duabus (?)] sciens, O A., (b) [pro] verum-verbum-loquenti ([vel etiam fortasse, ad suum-dictum-in-re-vera-constituendum]) verborum dominans linguae-arbitrio- praeditus (c) Tuo igne candenti, O M. in- (vel pro-) bono edito certatorum- duorum ((vel fortasse ex duobus sacris lignis]). #1 i, e. servans.
Pahl. text translit. ‘Nydkhshishnih min padmand Aharayih padash pavan kolaé IH ahvan aétind aks, Atharmazd, [aigh!, zakt min padmané i? Aharayth padash mindavam i minavad va stih khavittinéd kardano]. (b) Arshtkht gdbish- n6? valman i padakhshah¢ [f avibim] pavan hoizvand kamakinishnd, [aighash® ghal® gobishné i rast® ¢ frarind, avdyastd bara dedrtinishno]. (c) Hana i® Lak Atash i sikhar*, Adharmazd, vijarishnd bara yehabtnéd avo patkardarand, (aigh, bikht va? airikht (vel Aitrids (2?)) pédak bara vadtinyén’].
‘See P. ? D. ins. i % D. ash, or °nih. * so DJ.; M. shalita. * so Deeb * DJ. om. i. 7 DJ. om. * DJ. Airikht (?). ° D. °anand. *I om. 7; see Ner.
Pahl. tri. Let there be a listening (infin. for imper.) to him whose (or ‘to that which’ (?)) is the regulation of Sanctity, and who is thus wise as regards (or ‘by means of”) it for both the worlds, O A., [that is, he whose is the regulation of Sanctity understands as regards (or ‘by’) this how to attend to the concerns of the soul as of the world]. (b) He who is the [fearless] ruler over (oblique by pos.) truthful speech (or ‘the veracious’) is effecting his wish expressed by tongue
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bhavadbhyo) ‘of you’) listen to the Word and doctrine of the wicked, [one is the Avista-word, and one 7s the Interpretation], (b, c) for the Asmoga causes corrupt* proceedings and death, and creates other disorder within the house, province, or village. Then strike him a sabre-stroke with an arm-blow, [that is, to purify the effect of the Asmogas’ words, make ready* (or ‘let fly = arpayet’) the sabre for them]!
Parsi-persian Ms. [Wa=va] ma kas édan az shuma [] [kih = mtn] ft darvand Mansar shunavad* u amikhtishn (sic), [kti, az Ashmékan (?) Awesté u Zand ma shunavad*], (b) chih andar [ ] no tr. for demtn (?) — mahallab, shahr, u deh, dehad (c) bad-raftani (?) u marg, an 7 Ashmogh; édtin [] [6shin Ashmoghan ra] [] [sizad = sdzéd] silih x
Free tr. Hear they* him who the Right conceivéd for our folk, the discern- ing one, Mazda,
For the creed-speaking* saint* over words with infallible voice is he mighty,
With flame of Thy Fire He speaks, sent forth for the good of the strivers!
(that is, for true and pious speech, the desired, (‘or necessary’), thing is to be renounced (or ‘presented (?)’)], (c) and this, which is Thy red Fire, O At- harmazd, will give the solution* to the contenders, [that is, they shall make the certain and impure fully manifest dy means of it].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Crotavyaih, [kila, adhyayanar! tasmat karyarh|, yah pramanam punyasya bhuvanadvaye ’pi [vel °dvayor](?) vetti Hormijdiyam. (b) Satyoktaye? vachasam svatantro jihvakamena, [yasya bhayath na. ’sti, kamajihvagcha vachasi]. (c) Te Agnih rochishman, Mahajnanin, vyaktith* dadati prativadinarh, [guddharh acuddhamcha prakatikurute].
1 P. adhyanam. ? J.* te.
Ner. transl. The matter is to be heard, [that is, a study is to be made of it by him] who is acquainted with the righteous design of Hormijda for* both worlds. (b) He is independent for truthful speech (or ‘the truthful speaker’) of words by, or in, his choice of speech, [whose fear has no existence, and he is tongue-free in word]. (c) Thy brilliant Fire, O Great Wise One, gives the explanation* to the contenders. [It makes purity and impurity (good and evil) evident].
Parsi-persian Ms. Shunavishni kih péman Sawab padash pah har dti jihan* édtn agah, Hormuzd, { [] kih péman Sawab, padash chiz 7 mini [] géti dinad kardan] x (b) Rast-gobishn & 7 no tr. for patikhsh (sic) ¢ biham (? for bi-bim) pah zabaén k&émah [] [gobishn = gébishn] [ki{[sh = ash] [] [6= ghan] gobishn 7 rast i nék, bayad bih barishn]*' % (c) in ¢ Ta @tash 7 rashan, Hormuzd, guzdrishn bih dehad 4n dalil-ku- nandagan, (kf, khalisi na-khalisi zihir bih kunad] x *! Or ‘burishn*’.
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& Bete po} Trlit. Ye dayad(t)* ashavanem divamnem, héi aparem khshay6o Dar(e)gem ayi temanhé, dusvar(e)them [=°huva®] avaétas vachd;
Tem vao ahim, dregvaiité, §(k)yaoth(a)nais vais [=huv?] Daénd naéshad(t)!
Verbatim transl. Qui reddat [vel accedebat ad si Ayad(t) legatur)| sanctum fraudem-patientem (vel fallentem (?) *1), illi-ipsi [est] serius exitium (b) [per] longum [aevum-durans] in vita*? tenebrarum [in-tenebris], [et] mala- esca [est ei], humilitas (i. e. sordes, ab-imo) sermo. (c) Hane vestram vitam [vos], scelesti, factis vestris propriis [vestra] anima (sic) [vel vestra Religio falsa] induxit (vel inducat)! *1 med. pro act. *? fortasse vita (nom.),
Pahl. text translit. *Mtin yatinéd avd Ahariband pavan frifishnd, val- man min akharash?+ shivan, [aighash? pavan raband shivan yehevunéd], (b) afash dér yatinishnd dén tem, [aighash dér damand tamman avayadd yehe- vdntand*+4], va‘ dish-khirishné, {aighash vishich*1+5 yehabind], va® anak’ ribishnih yemaleltinédé, [aighash, anak mad yekavimiinéd6]. (c) Avd tem ahvand, lekim min darvandin' homanéd, atand? ktnishnd zak ¢ nafshmant va® Dind* yezrinéd!, [kardand? avayasti?], 1See P. ? DJ., D. °ash. * DJ., D. *andd. *DJ. om. va. ®DJ., D., M. vesha (not °Ai + cha (Zend letters)). °DJ. ins. va. 7™DJ., D. om. i. *DJ., D. om. va. °D. kardano; DJ., Mf., kardo. 2°M. °astano.
Pahl. transl. He who comes to the righteous with deceit, afterwards lamentation shall be his, [that is, for him is lamentation in the soul], (b)
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Verbatim transl. Mazda det*! [vel dabit, vel etiam fortasse dedit] Ahura Salubritates [-tem] Immortalitatesque [-temque] (b) apud plenitatis [-tem] (a) Sanctitatis e-suo-proprio regni [-no ut] princeps-protegens, [et] (c) Bonae vim-
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Fr. tr, But he who deceives the saint, for him shall at last he destruction; Long life in darkness’ his lot, vile his food, with revilings loathsome; This be your world, O ye foul! by your deeds your own souls will bring it.