All allies of the faithless I abjure! * Infin. for imper. a good mind, (d) and (in the interval) between (or ‘apart’) I declare allt the wicked, yea in the interval (or ‘apart’) from my company, [that is, I am separated from al? friendship which is friendship with them].
+ Or possibly: within and by itself (?) I declare the company (om. min) of all the wicked (or ‘of every kind’); by itself (?) I declare it to be; see Ner.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarh asmadkarh avabodharh Svamino datih* [yat* datih* aste, evar agre briimahe, prakrishtai vachasd jiidnarn vidyate]. (b) Tat yat punyaih* labhamh** datih, jiayah (fortasse ‘nyayah*t’) [yat pra- sidadanaim]. Yah chhinatti, tasya Dréjo; [nigrahar kurute], (c) ydvat adhi- pateh abhilashah, yat* Bahmanasya; (d) antardle sarve durgatigdminah santi, yat sadai’va antarale bravimi, [kila, yat* mitratdm[-téydh*] samarh etaih* vibhinno bhavami]. *! All jnayah* (?).
Ner. transl: Thus (or ‘ Verily’) the gift of the Lord bestows intelligence upon* us* {and what ths gift is we declare forth just (or ‘thus’) in your pre- sence, and science (religious intelligence) becomes known through the word]. (b) That which és the gift, the religious knowledge (or ‘the system (read ‘nyA- yaly (?))’) is bestowing a righteous acquisition, [é. e. it bestows that which és the reward of grace]; but he who injures (or ‘cuts off’) a benefit, his is the Drija, [that is, he causes the discomfiture, or (his own?) punishment] (c) as long as until* the desire for the sovereign, which és* (or ‘that zs’) for Bah- mana, 7s experienced, or realized, (d) Upon the enclosure*! (i.e. enclosed and so, ‘shut off’) are all the wicked, for I declare them ever thus enclosed, or shut off, {that is, from ad? friendship with them I am separated].
*1 «Antarale’ ‘in (or ‘upon’) the enclosure’ means elsewhere ‘on the Chandor Bridge’ with Ner.; but see the Gath& and Pahlavi.
Parsi-persian Ms, trit, Edfin ham 4n {] i, Hormuzd*, kamah bih dehad (?) éstéd + hast; [in [] [ash & = ash varman] pésh gfyam] %; (b) kih pah Saw4b stid dahishn 7 Dastitr’ [ash muzd dehad (?)]; kih zakhmi-kunad pavan (sic) Druj, [ash padafrah ku- nand] # (c) An am sardaéri kémah 7 pah Bahman (d) % — x no tr. for (d), text as in mine omitting Sp. and DJ.’s min, and their gloss. * imperfect.
Free tr. They who with madness* Raid and Rama cherish
By tongues their own, and nomads* ’midst our toilers;
Who strive with evil rites, with holy never;
These Demons bring through foul creed of the foe!
Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Qui mala-intelligentia, [i. e. pro- positis suis crudelibus excogitatis] Furiam-incursionis augebant{-eant-ebunt,
i. €. campum et fines caedis ejus daemonis propagent{-gabunt, et saevitiam 39.a
310 XLIX. 4, 5.
ejus inflamment[-mabunt]* Ramamque([(?), i. e. Inertiam et desolationem* (sic) vastationis a Daemone effectam ([vel, lege Remem, i.e. ‘qui plagam necis ab eo infideli inflictam instigent(-gabunt)]) (b) suis propriis linguis, [i. e. incanta- mentis suae nefastae Religionis* et omnibus dictis aliis turpibus] inter-[nostros cives]-per-diligentiam-fortunatos [habitantes, ipsi tamen (tametsi incursiones tam cruentas faciant, unde vitam quaerant)| minime-prosperi, (b) quorum [etiam] non bonis-factis optatio (vel ‘voluntas’) [est, i.e. quorum praecationes et contentiones nefandae ritibus et sacrificiis legitimis numquam ad effectum promotae sint, sed ex-contrario| malis factis, [i.e. quorum optationes et pre- cationes profanis caerimoniis et saevis facinoribus ad fines propositos ex- secrabiles perductae sint] (d) hi [scelesti-infideles sic Furiam-incursionis ex- citantes et adjuvantes] Daevas-daemones advehent [ad incepta sua consum- manda et eos ut deos patriae constituent] qua*!, [i.e. per eam quae] pravi- infidelis Religione, [i.e. quae religio perversa infidelis sit]. *! Vel ‘quae R’.
Pahl. transl. Those are indeed evil-minded (i.e. insane or bad-hearted) by (or ‘upon’) whom wrath is poured down* (or ‘increased’) and envy like- wise, [that is, a confusion (or ‘deception’) has been wrought within their person (or ‘body’)]; (b) and it is that which their own* tongues* increase
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Sanctitate[-tatem nobis sic (vide supra) bene-faciens, et] civis-honestus* [vel “generosus*!’], (e) und-cum-his(que) omnibus, [i. e. una cum omnibus aliis
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from ds decrease; [and which it is (or ‘was’) not necessary (or ‘ desirable’) to increase back again from its decrease]; (c) by*! them good actions are not desired*, for* they* are malefactors [when (or ‘if?) we are in any doubt as to the meaning thus we must hold]; (d) and they are Dastirs of the Demons, whose is a/so the Religion of the wicked. * Oblique by position, or ‘as theirs’.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Te dushtabuddhayo bhavanti ye koparh! varshantah** santi saramarjanaih? yat, [kila, svamino® antah tanau? pragnamm (!) kurvantah santi?]. (b) Yat sviyajihvayaih vindcganarn tat avindcanath, [punar api na* abhipsayet! vinacayituia]. (c) Te gubhodita na vaiichhitah, ye dushtasamacha- ritah santi. [Te nirmalatvam dharayet]. (d) Teshdih Deva guravah santi, ye {antah], durgatimatar Dinih. Variations unimportant.
Ner. transl. They are of evil intelligence (or ‘disposition’) who are raining* down* anger, which ¢s* yet a purification* (?), [that is, by this means the masters are instituting an investigation (?) within the person (or ‘body’) (sic)]. (b) What is destruction in (or ‘through’) their own tongue (or ‘language’) that ¢s no destruction, [because again also (at another time) one may not desire to destroy]. (c) Those who are well-born(?, or ‘well spoken of*’?) are not desired by them, but* they who are evil in their ways; [let a person there- fore all the more hold Thy purity fast]. (d) The Devas* are their* spiritual masters, they who [are within]; and their Din is that of the wicked!
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Oshan bad-khirad hend kih* shan kheshm* [] [khirad = va khirad* (? sic)], éstéd [] hasad ham, [kfishin andar tan [] [fréb = frifi] kard hast], (b) an ¢ khwésh zaban afzini-kunandah az an i nah-afztini-kunandah [[] [az 4n= mn zak] ¢ nah bayad afztini (sic)] * (c) Oshan nah nék-kunishn k&mah kih bad-ikhtyar*- kunandah hast*;. {andar shakmandi [] pah in dashtan (?)]. (d) Oshan [] [Déw = Shah*} hukhm hast, kishan* én 7 darwand(?) Din, [bar hast darwandén darwand = madam hast darvandén darvand] %*
Free tr. But he will bring us blessings, Lord, and riches
Who guards our Faith, through Good Mind’s ruling power.
Through Holy Law shall each true patriot devoted
With all Thy saints within Thy Kingdom dwell.
talibus civibus*? honestis] in Tuo Regno, O Ahura, [ut fidelis erga patriam defensor noster agnitus honorabitur, et semper sic clarus manebit}.
*1'Vel etiam fortasse ‘valde-sapiens*’. ** utrum ‘his omnibus (i. e. ubertate et abundantia) praeditus’ vertere possimus, necne?
Pahl. text translit. Aétind valman it Adharmazd shirinih va charpih, [aighash mozd yehabiind?], (b) man zak Dind* sardarih pavan Vohiman, [aigh, zak § min Dind! pédaik pavan frardindth vadainyén’+2], (c) pavan bindak minishnih kadarchai Ahardyih khip shindsakih?, [aigh, kadarchai kar vas dina shindsakihé vadinyén]. (d) Valmanshan harvisp-gdn® hana i Lak khidayih,
312 XLIX, 5, 6.
-Afiiarmazd, [valmanshén min sardarih pavan frartinéih vAaddnaid, ashan -shalitath min Laké)], *D, om.i *see P. ins. *so D, *P..om. *D4J.
Pahl. transl. Thus that one zs (or ‘his’), O Atharmazd, (‘are’) the sweetness* and agreeableness*, [that is, they are bestowing a reward upon (or ‘from’(?)) him]; (b) those favours are the chieftainship of the Religion exercized in accordance with a Good Mind, [that is, they shall (or ‘do thow’(?)) fulfil with correct-piety whatever is evidently from the Religion], (c) and everything which is Aharayih’s beneficial wisdom they shall (or ‘do thou’(?)) fulfil with perfect-mindedness, [that is, they shall fulfil all duty and legal requirement in an understanding manner]; (d) theirs* (oblique by position (see even Ner.)) of every sort (or ‘theirs all’) 7s Thy sovereignty, O Adhar- mazd, [that is, theirs* (see Ner.) who would exercise authority with piety; their* sovereignty 7s from Thee].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Evari yat, Svamin, uttamatvarh mahattamatvath [prasddam dehi], (b) yat asyah Dineh adhipatih*! Bahmano ’sti, [kila, asyah Dineh prakatath yat suvyaparath kuru]. (c) Yat sarnpirnamanasa kebhyagchit*? cuddhath satkéryara kuru, [kila, kebhyagchit karyamh, nyayath, satkaryaim, kuru], (d) tesham sarvesham yat Tvarn raja Svaimi Hormijda, [tesham yat*
Verbatim transl. (with paraphrase). Prorsus [igitur] Vos [i.e. Vestram naturam omnipotentem et nobis bene-volentem et consilia vestra sapientissima] declarem[-rabo*], O Mazda, Sanctitas-que [(sic nom. sg. vide infra pl. prim.) etiam] dicit, [i. e. civis propheta a Sanctitate inspiratus doctrinas sacras Vestras etiam mecum una enuntiet[-tiabit eas cogitationes et veritates elatas] (b) quae Vobis (vel ‘vé = vere’) sapientiae (gen.) Vestrae (a (sic) Mente conceperitis (c) recte discernere, |i. e. discernite*? et explicate*? eas veritates quo-modo [vel ‘ut’] eas [ut capita doctrinae] promulgemus [ego et civis sanc- tus] (d) Religionem sacro-sanctam quae Vestri-devoti*, [i. e. principis nostri piissimi et clarissimi], OAhura, [sit]. *! Vel fortasse ‘Vobis supplicem[-cabo (sic a me ipso in priori meo libro)] et Sanctitatem[-tati] dicere (sic, sed compara Yas. LXI, 1 ubi sine ulla dubitatione significat fraéshyamahi declaremus (vel ‘landemus’). Vel etiam (tentemus iterum) ‘Vobis supplicabo, et Asha respondit’. ** vel se conjungit ‘vichi- dyai’ cum ‘fraéshya’ directim, ‘ Vobis supplicem[-abo] discernere[ et explicare]’; vel etiam ‘vichidyai = discernere = discernam’, infin. loco imper. prim. sing., ‘utinam discernam’. *8 vel ‘quae Vestri-similis, [i.e. Tui ipsius (sic) sit’], vide Y. XLIV, 1; sed in stropha proxima
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Adhipatyar suvyapararh kuru. Tesharn adhipatih PAtasdha Dvami): ?* J.“ °tim, *2 J.4 ins. cuddham tat. *% J.> °ute.
Ner. transl. Therefore, O Lord, [do Thou grant] that which 7s good- ness* and greatness* [as a reward], (b) since Bahmana is the supreme master of the Din, [that is, do Thou effect for (or ‘in (?) us’) that which is the evident ‘teaching (or ‘result’) of the Din, which is good works]; (c) and that which is good*t to any (i. e. to all) persons through the Perfect Mind, as an act of pro- pitiation, do Thou produce, [that is, produce duty*, law, and reverential pro- pitiation for any (or ‘all’) persons]*; (d) and because Thou, O Atharmazd, art King and Lord over them all [do Thou also make that which és their* sovereignty one abounding in good works. Their sovereign and*2 Patasdha Thou art]. *! Hardly ‘clear’; see the Pahl. *? or ‘their sovereign P.’.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Hdtn & ¢ Hormuzd** shirini u charbi, [kfish muzd dehad(?), [i kih az dil shak dérad = varman* min min rabemman* gundn* janstined* | |, (b) kih an Din sardari { ] {kunad =—] pah Bahman, (kf, 4n az Din [ra=rd] péda** pah néki kunad(?) [ira nah dehad=varman* ra* la* daébinéd*]; (c) pah pur minishni* [] har-jai*(?) (vel *har kas* (?))* [= Pahl. kadarja* (sie)]Sawab khfib shnési [kunand = végénand*), (ka, har ja
[= kadarja* (sic)] kar [] insdf danai(?) kunand *; (d) dshan tamam in 7 Ta khudai, Hér-
Se
muzd*?; [Oshan kih sardari pah nékikunand, ashan (sic) padishahi az Tu] % ** Or “Orm.’.
Free tr. Forth will I speak, O Lord, with saints* inspired
What in Your understanding’s thought abides;
Teach* us* aright how we Your words should utter,
The holy creed which Your devoted* leads. videtur khshmavao ut subjectum verbi ‘sraotti’ ad explendum esse, tum in ea re est ‘Vestri (vel ‘Vobis’) devoti’ sensus aptior. *! vel ‘Vestrum ipsorum’.
Pahl. text translit. Frazé avd zak i Lektim farmayém, Atharmazd, [vat kar, vat dina i Lektim] va? Ashavahishtich? rai, yemalelinam, idichiash dadak-gobih* vadtinam-é], (b) va? zak i Lekim pavan khirads, va® zak i? pavan minishn6 [?Dind* i Lektim pavan khiradé minishnd bara vajinam]. (c) Rast bara vajinam®, aéttind denman srdyém? (d) zak i Dind* i Lekim, Attharmazd.
* D., P. om. va. * DJ. ins. va. ® DJ. ins. i. * DJ. om. k. 5 DJ. has va dis- placed; P. om. va. * DJ. and P. ins. va. 7 See P. ins.
Pahl. transl. I am speaking* forth* commandments* for* (or ‘to*’) You, O Atharmazd, [that is, I am speaking forth the duty and the decree which appertain to You], and according to (or ‘for’) Ashavahisht also am I speak- ing, [that is, I would perform the judicial pleading (or ‘mediation’) for him]; (b) and I wil proclaim that which is Yours with (or ‘through’) wisdom, and that which is Yours with (or ‘through’) consideration*, [that is, I will discern (or ‘explain’) Your Religion with wisdom and with thought]; (c, d) I will distinguish that which is right, and this do I thus proclaim, O Atharmazd,
that which 7s the Religion which 7s Yours. is
314 XLIX: 6,2.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Prakrishtarh yat Te Adegayami, Svamin, [karyam Dineh Tava] parisphutarh yasm4t vadami, [kila, nydyavachanam karomil. (b) Yat Te buddhih* manasa [Dinih, Te buddhih*, manasa vivejayami, pariksha- yami]; (c)satyena parikshayami; evar idricarh samudgirami, [kila, Dinith pravar- tamanam karomi]. (d) Asau (?) Dinih Tava, Svaminah. Variations unimportant.