Ner.’s sansk. text. Ye chhedamh! samadiganti utkrishtakarmani manushyebhyah, {anyayindi apramanayuddhatvaih*?|, (b) teshaih Mahajndnit vighatam abravit, yecha gopactinam* mrityudanat pramodai vadanti jivani- mattaimcha** (c) yesharh latichi* punyat mitratara, kadarthakanam®, [kila,
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Trlit. Ya khshathraé Gréhmé hishasad(t)* Achistahya d(e)mané Mananho,
Anheus mar(e)khtaré ahya, yaécha, Mazda, jigerezad(t) kamé; Thwahya mathran6d ditim, ye iS pad(t) daresad(t) Ashahya.
Verbatim trl. Quae [quas res ([vel quos duo (?sic fortasse, i.e. Kar(a)- panum et Mendacii daemonem]) Grehma observans-desiderabat [-abit] Pessimae in domicilio Mentis, (b) mundi perditores hujus, [et] qui(que)*! [i. e. Grehmae socii sacerdotales, et virium ejus duces] multum-dolens-requirebat |-rent]in-desiderio.. ([vel quae [quas-res]-que-duo*! [-duas], auctoritatem* regalem* vel sacerdotalem et Bovem*, G. requirebat [-ret] in-desiderio]), (c) Tui prophetae legationem [et officium [requirebat [-ret, vel -rent] in-invidia}, qui [tamen ob turpitudinem eorum] eos detinebit (et procul prohibebit) ab aspectu Sanctitatis.
(Fortasse est ‘quae-que-duo, etc. = yaécha, etc.’ praeferendum.)
Pahl. text translit. ‘Mtn khidayih pavan Grehmah bavihinéd, [aigh, padakhshahih? pavan parak* bavihtinéd], ash zak i? saritar dén demand pavan minishné, [aigh, pavan aé minishnd bavihtinéd, aigh: C4 (raz#) bard yeha- binam®, CC (dé-raz) lakhvar yansegtinam-é4], (b) Ahvan marenchinidar b6- mand, [aigh, gas 13 tamman bard tapahinénd] min [pavan zak #$ avé® zakich], Atharmazd, zanishné va’ garzishnd kimak, {aigh, pavan zak pAdakhshahih®
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yesham lakshmit pradhanatara pratibhati punyakarydd api], rajyaricha ich-
chhatam Drujataya [avydparataya’]. 1J.5 2 all apramay®. * C. °arthaném. * J.4 “mim. * go all.
Ner. transl. They who announce a smiting as inflicted in (or ‘ with’) the best deed possible for men [a boundless* (or ‘ill-regulated’) warfare of the lawless], (b) upon such, and upon those who proclaim joy and* life from the death-blow of the herds, the Great Wise One pronounced destruction?, (c) to which (‘of which’ (?)) evil-doers a (bribing*) gift* is dearer than Sanc- tity, [that is, to whom, (or ‘whose’) wealth appears more essential than even righteous action], seeking, as they are seeking, a sovereignty by (or ‘in accor- dance with’) the characteristic of the Druja [the character of the wrong* doer].
Parsi-persian Ms. Kih zakhm gtyad buland kunishn 4n marduman [aj (sic) = ach], {sastaéran bi-andazah kushtan], (b) an dshan Hormuzd: zadan, guft, kih, az an gésfen- dan kharab-kardan khéshi*, gityad, wa zivish-homandi (sic) + ya‘ni + zindagi-hémandi (c) Oshan* rishwat az Sawab [] {khwahad = doshéd (?)) [man = ra] kih karafmand, ({ktshan khezanah veh khwahad* kai kar kirfah], [] [ranj = andki] khudai az (= ba- vihtind; sic etiam in codicibus aliis) pah Durtigh [pah badi] + Free tr. Which powers on his side the Grehma in abode of the Worst
Mind was seeking, Of life the destroyers, they both; yea, that Grehma bewails with desire; Thy prophet’s calling he seeks, but it holds them from sight of the holy!
1See P. ?s0 DJ., D.; M. shalitath. ° DijeUeinew t= Dae D).om. 80) DJ. sM.
Pahl. transl. Which sovereignty he desires with (or ‘as’ (?)) the Grehma,
[that is, he seeks authority through bribery], his zs in thought that which is in the abode of the worse one, [that is, he desires it with this thought: ~*T will give one hundred, and would take back two hundred’). (b) Destroyer(s) of the world they are, [that is, they will utterly spoil the place which is beyond], whose (or ‘as to which’) [with (regard to) that which (has reference) to that (authority) also] is an eagerness (or ‘desire’) for smiting and com- plaint, O Adharmazd, [that is, in that sovereign authority which 7s theirs that is desired by them when men smite on, one with the other], (c) there is an eager complaining of those who are witnesses (or ‘speakers’) as to this which is Thy Manthra, [that is, who are the chieftain(s) (the van- guard) for (or ‘over’) the Religion], dwt they, (the witnesses (?)) are keeping
back* those* ones* by* it* from the observation of Sanctity, [that is, they 14,
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oppose the persecuting heretics* by* it*, keeping them back from the fulfil- ment of duty and good works]. * Or, ‘those ones are keeping them back’.
Ner. transl. They who desire a sovereignty acquired by a bribing*-gift*, and with the basest intention within the breast, [that is, they desire it with this idea, viz. ‘we give a hundred, and we take back withdrawing two hundred’), (b) these are destroyers of the world, [that is, they especially destroy the place which is beyond], who also love smiting (?) and complaint
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Trlit. Ahya Grehmé 4 hdithdi; ni Kavayaschid(t) khratus (ni) dadad(t) Var(e)cha hicha fraidiva*, hyad(t) viseiita dregvafitem ayo, Hyad(t)cha Gaus* jaidyai mraoi, yé duraoshem saochayad(t) avo!
Verbatim transl. Ejus Grehma [est] ad subjiciendum [vel ad vinculan- dum est]. Deorsum Kaves-etiam consilium [nostrum] subjiciat (b) potentes [-duos (?)] hos [-duos (?)]-que vere-fallaces [-duos]) quod accedebant [-dent] ad scelestum [ut] auxilium (c) [et] quod (que) Bos* vincere [ad vincendum] dicta- est (fortasse dictus (masc.) est) [et etiam propheta sacerdotalis noster morte ad afficiendum dictus est] qui longe-a-nobis mortem-propulsantem [-sans], faciebat [-iet] ut ardesceret [-scat] auxilium [nostrum, hoc est, sacer ignis].
* Fieri potest: ‘ad Bovis* exitium [destinatus] ille [falso] nuntiatus est qui, etc’.
Pahl. text translit. *Valman mfin? pavan Grehmak(h)*, masth bara pavan zak i Kikan*khiradé bara yehabtinéd, [min padakhshahih! pavans parak(h) yeha- banéd* pavan khiradé i® valmanshin’ main pavan mindavam 7 yazadan (vel- -‘shan’’) kér® va kar®] (b) pavan zak i!° varzanan‘! avartind danakand, va fréh'2 padistand'? [main pavan avartindih' ha-boi (vel hti-béd-I) pavan*t babat® yakh-
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(see the Pahl., or, ‘are desirous of complaining of the smiting’(?)),*O Great Wise One, [that is, in this kingdom of theirs that just pleases them when men mutually contend]; (c) and they hinder those who are expressing* them- selves* (or ‘striving to shed light’) (in accordance (?)) with Thy Manthra- word from the approach of Sanctity ([or, once more, ‘who, distinguished*(?) through Thy M. word, are keeping these back’ - -]), [that is, they sin against (or ‘fall foul of’) the action of those who are the chiefs of the Din [(or (a causative) ‘they cause their action to stumble ’)|. * Reading dyfita ‘ye tan.
Free. Be his Grehma in chains*! May our plans cast down the Kavis, Mighty pair in deceit, since they came as an aid to the wicked When the Cow for slaughter was set, and who kindles our death-slaying aid.
senund]; va amatich padirénd valman‘¢ darvandan atyyarth, {ach pavan khiradé i valmanshan yehevinéd], (c) va amatich® av’ Tord zanish’ gfifté mtnash zaki7+8 dén zak i ditradsht gifté av‘ aiyyarih, [ach pavan khiradé‘9 i® val- manshan yehevinéd]. See P. 2D. om. *so D., ete.; DJ. kinik®, *M. shalitath, 5 DJ.; M.
om, pavan. °DJ.om.i. 7D. ins. yeheyiinéd. *D. ins. i. °D. inverts. 1° DJ. ins.i, 4M. °zanin. “DJ., M.; D., Mf. frak. ?*DJ., M. seem dinanan((?)), D., Mf. dinanach. 1*so DJ.,D. % so DJ., M., but D., Mf. bim. **DJ., D. avo. 17 DJ. om. zak. ®Mf.(?) om. %DJ., D. no repetition.
Pahl. transl. His <¢ cs, he (om. min), (or, ‘J¢ 7s he who (mtin)’) through Grehmah gives up (‘abandons’) the great interest in accordance with the judgment of the Kikas,, [who gives up the authority for a bribe, with the understanding of those who in the matter of the Yazads_(the Deity, or ‘in their* (?) matter’) are blind and deaf], (b) with the workers, |the incorrectly wise, and much-opinionated, [who through impiety keep 2 00d understanding (or ‘savour’) at the door], and when also they come to (or ‘accept’(?)) that aid of the wicked, [this is also through the perverted wisdom of those]; (c) and when even he (or ‘it’) is said to de for the smiting of the Ox, in whose aid that one (or ‘that thing’) was reported in that which was a removal (or ‘remover of death’) [thés also is in accordance with the wisdom of those]. (The fettered translation should follow its original at all hazards, a sprightliness which was never intended should not be presented). * Reading shan.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Asau yo lafich4yam* mahattvar nitantam kadar-
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thakandmcha* buddhya nidadati*, [yah svamitvath lanichaéyam* dadati bud- dhyacha tesharh bhavati*, ye stutau! Svamino adargakah* acrotaragcha santi] (b) Acharatamh* avyaparajiianinam prabhitanyayat, [ye avyaparataya sath- chayath dvare? dadhate} yah pratikurute* durgatinam sdahayyam*, [so ’pi bhuddhyaé teshazh bhavati]. (c) Yamacha gavam vighdtakath uktam tam yo dirdmrityau vakti sihayydya, [goghatakam* purushamh yo* jivitasahayinam vakti, so® "pi buddhya teshath bhavati]. 1 J.*; J.3, etc. stuti. 2 all dvara, or °a. 232, J.%, P.. goghat’: J... 3C. ee bd. + sya hose Onn Oier
Ner. transl. But he who puts down the predominant greatness in (or ‘with’) a bribing gift through the sagacity of the wicked*, [that is, he who bestows the sovereignty in a bribing* act*, is aided by the intelligence of these who, in the praise of the Lord, are blind and deaf], (b) that is, through the sagacity of those who are wickedly wise, and who are acting in accordance
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Trlit. Anais 4 vi ninasa ya Kar(a)potaoscha Kevitaoscha,
ec aA -~ own A® =< K =: cA nee -~ Aa
Avai§ aipi, yéfig daifiti ndid(t) jyateus [= jiv°’] Khshayamneig vaso,
Toi abya bairyaonte, Vanhéus 4 d(e)mané Mananhd!
Verbatim transl. His ab ex*-pellam* [eam partem] quae ad-Karpinum- pertineat(que) [et eam etiam quae] ad-Kaves-pertineat (b) et talibus in [i. e. post (?)*! tales res hi nostri principes socii] quos [nunc-usque] reddunt [ii Kar- pani et Kaves non amplius in] vitae [-tam] dominantes ad-libitum, (c) hi [nostri principes] a duobus ferantur Bonae (ad) [in] habitaculo [-um] Mentis. *1 Vel (b) (ec contrario) talibus [instrumentis expellam*2 K.] ad eos quos reddunt [-ant mei ministri] non amplius in vyitam dominantes [et igitur nunc demum (quod ad nos attinet, feliciter) regno-suo-pravo privatos], (c) [sed] hi met servi ferantur, etc. *2 Sunt qui red- dant nénasa (sic legentes) ‘periit [-ierunt] ea quae ad K. et ad K. pertineant’.
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with their predominant method [for from their wickedness they keep abund- ance at the door]; and when* any* one* rewards (or ‘accepts ’) the friendship of the wicked, [he also is accordant with the sagacity of these]. (c) He who designates the person who is called the smiter of the cattle for companion- ship in removing death to a distance, [that is, he who calls a man a slayer of cattle, and at the same time a life-companion is also according to their way of thinking].
Parsi-persian Ms. U [] pah rishwat mehi bih pah an ¢ [] [zanan = kinigan] khirad bih dehad, [kih padishahi pah rishwat dehad [kih = min] pah khirad 7 éshan [bashad = jdninéd] kih pah chiz ¢ Iz(a)dan (= Yahdn) summ u kur] (b) pah an 7 warzidan + ya‘ni + kunandah, bad danakan (sic), bisyar [= va frak*] dindn [ham = ach ?|, {kih pah badi [] [an + dar (vel var) pah bun = baba (? vel baé) pavan bun**) darad] [] kih ham padirand (or °rad) an darwand yari [ham pah khirad 7 éshan bashad], (c) wa kih ham 4n Gav zadan guft, [wa = va] kih [] én andar [] dtr [] [ht (sic) = Pahl. hush], guft an yari, [ham pah khirad ¢ dshan bashad] *% ** Differs from Y. 53, 6.
Fr. Thus hence and with force have I driven The Karps’ and the Kayis’ disciples;
And this being past, those lords whom these rob of their sovereign power, Let these by the two be borne on to the home of Thy Good Mind, the blessed.
Pahl. transl. On account of a not-coming [as is the case when they will not come to this Religion] they who are Kikas and Karps will become sight- less, (b) and thus it is toward* those when they give to them, [that is, when this thing is given to them as their own], whose is not a desire of authority (or ‘authoritative’) for life, [that is, in their own sovereignty the life of others is not desired by them]. (c) To that which is Thine let those two bear that one, [that is, let Haurvadad and Amerédad dear the priest to that which is Thine] into Vohiman’s, abode [in Garédman].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Anadgamanatvat* [anirikshaniya] bhavanti ye adarca- kagcha'+* agrotaragcha santi, [yat asydrh Dinau na ’yanti, tato vastuni Svamino adargakah? agrotaragcha bhavanti]. (b) Evaticha te upari, ye dadante na jivitum svamitye svechchhaya, [kila, yesharn svamitve sati sviye, jivitarh keshdrchit? na rochate]. (c) Tvadiyanamm te dvitayarh haranti Uttamasya antah? sthane Manasah, {antar Garothmane Tvadiyandm Acharyanam dvitayar, AvirdidimAdmirdadim). *J.°,P.°ccha; C. adargya®. 7J.4(?),C. adarcya-. *so J.3,J.4,J*. J.3,J.4,P. dain; C. dim. °P.,C. dith.