Violence and death penalty in zoroastrianism.

Violence in so called peaceful religion of majus:- (FARGARD 7). Purity Laws, Avestan medicine O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can he be clean again who has eaten of the carcass of a dog or of the corpse of a man?322 24. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘He cannot, O holy Zarathushtra! His burrow323 shall be dug out, his heart shall be torn out, his bright eyes shall be put out;(FARGARD 8. Funerals and purification, unlawful sex). the Druj Nasu falls upon him, takes hold of him even to the end of the nails, and he is unclean thenceforth, for ever and ever.’32473. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda, walking, or running, or riding, or driving, come uponNasu-burning fire, whereon Nasu is being burnt or cooked,435 what shall they do? 74. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘They shall kill the man that cooks the Nasu; surely they shall kill him.436 They shall take off the cauldron, they shall take off the tripod.13.(FARGARD 10. Formulas recited during the process of cleansing) ‘After thou hast said those Chathrus-amrutas four times, thou shalt say aloud these victorious, most healing words:- ‘“I drive away Aeshma, the fiend ot the murderous spear,508 I drive away the daeva Akatasha,509 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 daevas,510 I drive away the winddaeva, 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.” 15. ‘These are the words in the Gathas that are to be said twice; these are the words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice; these are the words in the Gathas that are to be said four times. 16. ‘These are the words that smite down Angra Mainyu; these are the words that smite down Aeshma, the fiend of the murderous spear; these are the words that smite down the daevas of Mazana;511 these are the words that smite down all the daevas.(FARGARD 19).From the region of the north, from the regions of the north,747 forth rushed Angra Mainyu, the deadly, the Daeva of the Daevas.748 And thus spake the evil-doer Angra Mainyu, the deadly: ‘Druj, rush down and kill him,’ O holy Zarathushtra! The Druj came rushing along, the demon Buiti,749 who is deceiving, unseen death.750 2. Zarathushtra chanted aloud the Ahuna-Vairya:751 ‘The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness. The gifts of Vohu-mano to the deeds done in this world for Mazda. He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king.’ He offered the sacrifice to the good waters of the good Daitya!752 He recited the profession of the worshippers of Mazda!753 The Druj dismayed, rushed away, the demon Buiti, who is deceiving, unseen death. 3. And the Druj said unto Angra Mainyu: ‘Thou, tormenter, Angra Mainyu! I see no way to kill Spitama Zarathushtra, so great is the glory of the holy Zarathushtra.’ Zarathushtra saw (all this) within his soul: ‘The wicked, the evildoing Daevas (thought he) take counsel together for my death.’ I a. 4. Up started Zarathushtra, forward went Zarathushtra, unabated by Akem-mano,754 by the hardness of his malignant riddles;755 he wentswinging stones in his hand, stones as big as a house,756 which he obtained from the Maker, Ahura Mazda, he the holy Zarathushtra. ‘Whereat on this wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar, whereat dost thou swing (those stones), thou who standest by the upper bank of the river Dareja,757 in the mansion of Pourushaspa?’758 5. Thus Zarathushtra answered Angra Mainyu: ‘O evil-doer, Angra Mainyu! I will smite the creation of the Daeva; I will smite the Nasu, a creature of the Daeva; I will smite the Pairika Knathaiti,759 till the victorious Saoshyant come up to life760 out of the lake Kasava [Kasaoya],761 from the region of the dawn, from the regions of the dawn.’ 6. Again to him said the Maker of the evil world, Angra Mainyu: ‘Do not destroy my creatures, O holy Zarathushtra! Thou art the son of Pourushaspa;762 by thy mother I was invoked.763 Renounce the good Religion of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as Vadhaghna764 gained, the ruler of the nations.’ 7. Spitama Zarathushtra said in answer: ‘No! never will I renounce the good Religion of the worshippers of Mazda, either for body or life, though they should tear away the breath!’ 8. Again to him said the Maker of the evil world, Angra Mainyu: ‘By whose Word wilt thou strike, by whose Word wilt thou repel, bywhose weapon will the good creatures (strike and repel) my creation, who am Angra Mainyu?’ 9. Spitama Zarathushtra said in answer: ‘The sacred mortar, the sacred cups, the Haoma, the Word taught by Mazda, these are my weapons, my best weapons! By this Word will I strike, by this Word will I repel, by this weapon will the good creatures (strike and repel thee), O evil-doer, Angra Mainyu! The Good Spirit [Spenta Mainyu -JHP] made the creation;765 he made it in the boundless Time. The Amesha-Spentas made the creation, the good, the wise Sovereigns.’ 10. Zarathushtra chanted aloud the Ahuna-Vairya. The holy Zarathushtra said aloud: ‘This I ask thee: teach me the truth, O Lord! ...’(FARGARD 17). Hair and nails.All wicked, embodiments of the Druj, are scorners of the judge: all scorners of the judge are rebels against the Sovereign: all rebels against the Sovereign are ungodly men; and all ungodly men are worthy of death

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