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vide primam stropham (a).
Pahl. text translit. ‘Amat yemalelinani! li hana i Lak akasth, Athar- mazd [Dind* i Lak], (b) pésh min zak vad amat? avé li zak i pavan’+1 damik vadarg yamttinéd, [ras i* Vahisht! i# Dashahté* vad zindakth], (c) chigin® ahartiban, Atharmazd, vanand! darvandan [min kardé! ¢ li], (d) maman zak dén ahvané pédako zak i shapir kardarih, [réshanak6d aigh tand* i pasind ghal yeheviinéd!]. ‘See P. 2Mf. om. *DJ., D. ins. *DJ. ins. i. * or ‘°ahyo’.
Pahl. trl. When I* shall declare this which is Thine intelligence, O Afttharmazd, [Thy Religion], (b) before (till when* (sic)) that* which is on the Bridge of the earth comes to me [the Bridge which is the way to (or ‘until’) the life of Heaven and of Hell] (c) how shall the holy, O Athar- mazd, smite the wicked [assisted by (or ‘from’) my influence]? (d) I ask Thee,
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vanith, na prapnuvanti, No’chyate] (c) amrityupravrittirn Devinarm manush- yanam [aste**]. (d) Evath Te labhah namaskritih® adhyavasayah* Svamino [Dinih® Tava]. + J.*; others tim. *? J.4 on marg. talayati. ° J.t badhyak®. * J. cha, ° J.* namah®. *J.%, ** lege ‘anti, or cikshayanti, so better. **Aste =iti. (Trl. struck out),
Parsi-persian Ms. irft. Kih, pah [] dahishn, [pah tan ¢ pasin], Sawab Druj shikanad [w’Ardibahisht [] [andar = andarg**], (b) kih an rasad kih [] [-shan=-shdn] pah friftari (vel ‘faribtari’) [ira = varman ra) fraz guft, [ki nah rasad], (c) amarg-raftani 1 Déwan [] adamiyan, (d) édinin ¢ Ta stid [az = min] niydyishn afzayad, Hormuzd, [] [Din 7 Ta} x
Free tr. Tell me, Lord, then what Thou so* well* perceivest
E’er those* draw near which are my storms* and* battles,
Shall, Lord, our saints at last smite down the sinners ?
For this is known as life’s good deed and gain*.
for that is the manifest good (or ‘salutary’) efficiency which shall appear in the world. [It is clear that the* final body appertains to this (or ‘that this refers to the final body’)].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Vadimi* ahah evari Te avabodhah Svamino, Dineh Taya} (b) ptirve(?)*t manushyah prithivyarh? antarale prapnuvanti, [marge Svar- gasya® Narakasyacha‘], (c) yatha muktatmanazh Svaminah uttamadanam[vadanti], tatha durgatimatam, (d) yat tat antah*4 utkrishtabhuvane prakatai sundararn kartum> {kamasya nirmalasthanam, tanoh pagcbat akhshayatvaih jayate*].
tJ, a. sarve. *J.° prithyim: °J.%, J.* svarakasya®. *so all. ° J.3, P.
Ner. tri. Thus I speak as* Thy servant (or ‘Thine’ (°dharh)) intelligence, the Lord’s, [the wisdom* of Thy Din] (before)!** men come upon the enclo- sure (the Bridge*) upon the earth [upon the way to Paradise and Hell], (c) and as they declare*? a good gift for (or ‘of’) the free-souled (or ‘righteous ’) so also the recompense for (or ‘of’) the wicked, (d) because this is that evident good action* in the excellent world, {the pure (or ‘clear’) occasion of desire after the perpetuity of the body shall have been* produced].
*1 So with Spiegel, hardly ‘sarve’. *? vadanti is an altern. trl, for yanand.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit.~ Kt (? kih) g .. (defaced) man in 7 Ti Agahi, Hormuad, [ [] Ti [nist nah bavad = rozt (ldit) 1a janitnéd] ], (b) pésh az An ta kih an man an 7 pah zamin rah (?)rasad, [rah ¢ Bahisht u Dozakh ta zindagi] (c) chfin [An = zac] ¢ ashavan, Hérmuzd, veh (?) [= Pahl. yohf- (or ‘y-h-d-) + hend (? sic vid.)] darwandan [az kar- dan = —] 7 man], (d) chih 4n andar jihan péda, an ¢ veh-kardari, [rfishan kai tan 7 pasin 6 (or ‘ft’) bashad [Agah = dgéds]] %
Free tr. Yea to the wise is that the best of doctrines,
Which that best-*helping* One doth teach through Asha,
With honour* owning those who deep truths utter,
The one like Thee through Good Mind’s wisdom, Lord!
Verbatim trl., etc. Sic [viro in-officium-suum] scienti [vel ratione doc-
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trinae sacrae imbuto, est illa] optima hortationum [vel doctrinarum] (b) [ea] quam [omnia-] bene-constituens [et ergo bene-intelligens] declarat [vel docet per] Sanctitate[-tem] Ahura (c) benignus (vel fortasse ‘sanctus’ (2), [et agnos- cens* [eos*!] quicunque* [sint, qui] doctrinas-(usque-adhuc) secretas-promul- gantes*! [sint (sic)]. (d) [Immo] Tui-similis [eas docet doctrinas et hortationes- enuntiat et], O Mazda, [per] Bonae intelligentia [-tiam] Mentis.
*1 Td est ‘promulgent’, vel ‘sciens eas quae secretae doctrinae* [sint*’].
Pahl. transl. Thus for the one (see gl. and 4) endowed with intelligence (the disciple] 7s there the best of instruction, [that which 7s taught him| (b) when to him the one endowed with good wisdom [the Herbad*‘] teaches the truth of*! Atharmazd [the Religion of Atharmazd]. (c) Bountiful and intelligent {is*! the Herbad] knowing what that is which is also the saying of the secret ones [that of the Aharméks** (sic (?) the Persecuting-heretics) ; for it he will declare a remedy (or counter-charm)]. (d) Like Thee, OA., is
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Verbatim transl., etc. Qui dabat{-bit, ie., advertet™tmentem suam ad* rem-meliorem*!, O Mazda, purioremque*®, [i.e. ad fines propositos sacri nostri conatus], (b) ille-ipse* Religionem (sanctam nostram) in-actione(que) et in- verbo(que) [sequitur.] (c) Ejus [i. e. suos delectus*] amatos, |i. e. principia sua animo et corde accepta] optio [sua enuntiata, vel judicium-firmum-suae- voluntatis pronuntiatum etiam in-facto peractum delectus [illos] comitatur, [i. e. sequatur principia sua ex professo agnita de doctrinis et de propositis, i. e. necesse est ut illa optio* (professio* sua*) cum his doctrinis in factum per- acta se concordantem reddat] (d) [quod] in-Tua intelligentia [discernenti] ad-
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he [in that matter] whose is Vohiman’s wisdom, [that is, he possesses an original intelligence which is acute (lit. good) because of its piety].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarh yat jiidnam [avabodhamcha janatil, tasya atah param bhuvanari bhavati, giksh(ay)et*!. (b) Cobhanajiianinah Ervadasya sa- mipe giksh(ay)et? satyavanim Svaminah [Dinim]. (c) Vriddhih? jianarhcha idar [Ervadasya samipe ciksh(ay)et4] yat tat adhyAgaminah’ [Aharmanasya] vakyamh [tasya upayarh vadati]. (d)Te utkrishtabhuvanarh (sic), Svamin, yat kirnchit etat Gvahmanasya buddhih [kila, naisaregika** buddhih sundara suvyapara®, Dehi].
“1 J3, J.*,. J. gishyet* (?). ?J.3, J.4.(2) here gikshyet. *%J.* vriddhimcha mana; P. buddhih. * here J.3, J.4, J.* again cishyet (?). °J.4 adhyag® (so). °J.3, J,4suv°; others sad°,
Ner. trl., etc. Thus let him teach (or ‘learn’(?)) what knowledge [he knows as intelligence*], for his (or ‘its’(?)) is the world*t beyond*!, (b) Let him teach** [in the presence of the Ervad] who is beneficiently wise the true word of the Lord [the Din}. (c) And let mental augmentation* (nom. not °dhirh, see the Gatha) and this knowledge* impart instruction [in the presence of the Ervad which (or ‘because he’) declares a remedy] against that which is the discourse of the underhanded [Aharmanal, etc. (trl. curtailed). #Or‘learn’.
*! Pahliim as = yahisht = ‘heaven’. *2 mistaking ‘havand’ for ‘ht-ahvand’.
Free tr. Who bends his mind on holier things and better** Holds by the Faith in every word and action;
His will must follow close his creed’s profession
And in Thy knowledge stand distinct at last.
ultimum varie ([vel ‘quisque vir (de sua propria indole et de eo quod ad mores suos et ad facta suae vitae attinet) a malis’]) sejunctus sit [vel ‘erit’].
*' Fortasse ‘qui mentem [suam et mentes nostras meliores et puriores reddat’. *2 utrum verti potest ‘ad melius et ad pejus’? sic traditio.
Pahl. text translit. ‘Mtn yehabtinéd minishnd, Attharmazd, avd shapirih', amatich? avd saritarih, (b) valman Dind*? pavan kiinishnd vat gobishnd! [kt- nishnd> ghal vadtinyén®, gdbishnd7 ghal yemalelfinédé, ash Dind* bara yehe- viinéd]. (c) Mtn zak i8 valman déshishnd pavan nadfiikih*! ash kamakoch levat- man, [min kar va kirfak pavan avibimih® vadinyén! pavan hand darishnd}, aighash minishnik kardé]. (d) Pavan hand i Lak khiradé afdimich gabra nesh- man homand, {aigh Gasanik bard yeheviind]. ‘See P. ?D.va mtmich. *DJ., D.
ins. i, * D. ins.va. 5 DJ., D. ins. 7. °DJ. ins. ya. 7D. ins. i *D. om 7, ° DJ. avimbimih,
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Pahl. trl., etc. He who devotes his attention to goodness, O Attharmazd, even when also to wickedness* (sic), (b) that man serves the Religion in action and speech, [that is, they (that is, such as he) would do actions for it, and he speaks words for it, it is thoroughly his Religion]. (c) He whose és friend- ship by (or ‘for’) benefit (or ‘toward (?) goodness’), with him also there is a desire accompanying* with* it, [i. e., it és thus with those who will fulfil duty and charity without fear, and with this consideration, that they have done a spiritual action (or ‘are made spiritual’ by it}. (d) Both men and women at last become endowed with this Thy wisdom, [that is, they will become devoted to the Gathic doctrine].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yat tat*! dehi manasa, Svimin, uttamarh yat nikrish- tatarar?, (b) Ayath {iyam*] Dinih karmana vachasa karya, [kila, kartavya, tat sarveshar kathaniyé ye Diner* antah* samjatah]. (c) Teshath mitratvam sundaratvar) abhilashayet* samam, [yat kaéryena punyena nirbhayatvam? kArayet. Punyagrahandya manas4* karyar], (d) yat ayam [l. iyam*] Te bud- dhih nirvane narandim ndrindm Aste, [kila, datih Te bhavishyati].
1 J. yat tat. ? so J.°; others utkrisht®.
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Verbatim transl. Principes- bonum- regimen - exercentes regnanto! Ne [quidem] nos [in nos reges] malum-regimen-persequentes [regnent] (b) bonae sapientiae [in] actionibus, O Pietas (prompta mens), (c) ut-rem-sacram-red- dentes (vel ‘dantes’, °ddo nom. pl.) [illi boni-rectores] homini (i. e. viro sancto) progeniem* (aipi*-z°), O* Optima, ([vel et fortasse melius, ‘O Aramaitis*, ut- sacram-reddens (°dao voc. sg.), vel (semel iterum), ‘O A., sacras-reddas (°dao 224 so.) homini-Tuo-devoto post*! ortum™! res-optimas*’), (d) [Pro-] Bovil-ve] fac-ut-laborent*? (med. loco pass.), Eam [eum gregem] nobis victui valde-Tu- augeas*®. * Fortasse verti potest ‘praeter partum’. *? vel (d) ‘Pro B. laborato* (loco act.) sanctus agricola’ ** vel fshuy6é, nom. sg. (?).
Pahl. text transl. ‘Zakaté hi-khfidai padakhshayinishn?, va? al lanman zak i dish-khidai shalitat yehevindd’, [aigh, mand khudai i naduko yehe- vinad®, alt zak i sarya], (b) i shapir, farzinaké, [aigh farjam+ i mindavam ~ pavan frartindih khavitiméds|, zak min kinishnd pavan bindak minishnih, — [aigh, mindavam® bindak-minishniha? vaddinyén‘]. (c) Yéshdasarih® 1° an-
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Ner. trl., etc. Which thing do Thou bestow (reading-éd as 224 pl.), O Lord, which is the best, and also the more base (so J.2, see the Pahl, or ‘the more exalted (? utkrisht? = ashyascha’ = ‘the more holy’)) with thought. (b) This Din is to be fulfilled in word and in deed, [that is, it is to be fulfilled, and proclaimed by (or ‘to’) all who are born within zt, this Din]. (c) Let one* therefore seek the friendship of these persons and happiness* (or ‘good- ness’) together with them, [which may produce fearlessness through righteous action; but that action must be performed for the purpose of apprehending sanctity with the mind], (d) because in the end this Thy wisdom shal* be* that of doth men and women, [that is, it shall be Thy gift to them hereafter|.
Parsi-persian Ms. Kih dehad minishn, Hormuzd, an [] [veh = shapir], [wa = va] kih ham 4n badtari, (b) fi Din pah kunishn, gobishn, [ {a= va] kunishn 6 (or ‘d’) kunand, gébishn 0 (or ‘6’) gfiyad; ash Din bih béd + ya‘ni + bashad * (c) Kih an 7 @ (or ‘6°) khwahishn-kunad pah néki, ash kAmah ham awa, [kih kar u kirfah pah bi-tarsi {kunand (?) = vagénand), pah in dashtan [kunad = vdgina(é)d*}, kash andésidan kunad] ** (a) Pah in ¢ Ta khirad akhir (or ‘akhar’) ham [mard zan] hend, [ki Gaséni bih btid] *
Free tr. Let the good lords bear rule; those evil never,
With well-planned deeds of wisdom, thou Devotion,
Hallowing to man his* children’s* highest blessing. (* or ‘from birth his’.) For holy herds use toil; yield thou us food.