CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVESTAN SYNTAX. 563 



2. The Protasis is introduced by the general 

 relative ya — .• 



ys. 45.5 (GAv. verse) : 



yoi inoi alinidi sjraohm dqn cayascd 

 upd-jinun Jiaitrvdtd am^rjtdtd. 



' whosoever unto this one, even unto me, are to give obedience 

 and teaching, they are to come to Haurvatat and Ameretat ' 

 (i. e., Salvation and Immortality). 



ys. 46. 13 (GAv. verse): 



y3 spitdmjni zaj'ad-ustryin rddauJid 

 inarataesu xsndus hvo nd fdrasrUidydi drjbwo 

 at hoi niazdd ahum daddt ahuro 

 ahmdi gaed-a voliu frddat mananhd. 



' whosoever among mortals is to rejoice Spitama Zarathushtra 

 by liberality, that man (is) to be reputed upright : then to him 

 Mazda Ahura is to give life ; for him is Vohu Manah to prosper 

 herds.' 



[Bartholomae Grundriss der iran. Philologie i. 231 regards 

 xsndus as nom. sg., and not as a verb. See also Jackson 

 Zoroaster 84.] 



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



a. Present tense in the Protasis and Aorist tense i?i the Apodosis. 



I. The Protasis is introduced by the general 

 relative ya — .• 



vd. 18. 29 (yAv. prose) : 



yasca me aetahe m3r3Ya]ie yat paro-darsahe tannniazo g3us 

 da&at noil dim yava azdm yd ahnro niazdd bitun vdcini paiti- 

 pjrssjnino bva. 



' whosoever is to give to me the body-size of this bird, the 

 Paro-darsha, of meat, never shall I, Ahura Mazda, be question- 

 ing him twice.' ^ 



1 Following the tradition, we might render : 'whosoever is to give to this my 

 bird, the Paro-darsha (cock), its body-size of meat,' etc. 



