Ner. transl. Do Thou provide * that which is the reward! I am Jara- thustra; I teach concerning the heavenly world beforehand, or as éf in its presence, by anticipation, * [that is, I teach a sanctity which ts similar to that which prevails there| (b) when, O great wise One, the Lord! I arrive in Garothmana first (c), decause I teach that which is the acquisition of
Trlit. Tam Kava Vistaspé magahyaé Khshathra naisad
Vanhéus padebi§ Mananhd, yam chistim Asha mafita
Spefité Mazdio Ahurdé; atha ne sazdyai usta!
Verbatim. transl. Hance [scientiam salutem afferentem] Kavi (?) Vis- taspa Divitis (?)* - magnitudinis [per] Regno [-num] nactus-est (b), [et] Bonae pedibus-metricis Mentis, quam scientiam Sanctitate excogitavit (c) be- nignus Magni-donator Dominus (vivus); sic [per eam scientiam] nobis annun- tiare [-ianda est] salus.
Pahl. text. translit. Zak mfin Vishtaspd magihich rai, [avéjakihich rai], pavan khfidayih? arjanik, [javidich? min avarmand (?)] (b) pavan zak i Vohttman padih [frartin shalitath rai zish 4]; aité man farzanak pavan zak 1° Aharayih padmané; [aigh, farjim i* mindavam pavan frartinih aétind, chi- gtin avayad khavitinastand®, khavittiméd]. (c) Afztnik Atharmazd! aétindt lanman” rai7 sazishno nadtkih. 1 DJ. ins. Din. * DJ. khidayith. * P. ins. ich. 2 so. Dd, “Ds. ins, © DI, and 2. Sais fand seme:
Pahl. transl. Vishtasp is meritorious in his sovereignty as regards the Magianship; [that is, as regards purity, and even separate * from the superintending*] (b) through that which is Vohtiman’s sovereignty, |that is, in accordance with the predominance, or reign, of the pious, which is through him]; jor he it is who is intelligent according to Ahara- yih’s estimate; [that is, he understands the conclusion of the matter thus,
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- Thy best mind, and of righteousness, [that is, make Thou that acquisition Jor me which is good conduct, or its reward].
Parsi-persian Ms. trlt, [Kih = min| muzd, kih Zartusht hastam, an [pah = pa-
van] minuwan, [mintt Din = madonad Din], chasham pésh; [pah barabar kirfah [kar-
dan = kardan}] (b), kQ 4n Garétman ¢ Ormuzd rasad (?) pésh & (c) An i Shuma, Bah-
man, pah Sawab, stid chashéd (2) [kti, stid pah néki kunand]
Free. tr. For that wisdom Vishtaspa in the Magian * Realm gainéd.
Verse of Good Mind revealed it. Through the Truth Mazda taught it, He, the bounteous Ahura, thus to teach us salvation.
as it is necessary to understand it, through his piety]. (c) Bountiful At- harmazd thus it is that happiness is to be taught to, or prepared for, us by Thee! * So W.; possibly ‘Separate from the spoiler (leg. aparmand)’; hardly ‘di- stinguished from his superiority’ [avar-mandih]; or may it be ‘separate from the rest? ?
Ner’s. sansk. text. Kai Gustaspo, nirmalo Raja, yogyatarah. (b) Ut- tamena manasa, tasya [suvyaparena] Rajiiah, [evar kuru} yat nirvane [pun- yamh] pramanara [; kuru; kila, nirvana kithchit suvyAparath evati yatha yujyate jridtum]|. (c) Gurutarat? Svaminah Mahajidninah evash cakyate gubhar jidtum. + P. both “ran’.
Ner. transl. Kai Gustdspa, the pure-minded (lit. spotless) king, 7s more deserving, or adroit. (b) Through the exalted mind [and through the good conduct] of the king [do Thou therefore thus effect] that which is that measure, or reguhation, [which is righteous] in véew of the end (or heaven (?)); do Thou produce ¢¢; that is, he understands the conclusion thus as something pertaining to good works, or by the way of good works, and as it is fitting to understand it]. (c) It is thus possible to understand felicity from the greater, or more majestic Lord, The Great Wise One *.
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* Not ‘from the greater teacher the felicity of the Lord’; see the Zend and Pahl.
Parsi-Persian Ms. irit. An kih- Vishtasp, khalisi ham (Din = Din] ra, khalisi ra, pah khudai arzini [juda [ham = ach| az mn. tr. pro avarmand (sic)] * (b) Pah an ? Bahman sardari; [nék padishahi ra anash]; hast kih dana pah an i Sawab andazah; ka, ‘alabat 7 chiz pah néki, aédin chim bayad [] [danistan =—] danad] * (c) Af zani (?) Ormuzd! aédtin at [mara = —] kunad (?) [= sazishn] néki %
Free. tr. Now a blest * form Frashaoshtra, the Hyégva, hath shown me,
For the good Faith the choicest ; and may Mazda bestow her *! For the gaining of Asha He, the sovereign Ahura!
Verbatim. trans]. Beatam [-tum] mihi Frashaostra Hvogva mon- stravit [i.e. monstret] corpus ** (b) Religioni bonae; lid, est, ad Religionem bonam adornandam aptum] quam {quod corpus] huic [tam] desiderabilem
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364 Li. 17, 18.
Trlit. Berekhdhim méi Frashaostr6 Hvégvd daéddist kehrpem
Daénayai vanhuyai, yam hoi ishyam datt
Khshayais Mazdao Ahuré! Ashahya azhdyai gerezdim.
[-bile] dato (c) regnans Magni-donator Dominus (viyus)! Sanctitatis [ad Sanctitatem] nancisci [-ciscendam] adeptionem * *!
** 1Fortasse scientiam ut personam conceptam. 2 Vel leg. -dim querentes clamate.
1 DJ. ins. ? DJ. and P. om. va. * P. Hoban (sic yid.). * DJ. and PB. §© DJ: om. i. ® DJ. avo; P. and Sp. valman. 7 see P. *P. om, °9sPans. va. Seen:
Pahl. transl. Frashdshtar, of the Hvébae, intended, or was observing, for me that person (lit. body) who, or which, was my desire *1, and with an especial intention, [that is, he will give me his daughter in marriage]. (b) And [she stands] ever steadfast in the Good Religion; [and on account of this, her steadfastness in the good Religion] may he give her who is to him so accordant to his wish; [that is, may the Hyébn*2 give me her body in wifehood *|. (¢) And the duties of her household may she fulfil in obedience to Atharmazd’s sovereignty, and in accordance with the desire *? of right- eousness. *7 Or ‘longing for me’ 2 or ‘Hydbd° (2). 3 or ‘one desirous of’.
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Trlit. Tim chistim (Dé)jamaspé Hydgvo istdis varenao
Asha verenté tad Khshathrem Mananhé Vanheus vido.
Tad moi daidi, Ahura! hyad, Mazda! rapen Taya.
Verbatim. transl. Hanc scientiam [sanctam], (De)jamaspa Hvodgvat [scientiam] ut opis splendores * {et gloriam] (b) [per] Sanctitate [-tem] eligit * ? [Religionem ejus], id Regnum MentisBonae inyeniens *3. (c) Id mihi [etiam]
.da, O Domine (vive)! quod, O Magni-donator! rapiant * [vel recipient —
hi sancti] Tui, [id est, beneficium vere a Te]. *1 Vel. voc. #2 eligunt(?). ** -ntes.(2).
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Ner’s. sansk. text. Mitro me sadaiva Phiragaustrah Htogtdjah! guruh anayoh garirarn [gurutvar kartum caknutah]. (b) Yat Dineh utta- mayah madhye aste [yat Dineh uttamayah| asya ydchanath dehi, [kila, su- rapa ¢garirena striyamh dehi|! (c) Yat rajyath, Svamin, Mahajfianin! pun- yasya milyena? kuru, grihe grihardajiiimcha®! + J+ * So J.3J* 3 J+ pata-.
Ner. transl. My constant *1 friend Phiracaustra, and (?) Hiogtaja, the spiritual master, are (?) granting me a body belonging to them both,* [that is, they two are able to create a spiritual mastership *?]. (b) Do Thou therefore grant that which is in the midst of the highest Din; grant that which is its prayer [which is of, or for, the highest, or good, Din; that is, grant me a woman, or wife, beautiful in body]. (c) And produce also, O Lord! the Great Wise One! that which is the authority (lit. royalty) through the wages, or reward, of righteousness. Make her a righteous house-mistress in the house.
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%1 Or ‘were ever granting’. *? possibly alluding to cariram as a form from cira =head; see the gloss; or more practically, ‘m order to create for me the dasturship through marriage connection’.
Parsi-persian Ms. irlt. An ¢ arztk, an man, Frashdéshtar [] [Hbob (2) = Hoban] pah didan binad, Karap; [ktm, dukhtar pah khwéshi (sic vid) bih [] [deham(?) = —] % (b) Pah Din 2 veh éstéd [pah Din 7 veh ra] wa + 4n 7 fi pah khwahishn dehad [[] [an dukhtar pah khwéshi deham = dn bentman pah vapashman (sic pro napashman) dd- biimam (?)| %* (c) Pah padighahi 7 Ormuzd, [] 4n iSawab [wa = va] arzt (?) kunad [] [kanah? = kanah] [] [bani (?) = banti (sic vid.)] x
Free. tr. And such wisdom has Jémasp of the bright wealth well chosen, Thus the Realm of the Good Mind through his Righteousness gaining. That then grant me, Ahura! which such from Thee wrested!
Pahl. text, translit. Zak i farzinak [Dastobar] Jamaspd i! Hvdbané bayihtinéd? gadman?® [khvésh-karih]. (b) Aharayih déshédé, zak i* pavan khidayih*®, pavan zak i Vohtiman akas-dahishnih, [frartind® danakih rai zish aitd|. (c) Zak avd li7 yehabinai Atharmazd! mn hana i4 Lak ramini- darih [mozd].
1 DJ. ins. 7. and om. va. * DJ. additional possibly causative. * P. ims. va. ee enone SOnDdee eDJc in, 7) P.som,.
Pahl. trans!. That * which * zs wise [the Dastur] Jiémasp of, the Hvoban, desires; i.e. glory, [that is, an activity which is his own]. (b) And he * loves Righteousness, that which is in the sovereignty, through that which is Vo- himan’s information, [that is, it 7s h’s in accordance with that pious learn-
366 LI. 18, 19.
ing which is his] (c); and that do Thou grant also to me, O Atharmazd! for it is this Thy gift of joy [Thy reward]!
* Possibly ‘He who is the wise’ [Dastur] H. desires glory.
Ner’s. sansk. text. Asau nirvanajiah* sadgurutvain Jamaspah! Hto- gavajah® yachayati hastabhyam, [sviyena karyena] (b) punyasya abhipsaya 2(?). Tat? rajyari uttamamana suprabuddhina dehi; [suvyaparena manyata (?). {drico vidyate]. (c) Tat me dehi, Svamin, Mahajiidnin! Tvarh anandam?° pracharayituin*, [Prasadami kuru]! + All Yémaspah. ? J* *P. 40.
Ner. transl. This Jamaspa Hiogavaja (sic *1), wise as he 7s concerning the end, causes men to pray for the good dasturship with both the hands, [that
Trlit. Hvy6 tad na, Maidydi-maonha Spitama! ahmai dazdé
Daénaya vaédemndé ye ahtim ishasas aibi
Mazdao data mraod gay¢éhya Skyaoth(a)nais vahy6.
Verbatim. transl. Ille-ipse id vir, O Maidydi-maonha, Spitama! huic dat (b) [per] Religione [-nem] sciens [vel intelligens], qui vitam [vel mun- dum| desiderans [vel prosperans est; i. e.] prorsus [ad eam rem promoyven- dam]. (c) Magni-donatoris leges * pronunciavit vitae [per| factis [-ta] melius [i. e. rem meliorem].
Pahl. transl. That man gives thus, O Maidydkmah of the Spitamae, and to him [even to himself] is the giving of the [recompense of (?) the reward]; (b) also the information which appertains to the Religion in the world is greatly his wish, [that és, the intelligence which 7s ¢mparted through the Religion]. (c) With
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is, through his own action] (b) through the desire of sanctity. Do Thou therefore, endowed with the best mind, grant the sovereignty through the man of superior ‘intelligence. [His wisdom is through good conduct. Such is* he]. (c) Do Thou therefore grant that sovereignty to me, O Thou Great Wise One, the Lord! to promote my delight. [Provide me with the reward!| %*1 Here correctly as a second name for Jamaspa.
Parsi-persian Ms. trit. Anz dana Dasttr Jamasp « Hbdb khw&had khdér-i-ma (2 sic vid.); [ [wa = va] khwésh-kari] (b) Sawab khwahish-kunad , an’? pah khudai, pah an ¢ Bahman aAgah-dahishni; [nék danai ra anash hast] * (c) An an [] dehi, Or- muzd! kih in 2 Tt ramishni; [muzd] %
Free. tr. Maidydi-maonha Spitama! this that man him hath given,. Through the Faith the intelligent, who for life thus inquireth, Mazda’s laws he hath spoken through the deeds of life better!
him also is the reciting of Aiharmazd’s command; [that is, of Atharmazd’s Religion], which is good because there is a further fulfilment of it in his life; [that is, he is, both to speak for it, and to act for it, or upon * it, energe- tically]. + Or execute it.
Ner’s. sansk. text. Asya manushyasya Maidiomdhasya! Spitamanas- yacha? anayoh sviyath [-am?] datirn * [prasAdai prasddaptiritam] dehi. (b)Tasya[-4] Dinéh avabodhadanarh bhuvanasyo’pari samihe [jiiAnarh yat Dineh]. (c) Mahajnani dadhara® (?) uvacha vakyati [Dineh Svdminah] karoti, pagchat? uttamamm jivitasya* dadhati; [kila, sarhbalarh* yat vachasé karmana karoti|°.
*P. ?C. * both dadara. 4 J4, -vyam. * J*. adds.
Ner. transl. Grant his own gift [and gracious reward] to each of these two, to the man Maidiomaha, and (?) to Spitamana. (b) I desire that gift of in- telligence, or that instruction, which belongs to the Din for the benefit of, or concerning, the world, [that 7s, I desire that knowledge which 7s of the Din]. (c) The Great Wise One has established *, and has uttered the word; that is, he produces it, and afterwards sustains it, as the highest word of life, as the word [of the Lord’s Din; that is, he effects that sustaining energy *1 which ewésts through word and deed]. % 1 Not ‘food’; see the Pahlavi.
Parsi-Persian Ms. trit. U mard aédtin Médyékmah, kih [az = mn] Spitaman [ ] fhast. An ra = hast. An ra] khwésh]-dahishn, [muzd], [wa = va] badal-dahishn] % (b) Azash an ¢ Din Agah-dahishnt andar jihan awar khwastan [agahi ¢ pah Din *] (c) Azash an ¢ Ormuzd dad shumurdan [Din i Ormuzd], pah jan kunishn veh; [kunad _ = vagiindd (vel vagind (sic))]; kash kushishn 6 gdbishn 6 kunishn [dehad =
dabinéd| x