Ner.’s sansk. text. Yatha Tvath, SvAmin, ayari [vel lege ‘imath’] daksh- indi kuru Gospindaih* |Pagurh]. Samihe (b) ida [cilazh (in the Pahl. altern. text) yat dakshinaih tatra karayet, etat gavaih [pactindmh] karmakdritayd* Samitoshayet, [yat! saritoshaii idarh [lege imarh] kAlarh kutumbinah dharayet], (c) yat satyena jivet asau punydtma, [yat dhdrayet] tat ida prabhfitam khadanath, raksharn, eubhaticha, (d) Prakataih prithivyam yat ayar naskah*(?)
Trlit. (c) Yé na ashoi§ aojanha var(e)dayaéta - « -
Verb. transl. Ita-omnino huic [viro sancto|, O Mazda, [per] Sanctitate*!
[-tatem] erit [haec Bos (vel colonia (?))*] (b) quam huic [viro per] Regno?{-num],
Bonaque[-namque civis sanctus] designavit[-verit] Mente[-ntem] (c) qui vix** [in] —
vigore prosperitatis-pietate-comparatae [eam coloniam| augeat [auxerit] (d) quam, [id est, etiam si eam ut sibi] proximam coloniam* scelestus-infidelis (cum sancto* (sic)) participat[-et]. *1Vel‘OS.’ 2vel‘Potestate’. *3 praecipue heroicus.
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mamo "pavishtasya satah antah* grihe, datirn dehi?, [prabhatarm dehi]! + J. margin. * so J.°, J.4, P.; C., P.* pra®; J.* praditi (sic).
Ner. trl., etc. In which manner, O Lord, do Thou provide this eiving* one* ((?) or ‘this liberal gift’) the Gospinda [the sacred Herd}. Thus do I desire (or ‘beseech’). (b) And I desire also this [(properly altern.) or** ‘the disposition’] which may effect the liberality there, and which may bring satis- faction to pass through activity* of (or ‘on behalf of’) the cattle {and herds, and which may possess (or ‘maintain’) that period of the husbandman’s tutelage as a satisfaction for them]. (c) When that religious man may be living in righteousness, [and when he may have it (or ‘them’) in possession], then he will bestow upon it, or them, this abundant fodder, protection, and welfare, (or ‘splendour’), (d) Openly therefore give forth in the earth that which is the gift, this nask* (or ‘book’) of him who, being mine, is seated in my house, [give it abundantly]. ** Him used as khim and so mistaken.
Free trl. Aye, his may be through Holiness, O Mazda,
That Herd through Rule and Goodness of the saint
Who with the strength of holy wealth enricheth
Fields even next the foeman’s land. mtn’ valman!® i! darvand bakhshéd, [aighash zak dén darishnd bara yanse- gtnyén!7], + DJ., D. om. i. 2DJ. as others. *D., M., P. rai. #see P. see P. °DJ., D., and P. om. 7D., P. om. *so D.; DJ. tarsagath (sic vid.); M. tarsagabih (so?). °P. ins. min. *°P. om. * DJ., D. ins. i. '?so D., P.; others levatman. 1° DJ., D. yakhsenunéd. 4 DJ., D.ins. va. **DJ., D., M. min. 1°DJ., D.; see P. 17 DJ.; D. °ginatid (written °afid.).
Pahl. trl., etc. Thus zs he also, O Atharmazd, worthy (or ‘meritorious*’)
through Sanctity, [that is, he who is the warrior, owing to his Sanctity, is worthy for the Herd], (b) which Khshatraver, and Vohtiman also, is pointing out to (or ‘teaching’) him, [that is, (through his self-government and his own internal excellent disposition he is teaching) himself (? so perhaps meaning)|; (c) and he is raining down* (?) favour through the strength of the revering-recog- nition* for us (or ‘through our devotion’) ({or possibly, ‘causing strength to increase’ (vahrinéa* ?) through onr reverence (or ‘reverence toward us’)]), [that is, he is maintaining strength through reverence toward us (or ‘in us’)] (d) and he maintains (?) that which is the nearest settlement which he who is
the wicked shares (or possibly ‘gives up*’), [that is, such righteous warriors shall seize it from him in possession].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarncha asmakarh, Svamin, yat punyasya yogyam, [kila, etesharn kshatriyanazh punyasya hetoh* pagavah |-gor*(?)] yogyatarah santi], (b) yat idarn rajyath Bahmanasya dsvadayet, [kila, sviyena], (c) yat asmakam bhakticilanaih balath [pranar] varshet*, [kila, balazh tat bhaktigilanam sam- dharayet*], (d) yat antah* prithivyah [-yam] ayazh durgatiman vibhanjanamb™ (?) {lege vibhagath] dharayet [tat akrishyet** (sic, read perhaps Agrahishyat**)].
*J.* samadh® (corr. from samam®)**, *J.* vibhajanaém. *so C., P.; J.* akrahshyet (sic), J.* Akrayet, or akriyet (sh left out). **The Comm. is corrected here.
Ner. trans]. And Thus, O Lord, ours is ¢hat which 7s the adroit* cha- racteristic of Sanctity, [that is, on account of the Sanctity of these warriors they are more clever (or ‘worthy’) for (? sic) the herd*], (b) which this sove-
Trlit. (d) Akdo ar(e)dréig (De)mané Gard sraoshané!
Verbatim transl. Sic Vos venerer [-abor| celebrans, O Mazda Ahura, (b) semper cum-Sanctitate Optimaque Mente, (c) Regnoque, [per] quo*! [quod Regnum (vel ‘per quam potestatem divinam’)] precator*! [dilectus] stetit [stabit exorans] in vid [ad caelum], (d) [et etiam] manifeste (loc. adverb.) ([vel ‘prae- claros”*$ (acc. pl. masc. (sic)), vel etiam semel iterum ‘illuc-attinentes*3, accessum invenientes’}) adjutores-colentes ([vel efficacia-solemnia sacrificii ’}) in Habitatione Sublimitatis [vel Cantus] audiam* [vel ‘faciam-ut-audiantur (2), vel etiam fortasse ‘ad-audiendum [propensus sis], i. e. audi’ (infin. loco imper.)].
*‘ Vel simpliciter ‘ut’. *° vel ‘precatoris dilecti (gen.). **&kAo = °As = “Ans, r. ach.
Pahl. text translit. Aéttind Lektim stayém vat yezbekhtinam, Athar- mazd, (b) pavan aité dahishnih Ashavahisht® va2 Vohiimanoch, [aighato levat- man valmanshan avé* yezbekhtinam], (c) vat Khshatrayerich® main® valman? i§ khvastar®, [aigh, kar va kirfakd bavihtinédé] ash astinéd avo ras, [aighash dén avd ras i§ frarind yekavimaininéd®}. (d) Ashkarak valman?® 11° radé 1 [Atharmazd,] amat dén Garédmand ash!? srayém!s, [aigh, yazishno i‘ val-
man ashkarak vadtinam]. *DJ.om. 2.DJ., D. andP. ins. va. Ss Pachaies Deve om. *DJ., D. om. i. °P. yazam min. 7DJ., D. and P; K.® ano, or avo. ® DJ. ims. i *so DJ., M.; D. astinéd; others °minéd; see P. ?°so Mf.; DJ. ghal.; D., K.® ano, or avo; D. ins. i. *P. ins. dabtin(?). so DJ. and P. #* so D., P. #80 D. **D.; others ghal.
Pahl. transl. Thus You al/ do I praise and worship, O Atharmazd, (b) in the dispensation of existence (or ‘of continuity, i.e. in that continuous
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reignty of Bahmana may cause us (‘or them’), to taste (or ‘may teach us (or ‘them’)), [that is, through that which is its (or ‘their’) own] (c) because it (or ‘he’) may bestow power [or intellect*?(2)] upon* us as religious, [that is, it (or ‘he’) may maintain the strength of the religious]. (d) And when this wretched sinner may obtain an heritage* within the earth [then let Bah- mona (or ‘the righteous’) seize* it (or ‘let him acquire*’ it)]. + Hardly ‘the herds are more deserving’. * or ‘the breath of life’.
Free tr. So would I worship You with praises, Mazda, With Holiness, Best Thoughts, and Might forever,
By which great Might the prayerful gains the pathway; In Home-of-song* accepted praise I “ll hear.
time*’), and Ashavahisht, and also Vohiman as weil, [that is, it is together with these that I worship Thee], (c) and Khshatraver (°vairya*) likewise which (or ‘who’) causes him who is a suppliant, [that is, eho desires duty and good works], (or ‘by which he who is a suppliant-- is caused’ [°inid]) to stand on the path, that is, it causes him to stand in the midst on the path- way of the pious]. (d)And that which is the bountiful offering* also becomes manifest [O Atharmazd] when I declare*! it for (or ‘to’) him in Garédman, [that is, I shall make his worship manifest]. ** Does srayém mean ‘I hear’? see the gl. Ner.’s sansk. text. Evarh Tava stutirn d4radhanai*{-narh] karomi, Ma- hajnanin Svamin, (b) yat asti datih* prakatata* Bahmanasya, [kila, samarh tena yat aradhanam! karomi]. (c) Rajyam yat asya samihe, [kila, karyath? (or read ‘°yasya’) punyasya vaiichharn’ karomi| yat sarnprapatteh (or ‘ °prapteh**’) ayath margah, [kila, asya margasya suvyaparam® Aste]. (d) Prakatdm> ayarm [lege imam] dakshindya dehi, [Svamin] yat antah Garothmanasya stutim [aradhanamor ‘-narn’] prakatar'[or ‘-tarn’] karomi]. 1 P. 2 all karyam. * ©. ¢ 3.3; J* °te; P. °ottapatteh. * so C.; P. prakatatath. ** See other views in the Comm. Ner. transl. Thus do I render Thy praise propitious* (or ‘do I com- plete Thy praise and Thy worship [-natn’], O Great Wise One, the Lord, (b) since it is the gift, the manifest characteristic*! of Bahmana, [that is, 7 zs
together with it (or ‘him’) that I offer worship fo Thee]. (c) And I desire
that sovereignty which is his, [that is, I effect the wish (or better ‘I make the prayer’) for righteous action, for this is the way of approach, [that is, good
works are in (or ‘of’) this way]. (d) Do Thou Grant me this open gift (or ‘liber-
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ality’) [O Lord,] when [I render] praise within Garothmana (propitious, open, (or ‘when I render worship [-nai] openly [-tarh’])]. ** Or ‘manifestation’.
Parsi-persian Ms. dim Shuma stayam u yazam, Hérmuzd, (b) pah hast dadan Ardibahisht u Babman ham, [kit aw4 dshin [] [6 = ghan] yazam]. (c) [] Shaharevar
Verbatim trl., etc. Ad-studium-enixum-(pro-causa-Vestra-sancta) me exci- tavi (18t sg. pf. med.*(?) ar) enim ([‘ vel in-studio-enixo (loc.) [excitabor]]) a Vobis ({vel, et fortasse melius ‘secundum Vestrum (mandatum) et gratia Vestra adjutus’}), O Mazda, [per] Sanctitate [-tem*!], O Ahura, ([fortasse, O di (O vos di duo(?))|) (b) quum [ad] Vestro[-trum]-rationis-verbi-pronuntiatori*|-torem] pro- pitii-acceditis [i.e. ei Vos-ipsos-amicos-praestate| (c) aspecto, [i. e. (cum auxilio) diu promisso et ex eo evidenter exspectato] manifesto, [i. e. a Vobis nobis coram omnibus ad contentionem nostram aperte defendendam et probandam allato], auxilio (d) [et] manu-ipsa misso, quo [auxilio nobis a se allato] nos [ille verbi pronuntiator] in-gloria[-iam vel in prosperitatem spiritalem* et mundialem)]| ponat [vel instituat]. *+ yel ‘O Asha!’.
Pahl. tri., etc. When I shall be perfect in reverencing You, 0 Athar- mazd, [that is, when Your worship shall be performed by me perfectly], (b) since ye cause mental rejoicing to (or ‘through’) him who is the one bearing-on (or ‘for’, or ‘through’ that which is the bearing-on) of Your Manthra, [that is, when I shall make Your Religion progressive, then do Thou —
ham [] [yazam az i ¢ = yazam min valman 7] khwAstar [[Sawab hast = Ahldish* hast], ka, kar u kirfah khwahad] ash — an rah, [kash andar an rah 7 frarfn (sic) el [ayand (?) = ésténd]]*% (d) Zahir & 7 sakhawat [[dehi = ddbain], Hormuzd,] kih andar Gardtman [] [ash giyam = ash srdyam], (kt, yazishn é i (vel 6) zahir kunam] %
Free ir. Aye, ready stand we* for Your Service, Mazda,
Since friendliest Your prophet’s toil Ye further
With open help, expected, seen of all men,
And thus to Glory* doth that prophet lead. (# Or ‘to welfare’ (2))
(or ‘they (as representing You) do’) that for a joy to me]. (c) And give Ye observed and visible help to me (or, ‘nikezéd, do Ye*! also look for (or ‘pro- pose’) for me a visible help’) (d) for (or ‘through’) a mighty prayer, [that is, do Thou (or ‘may they do’) this (on your behalf) for me through a powerful friendship], one through which glory, (or ‘ welfare’) is (or ‘may be’) given to us.
Ner.’s sank. text. Saripdirnai! yat Yushmakaim bhaktirh karomi, Svamin, [kila, bhaktigilatarh Yushmakarh sathpdrnam kurvann asmi], (b) sarve yat tat* Avistavani Tava vatichhayet* pramodena harshena, [kila, Dineh?|-im] Tava pravartamanam karomi, sarve yat* Anandarh kurvanti], (c) asmakazh upari alokayet*, prakatatém ekavelarm3 kuru. (d) Yat* arogyatath* samihe [tat* arog- yasahayatam kuru]. Yat* asmakath cubham dehi. **J.* manasa. ?J., J.4, J.* °es. Abel eae nies
Ner. transl. Sinée (or ‘When’) I am fulfilling devotion* towards You completely, O Lord, [that is, since I am exercising the devotion of my nature toward* You, and with completeness], (b) and since all my fellow- worshippers are effecting* that which Thy Avista-word desires, and with joyous delight, [that is, s‘nce I am effecting the advance of Thy Din when all are producing delight], (c) then let them (or ‘one’) look over us (for ‘let them (or ‘let one’) pay attention for our sakes’]), and produce Thou this mani- fested power (or ‘influence’) once for us. (d) Because [ am praying for strength (or ‘absence of disease*’) [do Thou therefore effect for me that friendship which has been (or ‘which renders’ one) exempt from weakness]. That which is our glory (or ‘welfare’) do Thou bestow.
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