Ner. transl. Thws he who is an increaser of the prosperity of the free- souled men (‘of the righteous’), [i. e. who gives them something| through (or ‘with reference to’) his proprietorship, or precisely through-his personal relationship to them, [i. e. who considers them as his own, of his own con- nection], (b) either on account of subordination, O Lord, or as understanding zealous energy for the herds [earnest effort for the herds], (c) he is just the examiner of (?) (or ‘the producer (?) of’) the best mind of (or ‘for’) this holy man, [i.e. of him by whom verily a holy duty (or ‘deed’) has been fulfilled, i.e. he produces happiness for him].
Parsi-persian Ms, Kih ashé afzdyish-kunad [ktsh chiz dadan] pah khwésh, an u édim pah wartni + ya‘ni + dah an, [ka, pah khwésh waran + ya‘ni + dah darad] % (b) [Wa = va] pah ayarmani an, Hoérmuzd, azash (sic) bih danishn 4n 7 gdsfendan kushishn [ [] parhéz 7 gésfendan] + (c) édan & [] Sawab hast, [kash kar u kirfah kard éstéd (so)], ash Bahman [] [édin =. aédin] ikhtyar-kunandah, [kish néki padash kunand] *
Free tri. I who from Thee am abjuring rebellion and evil purpose,
All arrogance from* our* lord, and the lie that comes nearest the people,
And the blamers of the peer, from the Kine the cheating measure--. Verbatim transl. (a) [Ego] quia Te, Mazda, inoboedientiam, malamque
mentem, deprecer [-cabor] (b) Domini-cognatique superbiam ([fortasse a domino
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nostro superbiam infidelis hostis adversus dignitatem ejus deprecabor]) vicanique (gen. sg.)[fortasse a servitoribus*ad eos] proximum [i.e. proxime accedentem] Men- dacii-daemonem, (c) amici-parisque culpantes™ [obtrectatores |, Bovisque a-pascuo [-scuis] pessimum [deprecabor] modum [graminis]--. *1 Vel fortasse ‘culpantis (2), i. e. inoboed. etc. suam a culpanti pari deprecabor’(?). (The translit. is again purposely omitted).
Pahl. trl. 7*+ who*! (or*AHzm who is’) the non-listener to Thee, O Adharmazd, will (or, ‘I will’) abjure, and the Evil Mind also, (b) and him? whose? is the despising of (or, ‘haughtiness of’) the relations (or ‘proprietors’|, and him*? whose* also is ‘the near-by deception of the labourers’ (or ‘the lying of the near-by labourers’) [of neighbours], (c) with*? whom*? also is the censure-giving of the loyal friends, [i. e. holding an unfavourable opinion of them], and him*? whose*? also is the lowest (worst) measure of duty toward the herds, [i. e. careful attendance upon the herds they will not afford]. **See the Gatha. or ‘that which is the, etc.’.
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Trlit. Yasté vispé-mazistem Sraoshem zbaya [zuv°(?)] avanhané, Apané dar(e)gé-jyaditim [= jiv°?] a Khshathrem Vanhéus Mananhd Ashad(t) a ereziis patho, yaéshtii Mazdao Ahuré shaéti [shayati (?)].
Verb. transl. [Egoj Qui Tibi [Tui (erga, vela Te)] de-omnibus-maximam Oboedientiam invoco [-abo] ad-auxiliandum, (b) adeptus vitam-longinquitate-pro- ductam in Regnum Bonae Mentis, (c) [et] a-Sanctitate (a) rectas vias, in-quibus [quas] Mazda Ahura habitat.
ayafindit pavan' dér-zivishnih> zak i® pavan khidayih i? Vohiman,. [aigham
zak® mindavam al dahdd, i pavan® tand i pasind lakhvdar avayénd* yekta-
ae
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Ner.’s sansk. text. Ye Tvar, Mahajidnin, acrotarah, nikrishtamana- sagcha, Ijisner! rite? [bhavanti]. (b) Svadhineshucha* dushtamanasah syapank- tiyeshu nikatadrujah*, (c) adegikanamcha nindam datarah, [kila, tan nikrin- taya* (or, with Sp., nikrishtataya) dadhate], gopagtindthcha* karye, adhama- tamapramana|-h|]*, [kila, pratiyatnaih gopagtindm na kurute]. 10 J.*; J.* ijacneh. 2J“,J.*seem “ute, *so Pi; J.4, J.*,\C. °kataya®. *J.4, J.*, C. nikrimt?; J.3, P. nikritaya.
Ner. transl. They who are no hearers of Thine, O Great Wise One, and the one base in mind [are] excluded from the Service (lit. outside the Yasna), (b) and among their own relations they are evil-minded, and among those of their own line (or ‘order’) they are near the Druja, (c) and upon those devoted to Thy commands they are bestowers of censure, [that is, such persons as these hold these Thy servants in contempt], and in duty (or ‘action’) toward the herd, they are /ikewise guided by the lowest measure, [that is, the person does not make any strenuous effort whatsoever for the herds].
Parsi-persian Ms. Kih Ta, Hormuzd, bi-shtinidar*, u Akoman ham, bih [az = min] Yazishn [] [hend = homind ? (sic)], [ki, Yazishn 7 Ti nah kunand = dgh Yazishn @ Rak la vagineénd), (b) (wa = va) kih ham [| [pah zakhmi = pavan khéshishn (sic)] bad-minishn, wa kih ich (sic) shakmand, [hend = hdmind] [] nazdik Drtj, [hamésta- gan], (c) [] kih ich (sic) ayarmanan [] [nistaki (sic) = —(?)] dehad, [kfshan [] bad darad] ; wa kih ich (sic) an ¢ gésfendin kar badtar padmin [kunad = vdgénéd], [ki, parhéz ¢ gosfendan nah kuvand]
Free irl. I who invoke Thine Obedience, the greatest of aids to my succour,
Gaining long life for ‘myself in the Realm where the Good Meaning ruleth,
And paths that are straight from their Truth where Mazda, the Living One, dwelleth- -.
lind6], (c) min Ahardyih [aétiné min frarindih] zak i avéjak® ras', [avo
nafshman kinishn aigh], dén zak! Atharmazd ketrinéd!+1.
1See P. 2D., Mf. ins. dén. *DJ. ins. 7 zak i min. *D. om. ®DJ., D. ® D. om. 7. 7 DJ. om. i; M. has ich *® DJ. om. ® D. ins. i, *° DJ., D. néd; M. °yén.
Pahl. transl. In view of the coming of that which is of all the greatest {in view of the final body] Thou, O Srésh, art to be invoked in aid. (b) Make me therefore obtain fully for a prolonged life what zs to be found in (or ‘what concerns’) the kingdom of Vohiman, [that is, may they (or ‘he’) not give me that thing which in the final body they are necessitated to destroy again], (c) and make me obtain from Ahardyih [that is, from piety] the pure path [to be made one’s own, where (or ‘that is’)] in that path Atharmazd dwells.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Saiprapnuhi vicvebhyo mahattardya, [kila, tanoh akshayatvaya‘], he Croca, samahvanitah*? san sihayye. (b) Avapaya dirghe jivitatve* tasmin rajye Uttamasya Manasah, |kila, me tat kirachit ma prap-
et
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notu yena vapushi pagchatye’ punar yogya bhavamo vighatanasya]. (¢) Punyat sa nirmalo* margah, [kila, sadvydparat svadhinah karyah] yatra ’ntar Ma- hajnani Svami nivasati.
* P. °tvaya. 2 P., C. samah-. * J.8 J\® *chatve, C. pacchatye. * all “lo,
Ner. transl. Come thou to that which is greater than all, (that is, to the indestructibility of the body], O Croga, being invoked in aid, (b) Cause me to attain to 7 in a long life in this kingdom of the Highest (i. e. ‘the Good’) Mind, [that is, let not that thing happen to me, whereby in the final
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spaying )ary-cpey-aspaysbreay) ag sushg 1) 9931-94095 9.0 99.5599 Trlit. Ye zaoté Asha erezus, hv6 mainyéus 4 vahistad(t) kaya, Ahmad(t) ava mananha, yA verezeidyai mafitaé vastrya, Ta Toi izyai, Ahura Mazda, darstdischa hém-parstéischa.
Verbatim transl. [Ego] qui invocans-sacerdos Sanctitate rectus ille-ipse [i. e. egomet] spiritus [-tu] ab optimo [ea auxilia et beneficia] expeto |-tam], (b) ab hoc [spiritu] illa [sancta] mente [exopto scire] quae [opera et consilia aptissima esse] perficere [i. e. ad perficiendum ipse] credebat [-diderit (vel quae existimata sint)] ad-agri-culturam-pertinentia, (c) ex-eo* [vel haec consilia] Tui [vel a Te mihi-expetam, Ahura Mazda, auxilia] aspectusque*! [Tui] consiliique*!, *1 Vel ‘ap aspectu consilioque’. —
Pahl. text translit. ‘Man zotar2 pavan Aharayih avéjak, [aigh, Aharayih rai avéjaké. yehevand yekavimiinéd] zak i® minavadan min‘+1 Vahishtd bavi- hunéd [vadanéd> avo Yazishno}. (b) Min zak aiyydrinédo pavan Vohtimand [min zak] chigtin [gabra 46 shapir, gabra]’ varzishnd yehabiinéd, {8 pavant padmand kar, [aigh tand* f pasind valman rai shapir shayad kardan6]. (c) Zak amt kola II 8 Lak kamako, Atharmazd, vénishnd hamptrsakih.
eysee P.7D, ins.-i.. SID some heap. min (?). ° DJ. (2) “imyén. ° DJ. ins. 2. ™DJ., D. om. va. 8 DJ., D. ins. ® DJ., D. zak am.
Pahl. transl. He*! who“ zs an invoker pure through Sanctity, [i.e. owing to Sanctity he has become pure], he prays from the heaven of the spirits (or ‘desires the spirits (?) from (?) Heaven’), [i. e. he celebrates a Service to them]. (b) From that cause he befriends*2 (or ‘befriend ye’ (sic, mistaking ava for a form of ‘ay’)) me’ through the Good Mind, from that (same reason) that [a good man] fulfils* [a man’s] labour, which is tillage according to a regulated measure, li. e. on account of him (or ‘that’) it is necessary
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body we may become again fit for the blow], (c) for from Sanctity is the pure way, [that is, by good conduct it is to be made one’s ownl, the way within which the Lord, The Great Wise One, dwells.
Parsi-persian Ms. [] [andar tangin = dayen tankdn] an az tamam muzdéstin*! (sic) ra, [tan ¢ pasin ra], Srosh khwanad 4n yari # (b) Bih am [] [bayad = shdyad (?)] [] dér zistan an ¢ pah khidai ¢ Bahman, [kim an chiz [] [ma (or ‘am’ (?)) + nah (sic) = vdr] dehad 7 pah tan ¢ pasin baz bayad zadan] % (c) Az Sawab, [édin az frarani], an i khalis [] [€n khwésh kunishn ki] andar an [rah = rds] Hormuzd manad *% *!=Mazd°.
Free tr. .- An invoker unerring through Truth, from the Best Spirit will I implore it,
From Him with that mind will I ask how our fields are best to be cultured;
These are the things that I seek from Thy sight and a share in Thy otinsel
(or ‘possible’) to render the final body a blessing]. (c) Those are the two things which are a desire to me as from Thee, O Atharmazd, seeing Thee, and holding consultation with Thee. **Or ‘I who’, but see gl. 2 or nidd = ‘is befriended’,
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yo jyotah* (sic) punyena nirmalatarah, [kila, punyat nirmalatarah! samjato ’sti] sa adrigyan* svargalokat? samihate, [kurute tebh- yah Ijisnim*’]. (b) Tasmat sahayiyate** (?) Gvahmanena [tasmait narebhyah uttamanarat?] yah samacharanam datte pramanakarye, [kila, tanor akshaya- tvaih tasmat gakyate kartum|]. (¢) Tau Te kimath, Svimin Mahajianin, drash- taraccha’, samaih prashtaraccha®, ' 3.5, J.4 malah. 2 all An. ? J.* ijacmm. * J.> sahayi®, J.* sahapiy®. ° all drisht. ¢ all prisht®. (Jyotah is parsi).
Ner. transl. He who is the officiating priest more (most) pure through Sanctity, [that is, he is made purer (or ‘most pure’) from his sanctity] 7s he who beseeches the invisible spirits from the heavenly world, [that is, he per- forms the Service to them]. (b) Inflwenced by him (or ‘from this cause’) one acts (or ‘he acts’, or again ‘he is treated’) in a friendly manner through Gvahmana [by this man who is better than other men], who suggests the proper procedure in well-regulated work, [that is, influenced by him (or ‘from this cause’) it is possible to produce the indestructibility of the body (sic)]. (c) These two, O Great Wise One the Lord, this righteous man and Gvahmana, (2?) are beholders (pl. for dual) of Thy desire, and takers of counsel with Thee.
Parsi-persian Ms. Kih zotar pah Sawab, khalis, [ki Sawab ra, khalis bid (btidah) éstéd (so)], an ¢ minuwin [] [kih= méin] Bahisht khwahad, [kunad an Yazishn] [u kunishn = va kitnishn]] % (b) Az &n yari-kunad pah Bahman [az dn] chfin [mard 7 veh mard] yari (? = varzishn) dehad [] andazah kar, [ki, tan 7 pasin i ra veh* shayad kardan] # (c) An am har df ¢ Ta kamah, Hormuzd, binishn (vel vinishn) « hampursagi +
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& Dasargoas) gu )Oop.agy ages pwange) | aeegucer-s)a oyu. gas) sgydr ras Trlit. A ma (a)idim [idvem], vahista, 4 vaéthyacha Mazda, dar(e)shad(t)cha Asha Vohi Mananha ya sruyé [= °vé] paré magaund* (= °gavand(?)},
*so DJ., D. *°DJ. ins. va. 1 DJ., M. mindavam kolai (?); D. mindavam i I (for aé). % D. ins. f. 18 D. lanman.
Pahl. transl. That which is for me in coming, (for ‘Be ye in coming tome’! (infin. for imper.)]) [(gloss, or altern.) ‘when I will come to You’]; the gift which is the best uttered from the* mouth* is to be observed (or ‘expounded’ (?)), O Adharmazd, [and when it is necessary to speak with the mouth it will (or ‘do Ye’) tell me; and when it is necessary to perform with the hand, it will (or ‘do Ye’)show mel, (b) O ye Ashavahisht and Vohi- mand; 7¢*? 7s*2 that which has been recited for the copious Magianship* (great-
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Trl. Fr6 méi (fra)vdizhdtim/= °duvem] ar(e)tha, ta ya Voha §(k)yavai Mananha, Yasnem, Mazda, khshmavaté, ad(t) va, Asha, staomya vachao; Data ve Ameretatdoschi [= °tats+ch4] utayfitt Haurvatas [= °tats] draond.
Xxxii. 7, 8. 121
Free tri. Come Ye then, Mazda, come Ye | to my best rites, mine in verity; ThroughTruth le tthem see,and theGoodMind,how tome theGreatMagavan*listens: Manifest be they among us, the manifold off’rings of worship!