CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVESTAN SYNTAX. 561 



' if thus the world indeed (exists), O Mazda, Asha, and Vohu 

 Manah, then give me this sign.' ^ 



yt. 16. 2 (yAv. Prose) : 



yezi ahi paurva-nacmdt dat mqni avi iinidnaya : yesi paskdt 

 dat niqm avi apaya. 



' if thou art before, then await me ; if (thou art) behind, then 

 overtake me.' 



The following parallels for this form of the conditional sen- 

 tence may be cited from the Rig-Veda, the Old Persian, and the 

 Greek. 



Rv. 1. 47.7 : 



ydn ndsatyd pardvdti ydd vd sthb ddlii tiiravd'sc 

 dto rdtlicna suvrtd na a gatam. 



' whether, O true ones twain, ye are afar, or here with Turvasa, 

 come unto us with well-rolling car.' 



Bh. 4. 37-39: 



tiivani kd x^sdya&iya\ hya aparam aJiy hard drajigd darsam 

 patipayauvd inar\tiya hydj draitjana aliatiy avain ufrastani 

 parsd yadiy ava&d r;ia\^myd/iy'\ daJiydusmaiy diiriivd ahatiy. 



'thou who art king hereafter, guard thyself fearfully from the 

 Lie. The men that shall be a liar, punish him well, if thou 

 shalt think thus : May my kingdom be safe !' 



(Indicative in Protasis and Imperative in Apodosis. Another 

 conditional clause follows, which has the Subjunctive in the Pro- 

 tasis and the Imperative in the Apodosis. This latter clause is 

 followed in its turn by a Subjunctive in a Protasis without Apodo- 

 sis and by a Volitative Subjunctive.) 



Sophokles Antig. 98 : 



olX sc doxs7 aoc, ozecys. 



1 Perhaps we might translate : ' if indeed ye are thus, O Mazda and Asha, 

 through Vohu Manah.' I have followed, however, the Pahlavi version which ren- 

 ders std hy stl 'world' (Neryosang srsti), and which sees in Vohu Mananha an 

 instr.= nom.^ voc. 



