*! Hlsewhere asvadayati undoubtedly and almost always means ‘to teach’ with Ner., but see the gl. here and the gl. of the Pahl.
258 XLVI. 10.
Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase) [Immo quis est ille dux propheta nobis succurrens, mihi auscultans et mihi obsequens (vel ex contrario nos suis verbis stinulans et nos gaudio et animositate* afficiens?, vide stropham IX (9)); hoc Te interrogo quia cum talibus sociis prorsus* procedam ad Pontem judicis, i.e. cum omnibus] qui vel mihi vir, mulier vel, O Mazda Ahura, (b) [eas opes in auxilium sacrae Causae] det [in gratiam] populi [vel ‘pro* mundo *) quae [quas opes] Tu agnosti [ad salutem Tuis fidelibus efficiendam] optima [-mas esse, (c) et quas ut] emolumentum*-[-ta]-gratiae [ei viro] Sanctitate- praedito, [i. e. mihi* (qui sacram legem Tuam firmam constituere tam enixe studiis excogitatis laboribus et precibus petam); immo pro me confirmet sanctus] Bona potestatem-Tuam-regalem Mente; [cum his amicis consociatis pro- grediar, et etiam cum omnibus aliis] (d) quos(que) [cordibus inter se conjunctis} comitabor [et quos ex eo incitabo*t.ad celebrationem] Vestri-similium*! laudi[-dis] (ad); (e) [immo] prorsus* und cum his omnibus [i. €. eos comi- tatus ad Pontem] Judicis prodeam|-dibo, i. e. progrediar ad] (Pontem).
“1 i.e. hac in terris. *? simpliciter = Vestri vel ‘Vestrorum parium’, i. e, Im- mortalium benignorum, vel etiam fortasse ‘Vestrorum sanctorum deyotorum’.
*See P. throughout. ?D. ins. va. *D. hémananend. *(?) so DJ. (perhaps), and so D., and M. seem. *so DJ., D. *DJ. khfidaih (?), 7D. padékhshahih. ® DJ. ins. va. ® DJ, M. harvispd. *°D. ins. i. ™corr.; D. havishtd. ™ DJ., D. hamak, or °maik (?).
Pahl. transl. (a,b) Tome they who, men and women, O Atharmazd, are giving*! obedient service to me (so far better*! than ‘it is to be given*! to me’; see also Ner.) [in discipleship] in the world in accordance with (er ‘through’) this which is Thine intelligence which is the best [in accordance with (or ‘through’) Thy Religion] (c) in reverential*-recognition* toward him*? whose
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Free tr. Whoe’er to me, be he or man, or woman,
Our tribes! gift gives which Thou as best perceivest, (*! Or ‘our life’s’.) Prize for the holy gives and Good Mind’s ruling,
Whom, praising You, I urge as comrade leading
Forth to the Judge’s Bridge with all I go!
is the reverential*-recognition*, [i. e. toward Zaratiisht], these men and women are attributing to me a sovereignty with a good mind [according to that sovereignty of (or ‘over’) the pious which appertains unto me], (d) whom also I am inciting to Your praise [to Your Religion]; (e) forth these all (men and women) are walking*® toward (or ‘on’) the Chandor* Bridge, [that
is, these are Zarattisht’s disciples, and they belong for ever to Garédman]. * Note well this frequent use. *? or ‘toward that which is’. **or éni— Iwill walk’,
Ner.’s sansk. text. Ye va mahyath, narah angand va, Mahajiianin Svamin, (b) dataro bhuvane [vapuh cishyatvena]; yecha Tava vettritaya ut- krishtaya*! [Dinya Te] (c) bhaktya* bhaktaya*? [mahyath J arathuctraya], Utta- masya rajyena Manasah, [sadvyaparaparthivatayai’ aham asmi], (d) yAficha utthapayami Yushmakarh namastutaye3, [Dinaye Yushmakam], (e) prakrishtara te vigve ’pi Chandore prabruvanti uttare, [kila, ye Jarathuctrasya bhavanti, te sarve ’pi Garothmanabhajo bhavanti]. **J.* °tataya. ?J.* °taya, °J.3 °pari®.
Ner. transl. (a, b) They who are contributors of offerings to me in the world, O Great Wise One the Lord, whether they be men or women, [giving themselves (their bodées*) in discipleship], and who are also thus giving themselves in accordance with (or ‘through’) Thy knowledge which is the best [through Thy Din] (c) and with a portion for* (or ‘through devotion* toward’) him who* should* have* a* portion* (or ‘the devout *) [toward me Jarathustra], and also likewise in accordance with (or ‘through’) the sover- eignty of the best disposition, [for I am for the righteous sovereign (or ‘sovereignty’)], (d) and still more those also whom I am arousing to Your praise, [to Your Din], (e) these all are praising**! upon the Chandor Bridge* (or ‘on the passing over’), [that is, those who belong to Jarathustra are all likewise sharers of Garothmana]. **NB. Ner. read Pahl. franaménd.
260 XLVI. 11, 12.
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Free tr. Karps, yea, and Kavis are with foul kings joining,
With evil deeds our human life to slay;
Cursed by their souls and selves, their being’s nature;
From Judgment’s Bridge they fall, the final pathway;
In Demon’s home their bodies* ever lie! * Or ‘their dwelling is’.
cries* against their own souls and against their own Religion*, (d) when they come up beyond upon the Chandor Bridge [there they are delivering! the utterance* of cruel cries], (e) and their existence is in the Abode of the Draj for ever [unto all duration, until the life in* the later body]. **Dahishnih merely equals the syllable “dad; we must omit avd as = ‘against’ the creation.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Rajyaya upakramanti Karapah*! Kikagcha, [acro- taro adargakaéh rajyéya avy&parine] (b) nikrishtaih karmabhih* bhuvanar nagayanti manushyanam, [sthanarh yat paralokiyamh] (c) ye nijaya Atmane nijayaicha akrogarh* dadanti* Dinaye; (d) yadi upari prayanti paraloke Chandore* uttare* [tatra akrécaih* dadanti*]; (e) sadai’va [yavat sarvari], Draja- sthane sathsthitih, [yAvat vapuh pAgchatyarh* Narake sarsthitir bhavati].
**So J.3, J.4, J.*; C., P. were read karanah.
Ner. transl. The Karaps* and the Kikds are convening* toward* (or ‘to form’) a sovereignty, [the disobedient and blind ones, (as their names imply), to form an evil-doing* sovereignty], (b) and they are destroying the world of men [the Place which is beyond] wlth base deeds, (c) but they (lit. ‘who’) are uttering a reviling-curse upon their own souls and upon their own Din. (d) If they advance beyond upon the Chandor Bridge, (lit. ‘on the passing over’) [there also they utter reviling-malediction], (e) and for ever [as long as* until* all duration], their continued existence 7s in the Drija’s place, {as long as* until* the final body their abode is in Hell].
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An khudai [] [{kushish*-kunand = ayuzénd*] kih Kor u Karp hend [an khudaiz Avarfin*, (kushish*(?) -mi* (?)-kunénd* = ayuzined] ]; * (b) pah an ¢ badtar kunishn, jihan* [] (kharab-kunand = marenchinénd] adamiyan (ki, gah* ¢ anja bih [] kharab-kunand = -énénd] * (c) An an ¢ khvésh ruvan khrishidan*!-dehad an 7 khvésh Din, (d) kih avar rasad an anja pah Chinvad- [pul = pundr*) [khrfshad* [] (zakhm = Pahl. khrushishn* (?) []] # (e) Azshan (sic) hama [ta [] tamam [An tamam = dn visp.* (sic)] ta 6 tan ¢ pasin] andar Druj khanah ké’im hast * * Vel ‘khurésh°’,
Free tr. When Right-inspired, and ’midst Tura’s kinsmen Come from Fryana forth, ’midst those illustrious*, They who Devyotion’s lands with zeal are helping, With these together God through Good Mind dwelleth; To them in helpful* grace commanding speaks! Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). [Sed inter hostes ipsos nonnumquam fides inveniri et exsurgere potest]; quum sursum Sanctitate*! inter-cognatos
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sibi ‘conciliet(-abit’), i.e. qui mihi ad sacram causam vindicandam et ad civi- tatem nostram firmam constituendam opibus necessariis*? mihi, Spit. Zar-tae,
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the original believers, now declare Attharmazd a giver of joy, [that is, they say that the thing which is their gladdening™! is also owing to Him).
Me Possibly meaning their conversion.
Ner.’s sansk. text. (a, b) Ye* uchchaih* punyam nabher*! (vel ‘nabhair’* (sic)) nabhijebhyah* Turushkaénarh utthdpayanti pracnaih sarhlapaic¢cha (!), {kila, tésham tatra pratikritir* bhavati], (c) sarhnpirnamanasé jagadvibhiteh* vriddhimh dadanti* vyavasdyataya*, (d) evarh tena Uttamena saha nivasanti - Manasa, [saha sadvydparataya]. (e) Te pritim Mahajnaninah samudgiranti* Svaminah, [tat kirnchit* nigadanti yena tebhyah prasddah prapnoti].
#1 J. °bher; but see the- Pahl.
Ner. transl. (a, b) They who raise* up* Sanctity through* the descen- dants of the kith*! of the Turushkae (Turks) through questions** and conver- sations(?), [for in fact, for them those Turks there is acceptance* (or ‘honour- able treatment*?’) there (beyond), (or possibly ‘their requital* is there’), (c) these who thus exalt Sanctity are bestowing an increase of worldly* pos- sessions* upon — (?) through perfect-mindedness [and with energetic effort]; (d) and so they, the Turushkae, are dwelling together with owr* saints* endowed* with* the Good Mind, [that is, together with* good* conduct*], (e) and they also are declaring the friendship of the Great Wise One the Lord, [that is, they are declaring that thing through (or ‘on account of’) which the grace of the reward may reach them].
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Kih bala Savab az nafan(?) u farzandaén (b) ¢ -anan (?) bulandi-dehad pah [] [javab = frashandn (!)] 4n guft, [ka [-sh = -ash] anja pazirah bashad] * (ce) Pah pur® minishni jihan [] [afzini = Pahl. defaced) dehad (?) pah kushish ; (d) édin éshan [] pah Bahman [] [khvinad = karitwnéd (?)] [pah néki] » (e) Oshan an i Ormuzd* ramishn [] [go (vel ‘gt’) = jamni (sic)] %; [an chiz {1} {ge (‘gi’) = jamnt); dshan ramishni [] [az = az] fi bashad]
Free tr. Who Zarathushtra gifts "midst men vouchsafeth Righteous is he himself ’midst men proclaimed,
Life upon him bestows the Lord Ahura,
Farms that are his promotes with Good Mind helping; Comrade for You through Right we think him meet.
verenter* ut dux (a me tam longe exspectatus) ad declarandum*?] idoneus-et- congruens [est], (c) itaque illi-(ipsi*) Mazda populum*-[-oboedientem-et-devotum (vel ‘mundum, i. e. vitae-cursum in his rebus civilibus et sacerdotalibus om- nino prosperum et felicem’)] det [vel ‘dabit’] Ahura, (d) huic, [i. e. in-gratiam- ejus ducis, (vel fortasse ‘pro nobis’)] colonias [nostrae patriae] Bona promovens- augeat(-gebit] Mente; (e) [et] eum, [i.e. talem virum sanctum] Vestrum Sanc- titate existimamus bonum-socium-et-comitem. *! Vel ‘Qui 8.’ (verbo ‘me’ omisso); fortasse alius princeps ut interlocutus* hoc loco a poeta mente conceptus Hit. ~~ dr 6
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Pahl. transl. He who bestows offerings* bountifully upon Zaratfisht the Spitaman, (b) and also renders him satisfied (propitiates him) among men, that man is proper* for*! the delivery*? of the proclaiming [when they will render him renowned]; (c) thus Atharmazd grants him a life (or ‘ world*’) [the Place which is beyond]; (d) He also grants his settlements progress in prosperity on™ account* of* and through* a good mind, [that is, he will cause them to increase]; (e) {and him (Vishtasp)] I always regard as a faithful comrade on account of (or ‘in’) your sanctity*8, [that is I thought him the friend of piety]. *' Or ‘pious through’. #2 dahishnih is a mere auxiliary suggested by the syllable ‘-dhyai’. **hardly ‘I thought* of Vishtasp as* your comrade, O Aharayih’.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yah Spitamajéya™ Jarathuctraya dakshinam data (b) manushyeshu satkaraniyah? sa narah prakrishtaglaghadanena; [stutya]
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