"One deed destroyed 90 cities by heat!" / Indrâgnî
Rig Veda III.12
The external world is the mirror of the internal substratum that supports
all temporal appearances. Everything that occurs in temporal apparent realms
is a reflection of the substratum that exists within-beneath. The linear
expression of these would be, "As above, so below." However we do not exist
in a linear world, rather our existence is nonlinear, with time being
experiential and meaning layered according to states of consciousness. The
Progenitors who colonized our planet Earth would have been masters of
metaphysics, which would never have been separate from their
inter-dimensional sciences.
All the mantras in the Third Mandala of the Rig Veda are associated with the
Rishi Vishvâmitra or his father and or his sons [RLK]. Vishvâmitra composed
the 12th Mantra, which in verse 6 contains an intriguing description of
ninety cities being destroyed simultaneously by one deed of Indra and Agni.
The Sanskrit combines the words into Indrâgnî as if they are one entity.
While I am certain that Indra is a cosmic force and also an individual
person, Agni appears to be a cosmic force only.
The combination as one word implies a combined force. I am suggesting that
Indrâgnî refers to an extreme type of thermoacoustic laser — a laser
exponentially amplified by heat and sound that was used as a weapon to
simultaneously disintegrate the 90 cities. It is the combined power of Indra
and Agni that produce this weapon — and therefore the name Indrâgnî. There
are various weapons described in the epic Mahabharata, some that have the
power to kill hundreds at once.
The Rig Veda really is all about the ultimate POWER, Cosmic Power,
Shakti-Mâyâ Power — the power that pervades the universe as Soma (plasma),
Indra (the force of kinetic energy that ignites, kindles), Agni (fire,
thermonuclear & electric), Surya (radiation, not the Sun), and Rudra (primal
sound) — because metaphysics is the underlying substructure of any true
science of physics.
The root etymology of the Sanskrit word Indra is
‘kindling’ & ‘lighting’; an evolute of Indha, from √Indh ‘to kindle’. Indra
also has the meaning one who tears this (idam) from this (idam), and √dr(i)
‘to tear’. This one who tears the seam (Sîmântam) of the universe (i.e. the
horizon); Indra came out of the womb by tearing it; Indra who divides or
tears; Indra who runs or rushes forth for Soma. Soma [plasma] is intimately
connected with Indra. Indra drinks lakes of Soma, and Soma is often said to
flow for Indra’s sake. Soma is Indra’s soul [RV IX.85.3] and even his
generator [IX.96.5].
Rig Veda III.12.6 /R.L. Kashyap's translation:
"By one deed, Indra and Agni shook down together, the ninety cities
possessed by the destroyers."
Other possible interpretations from multiple meanings:
Indrâgnî = Indra & Agni
navatim = ninety
puro = townships or strong holds.
dâsapatnîh
=
protected by the enemy or possessed by evil forces. The Dâsa
or Dasyu are said to be the individual foes of Indra. Malati J. Shendge says
they are Asuras and have individual names such as Pipru (VIII.32.2), Namuci
(V.30.7-8), and Sambara (VI.47.21). They are clans; and Indra is called the
'killer of Dasyus' and 'corded up the Dasyus without requiring any rope'
(II.13.9); patnîh means possessed by or protected by.
adhûnutam = dismantled, overthrow, "shook down together"; dhûnu = shaken,
agitated; distressed by heat.
sâkamekena = simultaneously by one, one together; "with one united effort";
sâkam - at the same time.
karmanâ = by (one) action, by deed.
The verse is short concise and to the point. The Sanskrit word
puro
translated as townships or strongholds, not villages or grass huts. R.L.
Kashyap translated
puro
as cities. So the description is of rather large settlements, not small
rural villages. The phrase sâkamekena karmanâ implies that the 90 cities
were destroyed by one act simultaneously.
Indrâgnî is credited with this deed.
So what is the Rishi Vishvâmitra describing? We can conjure up weaponry from
science fiction, or we can look at what has actually been discovered in our
own times. The mantra III.12.1 begins as an offering of SOMA, which I
suggest is plasma. WIKI provides information on electrolasers that are a
type of electroshock directed-energy weapon, which use lasers to form an
electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC). A familiar form
of this is the Taser.
A laser is a device that can emit a very intense, narrow, parallel beam of
highly monochromatic and coherent light
—
or other electromagnetic radiation
—
by using light to stimulate the emission of more light of the same
wavelength and phase by excited atoms or molecules [Oxford Dictionary].
Notice that the beam is not limited to light, but may include other
electromagnetic radiation. Would not the Sanskrit combination of Indra and
Agni as Indrâgnî point to just such a form of energy.
Electrolasers use laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC), which is formed when
a laser emits a laser beam into the air; the laser beam rapidly heats and
ionozes surrounding gases to form plasma [SOMA]. The plasma forms into an
electrically conductive plasma channel. "Because a laser-induced plasma
channel relies on ionization, gas must exist between the electrolaser weapon
and its target. If a laser-beam is intense enough, its electromagnetic field
is strong enough to rip electrons off of the air molecules, or whatever has
happens to be in between, creating plasma [WIKI]. "
Again recall that the root etymology of the Sanskrit word Indra
also has the meaning one who tears this (idam) from this (idam), and √dr(i)
‘to tear’. Indra is one who tears the seam (Sîmântam) of the universe. Indra
came out of the womb by tearing it. Indra is that which divides or tears.
WIKI: A plasma channel is a conductive channel of plasma and forms when a
high-powered laser that operates at a certain frequency that will provided
enough energy for an atmospheric gas to break into its ion, or form a plasma
— such as in a Laser-induced Plasma Channel, for example an electrolaser.
Rig Veda III.12.7 translated by V. Susan Ferguson:
Indrâgnî, energy as electromagnetic fire moves forward, advances, rolling
on, billowing, streaming, envelopes, surrounds and pervades towards as words
of Truth follow the eternal Path.
Truth in the Rig Veda is described by the Sanskrit word Rita. In his book
'Vedic Physics', Keshav Dev Verma defines Rita thus: "Rita is the energy in
motion. The entire creation is nothing but the result of the process of
transforming Rita into compact form. Such a process of transformation is
inherent in its motion. Veda is the book of the said laws of motion and
creation." Thus metaphysical laws are the substratum and basis for even the
advanced weaponry in the Tretâ Yuga.
WIKI: A plasma channel has a low electrical resistance and, once formed,
will permit continuous current flow if the energy source that heats up the
plasma can be maintained. Unlike a normal electrical conductor, the
resistance (and voltage drop) across an unconfined plasma channel decreases
with increasing current flow, a property called negative resistance. As a
result, an electric spark that initially required a very high voltage to
initiate avalanche breakdown within the insulating gas will rapidly evolve
into a hot, low-voltage electric arc if the electrical power source can
continue to deliver sufficient power to the arc. Plasma channels tend to
self constrict (plasma pinch) due to magnetic forces stemming from the
current flowing though the plasma.
WIKI: The word 'plasma' comes from Greek meaning "anything formed" and it is
one of four fundamental states of matter, the others being solid, liquid,
and gas.
Plasma is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the
Universe, most of which is in the rarefied intergalactic regions,
particularly the intracluster medium, and in stars, including our Sun.
Considering that the 90 cities were destroyed simultaneously by agitated
shaken heat, our exploration of the electrolaser as a possible explanation
seems to fall short in the sense that it is a directed beam. What kind of
weapon could succeed in obliterating 90 cities simultaneously. Let us
investigate the idea of thermoacoustics which have recently been found to be
useful in imaging by a process known as photoacoustic spectroscopy, which is
the measurement of the effect of absorbed electromagnetic energy
(particularly of light) on matter by means of acoustic detection. This was
first discoverd in 1880 by Alexander Grahm Bell who found that the absorbed
energy from a beam of light caused local heating and through thermal
expansion a pressure wave or sound [WIKI].
Photoacoustic spectroscopy is used to study concentrations of gases at the
part per billion or even part per trillion levels. By using intense lasers,
instead of the sun, the intensity of the sound is increased in proportion to
the light intensity. This technique is termed "laser photoacoustic
spectroscopy" or "LPAS". The sound signal is also amplified by enclosing the
gaseous sample in a cyindrical chamber.
Our question is how much sound, meaning the power of sound waves is required
to destroy 90 cities simultaneously. Sound propagates as a pressure wave and
can be induced into virtually any material, including biologic tissue. This
induction into matter occurs whenever time-varying electromagnetic energy is
absorbed. Indrâgnî is electromagnetic energy, radiation, electric fire. The
stimulating radiation which induces thermally generated acoustic waves into
matter may lie anywhere in the electromagnetic spectrum, from high-energy
ionizing particles to low-energy radio waves [paraphrased from WIKI].
On a small scale and a very pragmatic use is in thermoacoustic imaging which
produces three-dimensional thermoacoustic images of biologic tissue and
helps us see into our bodies to diagnose disease, etc. The source of the
energy is said to typically consist of visible light, near inrared,
radiowaves or microwaves.
If we consider the process by which thermoacoustic
imaging works and expand it exponentially
in
size, we may get some understanding of a weapon that could destroy 90 cities
in one 'deed'. Other waves may exist that we are not currently even aware of
and that irradiate even more effectively, perhaps spreading spiraling out
all around as the verse in III12.7 says:
Indrâgnî, energy as electromagnetic fire moves forward,
advances, rolling on, billowing, streaming, envelopes, surrounds and
pervades.
In thermoacoustic imaging the biological tissue is irradiated by an energy
source, which can be absorbed. In our case we are irradiating 90 cities. A
massive spectrum of irradiation would be sourced high above the cities in
the sky — even unseen invisible to the eye. In thermoacoustic imaging the
absorbed energy then is converted into heat, and this increase in
temperature of the tissue (or the 90 cities) is raised causing the tissue to
expand. This mechanical expansion produces an acoustic wave that propagates
outward in all directions from the sight of the energy absorption at the
velocity of sound in biologic tissue.
Plasma Waves in Rig Veda: Sound becoming Form
The wizardry of sound becoming form is a reoccurring theme in the Rig Veda
hymns. This sound is often not to be heard with the human ear, but rather is
what is termed anâhata, the 'un-struck' sound in Sanskrit metaphysics.
Indian scholars such as R.L. Kashyap assert that in the Rig Veda the
Sanskrit word
brahma
refers to mantra, mantra being a sequence of sounds as Sanskrit words
recited at a precisely correct frequency, meaning a rhythm and meter. Brahma
was much later personified as the Creator god of the universe. The Sanskrit
word BRAHMAJAYAM meaning the wife of Brahma is the Lady of Divine Speech,
which correlates with the concepts of the word generating form, VÂC or VÂK
in various schools including Kashmir Shaivism.
Bhagavad Gita XIV.4:
"In all the wombs, forms come to be which of the Brahman, the
Great Womb, I (the One) am the seed-sowing father."
Space is not silent
We think of sound only as what we can perceive through the human ear, one of
the five senses; however the Sanskrit teachings have long taught the concept
of another kind of sound, the 'un-struck' sound. In September of 2013 space
physicist Don Gurnett stated at a NASA press conference that he had heard
"the sounds of intersteller space." These were the sounds generated by
plasma waves, which contradicted the long held notion that there is no sound
in space because without air sound cannot exist.
The NASA report says, "Strictly speaking, the plasma wave instrument does
not detect sound. Instead it senses waves of electrons in ionized gas or
'plasma' that Voyager travels through. No human ear could hear these plasma
waves. Nevertheless they occur at audio frequencies, between a few hundred
and a few thousand hertz." Gurnett says that the plasma waves can be played
through a loudspeaker. "The pitch and frequency tell us about the density of
gas surrounding the spacecraft." The article calls these plasma waves
interstellar music and you can listen for yourself here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQ9THRckJ0
The Rivers of Heaven: Plasma waves can be converted into sound waves
The ancient Rishis who composed the Rig Veda knew space is not silent, and
made of plasma [SOMA]. The Rig Veda contains descriptions of their sciences.
Plasma waves and sound waves are both waveforms and it is possible to
convert one into the other and vice versa. There are literally endless
rivers of energy being funneled transmitted through and around our planet.
In the Rig Veda they are called the Rivers of Heaven and they are described
as being 'churned' by the learned seers: "You are rubbed to life."
[III.29.12]
SOMA [plasma] is often described as being found on the mountain, which I say
means that SOMA as plasma is accumulated on mountains that are the pyramids
located all over this planet Earth.
"In the space of Vayu, the stream of wind gushing forth, the one who is
contained in the womb [Brahma as mantra sound] occurs in the movement,
passage, course of the wind." [III.29.11] Vayu is said to move in a shining
car by several teams of 100 or 1000 horses. Whenever I see horses used in
the Rig Veda, I interpret it as a metaphor for horsepower or velocity, the
power to move anything through space.
Vayu is also said the have begotten the Maruts from these Rivers of Heaven
[I.134.4]. Shyam Ghosh defines the Maruts as "the silent particles of
sound." Dr.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy,
another Indian scholar, opines that the Maruts are radiation pressures.
Perhaps they are both correct in that sound waves are pressure waves, which
transport momentum from one layer to the next due to collisions between
molecules and atoms
SOMA
R.L. Kashyap says that the total number of mantra-verses dedicated to Soma
is about 1200, thus we assume its importance to the Rishis. The Rig Veda
itself states that Soma is not the intoxicating juice of a plant: "Laymen or
ritualists may regard Soma as a creeper to be crushed for getting its juice
for use in ritual.
But no one can taste that which the wise know to be Soma
[X.85.3]." Again I say that Soma is plasma.
When I read many of these verses, what I am visualizing is the plasma in
space coming from not only our own Sun, the solar wind, etc. — but also
plasma from many other sources in our galaxy and beyond. My contention is
that the beings who colonized this planet know how to utilize this plasma
which is the most abundant source of energy in the universe and transform it
into various uses, creative, and when necessary destructive. In ancient
times, plasma was collected through the pyramids that are strategically
placed around the planet.
These ancient technologies are based on and function through primordial
metaphysical principles. The Seers who composed the Rig Veda were
enlightened. They possessed the Knowledge — and they understood either
because they themselves were trained as master scientists, perhaps
the Rishi Vishvâmitra;
or they observed those who were.
Metaphysics is the ultimate science of being and knowing. You cannot travel
through space without metaphysics. The advanced beings that came here would
not have separated science from metaphysics. Science that is not grounded in
primordial metaphysics becomes dangerous, which is the direction I am
concerned we are now pursuing with an insane fervor motivated by greed and
love of power. Science that is not grounded in primordial metaphysics
destroys entire planetary systems.
II.29.6:
"When churned with arms, this radiant fire bursts forth, shining
swiftly moving, powerful bright [Agni fire], luminous in the woodlands, like
the richly hued multi-colored chariot of the twins [the two Asvins, the
magnetic poles in radiation], unobstructed, un-resisted in its course, it
breaks from all sides, spreading wide around, consuming all stones and
burning up all vegetation."
What is a wave?
A wave is defined as a disturbance propagating through a continuous medium,
which thus gives rise to a periodic motion of the fluid [Space Physics/MB
Kallenrode]. A wave is a disturbance of the medium with a certain speed,
amplitude, and frequency. The parameters of the medium are pressure,
density, and the electromagnetic field. An undisturbed medium is assumed to
be homogenous in pressure, density, and magnetic field.
There is a similarity between plasma and sound. Plasma and sound
can be interchangeable. Plasma is the most abundant material in the
universe.
A large variety of waves exist in plasma [Space Physics/MB Kallenrode].
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves: Magnetohydrodynamic waves are low-frequency waves
related to the motion of the plasma's ion component. They can be understood
intuitively from the concepts of magnetic pressure and magnetic tension. In
a magneto-sonic wave, compression of field lines creates a magnetic pressure
pulse, which propagates perpendicular to the field in the same way an
ordinary pressure pulse propagates through a gas in a sound wave.
...the maximum speed of a disturbance propagating along the magnetic field
can be compared with the speed of sound in a gas.
Magneto-Sonic Waves: A magneto-sonic wave is similar to a sound wave: it is
a longitudinal wave parallel to the magnetic field with alternating regions
of compression and rarefaction (rarefied/lessening of density) in both the
plasma and in the magnetic field.
Ion-Acoustic Waves: Sound waves are pressure waves. They transport momentum
from one layer to the next due to collisions between molecules and atoms.
Despite its often low-density, in a plasma a similar phenomenon exists.
Rig Veda III.26.6
We ask power of the Maruts [the silent particles of sound; radiation
pressure] — in every group, in every troop having spotted horses [variegated
velocities], who having indestructible wealth are made to shine bright by
the fine hymns [sounds], those blazing proclaimings of Agni [cosmic fire].
The wise, bold and persevering men of knowledge discover through effort
[yajña as the transference of one energy into another].
III.26.7
I am Agni. Since birth, my first manifestation, I have been the shining
omniscient eye [light], immortality is within my mouth [sound]. I am the
triple ray nurturing all regions of the universe, perpetually measuring,
eternal quantifying, continuously the measurer of the firmament, unceasing
illumination. My name is the heat in the oblation.
The Cellular Structure of Space
In "Cosmic Plasma" Hannes Alfven has concluded that space in general has a
'cellular structure' based on the "number of interfaces that have been
discovered which separate regions of different magnetization, density,
temperature, electron velocity distribution, and even chemical composition."
He terms these interfaces 'sheets' and states that electric surface currents
cause them.
According to Alfven, there are three different types of plasma regions:
There are 'passive' plasma regions that may transmit different kinds of
plasma waves and high-energy particles. This kind of plasma fills most of
space.
'Active' plasma regions are where "filamentary and sheet currents flow.
Since they transfer energy and produce sharp borders between different
regions of passive plasmas, they are of decisive importance to the overall
behavior of plasma in space."
"Plasma Cables are either filaments or 'flattened filaments' (sheets with
limited extent), which carry an electric current parallel to the magnetic
field, and this is what gives them their properties...often very efficient
in transferring electromagnetic power from one region to another...The are
'insulated' from their surroundings by a thin cylindrical electrostatic
sheath (or double layer) which reduces the interaction with its exterior."
It is not my intention to precisely correlate the science in the Rig Veda
with the theories that are being propounded today. I'm simply giving basic
ideas that I feel express the metaphysical principles I am finding in the
Rig Veda. Consider these hymns in a new light, do your own investigations,
and allow the Rishis to speak once again. Keep in mind that the Rig Veda was
transmitted orally for perhaps 1000s of years. We do not know the original
meaning of the hymns because in my view the words themselves contain
multiple meanings on many levels that can best be described a spherical.
Which leads to the next consideration.
Spherical Harmonics
In mathematics, spherical harmonics are a series of special functions
defined on the surface of a sphere used to solve some kinds of differential
equations. Spherical harmonics are important in many theoretical and
practical applications, particularly in the computation of atomic orbital
electron configurations, representation of gravitational fields, geoids, and
the magnetic fields of planetary bodies and stars, and characterization of
the cosmic microwave background radiation.
Are the calculations of a form similar to spherical harmonic functions an
integral key to using
Indrâgnî? Indrâgnî is the energy as electromagnetic fire that moves forward,
advances
creating sound waves that will
flow as the Rig Veda says "rolling
on, billowing, streaming, and envelope, surround and pervade towards" the
ninety cities possessed by the enemy, the evil forces — and
that by one deed
Indrâgnî
shook down, agitated by heat, and dismantled [Rig
Veda III.12.6 &7]. The Rig Veda is endlessly fascinating and I hope I have
given you much to contemplate.
V. Susan Ferguson
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The verse translations are mine, but totally based on the translations
of Indian scholars and Sanskrit dictionaries. I touch their feet in respect
and gratitude.
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