mihi [omnia peccata ob] oblationi* [-nem] cuique [quamque] (ob)! * Vel ‘purgate me de actione omni’ (?), sed vide infra zav6-Ada; vel etiam semel iterum: ‘erga me propitius esto apud mercedem (peccati et sanctitatis) quamque a te imponendam’ (?). Pahl. text translit. ‘Amat stidin&énd Atharmazd, va2 Spendarmad [aigh, stid vaddinaiid’], (b) Ahardyih‘ fradadar> @éhand, va® Vohtiman, va Khshatraver

li, {aigh, vinas I zim avé bin yeheviind yekaviminédd, am bara Amarzéd]; afam

bara yehabined kadarchai® padih* [padakhshahih*"° ¢ latamman, zakich1 7 tam-

*D. seems nydksh®. *D. ins. i. °D, I= é. 1° D. padokh®, 1 Mf. va zak®; D. va min°.

Pahl. transl. If Aiharmazd and Spendarmad shall be beneficent, {that is, whensoever they shall effect a benefit for us], (b) and Sanctity, the furtherer of the world*, and Vohtiman, and Khshatraver, (c) do Ye then listen to me,

[that is, do Ye listen fully to that which I shall say], and Zikevise pardon me,

[that is, pardon me fully for a sin which has existed in my original nature];

Trlit. Ug moi (uz)ar(e)shva, Ahura, Arfa]maiti tevishim dasva,
Spenista mainyi Mazda, vanhuya [= °va] zavo-ada,
Asha hazé emavad(t) Voht Mananha fle]seratim.

Verbatim trans!. Ad- mihi [ad*-me*] assurge, Ahura, Pietate (prompta- mente) vigorem da, (b) beneficentissime spiritus Mazda, ob [meam] bona [-am]

el te

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(sic, akntin) fraz] pah in ¢ Ta khwéshi [sce vid. pro khwahishn (?)] (][@ jan bakhtend + ya‘ni bakhsham (thinking of “4ni (Ist se. instead of “and) = varman gan arkon-hend), [ktm pah bayad(?) 7 Ta tuwan bad dashtan] » (c) Veh Am (sic) ziyédah-ktini minishn khuda, [ktm nék(i)tar (sic) bih kun] az Sawab [madad], néki ham 7 an tan [ma-ra deh*] sx

Free tr. Ye, the most bounteous Mazda | Ahura, and Piety with Him, And Asha the settlements furth’ring, Thou Good Mind, and Thou the Dominion, Hear ye me, all! and have mercy for all gifts which I bring whatsoever.

give me likewise whatever sovereignty* (?) there as, (that is, give me the sovereignty* (?) which is here, and that also which is beyond].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Ye lambhayanti*, Svaminar Mahajndninan sariptir- namanasdiicha [prithiviih™] (b) Dharmaticha vriddhidain prithivivibhiteh, Ma- nagcha Uttamaih [Gvahmanati amarati], Saharevararicha [saptadhatinam patirh], (c) ¢rinomi ahath [kila, yat bruvanti2 tad ahan crinomi] kshamayami ahaih, [kila chet mattah paparh teshai male sarbhtitam aste, tad aha kshamayami], dadamicha kamchit prabhutar* [parthivatvarh* yat paroloktyar ihalokiyamicha]. * All prthy- (sic) and elsewhere so. 2 C. bruvatti (2). (*corr.)

Ner. transl. Mor to those who cause me to acquire a benefit Iam listening (see below), that 7s, to The Great Wise One, The Lord, and to the Perfect Mind, [the earth (?)], (b) and to Sanctity, and to the Best (Good) Mind which affords me the increase of earthly wealth [and to Gvahmana the immortal a/so wm Ilisten ing|, and toSaharevara[the Lord of the seven* metals**], (c)to these am I listening, [that ‘is, What they say that I hear], and 1 entreat* them* for* pardon, [that is, if evil has been produced against* them* in my original nature by* me*, I ask pardon for this], and I concede to them a certain (meaning ‘every’) sovereignty, [the sovereignty which is of this world and of the world beyond]. (#* but cp. Burnout.)

Parsi-persian Ms. Kih fa’idah-kunandah (?) Hormuzd u Spendarmad, [ka, stid kunad (?) + ya‘ni + f@idah-dehad (?)], (b) Sawab afztini-dehandah géhan* [] Bahman u Shaharévar*, (c) shunav* man, (kt, 4n7[] [giyad = jamninéd] am bih shunay*] &mtr- zid* man, [ki, wanah* 7 [] am 4n bikh (or binj*) bid éstéd (so) ma-ra_ bih amtrzid*| ; ma-ra bih dehad (?) har kudém [] [sahibi = padih] [padishai 7 inja, w’dn ham 7 anja] Free tr. Arise to me, O Ahura, through Devotion send me power, Most bounteous Spirit Mazda, through my good invocation’s off’ring. And mighty strength give, Asha, and the thrift -law through Thy Good Mind.

invocationis*!-datione*![-nem] [ei invocationi beneficio respondens ad eam remunerandam], (c) [et], O Sanctitas, [da] robur praepotens, [et] Bona Mente incrementi-regulam [hoc est, regulam prosperitatem spiritalem (sic) religiosam et mundialem* (sic) impertientem (vel etiam fortasse, ‘increm.-magistrum (?))’]. * Sunt qui vertant: ‘potestatem per bonam mercedem (?)’. Pahl. text translit. ‘Lala, li min zak i réshidar [Aharmané], Adhar-

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mazd, hana, [afgham bézai], afam bfindak minishnih, va! ttikhshishnd* yeha- banai, (b) afziintk minavad i? Adharmazd, Vohiman griftar homanani, pavan zak dahishnd, [aigham pavan tand* mahmand yehevinad]. (c) Aharayih madam avo? stahamak, [*Ganrak Minavad] amivand hémand pavan zak 7 Vohtiman sardarih. +See P. 2DJ.,D.omi. *D. valman i. ‘ DJ., D. om. va. “all tyakh®, or ttikhishné.

Pahl. transl. Up, O Atharmazd, deliver me from him who is this wounder [from Aharman; that is, purify me], and grant me perfect-minded- ness and energy, (b) O bountiful spirit Adharmazd, through this giving let me become an apprehender of the Good Mind, [that is, let him become a guest within my body], (c) for through Vohtiman’s chieftainship Sanctity is strong against the violent [Ganrak Minavad].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Uchchair mat codhaya, Svamin, {kila, pida- karat! Aharmandt cuddham kuru], sarhptirnaménasatam* adhyavasayathcha dehi, (b) gurutara? adyigyamirte? Mahajidnin, Gvahmanasya_ grahitarot

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bhavamah®, [kila, me tanuna* (sic; for tanau**, or tanvi) abhydgato ’stu). (c) Punyam hathinah* upari caktain bhiyat, [kila, balatkérinah* Aharmanasyo ‘pari gaktar bhiyat|], Uttamamanasah prabhutvena. ‘So J.*, 0. 2J* tara (?). °C. °tir; P. ter. *C., P. grah®. *so Haug; ©. ’smi. **see Y. 83.°10,.c.

Ner. transl. Up! O Lord, purify me, [that is, make me pure (or ‘ free’) from that tormentor, the Evil Mind], and grant me perfect-mindedness and zeal, (b) for we are recipients (lit. ‘seizers’) of Gvahmana, O more (most) mighty spirit the Great Wise One, [that is, let him be as a guest arrived within* my body], (c) and let Sanctity a/so be powerful over the murderer, [that is, let it be powerful over the violent Aharmana], and through the lordship of the Best Mind.

Parsi-persian Ms. Shitabi man az an ¢ zakhm-kunandah [Ahariman], Hormuzd, in, {ktm khalisi* (?)], ma-ré pur minishn [] tuwandi dehi, (b) Afztini mina 7 Hormuzd, Bah- man giriftar hastam pah an deh (sic pro dahishn), [kim pah tan mihman bad] ¢ (c) Sa- wab awar t zalim* (vel zulm?) [Gana Mint] himmat hast pah an ¢ Bahman sardari x

Freetr. For grace, that I sce Thee fully reveal to me, Mazda, Thy nature*, And Thy Kingdom’s blessings, Lord, the rewards of the Kindly Meaning, Forth, O Thou bounteousDevotion, showThou forth through theTruth the doctrines! Pahl. transl. Since aseeing*! ((?) or ‘teaching*’) at will és a rejoicing, [that is, they shall perform this request for the gratification of persons], give Ye me [the recompense and the reward], and what there is for me ¢o have (or ‘know’) with regard to what is fully yours, with (regard* to* (?)) power, [i. e. let religious opinion of Your power be mine in reference to duty, also bestow Ye ¢¢t upon me], (b) and him who* (or ‘that which’, so better, but see the erroneous gl.) is within (or ‘which concerns’) the sovereignty of At- harmazd, whose* (or ‘which’) is venerating-recognition* through (or ‘as to’) the Good Mind [the disciple (sic); give Ye him (or ‘it’) also to mel], (c) andvdo thou, O Spendarmad, manifest forth the Religion [to him] by means of Sanctity, [that is, provide him with a sign through pious correctness]. (*see altern. in Comm.). Ner.’s sansk. text, Anandari svechchhayd Asvadayitrin®, [kila, keshath- chit yadrichchhaya! anandakaran] dehi mahyarh yan Yushmakai caktyé? [kila, karyeshu nydyeshu® ye Yushmakath gaktyd santi, tan me dehi]. (b) Tan svami- taya Ahuramajdasya yan Uttamamanasa bhakticilan, [kila, cishyan tin me dehij. (c) Prakrishtam* prithivyaih [Sampirnamanasa] Punyena, Dinith prachihnaya‘, [kila, sadacharataya Dinim, sAbhijiianena, kuru]. +J.*-echchh®. °J.* caktah; others "kta. ° J.*, P. jiiayeshu; C. janyaeshu (sic). 4 J.* seems prachihnayanam (?) kurute (?). Ner. transl. And grant to me teachers of a joyous doctrine, teaching with spontaneity, [that is, such as cause certain persons joy of their own* unbiased will]; grant me these who are Your teachers with* regard* to*

or ‘by means of’ Your(?) Power, [that is, grant me these who are Your : ry

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teachers in duties and laws with* regard* to* (or ‘by means of’) Your Power], (b) and give me these who are pious with regard to (or ‘through’) the sove- reignty of Ahuramajda and the Best (Good) Mind, [that is, grant me disciples], (c) ‘and reveal the Din forth to me as by a sign in the earth and by means of [the Perfect Mind and] Sanctity, [that is, provide* the Din with a badge with* reference to (or ‘through’) good conduct].

S spyce bases
Trlit. Ad(t) ratam Zarathustré tan[u|vaschid(t) tahydo ustanem
Dadaiti, paurvatatem Mananhascha Vanhéug Mazdai

Skyaoth(a)nahya Ashai yacha ukhdhahyacha Sraoshem Khshathremcha. Verbatim transl. Tum oblationem* Zarathushtra corporis-etiam sui-pro-

prii vitae-vigorem (b) dat, primatum*t Mentisque Bonae Mazdae (dativ.) (c) [et principatum-etiam] facti [sui] Sanctitati*?, [et eas sanctas indoles] quae(que) {sint] dicti [sui (vel erga Tuum* dictum)] Oboedientia [et eam quae sit sua] po-

testas-spiritalis(sic)-religiosa (vel regalis (?))-que [sua]. *! Sunt qui ‘exem- plar’ vertant. *2 Vel (lege asha (?)) ‘actionis sanctitates* suas’.

Pahl. transl. (a, b) Thus I, who am Zaratisht, give with (or ‘as’) my liberality even my own body’s life (b) to the Good Mind, and to Aftharmazd

Trlit. Ya Skyaoth(a)na, ya vachanha, ya yasna, Ameretatatem

Ashemcha taéibyé daonba, Mazda, Khshathremcha Hauryataté, Aéshim Toi, Ahura, éhma paourutemais dasté,

Verbatim transl. Qua actione, quo sermone, quo officio-sacrificali [vel qua

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Parsi-persian Ms. Kih ramishn pah kamah chashad, [kti, {kasan (?) = dshén] pah lwik* + u + bayad + nizt, [] pah ramishn 0 kunand], dehad 4n man [muzd [] pdda- dahishn* (sic)], [] kih am pah an ¢ Shuma bih, pah tuwanai + kut + ham + dmadah + ast, [ktm pah kar dadistan 7 Shuma tuwanai bad, ma-ra dehad] (b) An pah khu- dai ¢ Hormuzd min pah Bahman bandagi [az — min] [shigird [] ma-ra dehad (?)) x (c) Fraz [] Sfendarmad, [ash] pah Sawab Din fraz khaslat* + wa + nishan + ham + amadah + ast (kish pah néki [] khaslat®* bih kun] * + Néz was formerly preferred.

Free tr. As offering Zarathushtra gives the vital force of bis body, And he offers to Mazda priority, which he gains through his holy feeling, And to Righteousness firstness*in deeds, and obedience of speech and his sceptre*.

also in the forward advance {in the advance-guardianship], (c) and to Asha- vahisht through actions, [that is, I would do that deed which Ashavahisht desires], and I would offer attention to the words of Khshatraver also, [when they, or we, commune together, one with the other].

Ner.’s sansk. text. Evari dakshinaya! Jarathustro, "hati? tanugcha (?), nijarh jivath (b) dadAmi purahpravrittya [kila, agrataya], Uttamamanase Ahuramajdaya, (c) karmanicha2 Punydya [kila, karma tad eva karomi yat punyaya rochate| yauhcha uktih crutih Saharevaraya rajiie’, J.*, P.; C.dakshanaya. 280 P. °C, %iieh.

Ner. transl. Thus I, Jarathustra, even myself* am giving (or, reading tanogcha, ‘I am giving my body’s) own life with an offering (b) to the Best Mind, and to Ahuramajda, by (or ‘together with’) an advancing forward im™ their* service*, [that, is, through (or ‘with ’) my priority in it], (c) and to Sanctity also in my actions, [that is, I perform that deed which is pleasing to Sanctity], and J present that offering which is* a speaking and a listening to Saharevara the King. *1 Or ‘which a speaking and listening make’.

Parsi-persian Ms, Edin pah radi, kih Zaratusht hastam, tan an ham 7 khwésh jan (b) deham, pah pésh-raftani [pah péshwai] an Bahman [] Hormuzd [], (¢) pah kunishn an Ardibahisht, [ka, kunishn 4n kunam 7 Ardibahisht bayad], u sakhun shuni- dan (?) 4n Shaharéver [yak andar digar [] ] x

XXXIV. Free tr. The rites by which, and the sayings, and the Yasnas by which Immortality, And the Truth unto these Thou hast given, with the Kingdom of Welfare, Ahura, To Thee the thank-off'rings for those by us with the foremost are offered.

veneratione] Immortalitatem, (b) Sanctitatemque his dabas*!, Mazda, Regnum- que Salubritatis, (c) eorum [i. e. ex, vel ‘de’, his], Ahura, a-nobis*2 [cum] primis (primoribus) [oblationes] datur*3 [dantur]. * Aliter: ‘Qua actione, etc. Sancti- tatis-auxilium his [aliis Tuis servis-devotis] dedi*.. (c) eorum Tui [Tuorum sanctorum], Ahura, simus *? (leg. ahma) ex-primoribus ad-[dona]-accipiendum *° (fortasse inf. (2) sic ad verbum); [hoc est: ‘propter dona a nobis data, dona recipiamus’],

132 XXXIV. 1, 2.

Pahl. text translit. ‘Manam kdnishnd, minam gébishné, minam Ya- zishnd, pavan amarg-rtibishnih, [kinishné aétind vadinam?, va gdbishnd aé- tind yemaleltinam, va yazishnd aétind vadtinam aigham raband i nafshman padash amarg yeheviinéd]. (b) Va val4 Ashavahishts, va’ valich> Lak yehabinam, Atharmazd, va Khshatraver, va? Haurvadad*+4, (c) va? min’ valmanshan avo ; Lak, Atharmazd, lanman péshtar vehabiiném’, [li va havishtan i li}.

1 See P. 2? D., Mf. ‘namam (sic) and om. to aigham. * DJ. om. va. * D. avo. 5D, avoch. * so DJ., D.; K.5, M., amerédad. 7 D. mfn. ® Mf. °aiid. ’