"See P. 2 DJ. ins. i, * P. khtmsandi (sic) DJ. and Sp. might be read khtrsand. * so P. translates; see Ner. *® DJ, and P. om. pavan. ° DJ. spells diff.
Pahl. transl. He who is Your chief in actions is a listener in the as- sembly to that which is * Yours [Your propitiation; that is, they shall make a memorial concerning sin and good works] (b), O Ye Atharmazd and Ashavahisht! the word wttered by whose tongue is wttered through
Trlit. Kuthra Ardig 4 fseratuS? Kuthra merezhdikai akhstad ? Kuthra yasé ‘yén Ashem? Ka speiita Ar(a)maitis ? Kuthré Mand Vahigtem? Kuthra ThwA Khshathra, Mazda ?
Li. 3, 4 345
Shuma Bahman niyayishn [bih = band (sic)] dehad [] sid; [ki, [ki = agh (sic)] jadan- goi kunand, wa sid kunand
Free. tr. They are gath’ring to hear You, by Your deeds ever guarded, Lord! and Truth! with the words from the tongue of Good Meaning; Of whose words the inspirer Thou, Mazda! art foremost!
the Good Mind (c}, Thou, 0 Attharmazd! [who] art a demonstrator [to me] be- fore those; [that is, Thou would’st * provide, or provide Thou, the matter
of the pious with*1 a sign for me before the Ameshdspends]. %+ Or as (2)
Ner’s. sansk text. Yat Te ayath labhah sarve pracharanti cubhena karmana. Te karmana adhipatyatit bhavet; [kild “hari? papasya punyasya lekhyakam* karomi}. (b) Svamin! parisphutaii yat YushmAkani jihvaya [-aya] vachanini Uttamena Manasa [janami] (c), yesham Tvain, Svamin! parva prakrishtar datim prithak karoti [-oshi]; [kila, yat Amicaspindanam kimehit suvyaparena ptirvar Tvaya datih srishtih krita]. 1 both diff. slightly. 2 CG. *P.
Ner. transl. All are advancing forward to acquire this which és Thine acquisition through good action. Let therefore Thy sovereignty be such as is actual; that is, a sovereignty in deeds; [that is, I say ‘all’ for I am making a record of sin and of righteousness]. (b) Clearly *, O Lord! do I understand through the Best Mind the words uttered by Your tongue (c), the bestowal of which, O Lord! Thou first producest apart; [that is, what was the interest of the Amigdspindas through, or on account of, pious conduct was a gift and creation first produced by Thee]. * Or ‘clearly uttered’,
Parsi-persian Ms. irlt. [Digaran = zakdn] an ¢ [] Shuma [[] [khoshi = khunsandi (sic)} ¢ Shuma [az = min]] shunidar &m ham-raftan [kunad = vdgiind (sic)] kih [] kunishn [Din = Din] sardar [Shuma = Rakum] [pah = pavan] hast; [ki, pah [wa = -| gana wa kirfah shumar kunad (?)] (b) Ormuzd wa Ardébahisht! kih tan an @ [] zaban sakhun pah [] [danam = anitinam] x (c) Kih am az éshin TA, Ormuzd! awwal fraz khaslat hasti; [kttm az Amshospendan [wa =—] chiz ¢ nék awwal'T& pah khaslat bih [] [kunand = vaginand] | *
Free. tr. Where stands then the thrift-lord near the zealous for. favour ?
Where comes too the Right? Where devotion the bounteous? Whither cometh the Good Mind? Whence, O Mazda! Thy Kingdom?
Verbatim. transl. Ubi [i. e. unde] pie-strenui [-nuum] apud {stabit] nutrimenti-dominus [id est, dominus abundantiam impertiens]? Ubi misericordiae- caus& [unquam] stabat [-bit] ille [id est, ad misericordiam viro pio tribuen- dam]? (b) Ubi venientes] sint Sanctitas [et consocii ejus]? Ubi benigna
346 LI. 4, 5.
Pietas (prompta mens)? (c) Ubi Mens optima? Ubi Tua regimina, O Magni- donator ?
1 DJ. ins. 2 see P. * DJ. diff. poss. for kardinéfid. * DJ. ins. va. 5 DJ. om. va.
Pahl. transl. Where is the perfect chieftainship? [Where is the perfect chieftainship of the chief of the supporters of the Religion ? Where is the produc- tion of its place (or, where is the place to effect it?)] Where does forgiveness come from. [That is, the reward of* the spirits, where is its place?] (b) Whence is the coming of Righteousness? And where is Ashavahisht? [Where 7s his place?] Where is Spendarmad? (c) Where is Vohtiman, the excellent *? Where is this Thy sovereignty, O Atiharmazd! * Or ‘heaven’.
Ner’s. sansk. text. Katha saipirnarh! Adhipatyarh [sadguravah ?
Dinivahikaih santi. Katharn ddhipatyath sathpdirnasthane kritarn]; yat sarve samarachandi pracharanti? [Katharh Adhipatyaih sampdirnasthane
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Trlit. Vispa ta peresiis yatha Ashad hacha gam vidad
Vastryé Skyaothanais ereshvd has hukhratug nemanha |
Ye dathaéiby6 eres ratim khshayas ashavao chista. |
Verbatim. transl. Omnia ea rogans [est ile] quo-modo [ex] Sanctitate .
(ex) bovem obtineat * (b) agricola factis [(vel suis actionibus)| justus ens
(sic), [et] de-bono-sagax [in-] laude [ejus] (c), [Eum] qui creaturis * [rebus creatis| recte legem [ut] regnans sanctus designavit (vel constituit).
Pahl. text. translit. Harvispd1 zak 1? pirsih1, mtinat aéttind min Aharayih avaikih gdspendin' vindishné, [aighat? levatman‘ kér va kirfak kardand® gospendin yehevtinéd]. (b) Mtn varzidar pavan kinishnd rast¥, [pavan htz- vand °] hi-khirad? homanad pavan niydyishnd; [ash min valman {2 hi-khirad®, Atharmazd! aité niydyishné aighash nadikih padash vadtinyén] (c), mfin da- — hishno avd valman i! rasté radd, pavan shalitaih; [aigh, pavan padakhshahih
Ll. 4, 5. 347
akarot? Kathath ayarh prasidah svargasthine Aste ?]. (b) Kathaih yah prapnoti. punyarn [yat parisphutari sthane] prithivyara samptirnamanasa ? (c) Katham Bahmanasya utkrishtabhuvanam!? Kathaim2 Tvarm raja +, Maha- jnanin, Svamin? +. 2 P. corr. J. ° J. 4 have kila (2).
Ner. transl. How does the sovereignty become perfect; [how are
the good dasturs, the upholders of the Din? That 7s, how is the sovereignty established in that place of perfection when all are approach- ing the purification (? sic)? [How did one ever produce the sovereignty in the place of perfection? That 7s, how is this trwe reward provided on the celestial way (in heaven)|? (b) And how does he reach us who is coming [as manifest] righteousness, [in this place], on the earth, and with a perfect mind? (c) How is the heaven (the excellent world) of Bahmana constituted? How, O Lord, the Great Wise One! art Thou owr king? Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Kt bund(ah) sardari (sahib + rad, ¢ Din burdaran; ki sar- daxi buna‘ (?) [kudam = kuddm (sic)?] Ka jai [kam = kam] kunand|]? Ka [pavan|] bakhshidan rawad? [Ki an ¢ muzd ¢ minfi? Kt jaf éstéd?] x (b) Ka rasidan [pah = Sawab?]. Ka Ardibahisht? [Kt ja? [hast = hast]? Ki Sfendirmad? [Kudém jai = kudam jinak| # (c) Ku [] [jai = jénék] ¢ Bahman 7 buland? Ka in é [] Ta khudai [6 = aé], Ormuzd? »
Free. tr. This all asks the tiller how through Truth kine* to gain him. Wise in praise ever is he, ever upright in actions. Laws for creatures most righteous justly ruling He giveth! zish aité tani baré avd Aérpatind yehabiinéd]. Ash pavan Aharayih far- zanakih; [aigh, farjam i mindavam pavan frarinith bara khavittnéd].
20 Dee some aD and >. Dd. 2, and Ner's. orio. © DJ. ditt, * DY.
om. va.
Pahl. transl. All that thou * askest, and which fis thus asked by thee] through the help of Ahardyih is the acquisition of the herds; [that is the herd becomes thine together with (or in) the fulfilment of duty and charity]. (b) Let the tiller, who zs just in his action and wise [in his speech *|, abide in praise, [for his, from his good wisdom, is the praise of Attharmazd!; that is, they will afford him happiness thereby, and as a reward for it). (c) And his (lit. whose) giving in the sovereignty is for the righteous spiritual master; {that is, in the sovereignty which is established through his instru- mentality he will give his body to the Herbads]; and thus 7t is that he has wisdom through his righteousness; {that is, he will understand the conclu- sion of the matter through his piety].
Ner’s. sansk. text. Sarveshith yat yathd evaih punyai kathamchit gavar pactindm labdhith [samai karyena punyena kurvanti} (b) yat sama-
348 LI. 5, 6.
charaniyath karma, saralaya [jihvaya] subuddhya pranaémah karaniyar [-ah] {subuddhya Svaminah pranamaimt kuryat; kila, tasya Svami gubham kurute]. (c) Yo dati satyena sadgurum dharayet [abhilashamh kuryat. Kila, yat rajyamh atra vidyate tanum! Ervadanam? dadyat?| yat tat punyam nirvane; [kila, nirvane kimnchit! suvyaparaza! janiyat?|. +0, 2 P.
Ner. trans]. As of all, so in a certain righteous way, [they are making] an acquisition of cattle and flocks and [i. e. they do this with righteous action]. (b) For the deed most solemnly to be accom- plished by them, that 7s, the worship, is to be performed with proper [voice *], and with wisdom; [that is, let the worshipper perform the worship of the Lord with wisdom; that is, the Lord effects good for him as a reward for it; hence it is performed with wisdom]. (c) And let him who possesses
Trlit. Yé vahyd vanhéus dazdi, yasché héi varai rddad
Ahurd Khshathraé Mazddo, ad ahmai akad ashyé
Ye hoi noid vi-daiti, apemé anhéus urvaésé!
Verbatim. transl. Qui [praemium] melius boni [-no} dat, [et] qui(que) ei [agricolae *| delectui, [id est, secundum optationem religiosam ejus| largiatur [-ietur] (b) [est] Dominus (vivus) [per] Regno |-num] * Magni- donator sic [etiam eodem modo dat; i. e. infligit Dominus] huic [viro sce- lesto supplicium] malo pejus (c), [ei! qui Iili-ipsi non [i. e. nihil] offert, [et hoc damnum ei] in ultimo mundi [vel vitae] exitu [imponit}.
** Fieri potest ut sit agricola qui sic secundum Domini delectum largiatur (vide quintum versum). Sed tum necesse esset verba alia supplerentur.
Pahl. transl. Whoever gives good to him who is good; [that is, — gives him a reward], and who also bestows bounty upon him with the
Ll 5, 6. 349
that gift, viz, the good Dastur, through his truthfulness [perform the request. That is, when the the heavenly kingdom is found, or comes, here, let him then bestow himself (his body) upon* the Ervads] for this is righteousness in the end; [that is, let him understand something which is a pious work **1 in view of the end]. **1 Possibly ‘through pious action’ (adverbially).
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Tamam an ¢ pursi kiyat aédtin az Sawab madad, gdsfendan hasil kardan;. [ki [-t=-at] [awa = rédman] kar wa kirfah kardan, gésfend [an=-] bashad]* (b) Kih varzidar pah kunishn rast, pah aw (sic pro awa, vel ad&?) nék-khirad [] {hast = hdménd] pah niyayishn; [Q az & ¢@ nék-khirad, Ormuzd! hast [wa = va] niyéyishn [ktish néki padash kunand] 4 (c) Kih [] -shin= -shdn] 4n fi ¢ rast rad, pah padishahi; [ki, pah padishahi zish (?) hast, tan [pah (pro bih) [= bana] fn hérbadistén dehad,} ash pah Sawab danai; [ktii, akhir 7@ chiz pah néki bih danad] +
Free. tr. Who than good better giveth, He who gives to one’s choices Is the Lord through his Kingdom; but him worse than the evil Who no good portion bringeth doth He give in life’s ending!
liberality of a desire, and not merely because he is under a necessity {to that one who is Atharmazd (or, to him A. gives ** correspondingly inreturn)|(b) through that which is Atharmazd’s sovereignty, and that which zs enacted for him whose is the wickedness of the evil Aharmoék is. a/so regulated thus, |that is, they shall execute with equal strictness the chastisement upon him who has com- mitted the Aharmdk’s sin]. (c) But this will not be fully inflicted upon him*? before the last changing in the world; [that is, they shall not execute this punishment upon him in its full degree, until the later body].
#1 Or‘ by whom to that one (i. e. Attharmazd) it is not given, during, or until, (?)
Ner’s. sansk. text. Yah uttamdnarh uttamatvaih dadyat [prasidam- cha| asya abhilasho dakshindya [-aya] diyate, [Svamin!] (b) Svamin! rajyath, Mahajfidnin! asmakarm dadyat, asya nikrishta-Aharmanasya (?) *! nikrishtatar- an * kuryat; fasya nigrahaih[-o] vidhiyate] (c), yat [nikrishtasya?| na dadyat ydvat asau nirvane antar bhuvane paribhramati, [kila, yavat tanoh aksha- yatvam nigraham? sarhptirnam na akarot]. **! So meaning. 2C. * P.
Ner. transl. The wish of him who may grant the highest good of, that is, to, the best (the good) [as a reward] is granted with bountifulness, {O Lord!] (b) And let him grant our sovereignty to us, 0 Great Wise One, the Lord! And let him render that of the base Aharmana more base [for his punishment is effected, or appointed]. (c) And this (lit. which) let him not render {to the base| as long as until the issue arrives* (so meaning) in the end within the world, [that is, until the indestructibility of the body he did not make (that is, they will not have made) his punishment complete|.
350 Li. 7;8
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Kih veh an fi 2 veh dehad [muzd], wa kih ham an ii, pah kamah, sakhawat(i) dehad, [an t 7 Ormuzd] % (b) Pah an ¢ Ormuzd khudai aédfin an @ an fi z bad Asmégh badtari; [ki, [] [az = min] kardan [Ormuzd awar = A. madam},
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Trlit. Daidi moi ye Gaim tash6 apascha, urvaraoscha,
Ameretata Haurvata, spenista mainyii, Mazda!
Tevishi utayuiti Mananha Voht sénhé!