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b. Aorist tense in the Protasis and Present tejise in the Apodosis. 



I . The Protasis is introduced by the general 

 relative ya — .• 



ys. 48, 4 (GAv. verse); 



y3 ddt viand vahyo viazdd asyascd 

 hvo daenqm syaod-andcd vacanlidcd 

 ahyd saosjng nstis varjnjng haeaite 

 §walunl xrata apjnuni nana auJial. 



'whoso hath made his mind better and more righteous, he 

 doth follow the Faith both by deed and by word, (even) choices, 

 longings (and) creeds: in thy sight at the last shall all men be."- 



(It is to be noted that ddt may possibly be regarded as a Sub- 

 junctive, cf. Jackson Av. Gramm. § 642.) 



b. Indicative in the Protasis and Subjunctive in the Apodosis. 



a. Present tense in both Clauses. 



I. The Protasis is introduced by the general 

 relative ya — .• 



vd. 7. 25 (yAv. prose) : 



kal td nara yaozdayqn ai^hjn . . . yd nasduni . . . fra- 

 barynti. 



' how shall those men be purified . . . who bear forth . . . the 

 corpse.' 



(cf. the Subjuncti\'e franidiardi in the relative clause in the 

 similar condition vd. 7. 23 below.) 



ys. 46. 8 (GAv. verse): 



yj vd nidi y a gaeda dazde aenaij-he 

 noit ahyd nid ddris syao&andis frosydt 

 paityaogjt td ahnidi jasoit dvacsaulid 

 tanv3ni d yd ini huj'ydtois pdydt. 



'or whosoever giveth these my creatures unto sin, never shall 

 his dart cleave me by his deeds ; on his body retributively should 



1 The Pahlavi tradition renders a ' unto the good, and even unto the evil ' (avo 

 sapirlh amatic avo sarliai-lh). For the asyndeton in c cf. ys. 33, 2 and on (/see 

 Darmesteter's translation ad loc. 



