Pahl. transl. That One*! is to be worshipped*! (or ‘For* That One is our Yasna’--, see Ner.) with our* perfect mind, and He 7s ever to be magni- fied (b) who 7s renowned by another name as a king who is wise, (c) since* for* Him Ashavahisht and Vohtiman were taught (or ‘ who taught (or ‘declared’) A. and V. to that person’), [that is, for (or ‘by’ Him) it was said] (c) that to Khshatrayer, (i. e. to His Kingdom (gen. by position)) belonged for* Him (= hoi) Weal and Immortality, (e) and that as His (= héi, ahmai) stands [Spendarmad in the relation of daughter], who also bestows the energy of the powerful ones (or ‘which consists in powerful characteristics’), [the power of* the strong (or ‘which consists of the strong’)]. ** Aside from its original read ‘That which is our Yasna is to be offered with-+- etc., (c) to whom A. and V. were taught (or ‘who to that one declared A. and V. [i. e. by Him it was said --- (a) that Khsh. was for Him (or ‘for that one’)’, etc., (thus as ordinary language).
Ner.’s sansk. text. Tasya’smakar Ijisnaye* sathptirnamanasa sadai’va mahagih*(?) (b) yo ’nyandmataya*! Mahajiiani vikhyato ’sti Svami, (c) yo ’smai Acavahistarn* Gvahmanain cha Asvadayati [Acavahistam*, Agnimcha, Punyath- cha, Gvahmanazh, Uttamamanah, Gath cha]; (d) Saharevaram asmai Avirdadam
Verbatim trans}. [Ille amicus, frater, vel pater (vide infra) noster est, Ahura] qui ex-eo*! [i. e. propter has rationes in strophis praecedentibus allatas de] Daevas [Deis falsis daemonibus et de] alienos|-ienis] hominesque [-nibusque superbe* opinatus*-est (sic ad verbum), [id est, ille, O Mazda, talis est amicus qui eos contempserit], qui [dii et homines falsi] eum, [i.e. de illo contemptore* invicem] superbe* opinati-sint (sic ad verbum), [id est, qui eum contempserint], (c) [vere] alios [i.e. alii valde et longe* fuere hi Daevae et homines contemptores*] hoc*, [i. e. alii atque hic* vir sanctus fuere] qui ei, fi. e. de hoc viro Deorum falsorum contemptore*] perfecte*, [i. e. bene] opin- abatur, [id est, longe alii atque hic vir qui eum contemptorem* falsorum deorum, etc. veneraretur, (d) hic Daevarum et hominum scelestorum contemp-
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Amirdadaricha*?, [Saharevaram rajyam, Avirdddaii udakar Amirdadarh vanas- patim]. (e) Tasmin saiitishthati datri adhyavasdyasya™ balishthasya [ghatita’si caktimatah*pranasya* vikraminah*, kila, prithiviputritaya** tasya sattishthati|.
#1 J.4 seems itya®; J.* atya®, or anya’. *? J.* ins. udakam* A.*, etc. *°J.° over, late.
Ner. transl. His (or ‘For Him’) is always the glorification for (or ‘in’) our Ijisni (when it is offered) by us with a perfect mind, (b) Hs who is cele- brated by another title, the Great Wise One the Lord, (c) who revealed to this person*(?) Agavahista* and Gvahmana, [Acavahista* and Agni and Sanc- tity, Gvahmana, the Best Mind and the Cow]; (d) He revealed also Saharevara to him and Avirdida and Amirdada, [Saharevara royalty, Avirdida water, and Amirdada the tree]. (e) In Him abides the giver* of zeal*! and of power, [that is, Thou art the former (or ‘formed’™ (fem. ?) of the hero’s* vital” power"); that is, she* (the giver (datri)) abides thus ém* Azm* on account of the childship* of the earth*? to Him (because she is His daughter).
*1 See Burnouf. *? Ar(a)maiti represented the earth.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An ¢ & yazishn 7 m& pah pur minishn, hamishah [] [andé- shidan* = misdnishn* (? sic videtur, fortasse min&nishn*(?) sic loco minin®, sed vide Pahl.)], (b) kih pah digar*(?) namah guft éstéd (so) khuda ¢ dana, (c) [] an fi Ardi- bahisht (] Bahman chashad, [kfish guft] * (d) Shaharavér 4n 4, Khordad* v’Amerdad ; (e) [] & éstéd (so) [Spendarmad [] ] kih dehad kushishn ¢ tuvaniha [-iha = -sha* (sic; hesitation as to terminations)] air 7 tuvanha (= -iha)] *
we Ns
Free tr. Who Demon-gods and alien men despised
Who in their turn contempt toward Him have offered;
Far other they than he who Him hath honoured;
He through the prophet’s faith, the lord’s of power, Friend, brother, father is, O Mazda Lord!
tor* est (per beneficam Religionem] nobis-servituri-principis* mirabilem-potesta- tem-exercentis (beneficd Religione)) (e) amicus, frater [vel] pater (vel) [noster*], O Mazda*2, *! Vel ‘ta tan = hos Daevas’. *? verbum ‘frater’ negat opinionem Ahuram M. esse hunc amicum, patrem. Serviturus (saos(k)yaiit) est sine dubio noster amicus, frater hoc loco: notabilis est tamen usus verborum ‘frater et pater’ de eadem persona si etiam de homine. Vel altera traductio: ‘Qui [Ahura*] ex-eo [vel ‘ta = t& = tan, téig = hos)’] Daevas et homines alienos infideles contempserit, qui ex parte sua eum [Ahuram] contempserint (c) alios longe hoc (atque hic) qui eum Ahuram yeneraretur [ille Ahura est [i. e. Tu es] per Relig.-- amicus, frater [(*(?)difficile quidem est ‘frater’ de Deo dictum)], pater (vide s. IV (4)), OM. A’. Si haec traductio recta sit, tum est oratio hoc loco consulto obscura inversa et obliqua, quod tamen valde fieri potest**. Fortasse causa& effectus rhetorici prayi consulto ut enigma scripta sit haec stropha. ** Vel ‘possit’. Pahl. text translit. Madoshan Shédadn}, va? akhar anshfitaan (b) tar- minishnih? kardan‘ monshdn> denman® tarminid, [denman dam], (c) zakai min denman’ min denman? bindak minid [denman Dind*] (d) stid-hdmandand Dastd-
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bar pavan® khidai, zak i afztinik Dind*, (e) désté, va akh, val abab Atharmazd.
* DJ. *dayyan. * DJ. om. ? M. tarmishn’. 4 see P. 5 DJ., D. om. va. ® so Degas Eo Dzale es -s0nD Jee os80 Sele Dl, OMe ara.
Pahl. transl. (a, b). There is a practice (or ‘harbouring’) of contempt of Demons who have come*(?) to* them* and afterwards of men (or ‘and of later* men’) by whom this is despised [this Religion (?)] (c) other than this one who as [to this Religion] holds a perfectly good opinion, (d) this Religion which is the bountiful Religion of the Dastir of the bountiful ones, as (or ‘by’) the king, (e) and friend, brother, father 7s he(?) also, O Atharmazd.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Samajagmuh Devah; pagchat manushyanaimcha (b) hinamanasata, ye enath hindth manyante* [endih srishtith]; (c) anyas tu tebhyah, yah ena sarhpirnari manyate, [endri Dinith] (d) labhamatarh Guruh,
bepaneodg aS Perereye woo yay SO ES® geo}
3s )ropss -sassses bsspegs dy 605096 Asse sv Gang Verbatim trl., etc. In-quam me-vertam*! terram ? [Immo] quo me-vertens*! ibo? (b) [Mihi nulli socii-amici] causa*? cognati-principis parisque [nulli opes et vires ad sacram Causam constituendam mihi] dant*2, [i.e. adjutores servi- tores (neque dignitate neque exemplo neque mandato ullo principis sui et parium ejus incitati aut moti) mihi dant auxilia, i.e. non mihi dat populus (prin- cipi serviens) auxilia efficacia ut Civitatem nostram supremam constituam|]; (c) non mihi {dant auxilia] ge sibi-concilians*[-ntes* ii] quae, [i.e. qui] ser- vitia-rustica [i. e. rustici vicani sint]; hic-que*3! [i.e. heu! talis factus-sum !]; (d) neque [i.e. nihilo plus me adjuvant ii qui] provinciae (qui) tyranni [sint] sce- lesti-infideles ; (e) quo-modo Te, O Mazda, mihi-ipsi-placabo, Ahura, [i. e. num ser- vitium meum tam enixum umquam efficax erit ad Tuam disciplinam firmam constituendam?] *' Vel ‘adorabo-. adorans ibo ?’; vel lege neméi = °mé infin. ‘ad Tibi adorationem-efficacem-offerendam*’; yel—=nemé (med.). **sunt qui para-- dadaiti (sic legentes) ‘me ex societate principis et parium expellunt’ reddant. Utrum vertere possimus ‘praeter cognatum’, ‘nisi a cognato-:+ nullus-» me sibi-concilians-est [concili- avit]’, necne? ** vel ‘non me sibi-conciliavit® [-verunt* ii] quae, [i e. qui vicani ad-
juvantes sint, mihi] talique (lege haécha).
Pahl. text translit. Avd kadar damik avo-namam!, [Adharmazd, pavant
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patig¢cha mahatyah* Dineh, (e) mitro, bhrata, pita va, Hormijdah (vel lege ‘°jda’). Dyiyaraii vachyo gujastah, etc. Variations not important.
Ner. transl. (a, b) The Devas have assembled (or ‘arrived’) and after- wards the low* opinion* (or ‘degradation of the minds’) of the men who think it [the creation] a degraded thing, took place, (c) but other than these (or ‘different from these’) 7s he who thinks it, [that is, who thinks the Din] per- fect and respects it, (d) he Spiritual Master of the beneficial ones (the Saoshyafits), and the lord of the great Din, (e) the friend, brother, or father, Hormijdah (read ‘°jda, O Hormijda’; or ‘H. ’s the friend, etc.’).
This text is to be repeated twice.
Parsi-persian Ms. irlt, Rasid éshin Dévan, va pas adamiyan (b) maghrtri kardan, kishan tn maghrfvi-kunand, [in pédaish (or ‘paidayish’)]; % (c) digar az An kih {in = géman] pur-minishni andéshad, [in Din] (d) stidmandan Dastir {] khuda, [] afztini Din; (e) [i ra = valman rd] dost, u bradar, u pidar, Hormuzd (or ‘Or®’) sx
IV.
Free tr. To what land to turn; whither praising shall I go:
Of kinsmen, allies or the mass
None to content their service offer me,
Nor have they yet who rule the province, evil;
*: Pahl. transl. To what land shall I turn*! {for a disciple, O Athar- mazd]?; toward (or ‘in’) which for worship shail I go, [for the thing which I desire}?; (b) since I have been given up as* belonging* to*!, (or ‘for the sake* of, or again ‘from among (?)’) the kinsmen and retainers’, ([see the original, and Ner., and regard the words as oblique by position]), [that is, since I have been made thoroughly* theirs (for ‘since I am forced**(?) away* from them’}); (c) none are contenting me, not even the labouring class nor allies*(? those dwelling in the neighbourhood*®) ; (d) nor yet does he who is the wicked tyrant within the Province, [that is, no Province-governors are favourable to me]; (e) how then shall<I propitiate Thee, O Attharmazd.
*1 Or, ‘toward what land shall I worship’? **hé was read nasalised hém, hence hams®. (NB, The forced Pahl. of these (largely) word-for-word trls. imperatively requires special and often alternative treatment).
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Ner.’s sansk. text. Kari namaskaromi* jagatirh, Hormijda, gishyaih kasmin cha* [-yain* cha] namaskritya pracharami!? [kirn!, kay&chit yachanaya*]?; (b) upari* svadineshu Adecgamanassu* pradatto ’smi, [kila, tebhyah krito ’smi]; (c)*? na mar sathivindanti* ye svacrenayo pi, (d)*? né’ntah* grameshu ye “nya- yino durgatinah. [Gramadhipatayah, te *pi maz na vindanti*]; (e) katham Tvam, Mahajiianin, satkdrayami*, Svamin ? (Akrandanath Jarathustrasya). *' J, J.4, J* kim. *2 lines c und d are later written on the margin of J.*. (As to the irregularities of this Sanskrit and sandhi see other notices.) ** J.8, J.4 vid®. **J.° vid.
Ner. transl. What land shal/ I reverence*, O Hormijda, through my disciples?; to what land shall 1 proceed with my worship, [that is, what* thing* (see the Pahl., or ‘wherefore*’) do J seek with any* prayer|? (b) Among the masters and the subordinates, I am delivered up (or ‘I am given up
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Verbatim trl. Scio hoc quare [vel ‘ut1(sic)] (sum), O Mazda, [homo] finem- propositum-optatum-suum-non (vel ‘minime’) -adipiscens [sim] (b) [propter*?] mea [meam rem] re-pecuaria{-am]-exigua*?[-guam] et quod (que), [i.e. quare paucos-homines-habens, [id est, virorum (i. e. discipulorum*-et-militum*)- -egens*3] sim*; (c) [immo hoc] conqueror (Tibi) {[apud Te]; id aspice, O Ahura, (d) gratiam [Tuam* auxilii et solacii ego“! pro me] cupiens quod [i. e. talem gratiam* qualem] amicus amico det; (e) [me] doceas [etiam] Bonae [per] Sanctitate|-tem] opes*®, [i.e. emolumenta] Mentis, [i. e. ut ex mea tam acerba indigentia exsurgam monstra mihi quo modo opes necessarias obtineam|.
*1-Y4 = yéna(?). *? fortasse ‘und cum (?) meo socio tam paupere*’, vel adverbialiter. *3i. e. ‘quare partes meae in mea tam gravi contentione mecum stantes adhuc usque debilissimae sunt (vel ‘sint’) *4 vel ‘Tu® cupiens, i. e. Tu* assensus et pariter meis angoribus dolens bene volens-- me doceas’. **i. e. opes ejus viri fortunati (Tua Bona Mente impleti) mihi des.
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from among them’); [that is, theirs (tesham) I am [made] (or ‘from*(?) them I am forced*’); (c) and yeé the clansmen do not recognize (or ‘accept*’) me, (d) nor do they who are lawless and depraved in the villages, [i. e. the village-chiefs, these also do not accept™! me]; (e) how shad? I propitiate Thee, O Lord? (Complaint of Jarathustra.) *! so meaning.::
Parsi-persian Ms. frit, An kadar + ya‘nt + kudam zamin [ {] [miyayish, an kib, [Ormuzd = [] niydyishn, dn min, [Anhdma*, (sic)] pah [] [shagirdin, man kih — dhavishtan* ra* min] | pab niyayish ravam [pah chiz [] [khvastan = bihiinastan®]? * (b) Kih bih khvéshan* (?) farman* + minishni did hastam, [ktishan bih kard hastam] (c) nah man khéshé-kunand* (?) kih [az = min] [] [dil ((?) sic videtur, fortasse veli*? hamsigan = vdriinich hamishi*-(?)-ch]; (d) nah andar deh, kih zyangaér* (= Pahl. sastar)] é darvand [hast kih = hast min] [deh-sardar [stayad = shndyend]] % (e) Chin Ta, Ormuzd*, [man=ra] stayam? % (NB. in this Gatha the proper v is used instead of w.)