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Zoroastrian Law – “FREEING FROM FIGHT & FROM WEAPON” 371
and unfoldment,-such pseudo-Zoroastrians cannot free themselves
from the physical attractions, and they are entrapped into fleshly
existence again and again. The Zoroastrian Mazdayacnian Law being
"Fraspayaokhedram," and "Nidasnaithishem" as taught in the
Confession of Faith. Formula Yacna Ha. XII, the genuine follower of
that Law has to be "free from the constant fight" between the two poles
Asha and Druja or Asar-i-Roshnih and Asar-i-Tarikih, for the
Zoroastrian religion has the property of “throwing away the fight”
(Fra-spa-yaokhedram). A sincere follower of the Zoroastrian Law has
also to give up for good the physical instrument of the soul viz, the
bodily existence, for it is the second property of Zoroastrianism to
enable the follower "to put down the instrument" (Ni-da-snaithishem).
Hence we deduce the following axioms of practical purity even from the
meagre extant Zoroastrian Avesta scriptures, viz., -
(i) The seclusion or isolation of menstruous women is originally
a Zoroastrian mandate given in the Vendidad, which
belongs to the Nask-i-Javit-shida-dad.
(ii) The condition of a menstruous woman during the period is
that of "Druj-i-Buji" or evil magnetic or auric influence
resulting from the discharge of menstrual blood.
(iii) The aloofness from all sorts of Drujih or evil magnetic
influence is the special teaching of the Gathas, Yashts,
Vendidad etc.
(iv) The Zoroastrian principle of Ashoi in aggregate is to be
put into practice in every day life in order to annihilate
“Drujih.”
(v) The Law of Polarity termed “Hamaestara” in the Avesta, is
to be incessantly fought with by transmuting the “Asar-i-
Tarikih” or materialistic tendency into the "Asar-i-
Roshnih" or spiritual momentum by means of observance
of Ashoi principles.