Verbatim trl., etc. Qui [in] sacro Rationis-verbo [pronuntiando] vocem {suam], O Mazda, fert, [i.e. attollit], (b) amicus [noster per] Sanctitate[-tem], et laude[-dem], Zarathushtra, (c) [ille] dator* intelligentiae [dans] linguae directionem (?), [i.e. ut auriga in cursu spiritali et in certamine animae au- rigans|, ([vel [monstrans] viam*(?)-per-linguam-designatam]) pro-[vel in]-patria*? [nostra], (d) [id est] mei [mea] instituta [de justitia et cultu etiam] Bona enuntiet fet patriam nostram doceat] Mente! * Vel ‘leges’. #2 sunt qui ‘esse (infin.)’ reddant.
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Free tr. And may, O Lord, that prophet’s voice give succour,
His, Zarathushtra’s, friend* in praise and justice,
Giver of wisdom, guiding land and people,
My regulations let him ever teach!
persons’) effect a discipleship for me], for his, that is, to such an one is
the teaching which is by Vohiman. *1 Perhaps, ‘O A.’
Ner. trl., etc. Wherefore(?), O Lord, do Thou produce* this, the Avistd- word, [which means, (so, see aigh) ‘I am (altern. trl. of the Pahl. as reading yedrinani*) making the A. word propitious’ ([or read -anath (see the Pahl.) ‘I am offering worship’]); (b) for then am I producing the friendship [the pro- tection*(?)] and the praise of Sanctity the bestower, [that is, I am doing the deed of Sanctity, 1] Jarathustra [the well prospered]. (c) 1am bestowing knowledge (or ‘understanding’) through the tongue, which is the standing of (or ‘the abiding upon’) the true path. | That path] is [that of ‘prakrishtahdda’ (so; see the Pahl., hardly ‘of excellence’ [-tatayah)]. (d) Because this one (the bestower) is my regulator [lit. (?) regulation] [make him also that of my disciples]. Grant that which is the teaching (hardly ‘the female disciple’) of Bahmana.
*! Probably reading Pahl. yedrfnyén.
Free tr. Then Yours yoke on the eager ones and swiftest,
Your praisers’ victories* for ever gaining,
Your mighty ones yoke on through Right and Good Mind.
With these drive on; so be Ye for my aid.
Altern. Then Yours I’ll* yoke, the eager ones, and swiftest,
The ‘Bridges*’ of Your praises mounting* over*,
Your mighty ones I'll yoke, through Right and Good Mind,
Through these incite* Ye me; be near to help!
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Verbatim trl., etc. Tum vestros [-stris servis sanctis (sub specie equorum in curriculo currentium animo conceptis)| jugum-impone [vel ‘imponam’| arden- tes [-tibus] celeres [-ribusque] (b) [sic] vincens*, [i. e. attingens et transcendens] pontes*? ([vel vincens [in] contentiones[-ibus] strenuas*[-nuis]]) adorationis Vestrae, [i. e. vincens in annisibus* ad adorationem Vestram plenam reddendam necessariis], (c)*#O Mazda [per] Sanctitate[-tatem jugum-impone (vel ‘imponam’) his servis Vestris] robustos[-tis per] Bona[-nam] Mente[-ntem]; (d)* cum quibus [huc usque] vehamini; meo sitis auxilio. ** Vel lege jayaig = ‘incitationibus’. *2 sine dubio Pons Judicis ad caelum ducens etiam una comprehensus est. ** Altern. trl.* (a) [Cum] Vestris [sanctis] me-conjungam ardentes[-tibus] enixos[-is]--, (c) M. A. [cum] potentes [potentibus]- -, (d) [per] quibus [quos] me ad bona facta perficienda incitetis, etc.
*see P. * D. dadistano. *s0 DJ., D., M. *DJ., D. om. *D. ins, i. *DJ. om. 7DJ.; soD. * D. g(ijriftar. * all seem zak am, save DJ. *° DJ. ins. lekim, ™ DJ. and P. ins. i min Lekiim; D. i lekim.
Pahl. trl., etc. Thus I am joining (or possibly ‘I am yoking You’) [for both Your duty and opinion, Ye who are] friendly [and desired], swift, [and working on-high (that is, ‘heavenly’)] (b) in my coming to the Bridge, and for the sake of celebrating Your worship, [that is, may it be possible to me to celebrate Your praise until when I shall arrive (possibly meaning ‘in order that I may arrive’) beyond], (c) O Ye Attharmazd, and Ashavahisht the hero, and Vohtiman. [A hero again (or ‘likewise’) zs this Vohtiman (exegetical note)|, (d) and thus may (or ‘shall’) I be a seizer (or ‘recipient’) of that
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help which reaches me [from You], [that is, thus may it. be possible to me to make this help which comes from You my own].
Ner.’s sansk, text. Evarh yat Tvaih niyojayami [idarh kAryarh nyayasyat Tava?]. Mitrasya [vaiichhaih karomi] vegena. [Karyaih upari bhavet], (b) yat prapnomi etat antarale, prandmah Tava hetoh, [kila, ydvat tatra bhuvane prapnomi namaskritimn Te balishthatam (sic)* karomi]; (c) Svamin, parisphutat [prakatarh] balishthatam* Bahmanena [yat balishthata* pacchat Bahmanat, uttamat manasah]. (d) Asya grihitaro [grahita] bhavami yat Tvath [lege Tel, Svamin, sahayata® Aste, [kila, sahayatas yat svayath caktimdn* caknoti? karturi].
*C., P. punyam in brackets. * all** nava. *J.3 tatam. 43.8, J.4, J.* tata, 554 saha°, ° J.? sdhay®. 7 P. amti. ** so J.* also; I correct Comm.
Ner. trl., etc. Thus am I joining (?) Thee (or possibly, ‘enjoining that which Thou [lege Tyarh] commandest’(?)), [this deed of Thy rule (or ‘system’). I am fulfilling the desire (or ‘making the prayer’ (?)) of friendship [toward Thee], and with activity. [Let it be also a duty, (or ‘an action’) above], (b) performed while I am coming upon the intervening* space* (or ‘Bridge*’). Let it be worship offered by me for Thy sake, [that is, so long as until* I shall have come to the world beyond I am making Thy praise a most powerful influence*]. (c) Thus, O Lord, am I making Thy most mighty power an open* illustration* (see Ashavahisht which recalled the Fire) [or ‘manifest’ (gloss)] and through Bahmana, [because afterwards the most mighty power és from Bahmana (or ‘because after Bahmana, the Best Mind, it is the most powerful influence’)].*(d) Thus am I a seizer (or ‘acquirer’) of that which is Thy friendship, O Lord, [that is, this friendship is something which the capable man is able to produce of himself (or ‘to make his own’)].
Free irl. Yea, I would circle You with hymns in metre,
With lifted hands and verses loudly chanted,
With Holiness, O Lord, and helper’s* praises,
And with the Good Mind’s virtue* would I come! per Sanctitate[-tem] viri-principis-adjutoris (vel ‘oblationis’)-que cum-ado- ratione, (d) tum vos [circum-ibo in] Bonae Mentis virtute, ((vel fortasse in B. M. perspicientia (?)]).
Pahl. text translit. Levatman pai Lekfim frdz srayém pavan afztind, [amat avd zohar yehabtindd vazltinam Avestak ghal yemaleliinam]; (b) bara yamtinam avé Attharmazd pavan! Atistand*! dastiht, [minishnik?]. (c) Aétind avo® lekfim’, Ashavahisht63, radd hémanam pavané niyayishnih, (d) aétind avo lekim
pavan zak i. Vohimand® hinar ribishnih®, {i° frarind htinarih rai? zim® aitd). 1SoDJ.; D. om. pavan, has atisténo hi-(?, or ‘an-’)-yadmanih. *so D.; DJ., M., manishnik. 3—D., P. after niyayishnih. *DJ., Mf.om. va. see P. °D.om.i, 7D., P. ins.; soDJ. §DJ. om.
Pahl. transl. With the metric* (?) feet* I praise You continuously and with increase*, [that is, I pronounce the Avesta when I approach the holy water as* it is offered]; (b) and I come up to Atiharmazd with outstretched hands [spiritually]. (c) And thus to you a/so, O Ashavahisht, I am bountiful in praise, (d) and thus unto you J come through the virtuous (or ‘efficient*’) progress of a good mind, [which is on account of that pious virtue*! which is mine (or ‘which exists through me’)|. * or ‘efficiency’.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Samar padabhyar (or ‘padyabhydm’(?))! Te pra- krishtath vikhyato? ’smi mahattaro "hath [yat idarh balath diyamanam Aste tatah* Avistavanith vadami] (b) upari prapnomi yat, Svamin, uttanahastah san [nivasanarh karomi]. (c) Evarh yat Te parisphutarh* dakshinath karomi yat namas- kritimh™. (d) Evan yat Te Bahmanasya gunah pravartamanah santi, [kila, su- vyaparaguna’ asya madhye* bhavanti]. +J.4 ayabhyaih(?). 25.3 vikhya, °9J.3,J.4. 43.3, C.
Verbatim transl. His ad-Vos cum- (his)-officiis-sacris-directis adorans adeam [-ibo], (b) O Mazda, O Sanctitas, Bonae [cum] factis-et-sacris-officiis Mentis, (c) quando beatitudinis (i. e. praemii gratiae) [meae (vel mei) ex- optato-potens-sim, [i.e. quando illud praemium gratiae facile ad accipiendum certe intra meam potestatem ponatur], (d) tum viri-bene-facientis [vel ‘viri de-bono-sapientis*’ praemium enixe precibus] petens precator* [ad ultimum] recipiens [etiam] sim!
Pahl. text translit. Avé valmanshan it Lekiim Yazishnd padiraké pavan stayishnd sdttinam, (b) Atiharmazd va Ashavahishtd, min tand pavan Vohi- man kinishnd, (c) aétiind? pavan zak dahishnd pavan tarsagahih**3, [amat tarsagahih*** { Lektim vadtinam-é], pavan kamak hémanam?® padakhshah*>, [aighamh> padakhshahih? pavan kamak aitd]. (d) Aéttind zak§ i? valman® i9 avé hi-dinak pavan khvahishnd griftar hémanani!®, [mozd]. *DJ., D. ins. 2 DJ. ins. va. * DJ., D. seem °agahih, or “agath. *M., DJ., D. tarsagahih, or “4gaih. ® see P. *DJ., D. ™DJ., D. and P. padakhshahih *DJ., D. and P. ins. ® DJ. ins. *° P., M, and DJ. marked 34 pl. (?). **or read °akasih. The Comm. corrects the old edition.
Pahl. transl. (a, b) Toward those which are Your Yasnas*!, O Afharmazd
and Ashavahisht, which are to be performed for You with a Good Mind (or
Ner. trl., etc. With the two* metric* measures* (or ‘with the two feet’ (? padabhyam ?) feet have I become (?) celebrated (or vikhydto* as deponent, or again, read vikhya(h)*, cp. °khyd, J.3, ‘I am celebrating ’) for Thee as the greater|-est], and because that element of strength is being given to me, therefore I declare for You The Avista word]; (b) wherefore, O Lord, I am coming up above* (?, or ‘on account of this’), and with hands stretched out, [and thus I am making (or ‘preparing’) an abode (his MS. read manishnih (was that MS. DJ.?)) on high (?)]; (c) thus also do I render Thee what*! 2s an offering manifestly**, which 7s worship. (d) And thus what! are the virtuous characteristics of Thy Bahmana are progressive, [that is, the virtues of good conduct are (or ‘become ’) existing in him (?) within]. ‘vat = ‘zak 7’ (or, ‘hecause’).
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Awa paé Shuma fréz gfyam pah afztn, [kih an zér dehandah (?) shawam, Avesta 6 giiyam]; (b) bih rasam 4n Hormuzd pah_ bar- dastah dast, [minishni] » (c) Kdfin [] sakhdwat hastam pah niydyishn {an Shuma Ardi- bahisht = dn raktim Ardibahisht] % (a) édin 4n Shuma pah an ¢ Bahman [an man = dn va] {] (?) [raftan = riibishn] [2 nék hinari ra ma-ra hast] sx
Free tr. Then, with Your off’rings let me near You, Mazda,
Praising with Holiness and Good Mind’s actions,
When o’er my prize I fully seize possession;
That blest* prize seeking let me gain it thus.
‘Ye for whom action is with Vohuman’) I am advancing, and with praise. (c) Therefore in that dispensation (or ‘time’ ?) through a revering* blessing**, [i. e. when I would perform my reverence toward You|I am sovereign according to my desire, [that is, my sovereignty is according to my wish]. (d) And thus through prayer shall I become an attainer to that which is for the wise man [as a reward]. *1 Possibly meaning ‘towards the worship of those who are Yours’; but see the Gatha. Ner.’ssansk text. Tava aradhanath [-nath*| sarnmukhayh stutira pracharami {karomi], (b) Svamin, [parisphutath prakatarh Yushmakarh] Uttamena Manasa [stutimn karomi]. (c)Evari lakshmirh*! me bhakticilar[dehi, yat*®Te bhaktim karo- mi]; yat abhilashayami, [kila] rajyasya [abhilasharh karomi]. (d) Evath Te suda- hinar* abhilashayami. Grihitaro [lege grahita] bhavami [prasadam]. +0. ? P. yata. Ner. transl. Therefore I am going forward toward Thy worship and
Thy praise, [¢/at is, I am performing them]. (b) [Plainly manifest], O Lord, do I make [Your praise] through the Highest (i. e. ‘the Good’) Mind. (c) Grant me therefore that reverential blessing* (or ‘sacred property*(?) ’) [since (or ‘when’) I perform devotion*! to Thee], and since I beseech ¢¢ of Thee, [that is, 1 am making my prayer for the sovereignty]. (d) Thus I am seeking Thy bountiful*? One*, and I am also actually an acquirer, [that is, I am attaining
the reward]. *'See Burnouf. *? or ‘Thy discriminating (?) one’. 43,
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. An d6shan 7 Shuma Yazishn pazirah pah stayishn rawam, (b) Hérmuzd w Ardibahisht, kih tan pah Bahman kunishn s (c) édin pah an da- hishn pah bandagi, [kih bandagi 7 Shuma kunam], pah kamagan -+ kamah [ ],
Trlit. (a) Ad(t) ya var(e)sha, yacha pairi ai§ Skyaothna™! * so now preferred.
(c) Raochao, veng (= huveng), asnam ukhsha aéurus.
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