(tor amtizam) the desire of Righteousness |that is, duty and charity. * ' Or ‘by the aid of’. 2 or ‘his is veneration’, but see the Gatha.
Ner.’s sansk. text. Ya* atmane Garothmane Uttamasya diyate saha- taya (so) Manasah, (b) satkarinicha karmayitam vettrinam pan enin’ ya Sviminah, [kila, satkaram tasmai kurutéPasya yujyate karturh yo? vetta bhavati Dinya Hormijdasya]- - -. (c) Yavantimh (sic) yachayiturh ¢akto ’smi, tavantiih* yachaye yachanaih punyasya.
' C. repeats from sat® to ni (sic) inclus., both °jiiénin. 2 J.%, C. yo, but J.*, P. ya. Ner. transl. She (sic) who is given up for (or in) the soul in Garothmana with the helping* companionship* of the best mind, (b) performing that act of reverence, or satisfaction which zs of, or for, the intelligent doers (?) of good actions, O Great Wise One, she who is the Lord’s, [that is, she renders reverence, satisfaction, to him to whom it is fitting to render it, and who is intelligent through Hormijdas’s Din] ---. (c) As long a prayer* as I am able to pray, so long do I offer (or cause to be offered) the prayer for (or of) righteousness. ‘ Parsi-persian Ms. Kih ruwan dén (sic) Gardtman dehad [ash = ash] pah — ¢ Bahman,
(é har kih dehad ash pah —7 Bahman[] [dehad= dabiinéd (sic)| béd] % (b) Azash (sic) -bandagi ham 6 — {kihiira kunand [|| &gah béd (sic) pah 4n 7 Hormuzd, {Din ¢ Hormuad] % (c) Chand khwastar tuwan hastam, [] amfikhtom (sic) khwahishn 7 Sawab, [kar [ | kirfah].
Free tr. O Righteouswess, when shall I see Thee, and thou Good Mind, as I
discover Obedience, the path* to the Lord, to Mazda, the most beneficent? With that Manthra will we teach foul heretics faith on our God.
khadittinam, amat! kola aish pavan frardnih akis, bard aimat yehevtinéd ?], (b) va? gasich 1 Attharmazd [aimat khaditinam], i sid khvdstar? [Zak gas] pavan Srésh [khavitini-ait], [aigh, amat dastébar yakhsenund shdyad khavi- tinast? aigh nadikih 14 min zak® gis maman|. (c) Zak Mansar i mahist ash hémnuninishné yehabiinishnd valman min khiradé stared} yekaviminéd pavan® hiizvand*, [valmanich® min® khiradé® staredo° yekavimiinéd ®, ash mindavam7 denman pahlim®’, amat Aérpatistand® vadtinyén].
1 So Mf.; D, min. ? DJ. om. va. * D. khavitimastand. * D. ins. i ° DJ. ins. min (late). © D. om. 7 DJ. ins. aé late. * D. shapir. 9 so DJ., D., see Pers.
Pahl. transi. O Ashavahisht, when do (shall) I see Thee?, and know this
by that which is a good mind’s instruction ?, [that is, I (shall) see Thee in 2.
10 XXVIII, 5. 6.
that time when every man is intelligent (or aware of it) through piety, but when shall it be?] (b) and the place, or seat, of Attharmazd, [when do (shall)
I see it], J a suppliant for a benefit? [That place is known] through Srésh, [that is, when they have a Dastir, they, or he’ ought to know what the happiness which comes from that place is]. (c) That, or to that (oblique by pos.) Manthra which is the (or of the) greatest, to it Jelongs the giving of the teaching by tongue to him whose understanding is confused, [for him also whose understanding is perverted this thing is the best, that they should hold priestly-assemblies for his instruction |.
Ner.’s sansk. text. He Acavahista, he Dharma, kadé Tvath pagyami Manasat Uttamasya vettritayd*, [kila, tara kélath kadé pacydmi yatra ‘T'varh sarvah ko’pi sadvyaparitaya* [-rena] vetta bhavati], (b) sthanaiicha Svamino labhabhilashatah* Crocena? parijneyam’, [tad api kada pacgyami? Chet guru gribnanti, gaknuvanti parijiatur yat cubhaih tasmat sthanat kim], (¢) yatah sa Vani mahattara aparasmat kasmachchit ya prabodhada buddhijadaya jihvaya, [yah buddhijado bhavati tasya kimchit idar eva utkrishtataraih, yat adh-
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Trlit. Voha gaidi Mananba daidi asha-dio dar(e)gaya
Ereshvais Ta ukhdbais Mazda Zarathustrai aojOnhvad(t) raf(e)nd
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Ahmaibyacha Ahura ya d(ai)bishvaté dvaéshao taurvayama.
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Verbatim tri. Bona veni Mente, da Santitatis-praemia-dator vitam- longin- quitate-productam* rectis (vel elatis), tu, verbis, O Mazda, Zarathushtrae validam sratiam, nobisque, Ahura, qua vexatoris vexationes devincamus. #Velin-vitam-I°.
* See. Pers. 2 DJ. ing. 7D, ins, tan; Mf. not. *so Sp.,M., but D. “baném. *D. om. i. * so DJ., but Sp., M., D. dahad. 7 DJ., om. * so DJ., Sp. avayénd. 9° DS) Diesen: M. ins. i." DJ., D. om. 12 go DJ., M. homand. * D, ins. (Mf. is almost ide ntical with D.).
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yayanarh kurute [-yat]]. 'P. sa, J.*, 0. manasim. 23.4, J.*(2) crocena, *C. -eyam.
Ner. transl. O Acavahista, O Sanctity, when do I see Thee by means of the highest (i.e. the good) Mind’s insight, [i. e. when shall I see the time when every man becomes acquainted with Thee by means (2?) of good conduct], (b) and when do I see the place of the Lord who desires an ac- quisition to be recognized through Croga ?, [this too when do I see? If they accept the spiritual master, they become able to recognize what the benefit which comes from that place is}, (c) because the Word is greater than any other thing whatsoever, the Word which is a giving of knowledge to the duil of understanding is means of the tongue, [the best thing for the dull man is just this, that he should prosecute study].
kunand]. #* * Perhaps manhthrah (sic).
Fr. Come with the Good Mind, and give us | long life, O Thou giver of blessings. Through revealéd truth do Thou grant Zarathushtra Thy strong help ; Grant that to us by whose aid we may crush the tormentor’s torments. Pahl. transl. Let there be the coming (infin. for imper.*!) of Vohiman [into the bodies of persons]; and grant me Ashavahisht’s gift*2 which 7s long life, [that is, may, they, or he, not grant me that thing which in the final ‘body they may wish again destroyed |. (b) Do Thou grant it through the true word, O Attharmazd, to Zarattisht, [it is revealed by Thee (or he has revealed it for Thee). Thine ¢t is] from, or by him who (? or that which) is the strong [dy Vishtasp. That is, { am (I will be) Thy} gladdening, [that is, for or by Thee I am carrying it (or to be carried (?)) forth as a benefit to the rulers], (c) and mine also, O Atiharmazd, [and my disciples are (will be) also carrying it (or to be carried (??)) forth for, or by Thee for a benefit], which [is] a torment of the tormentors [when thus] they shall do injury, [that is, torment which is from them (the tormentors) is rendered harmless by them|. *1 Or ‘grant the coming’. *? Ashavahishtd-dahishné might = ‘giving A.’s gift’, a compos. Ner.’s sansk. text. Uttamasya praptitn Manasah dehi, he Dharma, datimn** dirghajivam*, [kila, me tat? kimchid api m4? prapnotu yena vapushi pagchatye punah samihante hantuih|. (b) Satydbhis tvarha vagbhih* Mahajiia- nin, Jarathuctro [ham] balavattamin® [Gustaspat] pramodayami, kila, cub- hath svamibhyah samihe datum], (c) madiyagcha, Svamin, ye* badhakaranaih badham nihantarah, [kila, cishyiccha ye> madiyah, te ’pi cubhari svaimibhyah samihante datuih]. 'J,3. J.‘ tat(?) kimehid api na, 2 J.* mi. 3 J. CPmane-* 0.4) “corr,
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Ner. transl. Grant that acquisition of the best mind, O Sanctity, the gift of long life, [that is, let nothing come to me on account of which, in the later body, they may desire to slay anew]. (b) I, Jarathustra, rejoice The (?), O Great Wise One! on account ** of the true words which have fallen from the most powerful [Gustaspa, that is, [desire to bestow happiness from, or upon the lords], (c) and my people, O Lord, are rejoicing Thee, they who are smiting the pain of the grievers, [that is, my disciples, they also desire to confer happiness from, or upon, the lords]. *! Or ‘by means of’.
DJ., D., others man®. +1! DJ., D., M. %ih for °ai, 22 DJ., D: ins. 7. ** so D.; DJ. shat. or “shah, D. ins. i. 1 D, an (sic) aé i 1°, DJ. aé, M. I. 1° so DJ., D., others stay°.
Pahl. transl. Grant me, O Ashavahisht, that revering recognition (?) (or reverence) which is as, or through the blessing of a good mind, [that is, may he grant me such veneration as that, in the final body, they shall not desire to destroy it again]. (b) Do thou also grant me, OSpendarmad, what is to be asked for by, or from Vishtasp, [that is, a Mobadship of the Mobads], and to mine also [fo my disciples, to them also do thou give a mobadship of the Mobads]; (c) and grant me also, O (?) ruler, Atharmazd, a praiser (or
Xxviii. 6, 7%, 13
*1 Perhaps it is va am = ya li (2). 2 dehdd was misread.
Free tr. Give, Righteousness, Thou this blessing | gains earned by a Good Mind
to us, And grant our wish, O Armaiti,— to me, and to Vishtasp’ together. Grant Thou us, O Mazda ruler, Your beneficent* words to hear.
a praiser-king) [ Vishtasp (?)] who, when I shall recite this your Manthra, [that is, when I, or they (sraéyénd) shall proclaim your religion may make the arrangements [so that they may (or, so do thou (?)) make it advance].
Ner.’s sansk. text. Dehi me‘, Dharma, tah bhaktirh yi Uttamasya adhyataya? Manasah, [kila, mari bhakticilat evarh kuru yatha me sam- riddhatvam* sadvyaparat]. (b) Dehi Tvari Sarapirnaminase [prithivyém %] Gustaspat ichchhath madiyebhyaccha, [kila, Achdryanarh Acharyatvarh ma- hyam dehi, gishyebhyo ’pi madiyebhyah]. (c) Dehi stotrin, Mahajnanin, par- thivan*, ye vo Vanim vaktarah rachanddatarah, [kila, ye Tava Vani cish- _yanti* pravartamanadimcha kurvantil.
1 So J.*4, others he. 2 so J.°,P.; C., Adya®, ? soP. * soJ.3, J.tseem, others °vat.
Ner. trans|. Grant me, O Sanctity, the devotion(?), or blessed portion (?) which is from the riehes(?) of the Best Mind, [that is, make me so religious that prosperity may result to me from my good conduct}. (b) Grant Thou to the perfect mind |in, or to, the earth] the wish that proceeds from Gustaspa, and for, or from my people, [that is, grant me the tutorship (priestly dignity) of the teachers, and also for my disciples. (c) Grant praisers, O Great Wise One, kings, who may be announcers of your Word, and bestowers of ar- rangements for the service, {that is, who may teach Thy Word, and render it progressive].
Parsi-persian Ms. Deh am*1, Ardibahisht, [u—= va] an ¢ bandagi ¢ pah [no tr. for am — — — — — — pah tan 7 pasin baz nah bayad zadan] * (b) Ma-ra dehih tt, Spend- armad 4n 7 az Vishtasp khwahishn [Mdbadin Mébadi] wa mayin ham, — 7@ ra (sic pro man) ashan (sic) Mébadaén Mobadi deh.] * (c) Ma-ra dehi sitfindar 1aik*? (= patakh- sha) Hormuzd [Vishtasp] 7 kih [] [an = dn] é ¢ Shuma Manth(h)rah (sic) srayand, [ka Din 7 Shuma [] ], arastah dehad, [kf, rawa kunand] *
*1 Perhaps deham = dabiinam (2), *2 or layik.
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wa
Ahurem yasé yaunus nardi Frashaostrai maibydcha
Yaéibyascha idit) raonhanhdi vispai yavé Vanhéus Mananhd.
Verbatim transl. Optimum [hoc] [a] Te, optime, quem [qui] cum- Sanctitate optima unanimum [-mus sis], (b) A. precibus-peto, [id] exoptans viro Frashaoshtrae, mihiqae, (c) [et-iis] quibus(que) illud*+ largiaris*2 omni [in- omne] saeculo[-um} Bonae Mentis. *1 yel yere (2) *? vel largiar (2).
Pahl. text translit. ! [Amat] pahltiimth 12 Laké3 [Dino #4 Lak] i> pahlim {min ayarik mindavam] pavan Ahardyith® pahlim val? ham déshani’, |pavan frartinih], (b) Adharmazd, am pavan khyahishnd vindinai® gabra i Frashdéshtar, [aigham Frashdshtar pavan havishtih bara yehabtin], manikAnich (i? Frash- Oshtar afash?° havishtih yehabdn]. (c) Avoch valmanshén adindt rad ho- manih? hamai'#-vad avo! vispd pavan Vohiman, [aigh Frashoshtar va ha- vishtan i® Frashdshtar vad tand* i? pasind hamai nadfikih padash vadtn].
1 See P. 2 DJ. om.-i:*? DJ., D. lak. * DJ. om. 7. © DJ., D.ins,* D. ins. % 7 DJ. val, D. avo, Sp.,M. ghal. * so DJ., D, others déshénd, or® éni. so M., Dds De °ih. *°so DJ.,D. 1180 DJ., D.; Sp. aitd. 12all °ih(?) for °Ai. #380 DJ., D. + so Mf.; DJ. val; D. valman.
Pahl. transl. Since J, or they (déshind) may have sympathetic affec- tion for Thy*+ best interest [Thy Religion] which is {of all other things | the best through Sanctity [through piety], (b) let me gain over, O (2) Atharmazd, the man Frashéshtar in prayer, [that is, give up Frashdéshtar to me in discipleship], and my people also [do Thou give to* Frashéshtar in his discipleship]. (c) Be Thou also then bountiful to them for ever until all
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