Anonymous: Respected, I read on some forum that Jesus and his mission are supposedly mentioned in the Vedas. The claim is as follows, I quote: “If Krishna is a far cry from the superlative person of Jesus, there is another person in the Rig Veda who fits the comparison most. As there are 73 books in the Holy Bible, there are 10 books in the Rigveda (Ten mandalas). First nine mandalas refers to a God and presents methods of worship as rituals. In the tenth mandala, besides this Lord Almighty, there is the mention about a man. The first born and only born son of the God. His name is ‘Prajapathi’. Prajapathi, the son of the God comes to this world at the appropriate time. After coming to this world he travels around advising mankind, what is sin and what is not sin; what is to be done and what is not to be done; what is wrong and what is right. To those human beings, who accept his advises and obey his orders, he offers prosperity and peace in this worldly life and salvation at the time of their death. And being the completion of his venture to redeem mankind from sin, he gets sacrificed at the end his specified period on earth.
In verse 7 chapter 90 of the 10th book of the Rigveda, the sacrifice of Prajapathi the Son of God, is well explained.
‘At the time of sacrifice, the son of God will be tightly tied to a wooden sacrificial post using iron nails by hands and legs, he will bleed to death and on the third day he will regain his life in a resurrection.” Evidently none of the avatars meets this description. Nor are they expecting another incarnation, which will fit the description and attributes.”
Does this mention Jesus and his mission, or is it actually a completely wrong translation and interpretation?
I have the impression that it is Christian propaganda.
Thank you very much for the explanation.
All the best
Swami Ram Swarup: Yes please you are right that “I have the impression that it is Christian propaganda”. Because Vedas are the knowledge which emanates direct from God by his own power and is originated in the heart of four rishis. It has no history, no name and no story etc. It only contains knowledge and Vedas are eternal and everlasting knowledge which emanates direct from God. Prajapati itself is a name of Almighty God in Vedas, it means he who creates, nurses, destroys at the time of final destruction of the universe and again creates and so on. God is formless say Vedas and God has no mother and father. My blessings to you.
