*1 Or as always the original is to be followed ‘the soul of the righteous is beseeching-for (avo-khvastar) immortality - -’.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Asya labhan samihe dakshinadanena asya, [iti Hor- mijdasya, kila, dakshinim karomi] (b) yan kadachit* jivadbhyah sambhitan sarhbhavatag cha [sarapirnataran sviyan karomi] (c) amrityupravrittimn muktat- mana atmanarh[-am] abhipsavah, [kila, tanor akshayatayaém punar na yogya* hantum‘] (d) adhyavasfyino* ye nara. Ayasino* durgatimantah. (e) Te ’pi rajano Mahajrianinah srishtindth Svaminah. ** Variations not important.
Ner. transl. I pray for his profitable* acquisitions (in accordance) with His, [Hormijda’s] gift of offering [thus, that is, I am making a gift]; (b) and [I am making] the same acquisitions which have been effected at any time (meaning ‘at every time’), for (or ‘by’) living persons, and those also which are now in the course of being effected [more perfect, and also more tho- roughly his* (or ‘their*’, or ‘my*’) own], (c) desirous as they are of the immortal progress of (or ‘for’) the souls of the pious, [that is, in that in- destructibility of the body which I desire for them they are not deserving” to be slain anew], (d) for they (lit. who) are the energetically-zealous men; and tormented*? are the wicked; (e) and these righteous ones also are mo-
narchs of the creatures of* the Great Wise One, the Lord*. *? Or ‘Even these are Kings, great* wise* lords* of the creatures’. ** tormentors (?).
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An i f 7 sfid khvaham pah sakhayat dadan, [kih sakhavati kunam] #¢ (b) Kih hargiz az [aknim (sic) = knit (?)] zindah [] [hend = homund] [|] biudah hend [] [va = va] kih ham [] [bid = janind*| [hend* bundahtar an khvésh kunam], (c) bi-mark(g)*-raftan 4n 7 ashavan 4n ruvan kh(y)astar [-am=-aml], [kih pah tan 7 pasin, [{kih man = min ra*] baz nah bayad zadan] *, (d) kushishn [] [an = an] mard [] {deham kih mard kahilit = dabinam* —— —] *#; (e) édim ham Hormuzd pédaish** i 7 khuda » *! Or ‘paidayish’.
Free tr. Him in our hymns of praise I seek to worship Whom with discerning eye now see I clearly, Of the good spirit lord of word and action, Knowing through Asha’s grace Ahura Mazda; Thus in Abode of Song his praise I bear! Verbatim transl. Hunc {i. e. Huic maximo et supremo deo (vide supra) in] nostrum|-stris] laudibus, [i. e. in nostris hymnis cantandis et in officiis
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celebrandis {apud] cultum Ejus [veneratum] (apud) servire-volens [sum, i. e. volo], (b) nunc enim-quidem [Eum (in-)-oculo [fidei (vel ‘in visione inspirata’) penitus-cernam™! [per Sanctitatem] Boni Spiritus, actionis-que, dicti-que, (d) cog- noscens Sanctitate [legis sacrae] enim ego] quem {i.e. Eum-qui] Mazdam f-da sit] Ahuram|-ra], {i. e. (per intelligentiam Sanctitate stimulatam et per effectum actio- nis bonae et sermonis pii in me ipsum reflexum*?) et proprietates et voluntatem Domini cognosco dum Eum (mente) aspicio]; (e) sic [igitur (vi ejus scientiae plenioris)] Ei adorationes [nostras] in-Domicilioj-ium] Sublimitatis [vel ‘cantis’, i.e. in Caelum] deponamus [i. e. reddamus]! *vel ‘°ebam’. * retrorsum flexum.
Pahl. text translit. Zak i! valman! stayishnd va? niyayishnd zak i lan- man bara varzishnd (b) maman kevan denman pavan chasm bara?+? pédak# [aigh naddkih’ (i.e, névakth) hamak® min Atharmazd]. (c) Min pavan Vohti- mand kdinishnd? gédbishnd (d) kas yehevinéd pavan rastih® Atharmazd?, [pavan Dind* i Atharmazd]; (e) aétand zak ¢ valman‘o niyayishn dén™ Gardd- mano ash bard yehabiind. ‘DJ., D. and P. ins. 7 valman i. > DJ., D. ins. va. * see P. *see P. ins. hast. 5 P, nadtk. *DJ., D. -ak. "DJ. ins. va, *DJ. om: i, DJ. ins. ya. *DJ., D. and P valman; M. avd. “DJ. dén; P. min dén.
Pahl. transl. The praise and worship of* him* who is that one (sic) és that which is to be fully performed by* us (b) for now this is perfectly evi- dent to the eye [that happiness zs ever from Atharmazd]. (c) He whose deeds and words are in accordance with Vohiman, (d) knows (is knowing) Athar-
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‘mazd in* truth* (or ‘intelligent in the truth of (i) A.’) [in the Religion of Atharmazd]; (e) and thus shall they*! render to Him praise in Garddman at last, *1 Or read yehabind and supply lanman from a ‘thus shall we* render’; see Ner:
Ner.’s sansk. text. Tasmai asmabhih stutih prandmah* tato ‘dhikarh vidheyah (b) nanu*(?) yatah idarn lochandbhyarh vidrigyate, [kila, gubhath samastain Hormijdat]. (c) Uttamasya Manasah karmandcha, vachasdcha (d) vetta satyatayA bhavati yah Mahajiidninah Svaminah, [kila, Dinya Hormij- dasya]. (e) Evarh tasmai prandmar* antar Garothmane* nidadimahe.
* Variations not important.
Ner. transl. From hence on (or ‘Therefore’) praise and worship are to be offered* up*, (or ‘to be offered with* excessive* zeal*’) by us to this one, (b) since vow* this* is seen with both the eyes [that all good comes from Hormijda]. (c) Z¢ is through the deed and word of the Best Mind (d) that he who belongs*? to*2 the Great Wise One the Lord becomes intelligent in (or ‘through the truth’), [that is, through Hormijda’s Din]; (e) and thus it is that we offer up our worship to Him in Garothmana on high.
*1 So understanding nanu. *? or ‘a knower in truth ¢s he who 7s a* knower* of M. 8.’.
Parsi-persian Ms, trit. An 7 fi sitidan u niydyishn an 7 ma bih varzishn, (b) chih akntin in pah chashm [] péda™ [hast = hast] [kih (sic pro kf) [] [nék = naduk*] hama az Hormuzd*] » (c) Kih pah Bahman kushish* (sic = — (?)) gdbishn (d) agah bashad [ ] [az = min] vasti + Hormuzd* [pah Din ¢ Hormuzd*] (e) Adtn [] [Ta = Rak] [] niyayish, [] [kih = mén] andar Gardtman* ash bih dehand % ** Or ‘paida’,
Free tr, Him with our better mind we seek to honour
Who kind hath cared for us in weal and sorrow;
May Mazda hold our farm-lands strong with power,
Herds and our men in health and thrift to further;
From Good Mind’s worth* it was, a holy gift! gregatione vivae et efficacis, et ex sud] nobilitate** [vel ‘generositate’] (Mentis) ! *1 Si usén = usaniace. pl. nent. (cp. mizhdavan'= °yani) tum in ea re reddamus: ‘qui nobis constitutiones-Suae-voluntatis nobis consolationem et auxilium afferentes in - -]. Mirum est quin aliquis spéncha aspénché =‘canes et equos’(!) verterit. Utrum spéncha dspéncha* (= ‘res prosperas et res praecipue*-prosperas’) legendum sit, necne? *? vel ‘verezi nao = zyi nio = utinam M, per Suam potestatem efficacia* nostra* [officia propitiationis] reddat Ahura’; cp. stropham VIII (8) staotais et s. VI, stavas-- sraotu Mazda A’, *° vel ‘ex bona*-civitate* Bonae Mentis, [i. e. ex bonis moribus civis sancti a Bona Mente (ut persona mente concepta) inspirati’).
Pahl. text translit. Zak i valman! lanman pavan avakih i? Vohiman chigimchai shndyishnd, [aigh, pavan ramishnd bard kdinishnd] (b) minash avd lanman pavan khdrsandih kard¥? Asinih, valmanich i# andsdn>*, [aigh, val- man ich i darvyand4 Asdnih, andchandash® ait min Atharmazd]; (c) pavan zak
¢ Adharmazd khidayih? varzidaér avé lanman yehabindai, Atharmazd; hami-
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shak6 kar]; (d) pavan pahé va’ vir§ mfinmand$ [pah va vir panakth(?) vadtin- yen‘, va® lanmankanéch‘] min fradahishné homanam!®, [aigh, mindavam bara afziyinam??]; (e) pavan zak i Vohimand tarsdkdstht! [frardind'? tarsAkAsih’s rai# zim aité] amavandih’® i‘ pavan Vohtimand [amano yehabtinail.
Pahl. transl. He who és that one (sic) is to be propitiated in every- thing* by us* with the accompaniment (or ‘help’) of Vohiman, [that is, every- thing is to be done for the sake of thoroughly rejoicing him}, (b) by whom there has been (or ‘who** has* been’) made a comfort to us in a time of satisfaction, and he also who és (or ‘who has made’) a distress, [that is, even he who (or ‘that which’) is the wicked’s comfort, in so far as*1 he (or ‘it’) ¢s that also which is) from Attharmazd, is therein to be propitiated|; (c) mayest Thou then give us, 0. A., a husbandman endowed with the authority of Adharmazd [a continuous, i. e. unbroken agriculture]; (d) and do Thou (or ‘may they’, or ‘one’) effect protection for*? our herds, and for the men who are ours {even for those of ours also] whose promoter (or ‘ promotion’) I am, [that is, I will cause their interests to flourish (through their (or ‘his’), help); (e) [give us therefore| that strength which is through a good mind according to the reverential-recognition (or ‘reward(?)’) of Vohiman, [the reverential*-recognition* (or ‘reward(?)’) of the pious which is (or ‘may be- come’) mine (ours)|. “Or ‘in so far he (or ‘it’) ds from A.’ (so without ‘as’), “ Ner.’s instrumental is difficult.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Tasmai asmakazh uttamena saha manasa yah kac- chit satkaryah, [kila, dnandena karyah] (b) yo asmakath Samtushtya chakara
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-samadhdnari asamadhaninah*, [kila tasya’pi yah* durgatiman ‘samAdhanam
yat kirhchit* asti Hormijdat], (c) Hormijdardjyai samacharadbhih* asmabhyaii dehi, Hormijda, (d) pacubhir™ viraih, [kila, ye no paguvirah* (?) rakshari kurvanti] asmAkath vriddhidanarn uttamaya bhaktya, [kila, sadacharinyai bhak- taye vayam*? asmah], (e) susainyatai* Gvahmanena [asmabhyarh dehi].
")J.* bhir, *° J, J.4 vayam; see Pahl. zim,
Ner. transl. He, be* he* who* he* may*, is to be treated with kindly attention with our good mind, [that is, he is to be affected* (or ‘filled’) with joy| (b) who through (or ‘to’) our satisfaction has produced the completed* (or ‘renewed’) welfare of* the* impious*, [i.e., for him even who is wicked there is a happy settlement (or ‘renewed welfare ") when the matter is from Hor- mijda]; (c) do Thou therefore, O Hormijda, grant the Hormijda-kingdom to us the toilers (d) together with (or ‘with reference to ’) flocks* and men, [that is, to those toilers who are providing protection for* our flocks and men, and give us the gift of prosperity (e) through (or ‘as regards’) the highest (or ‘best portion’ (or ‘devotion*’(?)), [i. €. give this to us, we who are for the right- eous and for the good portion or for devotion*’ (?); give us] successful* warfare* (or ‘equipment (?)’) through Gvahmana, *! ‘concerned* about flocks and men’ (bahuy.).
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An ¢ 4 ma pah madad + néz + paki (sve loco baki) ¢ Bah- man, har-kudim shadi, {kti, pah rémishni bib kardan] * (b) kiyash an ma pah rasa- mandi kardan asani [] na-Asani, [ka, fi ham ¢ darvand [hend = hdmind (sic)] Asani [] |hend=hend (sic) [chand[-i=-2], hast az Hormuzd] *; (c)pah &n 7 Hormuzd khudai var- zidax* an ti dehi, Hormuzd, {[va'+ hamishah kar] *; (d) pah gdsfend |] mard panagi (?) ({kunam (?) = — (?)] [] makan*4+-mayan* [] kih afzuni-dehandah hastam, [ka chiz bih afzayam] #; (e) pah 4n¢ &(?) (=!Pahl. Vahdman) bandag-|-iha*=-shd (nék (space) bandag- [-iha*=-shd] ra 7 am hast] [] [nék zindagi = hit-zindaki] 1 pah Bahman [man dehi*]
Free tr. Thus in our Yasnas all we magnify Him,
Who in unbending might is named the Living,
Since with His Good Mind’s Order he hath set
Weal and the Deathless Life in his Dominion
To this land* giving the eternal* two. anamni (vel ‘andmani’(?)); vide Pahl. trl. ‘qui non-nominatus”, [i.e. cujus majestatem (ultra vim sermonis magnam et elatam) nemo nominare, i.e. plene describere possit]. *? vel ‘nobis in patria’; sunt qui stoi esse (infin,) vertant, *# vel din = d&m accus. infin.(?); pollicitus est (chdist(?)) dare S-tem et Inm-tem; sed fortasse sit din = dent: ‘dent® Ahura und cum Sua Sanctitate et Bona Mente Sal-tem et Im-tem in Suo Regno potentias-aeternas-duas’.
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