CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVESTAN SYNTAX. 575 



B. IDEAL CONDITIONS. 

 Optative in the Protasis. 



I. Ideal Conditions in the Future-Possible Conditions. 



a. Optative in both Clauses. 



a. The Present tense in both Clauses. 



I. The Protasis is introduced by the general 



relative ya — .• 

 ys 43. 3 (GAv. verse): 



at hvo vanJidns vahyo na aibi-jamydt 

 yj na jr^zus savanlw pa&o sisoit. 

 'then should this man come unto what is better than good, 

 who justly should teach the pathways of weal.' 



ys. 50. 2 (GAv. verse): 



kad-d niazdd rdnyo-skorytini gqrn isasoit 

 y3 him ahmdi vastravaitini stoi usyat. 

 'how, O Mazda, should one desire the Cow joy-giving? who- 

 soever {= if any one) should wish her (to be) well pastured for 

 this world.' ^ 



b. Present tense in the Protasis and Perfect tense in the Apodosis. 

 I. The Protasis is introduced byj/^oz.- 

 yt. 8. 1 1 = yt. 10. 55 and 74 (yAv. prose and verse) : 

 ye^i zl ma masydka aoxto-ndinana yasna yazayanta . . . 

 fra ndruyo asavaoyo 

 &zvarstahe zru dyu susuyqm . . . 

 up a d^warstahe japnyqm. 



'if indeed men should honor me with worship in which my 

 name is mentioned, . . . forth would I be arrived at the appointed 

 time for the righteous men, . . . forth would I be come at the ap- 

 pointed time'. 



(Note the variant reading jf<s:.s'/;^/z J 10 ior yazayanta.) 



' If we depart from the tradition, we may also render : ' how, O Mazda, should 

 he desire the Cow joy-giving, who should wish her (to be) well pastured for this 

 world ?' 



