Have we to believe a set of seers who do not know what a drug is, what alcohol is or we have to follow whose generations were floating and swimming in alcoholic drinks and piping tobacco and opium polluting the earth?So far I have written four articles in my blog.Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita praised Soma Juice.
The botanical identification of soma is however not quite relevant for our present discussion. may be considered as a composite psychoactive substance comprising of cannabis and ephedra in one instance and opium and ephedra in another.”According to Russian archeologist Victor Sariandidi:Parts of the Vedas seem to describe the pressing of cannabis flowers in the preparation of Soma.Also, the beautiful fragrance of Soma is referred to a number of times, hardly something that would be applicable to a mushroom.“for the first time in the world archeological practice, monumental temples were found in which intoxicating beverages of the Soma-Haoma type were prepared for cult ceremonies? They couldn’t understand it. But they maintain dead silence about Manu Smrti. The herb sellers must have also used it and danced if it is an intoxicating drink.It is older than the Hammurabi code according to the evidence in it and other scriptures like Bhagavad Gita.In the Haoma (Soma) Yasht (hymn), Zarathustra(Zoroaster) seeing the Haoma (Soma) plant addresses it in these words:In the last stage they gave it to different Gods in cups that were named differently.I am answering more questions; I will publish them separately.Manu Smrti (MS) is the oldest law book in the world according to the internal evidence (Please see below about Soma Herb and Saraswati River).The Vedic seers praised the Soma as ‘The King’, ‘the guest’ etc.Mystery of Manu: Rig Veda Mystery No.8, posted on 19 January 2015The soma plant increases fertility (YV 6-5-8-5) according to Yajur Veda.There is no book in the world that deals with so many topics as MS.I have already given what the Tamil inscription said about it: It purified the mind. Anyone who maltreats haoma is cursed to remain childless (Yasna 11.3). Riots would break out to grab the drug. Even today Muslims of Afghanistan cultivate opium and send them to different parts of the world and make loads of money.In Bhagavad Gita (9-20), he says,“satyam sri jyotih somah, anrtam, papma tamah sura”.In the Krta Yuga (First of the Four Yugas), people are free from sickness, achieved all their goals, and have a life span of 400 years; but in the ages that began with the age of Treta yuga, their life span grows smaller foot by foot ( in other places he mentions 100 year life span during the modern era).cheers and thank you for helping meR. In Vedic thought, for every form of Agni or Fire, there is also a form of Soma.
In London, every week one youth is shot dead in drug related violence.
The ephedra plant is another top contender for the source of soma.
Now, who should we believe?No one knows what it is. We need temple authority’s permission; this will help us to date the temple complex. The Soma plant is described with leaves, which mushrooms do not have, and is often said to grow in water. They did not come from outside.