to have it, it must be had in that way], the? wealth*® which is the longed- for (or ‘the yearning* being*’ (= aitd, so better)) of the Good Mind, {that is, it is thus when they possess their desired object through piety]. (c) With those words of the spirit, of Ashavahisht, O Atharmazd, J complained to You, [that is, with me the (or ‘my’) Gathic doctrine is not current; I too bewail].
#1 Without Ist ol. ‘by evil doctrine -- him who --’. *2not ‘in that way which is pleasing’; see the Gatna.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Dushtacikshayd! uktir. vindcam dadati asya jivani- vantirh (sic (?)) gikshayituh* buddhith [uktir yA Devanai]. (b) Adhikaticha* me lakshmim apaharati, hitaih satiz Uttamena Manasa, [pramAnam?; yo lakshmirh adegena me dharturh kartuiicha yogyah, tii me adhikaih vinaigayati, ya sadacharena sarichita* aste]. (¢) Tabhigcha vagbhih?, manasavrittya ahah, Mahajiianin, Dharmagcha (-macha (?)) Yushmakari purah dkrandaye, {kila, me srishtir* no* pravartate*]. 1J.4om. dushta. 2all°na. *J.%, C., P. gvabhih (sic). 4 corr.
Ner. transl. Through A/s evil doctrine his word is inflicting destruction upon the teacher’s wisdom as to life (or ‘living (?) wisdom’), [the Devas’ word, does this|. (b) He is removing afar* (or ‘utterly’) my property, the friendly and really*-good* wealth of the best mind [the regulation; he who (or ‘when any one’) is clever enough to preserve my property in obedience to the command, and to bring* it* into* effect*, then this evil one is utterly destroy- ing this property of mine which has been thus accumulated through good con- duct]. (c) With these words, and with earnestness of mind, I am complaining before You, O Great Wise One, and Sanctity a/so complains (or, ‘O Sanctity’, read, Dharma), [that is, my creation (or ‘country’ (?)) is making no progress].
Free tr. And he will destroy my word who for sight as the worst announces The Kine for the eyes, and the sun, and the gifts of the wicked offers, Who makes our meadows a waste, and who levels his mace* at the faithful. Verbatim transl. Ille-ipse mea [-as]-doctrinas occidat[-et], (vel ad-nihilum- redigat[-et]) qui pessimum (i.e. rem pessimam) spectatu dixit (b) Bovem oculis, solemque; et qui dona scelesti [i. e. sacrificia impietatis] offerat [-et], (c) et
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qui (que) pascua [nostra] siccet [-abit], et qui (que) telum jaciat [-iet] in sanctum. (The well-nigh useless transliteration is here omitted to gain space).
Pahl. text translit. ‘*Valman? gabré avo denman? li srébo marenchi- nishnd yehabtinds, [aighash arfbakih avd Dind* yehabind| minash saritar pavan! yénishnd yemalelind (b) Gdspend pavan kola IT ash, va* khirshédoch’, amatichash dahishné’ avd darvandin yehabind®, [afash?® marenchinishnd yehabtindd] (?), (c)#! amatichash vastar viyavaninid, [aighash tapah bara kard, afash1® marenchinishnd yehabindd|, amatichash!? pavan pédakih adshishno* yehabind avd ahariband, [aighash Ashkarak ayo'® khvast-homand afash’? (not Aptis = ‘embryo’) marenchinishnd yehabtindd).
1See P. 2s0 DJ., D.; M. avo, or ano. *D. ins. 7, *DJ. om. ° DJ. as (?); M. seems ach or az + (2) (ep. azag = ‘goat’ (? + ash). °DJ., D. va. 7 DJ. khtrkhsh’. * D. dasht. 9 DJ. ins, 1° DJ., M. afoash (so elsewhere). ' D. ins. va. * D. om. ich. ** D. ghal.
Pahl. transl. (a, b) That man sent destruction upon this my word, [thaé is, he has caused retention to the Religion], he by whom it was said that the worst things to be seen even with both the eyes were the herd and the sun; when also a gift was bestowed by him upon the wicked, [and mur- der* was also committed by him]; (c) when also the meadow was withered by him, [that is, was utterly spoiled by him, and killing was also per- petrated by him], when destruction was also inflicted openly upon the right- eous by him, [that is, destruction was openly inflicted by him upon the suppliant].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Asau me na*! ukter vindcarn dadati, [kila?, apravrittimn* Diner dadati], yo nikrishtatarath vachasé brite, (b) gobhiccha’ [-bhyah (?)],
Trlit. Taéchid(t) m& mérefidan [= merefid®] jydttim |= jiva°], yoi dregvato ~~ maz(i)bis chikéiteres; Anhéuscha anh{u]vascha [=° vis°] apayeiti raékhnanhé vaédem; YOi vahistad(t) ashaund Mazda rdres(k)yan Manaaho. Verbatim transl. Hi-etiam mei [meam] destruant [-ent] vitam, qui scelesti [principis] cum-magnis [ducibus] consuluerint [(ad verbum, cognoverunt, hoc est, eorum disciplinam probaverunt, et eo falso in rerum cognitione instituti sunt)|; (b) patrisfamilias [patrifamilias]-que matrisfamiliasque [matrifamilias| aufert* [hic scelestus (princeps) eorum] [vel fortasse ‘consuluerunt ad aufer-
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ajabhih* stiryabhih*, [kila, trivarshinibhih* patichavashinsbhi) yo danam durgatimadbhyo datte*, [asaucha me ukter vinacah dadati], (e)? waccha krishtam** udvdsayati* (°), [kila, sasyAni vindcayati, asaucha me ns Vindieath dadati], yagcha prakatatayé nindém dadati muktétmandat, [kila, parisphiatann punyatmanaih nindath kurute, asaucha me ukter vindcati dadati].
* So J.° seems; C., P.na. 2 J.* ins. me. * J.4, J.* gan. * ut? in J.3, but Qnd hand, also in C.»”.»?
Ner. trans}. And that man causes the destruction of my word, [that is, he causes retention to my Din], who utters the worst with speech (b) as re- gards (?) cows, goats (or read akshi{i|bhihyam* = ‘as seen by the eyes’) and as regards (?) suns, [that is, the worst for the three-year-olds, and the five-year- olds], who also gives a gift to (not ‘takes a gift from *) the wicked, [and that one causes the destruction of my word], (c) who also roots out (?)* the agri- culture, [that is, destroys the fruits of the ground; he also causes the de- struction of my word], and effects the censure of the free-souled, (or ‘holy’) with publicity, [that is, he makes the censure of the good public, and he also causes the destruction of my word]. * See Burnout’s vas, or 4th vas + nis, ‘scorches’.
Parsi-persian Ms. U mard an in man sakhun kharab-kardan, [] [dadar-hed + ham + amadah + hast =—J], [kfish bi-raw4i an Din dehad]; kiyash badtar pah binishn gfiyad (?) (b) Gdsfend pah har [] [dai am (sic vid.) dabtinéd (sic) = dé am (?) dabinéd), khirshéd ham, kih chash (so) [] [dasht = ddsht (sic vid)] an darwandan [ ] [dehad = dabinéd (?)] [azash (?) kharab-kardan dehad (?) (c) kih chash (so) [Ashmégh =—] kah hajtmand-kunad, [kfsh tabah bih kardan], [] [azash = afash] kharabi dehad (?) an ashavan; [kfish ashkarah, [] [& = varman] kerduah- mand (or khvast?(?); no tr.. for dnash* (sic)) kharab-kardan dehad] x
Free tr. And these would destroy my life who consult with the great of the wicked; From lord and from lady they seize their wealth and inherited treasures, Harming Thy saints in their walk, retarding them from Thy Good Mind.
endam*!’(?))| opulentiae possessionem, (c) qui ab Optima [Mente] sanctos, O Mazda, retardent [-abunt] (litt. severiter* vulnerarent*) Mente ([vel ob optimam sancti |mentem] odio-affecti eum crudeliter-saucient[-abunt]) *! Apayeiti infin.yam. -
Pahl. text translit. ‘Valmanshanich? avd denman i li marenchinishnd yehabiind, [aigh, arfibakih avé Dinod* yehabtiind] miin zivishn-hémand‘ [ye- malelind, aigh, amat zivastand shayadd pavan ras i lanman], va® darvand homand, va> pavan masih® késhinénd‘ tarth’+*, [aigh, pavan® péshpayih?®, va® paspayih"™ (sic pro paspayih), vinds vadtnaid]. (b) Kadak-khidai, gabra néshman, [yemaleltind aigh: manpatand!2 manpat homaném], vash'$ vazlind? zak i4# réknéch'® vindishnd, [aigh,t anshita pavan staham vakhdinénd’®, aigh, khvastak baré avd hamih yehabtinéd]. (c) Man zak i valman i® pahlim ahartibo, Atharmazd, [ash‘? bara hankhetiind], ash radih réshinénd, i'* pavan
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ats Pahl. transl. They also inflict destruction upon this which is mine, * which is living, [that is, they present obstructions before the Religion; they
say thus: ‘since it is necessary to live in our way’], and are wicked, and they draw out their wickedness with (or ‘against’ (?)) the greatness (the higher class), [that is, they would commit sin with (or, ‘against’ (?)) the leadership and guardianship]. (b) The property of (gen. by pos.) the house- holder(s) (or ‘the householders’ (nom.)), man and woman, [thus they say of
it: ‘We are the householders’ landlord (or ‘chief’)], and to him (or ‘thereby’)
has come the obtaining of the treasure, [that is, they seize a man with violence, saying thus: ‘Give ye your (or ‘so he gives his’) wealth to the congregation’], (c) who also wound that which is that of (or ‘that which belongs to’) the best saint, O Atharmazd, [established in him (?) (or (on the contrary) ‘from him demolished’ )]; they wound his liberality which 7s through (or ‘as’) the Good Mind, [that is, they will cast off the nature of the good established in piety, Persecuting-infidels that they are!].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Techa me vinacath dadate, [kila, apravrittitn Diner dadate’], jivitavaktaro ye durgatimantah, [kila: jivituh cakyate margena ; sa** asmakam, iti, ye durgatimantah santo, bruvanti]; mahattaya* Acharanti* nikrishtatam, [kila, purahsarataya papa kurvate*?]. (b) Grihapatayo (?) grihapatnyagcha’ (?) apaharanti anandalabdhim, {kila, manushyam hathena grihnanti], (c) yecha utkrishtatarasya punydtmano, Mahajianin, dakshinam
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Trlit. Ya raonhayen sravanha —_ yahistad(t) S(k)yaothanad(t) mar(e)tand,
Aéibyé Mazdao : aka! mraod(t); yi Géu§ mérenden [merend®] urvakhs [=yra°|-
ukhti jyottim [jivae],
Yais Grehma Ashad(t) var(a)ta(?)Kar(a)pa khshathremeha ish(a)nam(sic) Drujem.
Verbatim transl. Qua [doctrina homines (acc.) aberrantes] reddent ({vel
att ii ie
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chhindanti, ya Gvahmanena, [kila, nigchaladharmaccha yah uttamaAnam sada- charataya nirmita* aste, tai vidhvarisayanti*, ye Asmogah kapatakarmanah‘].
+P. “date; J.*, J.4, C. dante. 2C. ‘vate; J.?, J.4 °vamti; P. °vamhte. *s0 J.%, J.4, P.; C. “paty®. “4 J.4, J.4 J.* no yi. © MSS. °vame? (?). * J.? °manah.
Ner. transl. And they are causing me destruction, [they cause detention to my Din], they, these announcers of life, who are evil, [that is, they who are continuing* evil say: ‘It is necessary to live in a way; this 7s our way’]; and they are proceeding to baseness with the greatness, [that is, they commit sin with the party which has the precedence (or ‘with surpassing zea/’)] (b) The householders* and housewives* are taking away owr* joyful possession (meaning* ‘they are taking from the householder and housewife their’ - - (gen. sg.)), [that is, they seize a man with violence], (c) who also, O Great Wise One, impair the liberality of the more excellent and pure-souled man, which és inspired by Gvahmana, [that is, they who. are the fraudulent As- mogas are overthrowing the fixed Sanctity which is formed by the good conduct of the best men].
Parsi-persian Ms. QOshan ham an in 7 man kharab-kardan dehad, [{ki, bi-rawai*' an Din dehad (?)], kih zivishnmand{i =] [darwand = darvand] [gtiyad; ki, kih zistan shayad pah rih 7 maj, [] hend, wa pah mehi[] [kahanad (?) = hahinénd] (sic vid.) bad- tari ham, [ki pah péshwai*? [] péshwai*t wandh* -kunad] (b) Kadah khuda mard fu = va) zan [giyad, kt: sahib-khatah (sie vid. pro khanah) 7 sahib-khatah (khanah) hastam (sic)] dehad ((?) vel daharah (?), vel, wa har di) + u + gharat (= vash (?) possibly rash (?:) yazrtind (sic pro vazliind) an i [] [muta‘=riktah vel riknahj yaftan, {ki, [awar = madam] mardum pah zulm [] [kunad = vdgiinéd] kf, khezainah bih An space dehad] s (c) Kih an 7 a7 buland Sawab, Hormuzd, { [] bih nihadah] ash radi zakhm-kunad, ¢ pah Bahman [ [] nihadah 7 vehan pah néki nihadah bi afganand (?), Ahariman] » * Or ruwai. *? pish®.
Free irl. By which word they keep back mankind apart from the holiest action, Evil! said God unto these, who would slay the Kine’s life with their treason, Choosing Grehma far above Asha, and the Karps* and the reign of Druj-servers.
injuria afficientes eos deflectent [-abunt (lege rashayen)|) ab optimo facto (homines (acc.))*, (b) iis Mazda: scelesti [estis], dicebat [-cet], qui Bovis destru- ebant [-ent] incrementi-verbo [turpiter et falso dicto] vitam [i. e. eam simu- lata specie amicitiae tradentes], (c) quibus Grehmae Sanctitate [potius quam Sanctitas] electi sunt [et studiose promoti sunt, et] Kar(a)panus [-ni], Regnum- que [eorum] exoptantium Mendacii-daemonem {i. e. doctrinam ejus professorum]. * Vel fortasse ‘quae [quas res] doctrina sua hi homines [scelesti-infideles] tradant {[-dent] optimae actionis [expertes] (hi homines)’. Pahl. text translit. ‘Man résh srdéyénd* pahiim kfinishné avé anshtitaan? [sAstarand apadman ktshishnih], (b) avd valmanshin Atharmazd: zanishnd,
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guft, min min zak i géspendin marenchinishné hi-ravakhmanith yemalelind, va> zivishn-hémandih. (c) Valmanshan Grehmak(h) min Aharayih déshaktar‘, min Karpé homand, [aighshan khvdstak shapir medamminéd aigh kar va kir- fak], va khidayih” bavihtnd pavan Drajinishné® [pavan avardnth®).
* See P. 2 D. ins. ach = ich. * DJ. seems zivishnd. ‘ D, ins. 1 5 DJ. om. € D. seems déshéd li(?). 7 D. anakih (2). * DJ. drfjin® (204 hd). ® so DJ., D,
Pahl. transl. Whereby they declare that to wound is man’s best deed, [which is the unmeasured slaughter of tyrants], (b) for such (those) Atihar- mazd announced a smiting, who say that joy and life come from the slaughter ofthe herd. (c) To those, who are Karps, Grehma (or ‘a bribe’) is more pleas- ing than Aharayih, [that is, riches seem better to them than duty and good works], and they are seeking a supremacy obtained through deceit [and impropriety].