C., *mana. *J.%,J.*,P. Sal! seem sa. all nidarcgayanaya. 7J.* om. 2 Jae, Jane bPrnage but J.4, C. nara. 9 J,* 10 S38, Je la Colo, 2 J.* *yenya. 1? J.* *bhyam; J.2°bhya*. 33 so all, Ner. transl. The holy Jarathustra was good in thoughts, words, and deeds; [from good conduct in thought, word, and deed he was deserving of happiness, if so he did}. He took up the Gathas of the Greater Immortals, fi. e. he revealed them in the world for manifestation. ‘This was his deed (or ‘object’), if he made. theni, or ‘it’ (?), easy to those bound* by-them*, that _ they might not forget them, as he also matle manifest in the Gathas all the laws of duty which are revealed by all the Avista-interpretations, and established a worship by, or ‘for’, them], (c) wherefore: Praise to you, O sacred Gathas! Parsi-persian Ms., Wa yan minishn, wa yan gdbishn, wa yan kinishn [néki ra pah néki arzani = frdriin ré Pavan nadiki arzani| bid ashd Zaratusht * [Minishn, gobishn, kfinishn 7 frarin(?) [] pah néki arzAnt bad] * (b) Fraz Amshasfendan Gasan girift (2) [it] [ ] [iz(a)dan = (space), no text] [ ] gurah fraz dash (2) * (c) Niyayishn an shuma Gasan 7 ash % (The letter W = English v; but see pages 154—275),
Fr. With hands outstretched I beseech, with praise for this grace, the first blessing, All actions done in the Right, gift of, Mazda, Thy bounteous spirit, And the Good Mind’s understanding, thus the soul of the Kine appeasing.*
* Exact reproductions of metre and words are not here attempted.
Verbatim transl. Hujus precibus-contendo[-amj laude* erectas-manus- habens gratiae (b) Spiritus*, O Magni-donator (?)* (vel, O Sapiens* (?)), primum [donorum omnium] bene -largiti*, [ut] sanctitate erga-omnes [vel omnia] facta [consummata sint], (c) [et] Bonae intelligentiam Mentis [hanc etiam exoro] _ qua satisfaciam Bovisque-animam [-mae]. *' Vel, lege °dao, capa Mazda (?),
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Pahl. transl. I pray with praise [for that reward of Him who is Atharmazd Himself when I would effect the mediation of the Good Yazads], lifting up the hand [also the mind] for [its own] joy, (b) seeking through the spirituality [the Gathic doctrine], the first gift of Atiharmazd, the righteousness of* the* blessing* which is to be fulfilled toward all, {that is, all actions should be done in accordance with the Gathic doctrine]; (e) and through a good mind’s* wisdom [even innate wisdom] J pray for the satisfying of Géshdtrvan*, [that is, the care of the herds is to be undertaken with wisdom].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Asya samihe! namaskaranena [asya, iti, Hormij- dasya svadhinam prasadam samihe, kila yachiarh? Svamini* (?) uttame™ (?)
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karomi| uttdnahastah pramodena (b) adrigyasya Mahajnaninah purvar
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Maibyo davoi ah[u]vao astvatascha hyad(t)cha mananho
Ayapta Ashad(t) hacha yais rapafito* daidid(t)** vathré [= huv®].
Verbatim transl. [Ego] qui Vos, Mazda Ahura, circum-ibo* Bona cum-Mente, (b) mihi ad-dandum [este] duarum-vitarum, corporalis, quod- que [ejus-quae] mentis-est, (c) praemia-attacta™ Sanctitate ex, quibus [Sanctitas (?) ea] gaudio-accipientes ponet in beatitudine[-nem]. “i. e. date. ™ obtenta.
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prithulataya? punyath vi¢veshu karmasu, [{kila, karma sarvam Gathdbhih karyam], (c) Uttamasyacha buddhya Manasah [*naisargikabuddhya‘], ya sat- karayitri® Goratmanah. [Pratiyatnai gopacindm* parijianataya kurute]. (Dyivaram vachyo gujastah . . . ). 4J.* chena. ?J.*. *J.3,-J.4, 0, P., but J.* *tvena. *J.*, but J.*, J.* gika®, P. °giki®. * J.* (?); J.3, C. *kayitri, J.* °yayitri.
Ner. transl. I seek His gift by means of adoration [‘his’, thus; I desire Hormijda’s absolute (or ‘own’) grace; that is, I make a request (the Lord being** good)]| with hands stretched out in joy, (b) beseeching for that which is the first thing in greatness which belongs to the Great Wise Spirit, sanctity in all deeds, [that is, every deed is to be accomplished in accor- dance* with* the Gathas, (they representing all sanctity)], (c) and with the wisdom of the highest mind [with the innate* wisdom] which is reverential* toward Goratman, that is, one makes careful effort for the herds, and in an understanding manner]. (This text is to be repeated twice, etc.). *Cp. Y. 22,29 (Sp.).
Parsi-persian Ms. An [muzd 77 Hormuzd khwésh] khwaham pah niydyishn, kih ja- dangéi 7 iz(a)dan 7 vehan {] {kunand = radginand (sic)] bar-dasht-dast [minishn] pah ramishn (¢ khwésh] *. (b) Pah minfi Hormuzd awwal [pah Gasani] afzayishn Sawab 7 pah tamam kimishn, {ki, kinishn [chiz = mandiim (sic)| tamém pah Gasani kfnishn] * (c) Pah an 7 Bahman*™ khirad, [pah as(a)nidah (?) khirad], — 7 pastishirtn* [= p°, [kt, par-
As
warishn z gésfendin pah danai kardan(?)] *. *N.B.see D. arrived after printing Comm.
Free tr. I who You two encircle, Great Giver the Lord, with the Good Mind, Gifts for the two lives grant me, this bodily life and the mental, The prizes by Right deservéd; thus to Glory he brings his blest*.
1So D.; Mf. amat. *DJ., D. “and. *so DJ., D. * DJ. val lektim. ® D. nafshmanih. 6 DJ.om. 7 DJ., M. ‘aiid..* DJ., D. om. va. ° DJ. nod. *°Sp., M., DJ. val. ** DJ. val. * D.
ins. i, see Pers. (The MSS. write °and for “ani; hereafter I will seldom notice the fact.)
Pahl. tri. who, (or‘When I (amat*)), O Atharmazd, shall come to You through Vohtiman, [that is, when, perfect in piety, I shall have come fully into Your possession], (b) give Ye* [happiness] to me for both lives, that which is bod- ily and also that of the spirits, [that is, that here and that beyond], (c) even prosperity from the aid* of Sanctity, [that is, give me abundance through piety] by which he gives glory* (or ‘happiness’) to that gladdener, {that is, it is necessary to effect it for the sake of joy]. * Or ‘accompaniment’.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yadi Yushmisu, Mahajidnin Svamin, satprapnomi - Uttamena Manasa, [kila, chet sadvyaparitaya** svadhinatvet Yushmakarh agato ’smi], (b) mahyarn deyat? ubhayor bhuvanayor yat srishtimataim, yachcha pa- ralokinaii (c) aigvaryaih* punyat saryogi, [kila me samriddhatvamn sadvyapa- rat prapyam dehi], yad* dnandakartre dasyati gubbani, [yah Iajadanarm‘t Uttama-
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natacha Anandaii karoti, tasmai yat samriddhatvam cubhani dasyati, tan me dehi]. *P., but J.%, J.4, J.* °tyena. 2 so James ebUtrd as dehayat*. *J.8, J.4, J.* yat, P. yata, C. yad. * J.*, P. **ep. vyaparin.
Ner. transl. If I arrive among You, O Great Wise One the Lord, through the Best Mind, [that is, if I have come into Your possession through my good conduct], (b) let him (?) grant me for both worlds (that which is of the earthly, and that which belongs to those who live beyond) (c) a sove- reignty accompanying me* (?) from rectitude, [that is, grant me the success to
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Trlit.. Ye vao Asha ufyani Manascha Vohi apaourvim [= °viyem] Mazdamcha Ahurem yaéiby6 Khshathremcha aghzhaonvam[4|nem* Var(e)daiti Arfa]maitig a mdi raf(e)dhrai zavéetg jasata.
Verbatim trl. [Ego] qui Vos celebrabo, Sanctitas, Mensque Bona, [cantu! sine - exemplo** [vel eum*-nullum-primum*-habentem*] Mazdamque Ahuram (Dominum (vel deum)), quibus Regnumque immutabile* auget [vel augens (?)] Pietas; ad* mei [vel mihi (fortasse me)] gratiae [gratiam-dandi-causa ad] in- vocationes [meas] venite, [vel veniat* Pietas (2)]. * Lit. non-fluens.*
Pahl. text translit. Mant lekim, Ashavahishté, nafshman homandani Vohimandich* i? fratim, [aigh, pavan khvéshih #3 lekam yekaviminani4], (b) va Attharmazdich [ash nafshman homandni] mtnash zak 7 -valmanshand khfidayih® pavan anizdr-vindishnih, [aighash shalitaih*® madam Ameshéspen- dané stavar]; (c) valmanich i? varishn* dadar? Spendarmad [ash nafshman hémanani]. Zak® avd li pavan ramishnd pavan karitinishnd ydAmtinéd. [Amat® Tand avd! karitfindni, am pavan ramishnd madam ghal yamtinéd].
* So D. min. ? DJ.; D. ins. ? DJ. om. 4 D. "nam. & D. °yan. ° DJ. padakh- shah; D. th; DJ. no i, others i, 7M. om. *M. om. ° so DJ., D.; Sp. aigh; M. om. *° DJ., D. * Perhaps vahrishn* is possible as meaning ‘increase’.
Pahl. transl. I who* shall be your* own*, O Ashavahisht and Voha- man, the first, [that is, I shall be in your possession], (b) Adthar- mazd’s also [His own I shall be], through whose unweakened acquisition his rule over them eaists, [that is, His rule over the Ameshdspends is firm]; (c) and she** also Spendarmad, is** the giver* of outpouring (or ‘increase’ to that* rule*) [her own I shall be]; she comes to me with joy, when I invoke her*4, [Or*t ‘when I shall call upon You, come Ye on toward me with joy’.] a ee
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be obtained by means of good conduct] when he will give felicities, or ‘glories’, to the producer of joy. [What he will give to the one who produces the joy of the exalted Yajads, as prosperity and felicities, give that to mel.
Parsi-pers. Ms. Kih 4n Shuma, H., bih [] [rasand = jamténand (sic)] pah Bahman, (ki, pah néki pur bih [] [6= 6] khwéshi ¢ Shuma rasid [] (hastand = hominhend*]], (b) an man dehad*! pah har dé jihan*?, ¢ ast-homand (sic), [ ] kih ham {neki =
naduki] ¢ minuwan, [[] ¢ inja u an ham 7 anja] (c) ni‘mat az Sawab —, [ka, — pah néki dehad**] kih [] [6 in=var an (sie pro val 4n)] ¢ tt ramishni (so) dehad asani. [Pah ramishn bih bayad kardan] %* *! Deh° seems more original than dih®. *? or jahan.
Fr. O Righteousness and thou Good Mind, with surpassing chants I'll praise you, And Mazda, for whom our Piety aids the everlasting kingdom, Aye, together I adore you; then for grace while I call draw near.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Yadi yushmakam, he Agavahista*, he Dharma, svadh- ino ’smi Manasaccha Uttamasya prathamasya, [asya prathamatyaih ida yad Amarebhyo Mahattarebhyot prathamarn Gvahmano dattah, kila, chet svadhinatayaé yushmakath tishthami], (b) Mahajiidnin Svamin?, [asyd ’pi svadhino ’smi] yebhyo rajyaracha analyalabdhya*$(?) [kila, parthivatvam stht- lataraih] (c) vriddhidayaccha Spindarmadayah [prithivyah. Asyagcha dadi-*# svadhino ’smi] tan me anande Amantranecha Samprapnuvantu, [yadi Yush- makam abhimantrayami, tan me anande upari prapnuta]. *Cp. Burnout’s ‘al’.
+80 Jc. ,75:*, P, minah. *J.2; J: analyalabdhya, J.* °labdhyaim’; C. anatyalab- dhe(?); P. ama(ly)alabdhya (Sp.). *J.* yadi(?). Sandhi is intermittingly applied throughout.)
Ner. transl. If I am your own, O Agavahista, O Sanctity, the property* of* the Best Mind, the first, [his firstness was this, that Gvahmana was created* before the Immortal Greater ones, that is, if I stand in Your absolute possession], (b) O Great Wise One the Lord, [I am also His pro- perty (related to his absoluteness)], for whom 7s the Kingdom with unimpe- ded™ acquisition (or ‘the Kingdom with sinless (?)*? acquisition’), [that is, the greater kingdom], (c) the kingdom of the increase-giving Spindarmada also, [the earth. And her own I am by, or ‘as*’, a gift]; and may these come to me in joy, and in, or ‘through’, iy appeal. [If I invoke Your help, then come Ye on to me with* joy]. *’ See the Pahl.; Ner. may well have accepted an ‘al’ ‘to hinder’. *? reading amalya® (?).
Parsi-persian Ms. Kih shuma, Ardibahisht, khwésh hasténd (?) u Bahman {] awwal, [kt, pah khwéshi shuma éstém] * (b) [] Hormuzd [— ash khwésh —] kish* An 7 6shan khudai pah nizar (so) —, [ktish padishahi awar Amshasfendan buzurg], (c) a ham 7 — dadar Spen- darmad, [ [wa = va] ash khwésh[] [no trl. for homtnhend*] % An an man pah ramishn pah khwanishn raséd*, (kih tan An] [] [khwanand (?) = haritéinhend] ma-ra pah ramishn awar 6 (or a) [] [rasad* = jémtinéd (sic)] ] %*
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Trlit. Asha kad(t) Thwa dar(e)sant Manascha Vohi vaédemané* Gatimcha [= °uem°] Ahurai* _ sevistai* Sraoshem Mazdai* *Dat. of goal(?). And Mathra mazistem vaurdimaidi [= vavardi°] Khrafstra hizva. ‘so J.* ete. Verbatim transl. O Sanctitas, quando, [vel nonne*] te aspiciam inveniens* [vel sciens*, ego] viamque [vel sedemque*] Ahurae (dat. vel loco gen.) bene- ficentissimo[-mi?] Oboedientiam*! Mazdae. Illo sacro-rationis-verbo maxime* [-mo?] faciemus-ut-credant** khrafstri* [-tris-daemonibus-servientes-homines] lingua. *Fortasse ‘erga sanctum oboedientem’. *°fieri potest ‘in* maximum Ahuram’, Pahl. text translit. Ashavahishté, aimat lak khadittinam pavan zak i Vohtiman akas-dahishnih denman khavitinam? [aighat dén zak daman
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Free tr. I, who my soul am giving to watchful zeal with Thy Good Mind, For every action the grace of Mazda, the Living One, knowing, In wish for the Truth will I teach while I can, and have aught of power.
in, what is Aiharmazd’s [Atharmazd’s Religion]. (c) As long as I am, or have been, a capable suppliant, so long have I inculcated, or do I inculcate