I have written articles on the weapons , including WMD, used in ancient India.
There were two types.
Sastra , the physical weapons, like Sword,Mace, Arrows.. and
Brahmastra Design I
Astra, the ones that carry weapons of Mass Destruction on the one hand and another devastating the enemy and his land with specific calamity Like Fire, Rain, Storms and psychological variety like Mohanastra which renders people unconscious, and Sammohanatsra which leaves one confused.
Three Astras are most potent.
They are,
Brahmastra,
Pasupathastra and
Narayanastra.
And there is a very rare Brahmasiroastra.
Please read may articles on each.
I have also provided a detailed list of Astras and the Invocation Mantra for Brahmastra.
Brahmastra is believed to be an Atom Bomb and Brahma Sirastra a Neutron Bomb,
About ancient atomic explosions Oppenheimer stated that “In ancient India, we find words for certain measurements of length, one was the distance of light-years and one was the length of the atom. Only a society that possessed nuclear energy would have the need for such words.”..
Historian Kisai Mohan Ganguli says that Indian sacred writings are full of such descriptions which sound like an atomic blast as experienced in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He says references mention fighting sky chariots and final weapons. An ancient battle is described in the Drona Parva, a section of Mahabharata. “The passage tells of combat where explosions of final weapons decimate entire armies, causing crowds of warriors with steeds and elephants and weapons to be carried away as if they were dry leaves of trees,” says Ganguli.
Consider these verses from the ancient epic Mahabharata,
““A single projectile charged with all the power of the universe. An incandescent column of smoke and flame as bright as the thousand suns rose in its entire splendor. A perpendicular explosion with its billowing smoke clouds. The cloud of smoke rising after its explosion formed into expanding round circles like the opening of giant parasols. It was unknown weapon, an ironic thunderbolt, A gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes.
The Devastating Power of a Nuclear Bomb.
Entire race of the Virshins and the Andhakas were destroyed. The corpses were so burned as to be unrecognizable. The hair and nails fell out, pottery broke without apparent cause,And the birds turned white. After a few hours all foodstuffs were infected. To escape from this fire the soldiers threw themselves in streams to wash themselves and their equipment.” Until the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, modern mankind could not imagine any weapon as horrible and devastating as those described in ancient Indian texts. Yet they very accurately described the effects of atomic explosion which is not possible unless they have experienced a similar one those days. Radioactive poisoning will make hair and nails fall out. Immersing oneself in water gives some respite, though it is not a cure.’
There are some verses that depict the nature of these astra-s. A few of them are given under. Though we may not actually acquire a projectile power with these verses, they may at least detail what these missiles are. The source of these verses is untraceable, but they are said to be in puraaNaa-s, and Shiva informs Sage Narada, about the missiles as below:
“It contains air, fire and cosmic poison, two goat-like fangs, full of poison, weighty, emits air, contains mercury, fiery, sparkling, sky is filled with air, enemy-killing, greatly radiant and it is projected with three hymns, Gayatri at its centre, it is known as brahma-astra’
Citation and source for sloka for Bala Kanda Of Valmiki Ramayana Sarga 27 foot note
I have written on the use of weapons in the Mahabharata..
I have also written articles on
Rules of War,
Battle Formations,
Weapons of Mass Destruction,
List of Astras,
Brahmastra Invocation Mantra.
Now a manuscript containing the Mantra for the weapons used in the Mahabharata War has been found in Kerala.
They are a sort of User Manual.
‘A manuscript found from the collections of Ashtavaidyan Vaidyamadham Cheriya Narayanan Namboodiri, who passed away recently, clearly mentions the mantras to use brahmastra, agneyastra, among others. The 63-folio manuscript in palm leaves, believed to be rewritten about 120 years ago, is the only manuscript retrieved so far in the country that tells how to use all the deadly weapons mentioned in the Mahabharata in about 48 well-described mantras.
“It was Cheriya Narayanan Namboodiri’s wish to digitize all his manuscript collections — 1,300 bundles — for the benefit of researchers, students and the future generation. The particular manuscript was noticed while we were digitizing the collections using the most reliable method, reprography,” said A R Krishnakumar, project manager at Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS). Krishnakumar is part of a team from the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi that has been bestowed with the responsibility of digitizing all the manuscripts available with both public and private parties in the country. “People may wonder why the manuscripts should be digitized. It is because they would throw light on our history, culture, customs, ancient religions besides giving information on the environment, health and science of ancient times,” said Krishnakumar.
“Till now, we haven’t even used 15% of the information from the manuscripts being written on ayurveda. Yet ayurveda is considered to be one of the most accepted system of medicine in the world. Now imagine if the knowledge in five lakh-odd bundles of manuscripts are made available to the society, how much more effective would ayurveda be,” he added.
“We had digitized a portion of the manuscripts available with libraries, colleges, universities and other institutions in Kerala a few years ago. We started the second phase of the initiative from Vaidyamadham at Mezhathur in Palakkad district. Our next destination is Kanippayyur Mana near Kunnamkulam, famous for thachu sasthra (architectural science), and other centres that have hundreds of manuscripts preserved with them. Thankfully, all these private parties are now coming forward to share the knowledge they have been preserving from the past,” said senior reprographic officer of IGNCA Krishnakumar B. ‘
While Sastras denote conventional weapons like Bow and Arrow,Mace(Gatha)`,Swords of different type…, Astra denote weapons that are energized by Mantras.
Some of these Astras do not any supportive conventional weapon like Bow and Arrow.
Mere uttering of the words will do.
Another type is the one used frequently in Indian legends are the Astras that are used with a bow and arrow simultaneously reciting the Mantra ascribed to the Arrow.
These weapons are to be learnt from a Guru.
The Bow, Dhanus and the Arrows are to be worshiped daily.
Only then they will be effective.
Important fact is that the user must be spiritually inclined and should have attained the status of an effective Sadhaka.
When a Sadhaka meditates and raises his Kundalini (Brahmastra in this context), it derives energy from his base chakra (Mooladhara) and propels upwards.
Then, it penetrates through 5 other chakras deriving energies from each of them at every stage.
Finally it hits the target : Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) and explodes there with a brilliance.
That explosion annihilates all “Illusion(Maaya)“, and leaves the sadhaka with the debris called as “Aham Brahmasmi (I’m Brahma)” feeling.
Otherwise the Astra will not be effective.
It is true that even well-developed Sadhakas turn bad morally, like Ravana.
The Astra will still be effective because of the spiritual efforts involved in obtaining the Astra.
Brahmastra is an Ultimate weapon.
It is energized by chanting Gayatri Mantra by chanting it in a certain way.
Brahmastra leaves destruction all around, including the environment.
How to chant the Brahmastra Mantra, I have explained in one of my earlier posts .
How the Mantras affect weather, bring rainfall, produce heat, change thoughts in human minds around us, control animals and birds are explained thus,
“It contains air, fire and cosmic poison, two goat-like fangs, full of poison, weighty, emits air, contains mercury, fiery, sparkling, sky is filled with air, enemy killing greatly radiant and it is projected with three hymn, Gayatri at its centre, it is known as brahmastra”(Ahirbudhnya Samhita of the Pancharatra Agama volume1)
The counter Astra to Brahmastra is called the BrahmaSirōnāmāstra, which was never used in war, as it had power equivalent to (Brahmāstra),representing 4 heads of Brahma and in Mahabharata war, it was known only to Dronacharya, Aswatthama, Arjuna and Karna.
SRI Lanka’s army was yesterday pushing ahead warily in its advance on the Tamil Tiger stronghold of Jaffna city, fearful of rebel ambushes and possible chemical weapon attacks. Aid workers said the army could move into the city within hours if it wanted to after a mass exodus of tens of thousands of rebels and civilians had left it a virtual ghost town. But a suspicious military said yesterday it sensed that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were preparing a trap. “They may have tried to depopulate Jaffna so that they can use chemical weapons when our troops move in,” a senior military officer said. The rebels used chlorine gas to attack troops in 1990 during a failed attempt to overrun an army camp, but caused no harm. The officer said the army was taking the chemical weapon threat seriously and had distributed gas masks to some of the troops. Government forces have been within 8km of Jaffna city for the past few days and yesterday the LTTE said from their London office that battles were raging at the town of Urumpirai, just 3km from Jaffna’s municipal limits. According to the military the army’s new defence lines are about 7km from Jaffna’s municipal limits. Sri Lankan military officials have warned that minefields, booby-traps and ambushes may await them. “We should be able to move in quickly if there is no resistance,” a military official said. “But we’re obviously going to be careful of walking into a trap.” A top-level military source even suggested that moving into Jaffna right now might not be the objective, despite the two-week push towards the city. “There could be changes in strategy,” he said, echoing some diplomats’ view that little would be gained in taking Jaffna when it could prove difficult to hold. Rebel resistance to the army’s two-pronged advance crumbled on Monday after troops captured Neerveli, 10km northeast of Jaffna. The Government yesterday ordered schools across the country closed after saying threats had been issued against children. In Delhi, India, the Tigers’ chief theoretician, Mr Anton Balasingham, said in an interview published yesterday that a guerilla campaign would be maintained if Jaffna fell to government forces. “Even if they take over Jaffna, it will not be a military success,” he said. “The (Sri Lankan) north-east is a vast area and our guerilla movement cannot be crushed in conventional battle. “The Lankan forces can take over the territory, but they cannot hold on. We will strike back,” he told the weekly news magazine Outlook. In Geneva, the World Council of Churches appealed for intervention by a neutral government such as Norway or Australia to relaunch peace efforts. The council’s secretary-general, Mr Konrad Raiser, who has returned from a visit to India where he met Sri Lankan religious leaders, has called on the Colombo Government and Tamil rebels to resume talks broken off earlier this year.
Voice of America reports on Sri Lanka’s disinformation campaign…
November 28, 1995
“The Sri Lankan Government is waging a propaganda war to complement its military offensive. Correspondent Michael Drudge reports from Colombo that truth has become one of the war’s victims. Media observers say Sri Lankan television has begun resorting to disinformation in its reporting on the war against Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
A Government television news broadcast Monday quoted Tamil Tiger Commander saying the military take over of the northern Jaffna peninsula was a serious set back for the rebel movement. In truth Commander Prabhakaran called the loss of Jaffna only a temporary set back.
The Government newscast said Commander Prabhakaran’s reference to peace negotiations was a sign of Tamil Tiger weakness. In reality, he simply rejected any negotiation as long as the army occupies Jaffna.Observers say the television newscast was but the latest instance of government media officials hedging the truth.
The military press office on Saturday issued a statement that the Tamil Tigers had used gas on troops, implying it was a chemical weapons attack. Only later did military sources admit the gas in question had been tear gas.The government continues to ban reporters from the northern war zone. The state information department hands out video and still photographs produced by the Sri Lankan army. Information is provided by fax.The government is also forbidding reporters to visit camps where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled to escape the fighting.
Sri Lanka media are subject to military censorship. The local cable operator even blacks out stories about Sri Lanka that appear on foreign television channels.”
Weapons of Minimum Destruction
August 19, 2004
The Tamil Tigers’ use of chemicals angered some of their support base.
Rapoport says that terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons is similar to state use – in that it is rare and, in terms of causing mass destruction, not very effective. He cites the work of journalist and author John Parachini, who says that over the past 25 years only four significant attempts by terrorists to use WMD have been recorded. The most effective WMD-attack by a non-state group, from a military perspective, was carried out by the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka in 1990. They used chlorine gas against Sri Lankan soldiers guarding a fort, injuring over 60 soldiers but killing none.
The Tamil Tigers’ use of chemicals angered their support base, when some of the chlorine drifted back into Tamil territory – confirming Rapoport’s view that one problem with using unpredictable and unwieldy chemical and biological weapons over conventional weapons is that the cost can be as great ‘to the attacker as to the attacked’. The Tigers have not used WMD since.
Sri Lanka: LTTE warns against use of “Chemical Weapons”
August 17, 2001
COLOMBO. The LTTE today accused Sri Lanka of purchasing a banned chemical weapon and warned of “dangerous consequences” if it was inducted in the battlefields of northeastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE statement appeared to be referring to the Russian- manufactured RPO-A Shmel rocket launcher without naming it. The Sunday Leader newspaper reported this week that the Government had purchased 1,000 units of the weapon.
The Sri Lankan Army spokesman, Brig. Sanath Karunaratne, confirmed the purchase of the Shmel, but denied it was a chemical weapon or that it was banned.
The RPO-A Shmel is a rocket-propelled incendiary/blast projectile launcher whose warhead contains a “thermobaric” flammable mixture, that is, it simulates high pressure conditions when detonated in enclosed structures and in the open.
The use of this weapon by the Russian Army in Chechnya came in for strong criticism by the human rights groups.
Described as a “bunker buster”, the shoulder-fired weapon uses a fuel-air explosive warhead that is most destructive when detonated inside structures, killing living beings through suffocation and burns, but also causes death and destruction over wide areas.
“We are perturbed over reports that the Sri Lanka Government has purchased new infantry weapon system with chemical warheads… The acquisition of this banned weapon by Sri Lanka marks a new and dangerous escalation of the armed conflict in the island”, the LTTE statement declared.
The decision by the Sri Lankan Government to introduce mass destruction technology into the northeast theatre of the conflict was a reflection of its single-minded determination to continue with the military option and escalate the war against the Tamil people, the LTTE said.
Tamil Tigers ready to attack Sri Lankan forces with toxic weapons
July 12, 2006
COLOMBO: Hidden in the jungles of Vanni, a toxicological laboratory of the Tamil Tigers is manufacturing their ‘special weapon’, as described by Anton Balasingham earlier, to attack the Sri Lankan Government forces located in Jaffna. Prof. Peter Chalk of Queensland University (now attached to Rand Corporation as an expert on terrorism) told an audience in Melbourne that the LTTE is the first known terrorist group to use chemical weapons.
Prof. Chalk, a leading expert on Tamil Tigers strategies, said that the Tigers fired a ‘chemical’ into an army camp in one of its early offensives. Ironically, it backfired because the winds brought most of it back and deposited the chemical on the LTTE side.
Reports leaking out from Vanni reveal that the LTTE has now increased the potency of this “secret weapon” and also improved the method of delivering it to selected targets. The new chemical weapon is designed to stun the victims. If it is targeted on Sri Lankan Army camps with a total of nearly 40,000 troops, it could easily immobilize the forces, according to informed sources in London.
Balasingham has informed groups raising funds in UK that the LTTE is now armed with a “special weapon” to launch its next major assault on Jaffna. As any major offensive against Jaffna is bound to cost the Tigers heavily in manpower their new strategy is to use the “special weapon” that would immobilize the Sri Lankan forces before a counter-offensive could be launched to attack the LTTE. The LTTE objective in using this chemical weapon is to minimize losses to their cadres.
Reports from Vanni claim that the Tamil Tigers have almost completed the production of this “special weapon” in sufficient quantities to launch their next offensive. The production was carried out in a toxicological laboratory housed in two floors underground. It is protected by a three-storied building above-ground. Reports also state that this is the tallest building in the Vanni constructed under the direct supervision of Velupillai Prabhakaran.
The sources further revealed that technicians and engineers were brought from Punjab, India for the construction. Pro-LTTE Sri Lankan chemical experts and engineers who worked in Western countries are said to be the brains behind the building of the lab as well as the toxicological products.
A hedge fund trader from New York who migrated from Vadamarachchy has made generous contribution towards the constructions of the building which would also double as ordnance factory. He is married to a Punjabi.
The LTTE was thrown out of Jaffna by the Sri Lankan Army led by Maj-Gen Janaka Perera in 1995. The Tigers withdrew into the jungles of Vanni and since then they have been plotting and planning to recapture Jaffna without success. Both sides are aware that the next war, when it comes, is going to be costly to both sides. With the international forces ranged against them the LTTE is making a bid to make their attack short and swift by engaging in “chemical warfare.”
Analysts believe that this is a huge gamble, which may backfire on the LTTE. Velupillai Prabhakaran is already on the international list of wanted criminals. A mug shot of his is posted in Interpol list of wanted criminals. India too is facing internal pressures to extradite him for the killing of Rajiv Gandhi.
If he resorts to “chemical warfare” he will seal his fate as a war criminal hunted by the international community which has banned such warfare since World War I. Besides, the international community fighting a global war against terror will consider this new “chemical warfare” as opening new leads for other terrorists to follow. LTTE terror technologies (example: suicide kit tied to the body) have been the models for other terrorists to follow.
Chemical Weapon Story a Concoction: LTTE
July 14, 2006
The LTTE yesterday strongly rejected media reports which suggested it possessed chemical war fare weapons and was even prepared to use it against the government security forces in the event an all out war were to resume once again.
LTTE Batticaloa political leader Daya Mohan told the Daily Mirror he was not authorised to comment on such issues on behalf of the LTTE but insisted the rebels would never go against UN protocols on the use of chemical weapons.
‘We will never go against UN protocols on the use of chemical warfare. The report you mentioned is not factually correct,’ Mr. Mohan said.
The rebel district leader was responding to an Asian Tribune website report which suggested the LTTE had in its possession a new chemical weapon designed to stun the victims and if it was targeted on Army camps with a total of nearly 40,000 troops, it could easily immobilize the forces.
The government meanwhile said it would not rule out the possibility of the LTTE possessing chemical weapons although there was no evidence to substantiate such claims.
‘Taking the history of terrorists it remains a possibility that the Asian Tribune report may be true. As a government we are not ruling it out,’ Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the Daily Mirror.
He said as a Defence measure the government would ensure it was prepared to face the eventuality of the LTTE resorting to chemical warfare in the future.
The Asian Tribune report quoted a terrorism expert as saying the LTTE had on one occasion made a failed attempt to use a chemical weapon while it added that the LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham had informed groups raising funds in Britain that the LTTE was now armed with a `special weapon` to launch its next major assault on Jaffna.
Excerpts from “Toxic Warfare,” by Theodore Karasik
Many recent incidents of toxic warfare have involved poisoning with chemicals, sewage, or pesticides. All these substances can be used to interfere with military operations, disrupt the functioning of civilian infrastructure, cause physical harm, and instill fear among the general
1 Episodes of poisoning have a long history in toxic warfare. In 1986, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) poisoned tea with potassium cyanide in an effort to cripple the Sri Lankan tea export industry.2
2See Abraham D. Sofaer, George D. Wilson, and Sidney D. Dell, The New Terror: Facing the Threat of Biological and Chemical Weapons, Stanford, CA: HooverInstitution, 1999, p. 82.
Sri Lanka
During the 1990s, the LTTE used chemical waste to attack industrial facilities on several occasions as a means of creating confusion at strategic points. In November 1995, LTTE forces launched a gas attack on Sri Lankan troops in a bid to lift a siege on the rebel bastion of Jaffna, sparking heavy battles that left 84 dead on both sides. The toxic attack was the first since 1990, when the LTTE fired chlorine gas cylinders into a besieged military camp near Batticaloa on the east coast.19 In 2001, Tamil rebels attacked the Bandaranaike International Airport and military base with mortars. The first wave of attacks, launched at 3:30 a.m., targeted industrial and fuel facilities at the airport to create a fire and smoke diversion, while a second wave of mortars was aimed at both commercial and military aircraft. The resulting damage claimed 12 aircraft, costing millions of dollars, and closed the airport for a day.20
19See Agence France-Presse, November 25, 1995, accessed from FBIS-FTS- 19951125000450.
20See “Tamil Rebels Raid Sri Lankan Airport,” Washington Post, July 25, 2001, p. 14.
LTTE Sea and Land Attacks
The Tamil Sea Tigers (LTTE)35 have used smoke and vapors both to create casualties and to cause deception, sometimes through elaborately staged or sophisticated means. In September 2001, the Tamil Sea Tigers attacked Bandaranaike Airport, destroying half of the Sri Lankan air fleet and causing millions of dollars of damage. Included was an attack on the airport’s fuel depot that was aimed at spreading smoke and vapors.36 The attack was intended to produce—and indeed resulted in—a spectacular mess that destroyed the fuel depot while also causing confusion and eventual military operations. One month later, in October 2001, a suicide squad from the LTTE sea forces attacked the MV Silk Pride at sundown as the ship approached the Haffna peninsula. The oil tanker, carrying 225 tons of low-sulfur diesel, 160 tones of kerosene oil, and 275 tons of auto diesel, caught on fire.37 LTTE fighters later participated in yet another toxic attack in an effort to interrupt Sri Lanka’s economy.38
35The Tamil Sea Tigers is the oceangoing version of the Tamil Tigers.
36See Rohan Gunaratna, “Intelligence Failures Exposed by Tamil Tigers Airport Attack,” Jane’s Intelligence Review, September 2001, pp. 14–17.
37See “Further on Tamil Tigers Attacking Oil Tanker in Sri Lanka,” Agence France-Presse, October 30, 2001, accessed from FBIS-SAP-20011030000111.
38See “Guerrilla Suicide Boat Hits Sri Lankan Oil Tanker,” Reuters, October 30, 2001.
Excerpt for “Die and Let Die: Exploring Links between Suicide Terrorism and Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons” by Adam Dolnik
LTTE has a history of involvement with chemical agents on several levels. In 1986, the group claimed to have poisoned Sri Lankan Tea with potassium cyanide, but no evidence of contamination was found.62During 1990, the group was suspected of using poison on several occasions, among them an armed assault with knives soaked in a liquid containing cyanide poison,63 and the use of landmines equipped with cyanide capsules.64During the same year, the group did in fact use a chemical weapon, when large amounts of chlorine gas were deliberately disseminated by wind in an assault on a besieged military camp at Kiran.65The number of casualties of this attack is unknown. Evidence suggests that during 1990 the LTTE was facing a great shortage of conventional arms, forcing them to use improvised weapons. Because all allegations of the group’s involvement with CBRN agents fall into this time frame, it appears that the LTTE tried to use chemicals to substitute for limited conventional capability, as opposed to escalating their struggle in terms of the number of casualties.
62. Sri Lanka, Tea Tested After Poison Threats. Facts on File World Digest [CD-ROM], 24 January 1986.
63. “Tamil Rebels Kill 144 in Sri Lanka Raids,” The Toronto Star, 13 August 1990.
64. “Tamil Rebel Camp Smashed by Sri Lankan Security Forces,” Xinhua Overseas New Service, 18 June 1990.
65. Bruce Hoffman, The Debate Over Future Terrorist Use of Chemical Biological, Nuclear and Radiological Weapons (RAND
Advanced Modern concepts in Hinduism includes the Atomic Theory in the Nyaya System of Indian Philosophy,Hinduism.
Effects of Brahmastra.These treatises postulates Boson, The God Particle and goes beyond this.
Hindus wer aware of the Atomic structure of things, events(yes, events for Hindus state that things non material do have atomic structure.
They knew how to prepare Atomic weapons, Counter Atomic weapons.
So adept were they in understanding the nature of Atoms , they were able to distinguish between the Atoms making up one thing and another.
Atoms are indivisible matter of Matter.(Anu)
This has another finer particle that drives it or the cause for the Atoms to behave the way they do.
They are called the Paramanu.
These terms are used extensively in the Vedas while describing the Reality describing It.
The Atoms comprising of one matter, say a man, my be re regrouped to form another Matter, Bigger or Smaller.
This is explained in the Siddhis or the powers acuired by a Yogi en route to Realization.
They are named as Anima and Mahima( Smaller and Bigger)
Garima: becoming infinitely heavy
Laghima: becoming almost weightless
Prāpti: having unrestricted access to all places
Prākāmya: realizing whatever one desires
Iṣṭva: possessing absolute lordship
Vaśtva: the power to subjugate
While Prapti is the transportation(Teleporting) of Atoms to another place in Space and Time is the readjustment of Atoms, Ishtva and Vastva requires the entering of one group of Atoms into another.
The following Secondary Siddhis are also obtainable by the manipulation of the Atoms.
para-kāya praveśanam: Entering the bodies of others
sva-chanda mṛtyuh: Dying when one desires
devānām saha krīḍā anudarśanam: Witnessing and participating in the pastimes of the gods
yathā sańkalpa saḿsiddhiḥ: Perfect accomplishment of one’s determination
ājñā apratihatā gatiḥ: Orders or commands being unimpeded
Uuha: based on the samskaras of previous births the attainment of knowledge about the twenty-four Tatwas gained by examining the determinable and the indeterminable conscious and the non-conscious constituents of creation,
Shabad: knowledge gained by associating with an enlightened person (Guru – upadesh),
Addhyyan: knowledge gained through study of the Vedas and other standard ancillary texts,
Suhritprapti: knowledge gained from a kind-hearted person, while engaged in the spread of knowledge
Daan: knowledge gained regardless of one’s own needs while attending to the requirements of those engaged in the search of the highest truth,
Aadhyaatmik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain, disappointment, etc.; arising due to lack of spiritual, metaphysical, mystic knowledge and experience,
Aadhibhautik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc.; arising by possessing and being attached to various materialistic gains,
Aadhidaivik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc.; caused by fate or due to reliance on fate, (Samkhya)
How come the Hindus are able to describe these and how do we know about this.
That these were known to Hindus from the Vedic period is noticed from the Atharva Veda where it describes the Occult Sciences.
We know about these were facts from the Archaeological findings in Mohenja Daro.
“Gurkha, flying a swift and powerful vimana (fast aircraft) hurled a single projectile (rocket) charged with the power of the Universe (nuclear device). An incandescent column of smoke and flame, as bright as ten thousand suns, rose with all its splendor.
It was an unknown weapon, an iron thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas.
The corpses were so burned as to be unrecognizable. Hair and nails fell out; Pottery broke without apparent cause, and the birds turned white.
…After a few hours all foodstuffs were infected… …to escape from this fire the soldiers threw themselves in streams to wash themselves and their equipment.” — The Mahabharata..
It was a weapon) so powerful that it could destroy the earth in an instant A great soaring sound in smoke and flames And on its sits death…” – The Ramayana
“Dense arrows of flame, like a great shower, issued forth upon creation, encompassing the enemy… A thick gloom swiftly settled upon the Pandava hosts. All points of the compass were lost in darkness. Fierce wind began to blow upward, showering dust and gravel.
Birds croaked madly… the very elements seemed disturbed. The earth shook, scorched by the terrible violent heat of thisweapon. Elephants burst into flame and ran to and fro in a frenzy… over a vast area, other animals crumpled to the ground and died. From all points of the compass the arrows of flame rained continuously and fiercely. — The Mahabharata
Place a well-cleaned copper plate in an earthenware vessel. Cover it first by copper sulfate and then moist sawdust. After that put a mercury-amalgamated-zinc sheet on top of an energy known by the twin name of Mitra-Varuna. Water will be split by this current into Pranavayu and Udanavayu. A chain of one hundred jars is said to give a very active and effective force.” –Agastya Samhita (Indian Princes’ Library)
“It was an unknown weapon, an iron thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas.” is actually found in Section 1 of Mausala Parva.( http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m16/m16001.htm).
“When then next day came, Samva actually brought forth an iron bolt through which all the individuals in the race of the vrishnis and the andhakas became consumed into ashes. Indeed, for the destruction of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, Samva brougt forth, through that curse, a fierce iron bolt that looked like a Gigantic messenger of death. The fact was duly reported to the king. In distress of mind, the king (Ugrasena) caused that iron bolt to be reduced to a fine powder.Men were employed to cast the powder into the sea.”
The term “10000 suns” and “Super-abundant” perfectly fit into today’s description of Nuclear Energy. In fact what is depicted as an Iron bolt could actually have referred to Radioactive Iron (Iron-59 is known to be radioactive). Perhaps the usage of Iron-59 as a nuclear weapon was known to man in ancient times. The last sentence ” to cast the powder into sea”, is in good terms with the fact that water is a very effective shield for nuclear radiations. Perhaps that was the intention in casting the iron powder into the sea.
The section 2 of the Mausala parva also has,
“The streets swarmed with rats and mice. Earthen pots showed cracks or broke from no apparent cause. At night, the rats and mice ate away thehair and nails of slumbering men”
and
“Fires, when ignited, cast their flames towards the left. Sometimes they threw out flames whose splendour was blue and red. The Sun, whether when rising or setting over the city, seemed to be surrounded by headless trunks of human form. In cook rooms, upon food that was clean and well-boiled, were seen, when it was served out for eating, innumerable worms of diverse kinds.”
The above passage too reminds us of the effects of a nuclear explosion, as foodstuffs get infected in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. In section 3, there is also a mention of the vaishnis taking shelter close to the sea coast. This might have as well meant that the vaisnis took shelter in the sea. As mentioned earlier, water is a natural shield to Nuclear radiations.
These above facts make us really wonder if the Mahabharata was indeed a nuclear war. In aid to the above mentioned facts, India, from times immemorial knew the existence of atoms and the atomic energy. The following shloka is evidence to the statement.
Cakra” Launched (Ancient Nuclear)
During the chaos of the said war, one of Arjuna’s cousins launched the 5th weapon called “Barma Satara” which had the impact of a mighty nuclear power. According to the legend it was not clear how the relatives of Arjuna got to know the secret to launch such weapons. Arjuna himself had to obtain the consent from Lord Krishna who needed to explain the ways or consequences of such weapons.
It was believed that as a result of this launch; it has created layers upon layers of hot rays that penetrated the sky and slowly settled on to the earth (as multiple layers). Upon realizing that the never before used weapon has been accidentally released by his own cousin; and upon seeing the massive destruction that this weapon brought, Arjuna pleaded with Lord Krishna to gather all resources to protect what was left on the earth from the massive heat. With the kind guidance from Lord Krishna, Arjuna managed to protect the earth from the nuclear heat-wave by deflecting it skyward. This prevented the earth from complete destruction by such nuclear disaster. It was also told that the nuclear cloud and heat-wave were noticeable in the area tens of kilometers wide and approximately 10 nautical miles in thickness.
During the “Kuruthesa”, Arjuna, who was coached directly by Krishna on the righteous way of a true noble being and the right path to eternity, was also introduced to Yoga. Arjuna was to practice it whenever he faced adversity. “Bhakti Yoga” practiced for 20 minutes would allow the mere mortal to overcome adversity and reach for Lord’s guidance.
“Cakra”- Weapon of Mass Destruction during “Kurukshetra”
According to Lord Krishna, the WMD was further divided into three levels:
Highest “Cakra” (weapon) but never before used: “Sudal Sana”;
this was the most secretive and complicated weapons owned by Lord Krishna himself.
The energy from this weapon would be able to destroy dozens of planets
Second “Cakra”: “Barma Satara” was a gift from “Dewa Api” to Lord Krishna and has 7 levels:
Level “Barma Satara” First
Level “Barma Satara” Second
Level “Barma Satara” Third
Level “Barma Satara” Fourth
Level “Barma Satara” Fifth (used by Arjuna’s cousin during “Kuruthesa”)
Level “Barma Satara” Sixth (equivalent to the destruction of Hiroshima)
Level “Barma Satara” Seventh ( widely used for self protection and medicines around the world)
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