570 GRAY. 



' whosoever first shall worship him very zealously in mind, 

 fi-om devotion of the soul, thitherward turneth Mithra, lord of 

 wide pastures.' 



(Cf the Indicative /7^dj/asjnte in the similar passage yt. 13. 47.) 



vd. 13. 3 (yAv. prose) : 



yasca dirnjanat spitama zara&ustra spanjin slzdram tirvisardm 

 yim vat^hdparpni, . . . nava-naptyaccit he tirvdn^ni para- 

 imrmcaite. 



' and whosoever, O Spitama Zarathushtra, shall kill the dog 

 with spiny back (?) and sharp snout (?), Vanhapara, ... he 

 doth destroy his soul unto the ninth generation.' 



(Cf the Indicative y^:///// in the similar passage vd. 13. 8.) 



2. The Protasis is introduced by yeoi, yezi: 

 yt. 5. 63 (yAv. prose and verse) : 



hazaur^m te azjni zaod-ranqni . . . bardni . . . 

 yezi jiiin f rap ay end 

 aoi zqtn aJiiiraodtqm. 



' a thousand libations shall I offer thee, . . . if I come alive 

 to this earth created by Ahura.' 



yt. 14. 52—53 (yAv. prose and verse) ; 

 yezz se niairyo gnirvaydt ... 



para baesaza hacaite -. \ 



VBrdd-rayno almraodto 

 hamad-a airydbyo daiuJmbyo voiyna jasajiti. 



'if a bandit shall partake of it, . . . Victoiy created by Ahura 

 doth draw back his heahng might. Continually on the Aryan 

 lands shall come plagues,' etc. 



(Note the variant reading of an Optative g'nirvaydii K 38. M 4. 

 Ml 2 for gjjirvaydt.) 



vd. 13. 49 (yAv. prose) : 



noit me nmdn37n viddto histsnti zqm paiti ahuraddtqnt yezi mS^ 

 7idit dnhdt spa pasus-liaurvd vd v'lshaiirvd vd. 



