Verbatim transl., etc. O Zarathushtra, quis [est] tibi sanctus amicus- et-socius-fidelis (b) [pro] magnae[-na] Magae[-ga, i.e. pro magno conatu causae nostrae* sacrae]? Quis vel [vult a populo oboedienti et devoto] prorsus- [sine ulla dubitatione]-audiri*t (vult)? (c) Ita [re vera talis est] ille (ipse*) Kavanus Vishtaspa fortis, herous*. (d) Quos Tu, O Mazda, in-eodem- domicilio*, [i.e. in idem domicilium (secundum Tuam voluntatem communi-sanctitate-inspi- ratos)] congregavisti*? (congreges-abis* et inter se consociatos reddas[-es] (e) eos invocem*{-cabo] Bonae [meis] dictis Mentis, [i.e. per hos meos hymnos metricos sacros a Bona Mente (ut persona mente concepta) inspiratos]. ** Vel fortasse
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sadvyaparinya, (¢) evarh tasmai Mahdjiiani bhuvanam dadati Svami [sthanam yat paralokiyam]; (d) tasya bhtivibhatinh* Uttamam pravardhayati Manah [Uttamamand- amarah]; (e) tara vo dharme sadai’va dhyaéyami cuddhasakh- ayam [Dinau yushmakaib, tari Gustagpar yah sakhayatvam** Dineh sad- vyaparataya kurute]. *199 J.3, J.4; ©, P. ‘mavaya. *7J.°, J.* “ryantyah. ** J. °yaih tya; J.‘ sashayaih tva (sic); J.* °tvam.
Ner. transl. (a, b) That man is to be honoured among men with the gift of proclaimed praise and with righteous {laudation] who is a bestower of *offerings (for the Cause) upon Jarathustra of the Spitamae; (c) therefore the Great Wise One the Lord, is bestowing life (or ‘the world’) upon him, [the Place which is beyond]; (d) and the Highest (Good) Mind augments bis landed*-estate* (or ‘worldly property’) [he the immortal Highest* Mind]; (e) such a man do I ever regard as your good associate in sanctity [in Your Din, this Gustaspa, who with good works discharges the duties* of an associate* of (i. e. in) that Din].
Parsi-persian Ms. frit. Kih an a ¢ Spitaman Zaratusht — —, (b) azash* (sic) andar adamiyan ta‘rif-bid (= shnayinéd) [v = va] 4n mard pah fraz parvarishn (= Pahl. srayishn (?)) dahishni, [kiyash bih nék-sakhun [va = va] nék] * (c) édin an i [i = varman*] i Ormuzd* jiban* [] [dehad [ [takht = dabiinéd*] [gas i anja] * (4) An i {] {an = —] jihan* [] Bahman zyadah dehad, (ki, bih afzayad, [ki Bahisht dehad = dgh Vahisht dabinéd*) (e) [) (Oshan = varmanshdn] [Vishtasp] pah an ¢ Shuma Savab {hamishah ][] {chiz = mandim] 7 khip [] fhamishah [= —}, [ka, néki dost (vel ‘dtist’)] s
Free tr. Whom hast thou thus, O Zarathushtra, righteous?
Who seeks distinction* in our holy effort?
T’is he himself, the brave Vishtaspa Kava.
Whom in the same abode Thou, Lord, shalt gather*!, |
These in the words of Good Mind I invoke! (* Or ‘did’st’). ‘quis vult [doctrinas (et postulata probata et mandata)] hujus Causae [ut nuntius pri- marius] promulgare; vel (tentemus iterum) ‘quis vult se clarum fleri’. *? vel ‘quos, [i. e. cum. quibus congrediaris(-dieris] in eadem domo’ (vel ‘in eandem domum’).
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Pahl. transl. Zaratisht, who [is] a righteous friend for* thee (b) in this great magianship* (? or ‘important Cause’), [in this pure* goodness*]?; for whom also is the desire with thee for the delivery* of the proclaiming forth ?, [that is, for whom is The Religion wished-for (or ‘needed ’) by thee, when (or ‘since’) thou proclaimest it]? (c) So (or ‘such’) és Kat Vishtasp the warrior [he does this]; (d) he who* when he praised*1, O* Atharmazd, (or ‘praised™! A’) he converted*! the [strong*?] clan to it, [that is, he will bring the [powerful*?] clan to the Religion]; (e) and those [who are of the Spita- mae] do I also call to that which is the word of Vohiman, [i. e. I incite them to this Religion]. * Or ‘when A. 7s praised’, but see Gatha and Ner. for the
voc; if both verbs are presents then ‘when he praises A. he converts’. *? an alternative or additional trl. of the syllables éméi.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Jarathuctra, kas te muktdtma mitro (b) mahata mahattvena? [kila, nirmalena uttamatvena* ?) kasmaicha prakrishtoktidAne* kamah, [kila, Te Dinih kasmaicha rochate*?; kasya* brishe*!?] (¢) Evam asau raja Guctagpah sarhgrami* (d) yah stota, Mahajnanin*?, sahavasino vyavartayati, Svamin, |kila, Saha-anvayikin* Dinau samanayati], (e) tan dhvanayami Uttamasya ukteshu Manasah, [kila, ye Spitamat*® santi tan
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pro vobis Sanctitatem, (i. e. instituta Regni (pro vobis)) constituere[-uite]’ daduyé = dadvé inf. loco imper.(?). **i.e. institutis in rerum primordiis et etiam usque adhuc valentibus.
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Dinau samanayami]. *'J.*, J.* brate. **J.* ins, svamin®. **J.%, J.4 ‘main; soP., .; was the ‘n’ for ‘t’ as often, or have we a clumsy plural? Ner. transl. Jarathustra who és thy free-souled (or ‘religious*’) friend
(b) through (or ‘in’) the great greatness, [that is, through the pure goodness ?] ; and for whom 7s Thy desire for the giving of the proclamation?, [that is, whom does Thy Din also please?; and whose (or ‘for* whom’) dost thou declare]? (c) So is that King Gustdspa the warrior, (d) who as a praiser, O Great Wise One the Lord, brings back (or ‘converts’) the households, [that is, he assembles the family-connection within the Din]; (e) and these al I am convoking in the words of the Highest (or ‘Good’) Mind, [that is, I am assemble those who are descended* from Spitama within the Din].
Parsi-persian Ms, trit. Zaratusht! kih tii ashé ddst** bashad (b)[] meh khalis, [pah in avézah vehi]? Tu-vra, an kih fraz parvarishn, [va —=-—] dehad kamah, [kit Din an kih [] [6shan = varmanshan] kih giyi?] * (c) Edin f ¢ Kai Vishtasp [] [ka*(?) + ya‘ni + farzanak* (?) = kdri] [kunad], (d) kih stayishn ¢ Ormuzd* [] (himmat = hama- vandah* (?)) buland —, [ki, hamdidah 7 buland bih an Din Avarad]* (e) Oshan khvaénam an 4n 7 Bahman sakhun [kih az Spitaman hend, ashan (?) bih an in Din khézanam (? -anam)] * * Or ‘dist’.
Free tr. To you I speak, O Haéchad-aspae kinsmen,
Since things unlawful ye discern and lawful,
By these Your deeds ye help* the Holy State
With the primeval laws which Mazda gave. *30 D.; DJ. gobishntfim. *M. lako min. °D. om. va. * DJ., D. nih. 7DJ. om. * DJ, D. ins. i. * DJ. kabed.
Pahl. transl. O Haéchad Aspanéd! yours is the speaking (or ‘ye are to be addressed’) of the Spitamae* (b) since offering (?), and also what is not offering* (?) are thoroughly discriminated by you, [that is, the thing which is correctly-pious is (to be (?)) thoroughly distinguished by you from that which is improper-and-impious]; (c) Sanctity is to be attributed* to you [as securing a reward] for those deeds of yours, (d) according* to which* Afttharmazd first* gave (that which 7s the reward].
Ner.’s sansk. text. He Haechadaspiyaéh*!! vak yushmakath, he Cpita- miyah*, (b) yat* danam vivinaktum*!+2, yachcha’ adanazh, [kila, yushmakath kimchit* yat sadvyaparitararm avyapdritarat* yujyate vivekturh]; (c)** yush- makarh karmabhih punyara yushmabhyath dasyate [prasddah*] (d) yéni dadau*® prathamam Hormijdah. *'C. *J.* faint anusvara. ** corrected. **J.%, J.* ins. te; *J.%, J.* dah; P, “dam. *J.3, J.* om. dvau which C., P. have.
Ner. transl. O ye Haechadaspidae and, ye CQpitamidae, yours is the word; (b) what is offering is to be distinguished and what is not offering, [that is, it is necessary to scrutinize everything belonging to you, and to distinguish those which are the better works* from those which are the
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worse]. (c) On account of your actions Your Sanctity will take [the reward (-darh (P.))], (or better ‘will be given* to (or ‘for’) you as’) [the reward(-dah)]), (d) which actions Hormijda maintained as rewarded at first™?. *11f dyau or dve is read, then ‘which two (dve) the deeds and their reward: -’. Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Héchad [Asp = Asp (?)] n. tr. p. Aspanéd) gobishn ta (?
Verbatim transl. Frashaoshtra huc [veni, vel ‘illuc* [i*] tu uné-cum-(his-] -adjutoribus-liberalibus [sociis] (veni [vel ‘i’]), (b)O Hvégva, und-cum-iis quos expetimus [et desideramus-nos-ambo* in-salute-exoptata ([pro-|patriae*[-tria, i. e. ad patriam ex periculo praesenti eripiendam; (c) immo huc veni [vel ‘illuc i’] ubi Sanctitate[-tem] comitatur Pietas (prompta mens) (d) ubi [sint} Bonae Mentis desiderata*? Regna*2, (e) [et] ubi Mazda in-potestate-beatifica** habitat Ahura. *! Sunt qui usta stdi = ‘in-felicitate esse’ vertant (stdi inf. ah = esse). “* vel lege ista Kh-threm: ‘ubi Regimen in-possessione (? et intra potestatem) Bonae Mentis [sit]. * sunt qui var(e)demam ‘in-castello-Suo’ reddant. Doctor certus reddit ‘in magnificentia [Sua]’ (?). ** Fieri potest ut piorum sedes caelestes in hac stropha indicentur, sed tamen vide athra = ‘huc -- intra nostram civitatem, secundum precem meam, veni ubi Devotio nostra cum sacra Tua lege se conjungat, etc.’; sed oblivisei vel ignorare non debemus quin ambae duae vitae hac et illac quasi ut similes, 1, €. ut partes unius et ejusdem vitae spiritalis, a Z. mente conceptae-sint.
Pahl. transl. O Frashéstar, for (or ‘on account of’) an offering thou art*! coming*! (or ‘is thy* coming’) beyond, [that is, offering is to be: made
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sic = tan), shuma kih Spitaman (wndecipherable) [hast] % (b) Oshan (?) [= Aftan* da- hishn bih {][ bih- (?) guzyandah = chénishn) [] kih ham na-+bih (? sic videtur) + da- hishn, {ka, tan chiz 7 nék az an 7 bad bih [] [chinad = chinishn]** (c) Pah oshan kunishn ¢ shum& Savéb an shuma [khvahad = — (?)| [] [dad = ddbuind (?)—] [muzd| (a) kih [] dad avval Ormuzd* [4n i muzd] *
Free tr. Come Frashaostra, Thou with offerers, Hvdgva!
With those we seek, to bring* ‘This land’s salvation ;
Come where Devotion blends with Holy Justice;
Where lie the Realms desired of Good Mind,
Where God in His own might* abides!
by thee in Garédman], (b) thow who art of the Hvob, for whom is satisfied happiness, [i.e., his 2s that desired reward, his ¢s an existence in happiness, [that is, there in the other world is his happiness], (c) there beyond where Asha- vahisht* dwells with the Perfect Mind, (d) there where the desired sove- reignty of Vohiiman is, (e) there where Attharmazd dwells according to His desire in His abode! * Forms in ishn are often undoubtedly used in this sense.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Pheracaustara paratre* (sic, lege -tra) tubhyam dakshinapravrittayah, [kila, tubhyath dakshinah' antar Garothmane! karyah], (b) he Huogudjah*, tabhir yah sarhtushtah tasya cubhe sthitih, [kila, tam prasadam yasya rochate, tasya paratre|-tra] cubhar bhavati], (c) paratre[-tra] Dharmah samiaclishtah Sampirnamanasa, (d) paratre(-tra] Uttamamana ip- sina*$ (or ‘-no’) ’sti rajyarh; (e) paratre[-tra] Mahajnani svechchhaya sthane nivasati Svami. *! All but J.* °tre. *so J.%, J; J* Huo-, *°J.%, J.* ete. -na, but a fem. was hardly meant; yet see samptrn® in ¢ representing (?) the fem. Aramaitis.
Ner. transl. Pheracaustara, there are to be developments* of* offerings for Thee in the other world, [that is, official gifts* (perquisites*(?)) are to be presented to Thee in Garothmana], (b) O Huoguaja, he who is rendered content (or ‘satisfied*’)) with these things, his position is in happiness, [that is, whose reward gives him pleasure, his is happiness in the other world]. -(c) There in that other world Sanctity is embraced by the Perfect Mind, (d) there in that other world the one endowed with the Best Mind* is desir- ous* of the sovereignty; (e) in that other world the Great Wise One dwells in his abode, absolute, and according to his wiil, the Lord.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Frashéshtar anja [] an sakhavat (sic) raftan, [kit + ya‘ni + tf sakhavati andar Garétman] [], (b) kih az Hbobi (hasti, va] kih pah 6shan raza- mandi * [ki [] fn muzd bayad] ash pah néki éstishn + ka’ im * [kfish Anja nék(i) bashad]; (c) anja [] Ardibahisht ava bundah minishni*, (d) anja (?), ki [pah= pavan] -Bahman khyast éstéd khudai; (e) anja ki Ormuzd* pah kam (sic videtur pro kémak) andar [kallah* (?), fortasse kar sic pro gay = var? = demfin*] manad *
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Verbatim transl., etc. [Veni tu huc (vel ex contrario ‘i tu illuc’)) ubi in vestro hymno-metrico, [i. e. hymno lege metri a vobis accepta composito | laudes-[Ahurae]-pronuntiem™[-tiabo*! etiam ego] (b) (non) [nullo modo] in [vel ‘secundum’(?) orationem] -sine-metro*, [i. e. metri-egentem*! et ergo profanam, celebrabo], O Dejamaspa Hvégva, (c) [sed] semper-cum agnita*? [et ab Ahura probata*? oboedientia] laudes [Deo pronuntiabo (cum oboedientia) oblationis, [i. e. cum oboedientia per largitiones in auxilium conatus (nobis omnibus communis) ample peracta]; (d) qui cernat rem-legalem (-que [vel ‘rem fidei congruentem et commodam’| eamque legibus-fidei-contrariam [con- siderato], (e) [i. e. has meas laudes] cum-mira-efficienti [-et - me-inspiranti Sanctitate] considerato* (sic ‘man*’ active) (Sanctitate) Mazda Ahura.
** Vel et fortasse certius* (?): ‘(I Tu illuc] ubi [Ahura habitat et laudes] in vestro {sancto}] metrico*-cantu* (loc. sing.) [recipit (vide stropham XVI (16))] (b) nullo-modo laudem- sine-metro, O D.-H-.’ ** vel ‘semper agnoscite* (?) et probate (sic ?) has meas laudes - - -’.