Pahl. transl. Thus your metrical(?)-measure (or ‘ritual’) is to be spoken, [that is, Your Religion is to be declared]; (b Dastur Jamaspt, who is of the Hv6b, will not utter an unmetrical*® (or ‘profane piece’, or ‘a legal irregularity’), [that is, that which is not evident (or ‘evidently ’) from the Religion he does not declare]. (¢) With the bestowal of what és*t continuously™ present™ (or ‘with a continuous*! bestowal’), he proceeds to Your worship; and this giving of* what* is continuously*! present*! 7s through the bountiful liberality of Srésh (Obedience), [that is, he declares Your Religion, and de-
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Free tr. Where I in holiest metre chant the doctrines; Never the measureless profane I’ll utter;
Praise with Obedience and with gifts I offer.
Who severs keenly each the false and lawful,
May He with wond’rous Sanctity give heed.
votes his personal efforts to priestly studies and duties]; (d) and he distin- guishes thoroughly* what zs to be given (or ‘what 7s giving’), and what also zs not to be given (or ‘not giving’) [and he gives to him to whom it is necessary to give]; (€) wise zs A’s metrical* measure (or ‘ritual’), and this is in accordance with the truth (‘or justice’) of Aflharmazd; [that is, he is intelligent through (or ‘in regard to’) the Religion of Atharmazd].
*1 Perhaps hada spelt »” (* = h, » = d, » = 4) suggested wy = ait, or e#; it is extremely unlikely that this ¢, *, “ means ait, at least when taken in its usual sense; see Gatha and Ner.
Ner.’s sansk text. Evari vah pramanatn vakta, [kila Dinith Yushmakam vakta]; (b) na apramani* Gurur Jamaspo*! Huogudjah?, [kila, yat* Dinivat” ((?)-vat)** na prakatar, tat* na brite], (c) sahadatya* vah Aste* namaskritaye Crogadakshinadanena**. [Sahadatir* iyarh yat* Dini Yushmakath brite, va- pugcha dakshini* kurute*], (d) yo vivinakti dinaricha, addnam cha, [tasmai dadati yasmai yujyate datum], (e) jnaté pramdnamh* satyatayé Maha- jnaninah Svaminah [Dinya Hormijdasya]. *: All Yém-. *%all should be read Huo-. *3 all “vat. ™* see forms of rad often rendered by dakshina, ete. *5 so J.‘
Ner. transl. Thus he* is a proclaimer of Your legal (or ‘ritual’) regu- lation, [that is, a proclaimer of Your Din]; (b) the spiritual Master Jamaspa Huoguaja is not @ proclaimer of an irregularity, [that is, he does not declare what is not evident (or ‘evidently’) according*! to*! the Din]. (c) He is devoted to (or ‘at’) Your Service with a an ever**2 accompanying*? (or ‘joint’)* gift to You, even with Croga’s presentation of offerings; [and this is an ever**? accompanying**, (or ‘joint’) gift, because 7¢ both declares Your Din, and makes the person an offering**]; (d) and he (lit. who) distin- guishes the gift* and what is not a gift*, [that zs, he gives to him to whom it is necessary and fitting to give], (e) and he understands the legal (or ‘ritual’) regulation through the truthfulness of the Great Wise One, the Lord, [through (or ‘in accordance with) the Din of Hormijda].
*1 Hardly ‘supporting the Din °vat’, see min Dini. ** see the Gatha, ** not literally meaning ‘goes to the right of the body’.
Parsi-persian Ms. rit. Edin an i Shuma andazah [], [kf Din 7 Shuma gébishn [gityad kit gumani nah bashad = jdméiinéd* dgh* giimani la jantinéd*) x (b) Nah [] [bi-gu- mani* = avégimdngi*) Dastir Jamasp 7 Hbobi (ham-pusar = biman* (sic loco benman)], (ka, an ¢ az Din nah péda (vel ‘paida’) nah giyad [an gobishn kunand = zak gobishn
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vagind*] % (c) Pah hast* dahishni an an 7 Shuma niyayishn rayad » Pah Srésh sa-
khavat-didan + ya‘ni-kardan in hast + ya‘ni + hastam*? ((?) sic videtur) —[ [] [n= and] Din « Shuma gtiyad, va tan ham sakhayvat-kunad 4n magopatdari] * (d) Bih [va = va]
Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Qui mihi consecrationem*-validam attribuat[-uet], huic sit*! -[sint] etiam optima[-ae] res; (b) [ei enim res opti- mas* ex] meae [mea] opulentiae[-tid per] Bona[-nam] tribuam Mente[-tem] ; (c) [sed] angores-et-oppressiones huic, [i. e. in (vel ‘adversus’) hunc im- mittam] qui nobis [ut] crucians-oppressor*? [angorem, et oppressionem, i. e. angustias] inferat{-ret], id est, eas adversus nos immittat|-tet, i.e. inferat, (d) et], O Mazda, [haec faciam] Sanctitate, [i.e. secundum praecepta Vestrae legis], Vestrum[-tro] delectum**[-tui, i. e. Vestrae voluntati*-supremae et Vestro maudato de me] satisfacere-volens; (e) hoc [enim] meae intelligentiae, men- tisque, consilium-et-decisio [est]. *1 Fortasse significat aschid(t) ‘valde’, tum si haec traductio recta sit reddamus ‘huic valde res-optimas [ex] meae [mea] possessionis [-ione] impertiam’. ** vel lege Astai ‘qui nos angori, [i.e. ad nos angoribus opprimen- dos nos] capiat[-iet et tenebit]. ** yel simpliciter ‘ Vestrae religioni’.
Pahl. text transl. 1 Mtn avo li yan?, [aigh® havishtih i li vadinyén] valman* pavanich® tand* i pahltim, jaighash? pavan® stih mindavam aé® den- man pahlim]. (b) Man avo li ishtd, [aigham® khvastak yehabtinéd] afash’? Vohiman chashéd, [aighash mozd yehabtinéd]. (c) Andstiht! avé valman mtn avo’ lanman anastih yehabinéd. (d) Aftharmazd va Ashavahishté pavan kamaké Lektim shnayém'. (e) Zak li pavan khiradd, pavanich minishné, bara vijinam!, [Dind!}]. ‘See P. throughout. ?DJ., D., M. yan. *DJ. om. ‘DJ. ins. ich; Mf. has avo only. °DJ. om. ich. ©D. om. i, 7D, aigh (ash) ich. *DJ., M. I so also prob. D., but possibly i. ®°DJ. om. am, *°D. afash. 1D. va anastih (2), or ‘anafitih’ (?). 22 DJ., D. avi.
Pahl. transl. He who affords me a blessing, [that is, when they, such persons, shall fulfil the duties of discipleship toward me] even in* the body* of that person this is* that which is the* best, [that is, this is the best thing for him even in this matter of the world]; (b) he who provides me with means, [that is, ‘endows me with property’] the Good Mind is teaching him,
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chinad kih dahishn va kih ham na-dahishn, [ [] an ti.dehad, kih bayad [] (did = —}, [an Jamasp = dx Jaémdsp] | * (e) [Pah = pavan] dan& andazah, pah rasti ¢ Ormuzd
(sic) in, [kti, pah Din % Ormuaid*® akih (agah) [hast = hast] ] # ** Hasti (?).
Free tr. Who Sanctity on me bestows for blessing
Him of my wealth give I through Good Mind best;
Grief upon him I send who sends oppressions;
Thus,’ Lord, I justly seek your will to gladden;
This is mine understanding’s choice and aim.
[that is, he is his teacher because he is giving hima reward for his offerings to me}. (c) Atheistic-falsehood (with® its resudts*) is for him who produces that profanity toward us; (d) 0 Adharmazd and Ashavahisht, I ew? content You as to Your desire; (e) therefore I will scrutinize that [Your Religion] with wisdom and also with attention.
*! Not ‘his it is even in the body of heaven’; see the gloss and also Ner.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yo madarthai sadai’va sa evath vapusha utkrish- tatarah, {kila, jagati kichit® idam eva utkrishtataram, yat chhatratvam™ me kriyate}. (b) Mahyaih lakshmim vatah? (“sie ?) Uttamam asvadayati Manah, [kila, yo mahyaii lakshmim dadati tasmai Gvahmanah prasidam dadati). (c) Andstikatvari tasmai yo ‘smabhyati anistikatvat* datte; (d) he Maha- jidnin, he Dharma, Yushmin svechchhaya satkarayami; (e) tam ahath bud- dhy& manasa cha. vivinajmi [Dinim]. *' J. schhe (?). 7 I8, J.* vyatah; P. vaintah; all y-; it seems the possessive termin. which Ner. intended to use; or read atah.
Ner. transl. He who foils for my sake remains for ever the most exalted through his bodily condition, [that is, the most excellent thing on earth for any one is just this, that discipleship should be formed for me]; (b) thence* it is that the Best Mind assigns property* (2?) to me (or ‘incul- cates and stimulates the bestowal of riches upon me’), [that is, Gvahmana rewards him who offers me bounty]. (c) Infidelity* is for him who practises* infidelity® toward us; (d) O Great Wise One and Thou, O Sanctity, I pro- pitiate You according* to Your own* desire* (hardly ‘spontaneously’), (e) and I discern this [¢A’s Din] with wisdom and intelligence].
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Kih an man [] [jan = gan (sie)], [ka, shdgird? ¢ man ku- nand}, & pah ham tan pahlim (sic), [kiish pah géti chiz in padhlim (sic)} * (0) Kih an man khezinah, [kim khezinah dehad) az-(sic)-ash Bahman chashad, [kish muzd dehad] * (c) Nah + hast? (sic) an Q kih an ma [) [wek**-hasti (!) = Aa-**(?) -hasti] dehad (!) ® (a) Ormuzd* u Ardibahisht, pah kamah Shuma sitidam [kunand = vdgtnd* (?), an alternative conjecture (?)] % (e) An man pah khirad pah ach (? sic fortasse) minishn bih [] [defaced purposely) = vacinad] [Din] #*
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Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). [Immo utinam omnes principes ad - Causam meam se adjungerent et mihi opibus (ad civitatem sacram nostram constituendam sufficientibus) subvenirent (vide supra)] qui [enim adjutor] mihi, i. e. in gratiam (vel ‘gratia’) mei] Sanctitate, [i. e. secundum praecepta et significationes sanctae legis] re vera [id] efficiet (b) [mea] Zarathustrae [causa] id quod [cum larga-benevolentia (vel ‘secundum voluntatem meam’) meum conatum magnum] maxime-promovens-et-prosperans*? [sit, i. e. prosperet], (c) huic [adjutori liberali et generoso* ut] praemium pro-eo-consequentes- dant* [Ahura et Asha (vide stropham XVII (17), d.) praemium] ad-mundum- illic-pertinens (i. e. ultramundanum*) (d) [cum omnibus] mente acceptis [emolumentis] (cum omnibus) [causi*-]Bove*?[-vis] materna[-nae*]; -(e) haec- etiam (vel ‘omnino’] mihi nuntiavisti*® [vel nunties*(-tiabis*)] Tu, O Mazda, [qui eorum] scientissimus [sis]. ** Vel lege hanefité, ‘huic praemium merenti* in-vitam- ulteriorem-validum [dabunt Ahura et Asha]--’. *? Doctus certus reddit ‘duas-boves duas-maternas’ (2), *% sunt qui ‘fecisti tu’ vertant.
_ Pahl. transl. To him who practises my* (?) Sanctity (or ‘acts from Sane-
tity toward* me*(?)’ so better*; see the original) openly (or ‘with open reality’ or ‘truth’) and from that*t motive*!, (b) ze, toward Zarattishts, that [is revealed]
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Free tr.» Who from the Right for me true welfare worketh,
For Zarathushtra help most wished and mighty,
Him give they the reward than earthly better
With all mind-blessings gained from holy* pasture*;
These teaching me, O Lord, art Thou most wise! which is his most advanced desire, [that is, he* desires for him (Z.) more than has been accomplished*], (c) ¢o him who is deserving as to the reward in both worlds, (d) who also makes*? an*? acquisition*? for me, [that is, bestows something as a offering for the Cause upon me], with him, (i.e. with such an one) as that reward the Kine called ‘Az’ abides for all [time]; (e) this is likewise my satisfaction*, O Atharmazd, when I am acquainted with this which is pre-eminently Thine, [Thy Religion]. **NB. zak is inserted as if to make* sure* that min = hacha should be applied to Aharayih (totally impos- sible in ordinary Pahlavi; see p. XIV, Introd. flg.). *?so far better than ‘announces’ as I formerly rendered; see vistais. ** probably reading vas (see Y. 49. 4, c.) for sas.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yo me punyarh prakatarh tasmat samacharati (b) Jarathuctrasya yah kamah prakrishtatamah, [kila, yo Jarathuctrasya nidargita* aste], (c)sa prasdide anuripo bhavati ubhayor bhuvanayoh. (d) Mam grihituh* (sic, lege grah°) sarhclishté sadai’va Goajinamni!, [yo mahyarh kith- chit* dadati, tena saha sariclishta bhavati sadai’va Goajinamni]. (e) Tayai’va me sathtoshah* Tvadiyaya, Mahajiianin, vijidtya* [Dinyd Te]. *C.;J.%,J.4 P. gauaj°.
Ner. transl. He who practises my righteousness publicly. from this (b) which is Jarathustra’s most pronounced*! desire, [that is, from that which is the revealed desire of Jarathustra], (c) is fitted for and deserving of the reward prepared in both the worlds. (c) To the one who receives me*? the © Cow named Aji belongs and she is for ever united with him, [that 7s, whoever bestows anything as an offering upon me, with him the Cow named Aji is united for ever]; (e) and just hy this means, O Thou Great Wise One, is my contentment* realized; that is, by means of Thy known doctrine, [that is Thy Din]. ** So meaning *? lit. ‘of the seizer of me’.
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Yasna XLVI. Gatha(a) Spenté Mainyti (Spentamainyu).
(NB. The Commentary here refers also to my former printed and circu- lated edition.)