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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THE GÂTHAS.
(toward) all (may be performed) in (the Divine) Righteousness; and with this I implore from Thee the understanding of Thy Benevolent Mind, in order that I may propitiate the Soul of the Kine' (our herds and folk, which cries so bitterly to Thee).
3. And therefore, O Great Creator, the Living Lord! (inspired) by Thy Benevolent Mind, I approach You?, (and beseech of Thee 3) to grant me (as a bountiful gift) for both the worlds, the corporeal and (for that) of mind, those attainments which are to be derived from the (Divine) Righteousness, and by means of which (that personified Righteousness within us) may introduce those who are its recipients into beatitude and glory)!
4. O (thou Divine) Righteousness, and thou Be
1 See Y. XXIX, 1.
* The plural of majesty, or the literal plural, referring to the Bountiful Immortals as together.
* Plural and singular interchange throughout. • Possibly, one may introduce.'
o See Y. L, 5. Hvâthra and its allied forms are so often associated with raokah and the like, that I do not hesitate to accept an Iranian hvan=to shine (with Justi). As there is an Indian svar which means 'to roar,' and another 'to shine,' and again a svan=to sound, so in Iranian there is a hvan=to sound, and another= to shine, as in asmanem hvanvantem. The comfortable stone heaven' is difficult. Comfortable, or even 'delectable mountains' (so we should have to say elsewhere), are not very likely to have been recognised or appreciated in the Avesta. "Glorious beatitude' is a better rendering here. If hvâthrá always means 'comfort,' how comes it that hvarend is said to be hvâthravat? Comfortable glory' is hardly probable. Compare also the ancient subha. When it is the fashion to accept a separate Iranian root at every difficulty, small and great, I see no reason for stopping here, where the pressure is considerable. The Pahlavi also may be read to favour my view. (Comp. hveng=hvan.)
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