[world-vedic] Re: Electricity in the Vedic Age

12-27-1999, 05:05 AM

Madan M Mathrani wrote:
>Please tell me where can I find the subject article; "Electricity in
>the Vedic Age"? At this location there is discussion of another
>subject, namely; Destruction Of Vedic Culture! Thank you

I do not know that particular article but here is some little help:
Just a glance at a few vedic references from His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita & Srimad Bhagavatam on
*Electriticy*. This is simpy *some* references more can be obtained
especially from Srimad Bhagavatam.
This shows Vedic sages were not ignorant of the knowledge at all.

Bg 15.6 S The Yoga of the Supreme Person
na--not; tat--that; bhasayate--illuminates; suryah--the sun; na--nor;
sasankah--the moon; na--nor; pavakah--fire, electricity; yat--where;
gatva--going; na--never; nivartante--comes back; tat dhama--that abode;
paramam--supreme; mama--My.
That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity.
One who reaches it never returns to this material world.

SB 2.6.5 T
romany udbhijja-jatinam
yair va yajnas tu sambhrtah
kesa-smasru-nakhany asya
sila-lohabhra-vidyutam
romani--hairs on the body; udbhijja--vegetables; jatinam--of the kingdoms;
yaih--by which; va--either; yajnah--sacrifices; tu--but;
sambhrtah--particularly served; kesa--hairs on the head; smasru--facial
hair; nakhani--nails; asya--of Him; sila--stones; loha--iron ores;
abhra--clouds; vidyutam--electricity.
The hairs on His body are the cause of all vegetation, particularly of
those trees which are required as ingredients for sacrifice. The hairs on
His head and face are reservoirs for the clouds, and His nails are the
breeding ground of electricity, stones and iron ores.

SB 3.5.34 S
anilah--air; api--also; vikurvanah--being transformed; nabhasa--sky;
uru-bala-anvitah--extremely powerful; sasarja--created; rupa--form;
tat-matram--sense perception; jyotih--electricity; lokasya--of the world;
locanam--light to see.
Thereafter the extremely powerful air, interacting with the sky, generated
the form of sense perception, and the perception of form transformed into
electricity, the light to see the world.

SB 3.5.35 T
anilenanvitam jyotir
vikurvat paraviksitam
adhattambho rasa-mayam
kala-mayamsa-yogatah
anilena--by the air; anvitam--interacted; jyotih--electricity;
vikurvat--being transformed; paraviksitam--being glanced over by the
Supreme; adhatta--created; ambhah rasa-mayam--water with taste; kala--of
eternal time; maya-amsa--and external energy; yogatah--by a mixture.
When electricity was surcharged in the air and was glanced over by the
Supreme, at that time, by a mixture of eternal time and external energy,
there occurred the creation of water and taste.

SB 3.5.36
jyotisambho 'nusamsrstam
vikurvad brahma-viksitam
mahim gandha-gunam adhat
kala-mayamsa-yogatah
jyotisa--electricity; ambhah--water; anusamsrstam--thus created;
vikurvat--due to transformation; brahma--the Supreme; viksitam--so glanced
over; mahim--the earth; gandha--smell; gunam--qualification; adhat--was
created; kala--eternal time; maya--external energy; amsa--partially;
yogatah--by intermixture.
Thereafter the water produced from electricity was glanced over by the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and mixed with eternal time and external
energy. Thus it was transformed into the earth, which is qualified primarily
by smell.SB 3.5.36 S Vidura' s Talks with Maitreya
SB 3.5.36 Purport
From the descriptions of the physical elements in the above verses it is
clear that in all stages the glance of the Supreme is needed with the other
additions and alterations. In every transformation, the last finishing touch
is the glance of the Lord, who acts as a painter does when he mixes
different colors to transform them into a particular color. When one element
mixes with another, the number of its qualities increases. For example, the
sky is the cause of air. The sky has only one quality, namely sound, but by
the interaction of the sky with the glance of the Lord, mixed with eternal
time and external nature, the air is produced, which has two
qualities--sound and touch. Similarly after the air is created, interaction
of sky and air, touched by time and the external energy of the Lord,
produces electricity. And after the interaction of electricity with air and
sky, mixed with time, external energy and the Lord's glance over them, the
water is produced. In the final stage of sky there is one quality, namely
sound; in the air two qualities, sound and touch; in the electricity three
qualities, namely sound, touch and form; in the water four qualities, sound,
touch, form and taste; and in the last stage of physical development the
result is earth, which has all five qualities--sound, touch, form, taste and
smell. Although they are different mixtures of different materials, such
mixtures do not take place automatically, just as a mixture of colors does
not take place automatically without the touch of the living painter. The
automatic system is factually activated by the glancing touch of the Lord.