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84 VIBRATIONARY EFFICACY OF YATHA, ASHEM, YENGHE-HATAM.
When this whole passage is quoted in full and explained, it is easily
seen that there is no idea of the propagation of the holy prayers among the
aliens in order to advocate conversion. The three fundamental formulalike-prayers-viz-Yatha
Ahu Vairyo or Ahunavar, Ashem Vohu and the
Yenghe Hatam of the prophet-from which the entire Avesta Scriptures
have been formulated as 21 Nasks-are in this passage remembered for
their great vibrationary effects in removing and annihilating all the major
evil forces in nature. The officiating priest in the great Yazashne
ceremony repeats these words of great vibratory-effect which from their
very essence are meant for the removal of all the evil forces of the evil
Spirit or Anghra Mainyu specified in the passage. Hence instead of
quoting the whole passage the writer of Zoroastrian Theology simply with
the deliberate intention of misleading downright the reader of his book
quotes only the first sentence partially omitting all the “in order to”
enumerated in the same paragraph. The adoption of this method is highly
objectionable and schematic, for the writer of the book has purely an
intention of taking an undue advantage of the ignorance of the Parsi public
re original Avesta scriptures. No man of ordinary common-sense after
reading the above passage through can ever be inclined to say therefrom
that Zoroaster preached proselytism in Yacna LXI; 1. The book of Zoroastrian
Theology deserves very strong strictures on account of this
improper and queer style employed by the writer.
We shall now dismiss the discussion of this very obnoxious
paragraph headed "The religious propaganda" on p. 74. We have seen
that all the Avesta passages quoted therein for proving 'proselytism are
half-quoted, mis-quoted, misrepresented, and far-fetched, and that
therefore the conclusion drawn by the writer about
"The Zoroastrian missionaries succeeding in planting the banner of
Zoroastrian faith."
is quite illogical, groundless, and based on utterly wrong premises.