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FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS.
XXVI.—47. Hâu aithra (read ithra) Spetama Zarathustra ukhdhô-vakām ukhdhô-vakastemô paiti. gasâd drughîmka drivimka arathwyô-beretê baremne
48. Hvãm kid ahmi hvãm kid khshathrê avad koista.
49. Yênhê vakanghô nemanghô spnâthrem (read khshnaothrem).
50. Ahishti (read akhshti) sahethrem (read sakhethrem).
51. Ârmaitê darethrem. 52. Frârâiti viidim. 53. Ainitis aêsô vâhs (read vâkhs).
XXVII. 54. Kad tê asti Ahunahê vairyêhê haithim ?
55. Paiti-sê ukhta Ahurð Mazdau manô bâ vohu Zarathustra ad aðyemnem ad aðyamnâd khrataod;
56. Zazusu vispaêsu vanghusô zazusu vispaêsu asho-kithraêsu.
1 There above, in the heavens.
**That is to say, he has made much gâtakgôbîh (sådangôi) for the sake of the poor, men and women' (Comm.) Making gådangôi is collecting money for the poor, or for any pious work. If a man come to me and say, 'I have no work to do, give me work,' and I apply to somebody else who gives him work, I have done gâdangôi, and the merit is the same as if I had given it myself (Saddar XXII).
* In his sphere of influence.
• The celebrated Dastar under Shâhpůhr II, the last editor of the Avesta : cf. General Introduction. * A treatise lost, in Pahlavi.
The five following disconnected lines are abridged Zend quotations, answering to the five terms of Atūrpât's phrase, and refer each to one of the five virtues that are recommended.
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