Spells Recited During The Cleansing

Books: Sacred Books Of The East

Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda:--



O Ahura Mazda! most beneficent Spirit, maker of the material world, thou

Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes

upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead

defiles the living?



Ahura Mazda answered:--



"Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said twice. 'I drive

aw y Angra Mainyu from this house, from this borough, from this town,

from this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the dead, from

the very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the master of the

house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the town, from the

lord of the land; from the whole of the world of Righteousness. I drive

away the Nasu, I drive away direct defilement, I drive away indirect

defilement, from this house, from this borough, from this town, from

this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the dead, from the

very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the master of the

house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the town, from the

lord of the land; from the whole of the world of Righteousness.'"



O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which are those words in

the Gathas that are to be said thrice?



Ahura Mazda answered:--



"'I drive away Indra, I drive away Sauru, I drive away the Deva

Naunghaithya from this house, from this borough, from this town, from

this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the dead, from the

very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the master of the

house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the town, from the

lord of the land; from the whole of the world of Righteousness. I drive

away Tauru, I drive away Zairi, from this house, from this borough, from

this town, from this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the

dead, from the very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the

master of the house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the

town, from the lord of the land; from the whole of the holy world.'"



O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which are those words in

the Gathas that are to be said four times?



Ahura Mazda answered:--



"These are the words in the Gathas that are to be said four times, and

thou shalt four times say them aloud: 'I drive away Aeshma, the fiend of

the murderous spear, I drive away the Deva Akatasha, from this house,

from this borough, from this town, from this land; from the very body of

the man defiled by the dead, from the very body of the woman defiled by

the dead; from the master of the house, from the lord of the borough,

from the lord of the town, from the lord of the land; from the whole of

the world of Righteousness. I drive away the Varenya Devas, I drive away

the Wind-Deva, from this house, from this borough, from this town, from

this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the dead, from the

very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the master of the

house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the town, from the

lord of the land; from the whole of the world of Righteousness.'"