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342 FIGHT BETWEEN ASHOI & DRUJIH-OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE.
So strict practice of Ashoi as taught in the Zoroastrian religion. Such a
professor of Ashoi and vanquisher of Drujih has the power of producing
the genuine efficacy of Avesta Manthra by means of which he is able to
overpower the magical operations of any practitioner of Drujih who is
termed a “Dravant” or one who runs away or deviates from the path of
Ashoi.
(iii) "YA-tu zi Zarathushtra vanat daevo mashyo ko nmanahe bada
Spitama Zarathushtra, vispa drukhsh janaiti, vispa drukhsh
Nashiaiti yatha haonaoiti aesham vacham.”
-Haftan Yasht; Supersection.
“The charm 'Yatu zi Zarathushtra' vanquishes devilish people. O Spitama
Zarathushtra who is he verily who when he chants these words smites all Druj and
annihilates all Druj from the abode ?”
In the fight between Ashoi and Drujih taught in the Zoroastrian
scriptures, a dual function is to be borne in mind. There are two aspects
of the fight-the offensive and the defensive. A person has to practice
Ashoi and thus vanquish all species of Drujih or transmute any sort of
Drujih into "Asar-i-Roshnih, and besides this offensive operation, he
has to constantly defend himself by the practice of Avesta Manthric
charms against the attacks of any Druj coming from the surrounding
atmosphere. Drujih in toto can be best overpowered and destroyed by a
holy person who is proficient in the practice of Avesta incantation, and
this is taught in the most powerful word-charm above-quoted.
(iv) “Garo-nmanem nereyo asti ashavaoyo ; naechish dravatam ayene
paitish garo-nmanem, ravohu ashayaonem chithrem Ahurem Mazdam."
-Ardibehsht Yasht § 4.
“The highest heaven Garo-nman is the goal for holy men; none of the Dravants
or practitioners of Druj can proceed towards Garo-nman in the joys – the abode of
holiness, the source i.e. Ahura Mazda.”