Pahl. irl., etc. That Thy good monarch 7s to exercise™! rule*! (or ‘to be made king’), and let no evil ruler be our sovereign, [that is, let ours be a good, and not an evil monarch], (b) one who is good and also wise, [that is, one who understands the conclusions of things through his piety], and one whose actions are performed with a perfect intention, [that is, they should accomplish a thing with perfect-*mindedness*]. (c) The sanctification of men after birth is the highest* good*, [that is, innocence from birth és the best (the ‘highest good’)]. (d). That which appertains to the Herd’s labourer* [to the husbandman] for us, i.e. as duty, is to make food abundant, (or ‘thriving’) [that is, by him my food (mine, Zarathusht’s) is to be thorougly prepared (or ‘provided’), and that of*2 my disciples as well], ** Infin. for imper ‘His is the ruling’. *2 or ‘to be prepared by* my disciples’.
Ner’s sansk. text. Etesham surajyam prithivipatitvar* bhaiyat; ma
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etesham dushtarajyamh bhiyat, [kila, griharn surdjiidm sundaram bhtiyat; ma etesham nikrishtanam bhiyat]. (b) Uttamo nirvanajiiah, [yat nirvanam? kirnchit suvyaparam janati], yat kartavyath, tat samptrnamanasa sarvarh karantyaihl. (c) Pavitrikaranath manushyanam pagchat yat jatandth utkrishtabhuvanam2, [pagchat yat jatanarh evar) avabodham* (? -ah) utkrishtabhuvane]. (d) Gavarh virachayita*, [pagupata kutumbinah] so ’smabhyath khadyam* sphitayati, [kila, asmattanum vardhayati®. Ahaih Jarathuctro* bhavami, ete cishyah me sam- sarge* bhavanti]. ‘ J.‘ ‘vane. 2J.4 °krishtai-bh®. * J.* °dhayitum.
Ner. trl., etc. Let the earthly authority*! of these rulers be a beneficial sovereignty; let no misrule be theirs, [that is, let the house of the good sovereigns be well-ordered, and let not the rule of these degraded ones pre- vail]. (b) The best (i. e. the good) man és wise concerning the end, {which means (see aigh) that he understands that the end* 7s to de something prac- tically* righteous ([or “vane ‘he understands matters piously in the end’})]. Whatever is to be done dy him, is to be done, all of it, with a perfect
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Verbatim trl., etc. Illa Bos sacra ([vel fortasse ‘Aramaitis*’]) enim nobis felicitatem-domesticam, Illa nobis coptinuam (b) det [vel ‘dabit’] vim Bonae Mentis [in-]-beatitudine [vel, O Tu beata (°dhé = °dhya)]. (c) Itaque {ad id consilium gratiae plenum reddendum ei [Bovi, i.e. in gratiam (causa) hujus Bovis vel A-tis*, i.e. ad nostram A-tim, (i. e. diligentiam* in laboribus agri-culturae) remunerandam] Sanctitate (i. €. Causa sancti nostri in agri-cultura studii) Mazda arbores-herbasque augebat [vel-gebit, faciens-ut-crescerent [-scant]] (d) Ahura mundi [vel ‘vitae’] in-partu [vel ‘in-ortu’] prioris.
Pahl. text translit. *Mamman zak lanman khvarth? [min géspendan| va? zak lanman tikhshishnd* [nirtké] (b) yehabtinéd tikhshishn* zak ? Vohtiman arzik, (c¢) aéttind pavan zak i valman® tarsakasih’, [amat Tora khadik-dad tano** bara did®] Adharmazd ddrvar (or ‘hirvar*’) vakhshinad®, [aighash bara afzayinéd] (d) Atharmazd dén ahvan3 zak i fratim rai, [dahishnd!° t Voht- man rai]. ‘See P. 2DJ. *ishn. * DJ., D. ins. va, * so D.; DJ., M. kirfik. 5 all tikhishn (or ‘tyakhishn’), * DJ. ins. 4. 7 so D.; K.® “agahih (?), DJ. Sagahih. * so DJ.; K.® yehabiind. * so DJ, possibly (?); others °€d. 4° so K.; DJ., D. (?) dakhshak (altern.).
Pahl. trl., etc. For that one gives* us (see 5) comfort* [from the herds], and that one gives us [strong] vigour, (b) yea, that one gives us vigour, the
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mind]. (c) The purification of men after their birth* is for* the best world* (utkrisht-1 as adj. vahista = bahisht = ‘heaven’(?)), [that zs their intelligence, after they are born appertains* to* the better world*|. (d) The one who arranges* for* the Kine, [that 7s, the agriculturalist’s herdsman] is increasing the supply of food for us, [that is, he causes our body to increase én vigour. TI say* this*, and 1 am Jarathuctra; and these are my disciples in their association* (?) with me (or ‘in their production’ (see the Pahl.))]. *!‘landed’(?). Parsi-persian Ms. An at nék-khuda padishah [=(?)] [bad=Jjdnindd] []} ma* ma an ¢ bad-khuda padishah bad, [kf, man khudé 7 nék bad [] [ma* = var (sic loco va + al)] an ¢ bad] (b) ¢ veh, dana, [kai, akhir* ¢ chiz pah néki danad], an kih kunishn pah pur minishni*, {kfi, chiz pur minishni* kunand [f ra nék khudai —=valman ré hi-khiddi jantinéd] * (ce) Béd -+ baki + kunandah 7 Adami pas az zadan buland [pas az zadan an(?) akah (sic = anagah) buland [darad = jaénstind*] (d) [] gésfend varzidar, [vastryésh*] an 7 ma ra khfrishn + ya‘ni (sic) [] [afztmi-dehad = fshuvinishn], [kish khtrishn 7 man kih Zaratusht hastam, shagirdan 1 man bih sazad [= sAzishn]] * * Or ‘akhar’.
Free tr. For they will give us pleasing homes and power, Long-lasting strength in grace of Good Mind, Lord,
For her He grew through Holiness the pastures,
The God, in birth of all primeval life!
desired* (as nom.(?) or accus.) of Vohiiman, (c) and therefore will* Athar- mazd cause the plants to grow for the sake of blessing* (or ‘reverential* recognition* toward her’) [since He created the body of the one only-created Kine, i. e. he will cause them to increase for her], (d) He Atharmazd in accordance with (or ‘on account of’) His first production in the world, [in accordance with the creation of Vohtiman*]|. * See the Gatha.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yat idari sarveshaih cubhapramodamh gavaih pagina vyavasayo [vichitrot] (b) deyat balavatah* uttamamanasah* priyataram. (c) Evar tat* yat* dakshinddanam [guroh? Ervadasya Gauh* eka pradadyat], §Syaminah vanaspatimn dadydt? [tesharn muktatmanam'‘] vriddhir bhdyat. (d) Dadarasya* (sic?) [lege daditur** asya] antah* utkrishtabhuvane janani- jatah [-ta*] prathama (srishtidatih Bahmanasya]. ' So C.; J.* °trata. 2 J.* °ruh. + J.4, J.* om. from 3 to.3. ** or ‘dhatur’.
Ner. tri., etc. (a, b) Wherefore let the zealous [and distinguished* (thinking of nari (?))} person produce this joyful benefit. for* (or ‘of’) all the herds and flocks, the more desired* disposition of the strong* and best mind. (c) And so let the [one only Cow* give* forth (sic) that which és] the bounti- ful gift [of the spiritual master and Ervad]; let her* give the tree of the Lord, and let her* become the source* of increase [to these emancipated (or ‘righteous’) ones], (d) for this was the creator’s (so N. B. = Ahura*M.*) first engendered pro- duction within the better* world, [it was the gift of the creation of Bahmana*].
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Verbat. trl., etc. Deorsum Furia-incursionis [nomadum hostium nostro- rum minime agrum-colentium] subjicitor [-jiciatur]! Contra ictum-invidiae [ejus, id est, contra et aggressum obtrectationum et contra impetum armofum ejus] (contra) ferite*!!, [id est, eum successu omnino repercutite] (b) [vos] qui ad [apud] Bonae{-am] Mentis[-tem manentes (vel ‘in praesidio et potestate B. M. stantes et agentes’) ]tenere-[vel melius sustinere-] cupitis (c) Sanctitate [illud] refugium*? [vel illam viam (? lege vayam*?)j, cujus consociationis* est] vir benignus [i.e. sanctus civis noster]. (d) Itaque [illud refugium*?(?), vel illam viam*?(?)] huic [pro hoc viro sancto] in domo[-mum* (?) vel in creatione*(?)[-nem]] Tuo[-um, Tuam] (in) ponam [i, e. constituam], OA.
*1Vel ‘cum ultione attingite’(?). *2vel lege vidyam (nt., vide annotationes) ‘sustin- ere-cupitis Sanctitate illam sacram-doctrinam -- itaque pro sancto illam doctrinam: -’.
Pahl. trl., etc. Against the Wrath of the envious deliver ye a meeting (or ‘an encounter’), and destroy ye him, attacking* (so*, not ‘destroy his attack’) (b) ye* whose should be the having” (sic) of the gift of (or ‘through ’) Vohiiman, [that is, your own body is to be maintained in piety]. (c) To that which is the tidings (or ‘invitation’, reading ‘vidyarh (?))’ of Aharayih, to this
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firwar afztin-kard, [kfish bih afztini*-kard] » (d) Hormuzd andar jihan péda**-kard ¢ awwal ra [pédaish*+, [pédaish** (?) = ddm] ¢ Bahman ra] x “ Or paida®.
Free tr, Down be curst Raider* cast! ’gainst Fury smite ye,
Ye who through Good Mind’s grace still wish to hold by
That help* whose bond of Truth bindeth the holy;
So in Thine house*, O Lord, place I that help.
he who is the man of peaceful mind delongs (so*)', [i e. his own body (or ‘person’) is to adapted (formed) for that. invitation (or ‘tidings’). (d) And thus, O Atiharmazd, does** that creature become Thy creature.
*1 See the Gatha. *%or ‘is that creature of (i) Thy creation’.
Ner’s sansk. text. Nitantarn kopam nitdntarh dadyat pratikilarh irshyAlumanushyasya yo *pramanath! vadhati (so reading, or ‘pramanam! (?) vadati’ (?)), [tasya pratiktlarh gishyapayami*]; (b) yat sarvaih Bahmanasya datigrahandya bhavitavyam, [kila, sarvaih garirar sviyarh? suvyaparena dharaniyath3], (c) yat ida punyar manonyarh* ((2) lege ‘*manenyarh’ (?)) (prakatari] narena gurutarena‘, [kila, sviyasya*(?) tanoh tat yat manonyarm(?)*, [(i.e. manenyarn*(?)) karyarh]]. (d) Evam asau srishtih Te srishtih, Hormijdasya.
2 J.4 pra (= apra?(?)). 235.3, 3.4, 0%. 2 J8, Jf dhar’. ‘ J.* guruna.
Ner. trl., etc. Let him who smites beyond measure, [or ‘let him who speaks* (?) prudently*’ (pramanarh (?) vadati (?))]) offer an excessively great resistance to*! the anger of the jealous (or ‘envious’) man, [for 1 inculcate resistance against him], (b) which ought to be done by all for the securing Bahmana’s gift, [that is, their own bodies* ought to be maintained in* the works of practical piety by all], (c) because this Sanctity is to be [manifestly] understood* ((?) manenyam = vidyam(?)) by, (or ‘through’) that greater teacher (or ‘more (most) powerful man’), [that is, what appertains to his own person (or ‘self’) és to be* thought* of*, and accomplished]. (d) Thus that creation ecomes Thy creation, Hormijda’s. * Or ‘excessive anger’,” but ni.
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Verbatim trl., etc. Quae [est] Tibi Boni, O Mazda, Regni, [i.e. de (vel pro) Bono Tuo Regno] precatio™, [i.e. qui sunt ritus vere idonei et sacrificia efficacia ad Tuam Potestatem spiritalem obtinendam, confirmandam, et angen- dam]? (b) Quae [est] Tibi Beatitudinis [i. e. praemii-gratiae] Tuae [(vel’‘Tui’) precatio™! a Te inspirata] mihi, [i. e. in gratiam mei idonea ad id praemium consequendum], O Ahura? (c) Qua, [id est, per quam precationem] Tibi [vel ‘Tuos’ (Thw6oi = Thwé) = Thwaya(n)** per] Sanctitate[-tem] prope-accedentes, [i. e. propitium-accessum-invenientes*?] adjuvantes-oblatores*? quaeram (d) [ego in*4] Boni Spiritus actionum[-nibus** vivens*#?] #1 Vel ‘quae est [mea] possessio*, i.e. portio* (?. in Tuo R.’? (aegre). *2 vel ‘in-propitio-accessu (loc.) [accedens] quaeram’. ** vel ‘oblationes’. ** vel fortasse melius ‘ego actiones B. Spiritus,| i. e. fidelium Tuorum] (actiones) stimulans*’. ** 4 — y — yg — ov » = ya (+ anusyvara).
Pahl. trl., etc. Which is the good desire (or ‘prayer’) to Thee, O Adhar- mazd, for the authority, [that is, from what does Thy good authority secure its extension]? (b) Which is this Thy reverential*-recognition*, O Atharmazd, which belongs* to* my* people, and which comes from* Thee*, [that is, which és my disciples’?; their reward comes to them* thereby*]. (c) Which 7s for thee, O Ashavahisht, the prayer for (or ‘of’) the open (or ‘distinguished*’) offerer,
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Free tr. Which is for me the prayer for Thy good ruling? Which for Thy recompense for me, O Lord?
How shall I search out face to face the givers
While I the Good Mind’s deeds help on?
[that is, the generous-liberality which is manifest to Thee (or, ‘as for Thee’), which zs i¢?], (d) whose possession** zs acquired through the deeds of Vo- htiiman? [That is, it is necessary to make the possession** of it one’s own through piety]. *NB. Tarsakasih* distinctly means here ‘honour from God to man’ hence ‘reward’ (see mozd in the gl.) = ashdis.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Kada Te Svaminah Uttamasya samihe rajyath ? [Kila, rajyam gurutaram, Tvadiya vriddhih, kada?] (b) Kada Te bhaktigilan* ye*! manonyan*(?)? (sic, lege madiyah*(?)), Svamin, [me cishyah cighrath prasadam te? prapnuvanti?] (c) Kada Te parisphutarh prakatarm|[-am*] dakshinarh samihe, [yat dakshina* ayam*(?) Tvaih‘ prakatah* ({lege ‘dakshina ya Tava* prakata’ (? vel ‘dakshino ’yam Tava* prakatah’?)|) kada bhavishyati], (d) yat Bahmanasya kar- manah dharanamh sadvyaparena® dharayishyanti, [yat sviyena cakyate kartum]?
Boley ac SOU Va ae ROYON Vale deeds; den ins, te: “Jey dace Ne ayam tvam; C. dakshinayatvam-; P. °ayam tvam. ° J.*, J.* suvy®. ** Comm. corrected.