Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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YASNA XXXI.
of which my prophet speaks ; yea), tell me those things, O Mazda Ahura! which may not be, and which may be?.
6%. And that verily shall be the best of all words to Him which the All-(wise one) wills declare to me in very deed, that word which is the Măthra of Welfare and of Immortality (for it proclaims His beneficent power). And to the Great Creator (shall there be) a Realm such as that (whose strength I asked for victory'), and which (at the last) shall flourish in its holiness to His (glory)!
7. (For He has sovereign control.) He who conceived of these (truths of the Mãthra) as their first (inspirer), (and as He thought their existence they
1 Or, possibly,' which shall not be, or which shall be.' Is the subjunctive here used to express obligation? Roth has 'was nicht sein soll oder was sein soll.' Ner. may be rendered as follows: Tell it to me distinctly [ ], that which is the highest gift, and which is given to me through sanctity ; [that is, because duty and righteousness are fulfilled by me, the best gift of thy reward (is gained) by this means; but how is it possible to make it (actually) one's own ?). Grant me the knowledge through the best mind; [that is, declare that intelligence to me which comes through good conduct], and by which also safety is (secured) to me [ ]. And declare either that which is not, or that which is, O Great Wise One, the Lord! [ ].
An interval of silence seems here to intervene, or lost verses leave an unexplained transition. The sage turns again to the people. Vaokal K4 (Barth.).
• See verse 4. • The Pahlavi has Allharmazd având (sic) khûdâyîh kand dên valman vakhshed Vohûmano.
• The Parsi-persian MS. is as follows: U hast buland, kih ân man agahîhâ (sic) gû-î askârah [ ] mânsar i tamâm rastanî ; [ků, tạmâm pedaisa pah rah i mansar bậc ân hwei : Hormuzd rased), kih pah Şawâb dârad—bî-marg raftani azas [ ]. Hôrmuzd -'hudai kand andar û afzayêd Bahman [Kas pâdisâhî pah tan i mardkandi (?) Hôrmuzd pah tan mihmân].
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