Ner. transl. I issue Thine* instruction, O Lord, [that is, I declare the duty of Thy Din] from* which* (or ‘ wherefore’) I am now speaking forth clear- ly*, [that is, 1 am making a declaration of the religious system]; (b) [and investigate] with attention that which isThy wise establishment™, [i. e. 1 cause
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Souvssss) = Cog zal 240 )f eels “40 Verbatim tri. (with paraphrase). Hocque Bona, O Mazda, audito [Tuus*- devotus princeps discipulus meus*! (vide stropham VI (6))] Mente (b) [immo] audito Sanctitate, [i.e. und cum cive socio suo sanctitate praedito, audito id quod Vos rogaturus sum]; aurem-da [bene] Tu quoque, O Ahura, (c) quis [meus] par-amicus [in meo tam enixo conatu]; quis cognatus-princeps donis adsit ?, [i. e. quis cum opibus sufficientibus ad Causam nostram sacram ex praesenti tam gravi periculo eripiendam adest ?] (d) qui [auxilio suo tam vehe- menter a me nunc expetito] plebi-vicanae bonam constituat[-tuet] laudem, {i.e. celebrationem sacrorum bene actam?; vel ‘quis populo lucem-dei tam ardenter ex-
? optanti cultum legitimum, i. e. carmina metrica vere sacro-sancta a Te sine ulla dubi-
tatione inspirata constituet?; respondeat]. *! Utrum *khshmayao hoc loco explendum sit, necne?, et utrum kshm. sensu ‘Vestri-similis’ hoc est, ‘Vos ipsi’ (ut saepe in aliis strophis), an sensu ‘Vobis-devotus’ intelligatur?; vel fortasse ‘quis constitutionibus et legibus--- famam*(?) populo claram det [vel ‘ dabit’]?
Pahl. text translit. Aéttindch, Atharmazd, amatam! nydkshédd? Voht-_ man, (b) afam nydkshéd? Ashavahishtd, afam nyéksh*+* Lak, min Atharmazd hdmanih, [aigh, zak it yemalelinam?, am bara® nydkshéd]. (c) Am min® ayar- manih, va min khvéshih dadar aito, [aigham khvéshih vat ayarmanih’, min® vadinyén]; (d) mfinat® avd varzishnd!? shapir yehabinéds® fraz vafriganth**? [Aigh, kardé12 j Lak1$ pavan'! vafrigdntar* yakhsenunéds. At zak i nafshman ayarmano]|. + D. om. am. ?Sp. diff. spell’g. *DJ. nydksh (corr. from °shéd). *DJ. om.
5P. ins. harvisp. *DJ. ins. va. 7DJ. and P. om. va. ®P. ins. zak. ®P. tan. 1° DJ. ins. i. *11 P. prob. afringanih. 1? P. kardd here. ** DJ. and P. om. kardo here. ‘* P. om.
Pahl. transl. Thus also, O Adharmazd, since Vohtman listens to me, (b) and Ashavahisht also listens to me, do Thou who art Adharmazd also listen to me, [that is, give me full hearing in that which I shail say]; (c) ‘who is the bestower of*! alliance upon me and who is the recognizer* of * kinship**?,
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that which is Thy Din, Thy wisdom, to be examined with thoughtfulness*); (c) I cause it to be examined with exactness (with truth), and therefore as such wisdom do I announce it, [that is, I render the Din progressive], (d) for this (lege iyam) Din is Thine, the Lord’s. *! Thy wisdom.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Fraz an an ¢ Shuma farmayam, Hormuzd*+, [ ]] kar [] insaf 2 Shuma] Ardibahisht ham ra gfyam, kfish jadangdi kunam] * (b) An i Shuma pah khirad [] an ¢ pah minishn*, [Din 7 Shuma pah khirad minishn bih vazinam + ya‘ni + shnasam] +; (c) rast bih vazinam + ya‘ni + shnasam [wa = va] édfin in giyam, [kt, rawa kunam = dgh riubak vdginam*], (d) 4n i Din 7 Shuma, Hormuzd*+ % * Or ‘Orm.”,
Free tr. This let our zealot* hear with Good Mind, Mazda,
With Holiness give ear, and Thou, O Lord,
Who with his gifts* as ally or as chieftain,
Who for the people saving rites will found? [that is, who may form an alliance and recognize* a kinship* (sic) for mel, (d) who will also give forth a good*(?)? ritual-blessing for Thee for Thine action*??’, [that is, he considers what Thou hast produced as a more potent*
blessing because Thou hast produced it; Thine own ally he is]. * So according to the gloss; or ‘what is the alliance, what the kinship* (sic) as a giver?’ *? or ‘for good labour’, so DJ.
Ner’s. sansk. text. Evarh, Svdmin, sarhpddayité Bahmanah, (b) me vachanam parisphutar crinu Tvarh Tava, Svaminah, [kila, yat aharh vadami tat sarvarn crinu]; (c) kah ddegah?, ko *bhildshah1, svadhinata, datrita', Aste? [kila, abhilashah, svadhinata, Adeco yat karaniyah]? (d) Yat tat samachara- nai* uttamar dehi; prakrishtarh acirvadayami, [kila, kartavyarh Te yat acir- vadataram dharayami yadi sviyabhildshah]. + Variations unimportant.
Ner. transl. Thus, O Lord, 7s Bahmana the acquirer (so, perhaps think- ing of nadikih (same letters as nydksh) = happiness, or ‘bringer - to- gether for the conversation’, or read ‘sampdd° = converser*’); (b) hear Thou therefore my enlightened* speech, for it isThine. (or ‘for Thee’) the Lord’s, [that is, listen to what I say; listen to it all]; (c) what is the command (sic)? [i. e. what is the petition?], the possession (sic) and the giving?; [that is, what is the prayer and the possession, an order because* it is to be carried out]? (d) Do Thou therefore grant (or ‘produce’) the best work, for I am utter- ting my benediction upon it; [that is, that which is to be done for Thee I hold as more blessed if IJ* do ct as following my own* (or ‘Thine* own’) wish].
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Edam ham Hormuzd, kih(?) [] shunavad Bahman (b) ma-ra shunavad Ardibahisht, ma-ra shunay(ad (?)) Tf, kih Hormuzd*? hasti, [kf, an ¢ gftyam ma-ra bih [tamam = harvisp] shunavad [ma-ré bih shunayad = am bana* nydkshéd] x (c) Ma-ra kih farman, wa kih kweshi didér hast?, [kim khwéshi u farmani + ya‘ni + farman- burdari [] kih [4n = zak (?)] kunand], (d) kih [] [tan = tdn] kardan ¢ veh dehad + ya‘ni -++ dehid buland + u + zyddahtar (sic) masbhir [hast = hast]? [Ki kard 7 Ta [] mashhfirtar* darad % At 4n ¢ khwésh farmani + u + irmani] * “ or ‘Orm®’,
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*1 Sunt qui vertant ‘refugium F. des--, domum in Tuo Regno caelesti; - - semper in eo Regno frequentissimi simus’. *? ad verbum ‘quam (fem.)’.
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Free tr. Laws let the zealous hear to help us fitted;
Let no true saint hold rule with faithless,
Souls should unite in blest rewardings only;
With Jamasp thus united is the Brave!
Verbat trl. etc. [Aure et corde] audito mandata-et-doctrinas [vir] in agri-cultura-diligens (i. e. sanctus civis) prodesse, [id est, ad nobis omnibus prosperitatem et mundialem* et spiritalem* afferendam] creatus [et idoneus]. (b) Non [Ne] verum-dicens [i. e. Fidem veram (corde addictissimo) professus
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et veraxX, omnes res veras dicens] principatum constituens* [*sit, id est, con- stituet und cum] scelesto-infideli (c) ita*-ut naturae-religiosae* (animae*) ([vel etiam fortasse ‘ praecepta-nostrae-sacrae-religionis’]) in [cum] optimo se- conjungant praemio [inter Tuos sanctos fideles nunc vivos, et postremo in caelo] (d) Sanctitate [sic] inter-se-conjuncti-duo™ [sunt vir] fortis (cum-, i. e.) ‘et’-J.([vel fortes-duo (yahi nom. dual.*(?)*)]), i.e. fortis Frashaoshtra* et] Dejam-
Aspae*t-duo*™ | (sicad verbum = D-aspa*?)]). *1Hoc loco est dualis(?) idioma = ambo (simpliciter), cp. utayititi tevishi. *2vel altera trad.: ‘Quoniam praecepta* ivide s. 6) jomnia religionis] cum (vel ‘in’) optimo se-(yel ‘inter-se’)-conjungant praemio, [i. e. effectus eorum in optimo praemio plenus sit, consummabitur], (c) tum per-Sanctitatem conjuncti [*-erunt (‘jungentur)] in-conatu [sancto (yahi loc.)] duo-Dej. [fratres]; (ve! etiam semel iterum (c): una cum S. praecepta conjuncta (sic, ut iteratio pleonasmi) a viro(?)- forti(?); Déj. (instr. sing.) [vi pietatis suae}).
Pahl. irl., etc. When (or ‘Since’) he who is the industrious (or ‘the thrifty one’) the creator of the benefit listens to the teaching, [that is, since Frashéshtar the religious listens fo 7] (b), he who 7s the veracious* does not deliver up the authority to the wicked, [that is, Frashéshtar bestows no authority upon the wicked], (c) for (min for amat) the (or ‘his’) Religion joins on (or ‘enjoins’) the best reward (or ‘the reward of heaven’), [that is, through (or ‘upon’) him they are bestowing the reward}. (d) With its (or ‘his’) Sanctity (or ‘through him with Sanctity’) is the warlike (or ‘ effective’) man [the Dastur*] Jamasp* to be united, [that is, his walk is with piety].
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directo*! [et] cum-potestate numquam-morienti (lege avi).
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Ner.’s sansk. text. Yat crinu (sundarena) cishyépandm* (sic) pacchat labhath abhilashasya!, [kila, Phiragaustrasya* Dinirh mahattararh{-d1h| dehil. (b) Na satyavachanasya rajyam dehi asya durgatimatah, [kila, Phiragaustrasya* rajyath dehi; asya durgatimatah na dadyat*?]. (c) Yat Dineh atah para niyojayet prasadam, [kila, pras&daddnam dehi]. (d) Pacchat punyaih niyojayet karyath nyayarn Jaémaspasya, [kila, yat asau suvyaparam? pracharati|.
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Ner. trl., etc. Wherefore listen (with* goodness* - - (altern. trl., trans- literating nyéksh nadakih* (same signs)) to the doctrines, after the acquisition of our desire has been made, [that is, grant to* Phiragaustra the greater (or ‘the greatest’) [Din]. (b) Do not bestow the sovereignty of the truthful upon the wicked. [That is, grant the sovereignty to* Phiracaustra (or ‘grant us Ph.’s (?) sovereignty’); may one (or ‘may he’) not grant it to the wicked]. (c) Let him*! join* on*, i.e. continue* (or ‘unite* with* (?) us’, or again ‘enjoin upon us’) the reward which is hence on, beyond (in Heaven (see pahlim = vahisté)), and which* appertains* to* the Din*, [that is, grant him for his righteousness the gift of the reward]. (d) And let him* also afterwards in the future continue (or ‘enjoin’) that righteous action which és the rule of* JamAaspa, [that is to say that person proceeds with (or ‘practises’) good conduct}.
*1 Possibly meaning, ‘let what belongs to the Din attach the reward’. *%or ‘let him enjoin the rule upon* Jaémaspa’.
Free tr. These give I safest, Lord in Thy protection,
The saints on* earth*, and souls* long* since* in* Heaven*; Self-humbling praise I give with blest Devotion
With wisest* Ruling and immortal* strength*.
{mea (cp. Y. 34, 14) et] cum-potestate [ad officia tibi praestanda] advenio (avémi (sic)) divitiis (ra = raya); vel semel iterum (d) simpliciter: ‘magna regna [mala (?)] po- testate [Tua] moribunda* (sunt, i.e. pereunt]’. * The Comm. here refers to the old edition.
Pahl. text translit. 4Aétfindch, Attharmazd, hand i Lakd dam bara netrind’, (b) Vohtimané, zakich i ahardbind rfiban, (c) zakich i? niydyishnd- hémand Spendarmads? afzinik homand, [va niydyishn-hdmandih hand‘; aigh, mindavam! { Aharayih! bara yehabinéd]. (d) Man minishnd avd khidayih vizinéd* [i? avartind>] frdd yemitind® yeheviinéd, [aighash apagayéhé? yehe- vunéd]. +See P. *DJ., D, ins. i. *DJ. ins. va; D, ins. i, * so DJ., D., M. *D. seems to ins. ior I. * so DJ.; D., K.5 mard. 7 Zend. characters,
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Pahl. transl., etc. Thus also, O Aiharmazd, will they*! guard this Thy creation, (b) the good mind, and also the souls* of the righteous (¢) and her also who is the worshipful, the bountiful Spendarmad, [and her worshipfulness is this, that she will bestow something of holiness wpon them]. (d) He who causes them to bestow thought upon the government [which is impious] has totally perished (lit. died down), [that is, this is a decease to him]. *! But see Ner.