Kārnāmag ī Ardašīr ī Pābagān
600
Embedded Files
The "Book of the Deeds of Ardashir, son of Pabag" (Kārnāmag ī Ardašīr ī Pābagān) was written in Middle Persian (Pahlavi) around 600 AD; it recounts the heroic and legendary rise of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid dynasty, who reigned from 224 to 242.
The oldest copy dates back to 1322: it is the MK manuscript (named in honor of Mihrabān Kayhusraw, its Iranian scribe), which is preserved in Bombay, India.
Chapter II, paragraphs 10-12
ud ardawān ka-š ardaxšīr dīd šād būd ud grāmīg kard,
ud framūd kū harw rōz abāg frazandān ud wāspuhragān ī xwēš ō naxčīr ud čawgān šawēd, ud ardaxšīr hamgōnag kard.
pad yazadān ayārīh pad čawgān ud aswārīh, čatrang ud nēw-ardaxšīr ud abārīg frahang az awēšān hāmōyēn čēr ud nibardag būd.
Ardavān, when he saw Ardashir, rejoiced and treated him with honor.
He ordered that he should go, every day, to hunting and to play polo with his own children and the princes. Ardashir did so.
By the help of the gods, in polo and horsemanship, in chess (catrang), in nēvardašēr, and in other arts and disciplines, he was more skillful and more formidable than all those who surrounded him.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse