dientia, i.e. ille oboediens] (dis*- [= vi]) praemia-beata certantibus [civi- bus pro fide contendentibus*! ad-iis|-benefaciendo[-dum] discernens-tribuat. *! Vel fortasse ‘Tu veniens in* edocendo’ (sic), i.e. ‘nos Tuam disciplinam edocens’. * sunt qui vertant ‘Tu mihi non in-mea-inoboedientia imperayisti, i. e. mandato Tuo oboedivi’. ** vel fortasse ‘incitare’, ut ‘incitem’, vide s. XIV (14), **vel semper verti potest ‘e lignis duobus (lege ranoibya (cp. Ved. arani) duobus ‘lignis ignem accendentibus’. Pahl. text translit. Mdanich tind* avo lit giftd, aighatt avd Ahardyih yamtinishnd kabed; (b) aétfind Lak 14 min? zak? i? li? anyOkshidérth? madam gift, [la anydkshidariht mint li raft bids5, amat tand hana gift, atgh® kevan yehabintano’ 14 shayad]. (c) l4l& henjishnih® pésh min zak vad? amat®+* avo? li zak° yamtinéd (d) Srésh aharib, [vat Vishtasp'] minash zak i? mas radé levatman! [Zaratisht*], (e) min, barat, rast avd patkardérand'®, std, yehabiinéd [zak Vishtaspd], +See P. *DJ., D. ins. *DJ., D, *DJ., D. om,
174 XLII. 12, 13. min zak. > D. yeheyiind. ‘see P. 7D. ‘ind. *DJ, D. * DJ., D., M. vad amat. D. om. “DJ. rad. ** D. ins. mtn over orig. **D. ins. hémanam later. **D. pavan. 1D. °dar®.
Pahl. transl., -- you who*! also said to me thus: ‘By (or through’) Thee there is [or ‘there should be’ (inf.* in ishn* for imper.)| an abundant coming unto Sanctity; (b)it was therefore from no refusal on my part to hear Thee that is was declared by Thee, [that is, it was not on account of a refusal to hear on my part when this was said by You, that it is not necessary (or ‘fitting’) to grant that gift* at present], (c) [i. e.] the rising-up, now before that he (Srésh) comes to me, (d) Srosh the holy [and Vishtésp], together with whom #s also that great chieftain [Zaratisht], (e) who, in addition* (? bara = vi), gives (or ‘who will give’) justice (i. e. ‘a just de- cision’) as an advantageous blessing to the disputants, [that is, that Vish- tasp* gives it]. *1 Or ‘min = amat = since’.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yach cha mayi avochah: ‘punyapraptih prabhitatara”, (b) evarh Tvarh me, na acrotritvat2+% (?), avochah, [na acrutikarita* ya me abhit, yat Tvath idath avochah, yat muhur datum* na cakyate] (c) uchchair utthanaya purah* yavan mayi saiiprapnoti (d) Crocah, punyatma [Gustaspah],
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Reply 2b) GSpo¢y eepsuseo 40 Py ap boo gar ously Verbatim transl. (with full paraphrase). [Bene] -largientem [vel ‘sanctum’ (?)] sic Te, Mazda, existimavi, Ahura, (b) quum me [Oboedientia (?); i. e. civis sanctus oboediens, cp. abmai, s. I, II, etc.] Bona circumibat, [i. e. ad me accedebat] Mente. (c) Recta-proposita [optionis meae vel ‘desiderii-reli- giosi mei’ (voluntatis sincerae meae de sacrificio et de cultu Tui, Domine Dee*, idoneo, et de debito meo politico et morali in sacra* nostra civitate), haec recta proposita| desiderii facere*!-ut-obtineamus*t (vel ‘ut a nobis sci- antur™!), i. e. ea obtine*t pro nobis (vel ‘fac ut ea sciamus*!’) (infin. loco imper.) [ut ea enuntiemus], hunc [hoc propositum meae voluntatis] mihi date, (d) [desiderium, i. e. rem desideratam] longae-vitae, [i.e. longaevitatem hac et illac] quem [quod, vel quam] a-Vobis nemo audacitate-extorqueat™ (sic, lege darSaité** ([vel ‘in quem [in quod beneficium et propositum] Vestrum [a Vobis designatum] nemo audet [-deat (lege darSta vel ‘deresta’) inire (= ité**)] (e) illius desiderabilis mundi [vitam (vel ‘beneficium’) mihi date] quae [vita,
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*mahadatra [Jarathugtrena*] sarnmicrah® (e) yo viceshatah satyath prativa- dibhyah labham dadati. + J.4, J* ‘ram. ?J,4 °taratvat. * J.*, J. ins. upari, *J.4 puruh; J.* punah. * J.* om. from 5 to 5 inclus.
Ner. transl. And when Thou declaredst to* me: ‘the approach to Sanctity 7s more (most) abundant’, (b) then Thou said’st to me that it was from no disobedience, [that is, 7 was no disobedience* which was mine when Thou said’st this, that it was not possible to grant that excellent gift avew (sic)| (c) for the uprising, before that he reaches me, (d) he Cro¢a, the pure- in-soul [7. e. Gustaspa (?)], the one allied*-and-accompanied [with Jarathustra] the great* bestower (or ‘the bestower* of great* things*’) (e) who (Groca or G.) especially bestows the truth as a saving-acquisition upon the disputants.
Free tr. Thus I conceived Thee bounteous, Ahura Mazda,
When with the Good Mind’s help Obedience neared me;
Aims of my will to gain this wish then give me,
Long life, that boon which none from Thee hath wrested, Gifts in Thy Realm give too most choice declared.
vel ‘qui mundus’] in Tuo Regno esse dicta{-tus] est. *! ‘Fines propositas desi- derii [mei] scire’, [i. e. ‘ut sciat ille*]’, sic longe non; vide Y. 33, 8 ubi voizh® non sic vertere possumus.
*See P. ?D ins. am. * DJ. ins. am. * DJ. avd; D. valman i. * DJ. dina; D. dadistand. °so DJ. -7DJ. aishan(?). %so D. néd; M. nivékéd (sic). ° DJ., M. °néd. 7° DJ., D. om. va; M. ins. *DJ., D. hana. 12 D. om. i. 1? DJ. ins. 14. 4* DJ. yazishnih(?) satundd. ** D. hana i; DJ. hana; M., K.® aé i.
Pahl. transl. Bountiful thus Thou wert* thought by me, O Atharmazd, (b) when Vohtiman approached me; (c) do Ye grant me therefore [as a re- ward] that which is a desire of him who is the announcer of the opinion
176 XLII. 18, 14,
(or ‘decrees’) [of him who announces the decree to persons] (d) in the long future of life {in the future* body], into which as being Yours no one has come through his insight. (e) According to desire [i. e. desirable] also this Thy sovereignty was (or possibly ‘let it be’) declared by (or ‘to’) him, [that is, thus as mine it was (or ‘let it be’): another’s it was not (or ‘let it not be 9h
Ner.’s sansk. text. Mahattama[-mo] mahyarh evar Tvath, Mahajiianin, amaiisthah, Svamin, (b) yan! mahyaii Uttamarh samagachchhat Manah, [Gvah- manah]. (c) Nydyanivedayituh? kamarh tar mahyai dehi, [yo nyayati kebh- yagchit nivedayati, tasya prasadam mahyath dehi] (d) dirghapraptau? jivasya [vapushi pagchatye*] yo [lege accus.(?)] Yushmakari na kacchit upakramena pra(cha)chara®. (e) Svechchhaya’stu, yat Yushmakam rajyai uktarh, [tasmin rajye, kila, evan yath@hat atishthai ko ’pi na atishthat}.
* All yan. ? J.* is reported-yitwhuh (sic); J.3, J.* tuka. °J.4, J* *noti; J.3 nan for tau (?); P. °no; C. *noti. J. seems pacchyatte (sic). ® Corrected from prachara.
Ner. transl. Thus Thou wert* thought greatest to* (or ‘by’) me, O Great Wise One the Lord, (b) when the most exalted (the good) mind [Gvah- mana] came to me; (c) grant me the desire of him who proclaims the regu-
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Verbatim transl. (with full paraphrase). Quoniam* vir amico possidens [vel ‘scientia-religiosa-instructus (sacrorum nostrorum solemnibus initiatus)’] potens, |i. e. viribus et opibus abundans, adjumentum] det, (b) [tum] mihi, Mazda, Tui [-uam me-] gaudio-afficientem-gratiam, [nos Tua doctrina] instruentem [des], (c) quum Tuo Regno [vel Potestate-regali-armatus| Religiositate (*sic) ex [Sanctitatis ratione] praesto* (d) exire-ad (assurgere-ad), [vel fortasse ‘incitare, ut incitem’] ego*? principes* doctrinae, [i. e. summos principes sacerdotes doctrinam defendentes et promulgantes ([vel ‘[ego] princeps-propheta (sar- dando nom. sing. masc. = mathra ’)))|} (e) una-cum his omnibus qui Tibi [vel Tua] Sacra-Verba-rationis memorantes-et-memoriter-recitant[-tent].
** Id est ‘summa imperii suscepi’. ** i. e, ‘exire ad (vel ‘incitare’) principes’.
Pahl. text translit. tAmat avo gabra #2 déstd i AkAs-dahishno? sid ye- habiinéd, [aigh, std vadinyén], (b) avé li, Adharmazd, aé+ Lak raminidarih>+, vae++ kabed, [am yehabinail (c) min avd Lak Khshatraver min Aharayih
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lation (or ‘law’), [grant me the reward of him who proclaims the regulation to any one] (d) in the long acquisition of life, [in the later body] in which* [yasmin (?) (or ‘toward which’, read the accus.)] as Yours no one has advanced through his own enterprise*!, (for read ‘yo’ ‘no one(?) whoso- ever (?) as Yours has advanced {in the final body] through enterprise’}). (e) Let what is said to be Your Kingdom be in accordance with one’s* own* desire* (hardly ‘when Your Kingdom is proclaimed let it be so with spon- taneity’* (?)) [in this Kingdom, i.e. no one else has that standing in it which I possess (lit. ‘as I stand 7m 7¢’)|. *' Did Ner. read dorest for darst, and, thinking of dvar, render upakramena instead of a form of dric?; see the Pahl.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Afzini-kunand(ah) [man= am] édtin[] Ta andéshid hast(i), Hormuzd, (b) kih 4n man Bahman bih rasid. (c) An ¢ tt [andar = dayen] dadistan infizal + kardan kamah [az = min] [kih dadistin [] [ashan = ashdn] infizal + kar- dan], an an man dehad [muzd] (d) pah dér rasidan ¢ jan [pah tan 7@ pasin] [muzd = mozd], kih an [] [andar = dayen] Shuma nah kas, pah didan ravad * (e) [] in ¢ Ti khudai guft, [kt, édiin chin man éstaéd [hastam = hémiinam*], kas nah éstad [avar Din ¢ Tai = madam Din i Lak] x
Free tr. As the possessor gifts on friend bestoweth
So give to me, O Lord, rejoicing light
When in Thy kingdom, righteousness my motive,
Forth to arouse* I stand ’mid chiefs of doctrine
With all whose memories* Thy Manthras speak. avakih farmidd, (d) aigh, lala7+1 henj sattinand va’ sardar® i? danak, [vas Dastobar| i giftar i? Dind*, [aigh Zaratisht bard yehabtin] (e) levatman har- vispan6!? valmanshand min hana i Lak Mansar héshmirénd*, [levatman Diné*? birdarand]. 'See P. throughout. ?D. ins. ?DJ., D. *D. and i. °DJ., D.; M. "dar - ODJ..,.... om: "DJ., Dale Kes Mo only la, = DJ., D. om, © Mf.(?)) °darih. PUD ecteuno (ses Mite. OMe. Ds insaets
Pahl. transl Since one gives an advantage to a friend who is instruc- ted (or ‘since he who is (i hast*) instructed gives--- etc.’) [that is, since they will (or possibly ‘that is, do Thou*’) confer an advantage upon him], (b) (do Thou grant) me, O Atharmazd, this Thy rejoicing and abundantly (c) that which was ordered for Thy Khshathra (or ‘which Thy Kh. ordered’) with the accompaniment* (or ‘help’) of righteousness; (d) thus set up the coming one even the chief who is wise [the Dastir] who is the proclaimer of the Religion, [that is, give* ws (or ‘bring* on’) Zaratisht] (e) together with all those who recite this Thy Manthra, [together with the supporters of the Religion].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yo nardya mitraya vicishtajiianine labhar dadati, [kila, labhath karoti], (b) mahyarn, Mahajiidnin, Te pramodakari prabhita-
taram, [kila, tam mahyari dehi], (c) yarn Tvayi Saharevarah dharmasam-
178 XLII. 14, 15.
micrarh pravochat. (d) Yad uchchair utthApaya maliyath svaminath Dini- vaktaram!, [kila, Hormijda, Jarathuctram dehi] (e) samaih taih samagraih ye Tava vanim sarhsmaranti [samarh Dinivahakaih].
1 J.°, J.* dinim satkar® (sic); J.* “im satkaram; P. °saktar®.
Ner. transl. He who gives a benefit to a man of eminent intelligence who is a friend, [that is, makes an acquisition on his behalf], (b) O Great Wise One, let him be* still* more a producer of Thy gratification for me, [that is, grant him* stil/ more to me], (c) the one whom Saharevara declared
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as an holy (or ‘righteous’) ally for* Thee; (d) wherefore raise up to me a lord who is aproclaimer of the Din, [that is, O Hormijda, do Thou give meJ arathustra| (e) together with all those who think upon (or ‘proclaim’) Thy word, [that is, together with the supporters of the Din]. *' Possibly ‘in agreement with Thee’.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Kih an mard ¢ dést*! [hast = déh* (sic)] Agah-dahishn sid [va = va] dehad, [kt sid kunand], (b) an man, Hormuzd*, in Ta ramishni, [] bisyar {ma-ra deh(?)] (c) kih an Ti Khshatraver, az Savab madad farmiid, (d) ka, bala buland raftan [] [an=zak] sardar ¢ danak [[]| Dastir] ¢ guftar ¢ Din, [kt, Zaratusht bih dehad], {e) avi tamim oshin kih in ¢ TtiiMansar shumurad [ava Din burdar(an)] #% *! Or ‘dust’.
Free tr, Thus I conceived Thee bounteous, Ahura Mazda,
When with the Good Mind’s help Obedience* neared me,
And through his wisdom best with patience showed me;
‘Never your chieftain be of ill the pleaser’;
Thus hold*t Thy saints foul sinners all. (#1 i. e. at their true value) nidar’ hana, [aigh, pavan ramishn la avayand kardand!3| (e) min aétind Lak harvispgtind'* aharfiiband pavan anak’ yakhsenund, [aightdind'* pavan chir yakhsenund]. *See P. ?D. ins. am. *DJ. ins. m=am. *DJ., D. om. here, * DJ, D. ins. Vohiman here. °M., K.° avé. 7DJ., D. laki. ®DJ., D. ins. aigh. ®D. om. 1° DJ. ins. aé. “D. shayad. 1D. diff. form for °aé. **DJ. kardano. “so DJ. DJ., D. ganak. 1°D. om.