SACRIFICE OF THE PRIMORDIAL BEING : VEDIC PART 2

INTRODUCTION

In the Mythologies around the world, we see certain episodes in common, like for example the flood myth, battle between the good and evil etc. Just like these examples, there is another episode, Sacrifice of the Primordial being. In many myths, including the vedas, there is a story of a Primordial being, being sacrificed for the creation to start. Let us dive into the vedic Mythology...Open your eyes to the dimensions of energy beings...

Unlike the Norse mythology, the Vedas give  the creation story of the universe itself.

Before the beginning, Paramapurusha gave birth to his female counterpart, who was named Virat. When she was born, she took the form of an egg. And then Virat in turn gave birth, and she bore a male, Purusha. As soon as Virat had given birth to Purusha, he spread to the east and to the west over the earth. So the universe was produced.

Explanation:

It was darkness everywhere. The light, the energy existed initially and after and will always continue to exist just like darkness.  The energy was independent who didn't possess any qualities, beyond all, he was the biggest and at the same time the smallest, he was beyond any descriptions. Now, as he was ready for the creation, he fused with the darkness and converted half of himself to matter on which he placed his seed and the matter became it's womb. Now, the cosmic egg was formed on the cosmic ocean that was formed by the matter.

Then the gods prepared Purusha as a spiritual sacrifice. They sacrificed Purusha, and they offered up their sacrifice to Purusha, who was being sacrificed. The clarified butter or ghee which they used in preparing the sacrifice was springtime. The wood which they gathered for the fire to burn the sacrifice was autumn. And the sacrifice himself, the giant Purusha, was summertime. All the gods, and all the celestial beings, and all the sages sacrificed with him.

The ghee from the sacrifice was gathered up. Purusha, who was born in the beginning, was sprinkled on the grass. He formed the creatures of the air, and he formed the beasts of the forest and the beasts of the village. From that sacrifice were born horses, and cattle, and goats, and sheep.

And from the sacrifice were born the hymns of the Rig Veda, and the melodies of the Sama Veda. From the sacrifice came the ritual, and from it came the meters of poetry.

When Purusha was divided up after the sacrifice, his mouth became the Brahmins or the priests; his arms became the warriors and soldiers; his legs became the traders and farmers; and his feet became the workers and the slaves.

When Purusha was divided up, the Moon was born from his mind and his spirit; the Sun was born from his eye; from his mouth were born both Indra, the god of storms and warfare, and Agni, the god of fire; from his breath was born Vayu, the god of wind and of blowing breath and of life.

When Purusha was divided up, his navel became the middle sky, his head became the heavens, his feet became the earth. And so it was that all the worlds were made, and all that is began.

Explanation :

As time passed, the cosmic egg blasted, creating a Big Bang and from it ,different parts of matter and energy scattered around, from which the cosmic giant sprang out. The cosmic giant was the  result fusion of energy and matter. As he was out of his womb,  he didn't wait for a long time,  he divided himself and expanded his body further. It is said in the above passage that, Gods sacrificed the Purusha, the gods in this context is understood as the different senses of Purusha himself. The Devas/ Devatas or gods are not just cosmic beings but they are energies that exists in terrestrial forms as natural forces and also in human bodies as difference senses and related bodily energies. He ( Purusha)  became the sand, the rock, the planets, the stars, the clouds, the galaxies and he was the ever expanding universe. He was the water, the earth, the skies, the air and the fire. He sacrificed himself to himself for the creation. By doing this he himself became the creation. That's the most alluring part, when the creator and his creation is one.