Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Hare Krishna! I have come across following verses and translations that appears to be a scriptural evidence about Jesus. I got this from the Internet and am not sure of its authenticity. Neither do I know sanskrit nor do I have a bonafide copy of Bhavisya Purana. Hence I would highly appreciate, if someone could verify the credibility of the following verses and the sanskrit-english translation. Thanking you, Your servant Vidyadhar ekadaa tu shakadhisho himatungari samaayayau hunadeshasya madhye vai giristhan purusam shubhano dadarsha balaram raajaa Once upon a time the subduer of the Sakas went towards Himatunga and in the middle of the Huna country (Hunadesh - the area near Manasa Sarovara or Kailash mountain in Western Tibet), the powerful king saw an auspicious man who was living on a mountain. The man's complexion was golden and his clothes were white. (Bhavishya Purana 19:22.) ko bharam iti tam praaha su hovacha mudanvitah iishaa purtagm maam viddhi kumaarigarbha sambhavam "The king asked, 'Who are you sir?' 'You should know that I am Isha Putra, the Son of God'. he replied blissfully, and 'am born of a virgin.' "(Bhavishya Purana 19:23.) mleccha dharmasya vaktaram satyavata paraayanam iti srutva nrpa praaha dharmah ko bhavato matah " 'I am the expounder of the religion of the Mlecchas and I strictly adhere to the Absolute Truth.' Hearing this the king enquired, 'What are religious principles according to you opinion?' "(Bhavishya Purana 19:24.) shruto vaaca maharaja prapte satyasya amkshaye nirmaaryaade mlechadesh mahiso 'ham samaagatah "Hearing this questions of Salivahara, Isha putra said, 'O king, when the destruction of the truth occurred, I, Masiha the prophet, came to this country of degraded people where there are no rules and regulations. Finding that fearful irreligious condition of the barbarians spreading from Mleccha-Desha, I have taken to prophethood'." (Bhavishya Purana 19:25-26.) mlecchasa sthaapito dharmo mayaa tacchrnu bhuupate maanasam nirmalam krtva malam dehe subhaasbham naiganam apamasthaya japeta nirmalam param nyayena satyavacasaa manasyai kena manavah dhyayena pujayedisham suurya-mandala-samsthitam acaloyam prabhuh sakshat- athaa suuryacalah sada "Please hear Oh king which religious principles I have established among the mlecchas. The living entity is subject to good and bad contaminations. The mind should be purified by taking recourse of proper conduct and performance of japa. By chanting the holy names one attains the highest purity. Just as the immovable sun attracts, from all directions, the elements of all living beings, the Lord of the solar region, who is fixed and all-attractive, attracts the hearts of all living creatures. Thus by following rules, speaking truthful words, by mental harmony and by meditation, Oh descendant of Manu, one should worship that immovable Lord'." (Bhavishya Purana 19:27-30.) continue.............. indrani 11/1/00 1:08 PM 10 out of 231 isha muurtirt-dradi praptaa nityashuddha sivamkari ishamasihah iti ca mama nama pratishthitam "Having placed the eternally pure and auspicious form of the Supreme Lord in my heart, O protector of the earth planet, I preached these principles through the Mlecchas' own faith and thus my name became 'isha-masiha' (Jesus the Messiah)." (Bhavishya Purana 19:31.) iti shrutra sa bhuupale natraa tam mlecchapujaam sthaapayaamaasa tam tutra mlecchasthaane hi daarune "After hearing these words and paying obeisances to that person who is worshipped by the wicked, the king humbly requested him to stay there in the dreadful land of Mlecchas." (Bhavishya Purana 19:32.) svaraajyam praaptavaan raajaa hayamedhan cikirat rajyam krtva sa sasthyabdam svarga lokamu paayayau "King Salivahara, after leaving his kingdom performed an asvamedha yajna and after ruling for sixty years, went to heaven. Now please hear what happened when the king went to svargaloka." (Bhavishya Purana 19:33.) *********************************************************************** Vidyadhar M. Karmarkar Graduate Research Assistant Molecular Plant Breeding 419, Crop Science Building Department of Crop and Soil Science Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331. Phone: 541-737-5844 *********************************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 thanks prabhu, extremely interesting!! yasoda nandana dasa italy _______________ Comunica in un ’altra dimensione con MSN Extra Storage! http://www.msn.it/msnservizi/es/?xAPID=534&DI=1044&SU=http://hotmail.it/&HL=HMTA\ GTX_Comunica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 I do not have a "bona fide" edition of the Bhavishya Puraana. For that matter, I do not know how to obtain one, given that Puraanic scholarship in the major sampradaayas seems limited to a few of the saattvik Puraanas. I do, however, have a critical edition of the Bhavishya Puraana published by Nag Publishers (Sanskrit only), for whatever that is worth. I did not yet have the chance to look up the verses you quoted. However, I just wanted to lend some perspective to this. Playing devil's advocate, the verses you quoted don't obviously describe the Biblical Jesus; though it seems that they could be referring to him and certainly some of the characteristics do match. But on the other hand, why would it matter? It seems unlikely that Christians will be swayed towards Krishna-consciousness based on a Puraanic Jesus prediction - even if they believed in the authenticity of that prediction, they will more likely interpret it as "Jesus trying to lead Hindus to the right way." Others will just assume that the prediction is a Kali Yuga interpolation. In the end, it makes no difference, since we should be preaching Krishna-consciousness based on its own merits rather than on its perceived relationship to other religions. But I do agree that knowing about these predictions is very interesting from an academic standpoint. A more interesting application of the Bhavishya Puraana is in its predictions of Lord Chaitanya and His instructions to the sampradaaya aachaaryas in His unmanifest pasttimes. Again, it is also academic, but unfortunately Vaishnavas of other traditions have gotten wind of this topic and have rightfully objected to the accounts given in Srila Bhaktivinod Thakura's Navadviipa-mahaatmya. It would be nice to quote some theoretically "objective" evidence to substantiate what Srila Bhaktivinod has written, though I doubt it will change anyone's views, it will at least lend some credibility to the Thakura's writings as having some basis other than personal imagination. yours, - K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransi Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Yes Bhavishya Purana is Authentic , The following Sanskrit verses are taken directly from the Srimad Bhagavatam of Srila Vyasadeva, the original spiritual master, to support that what we are saying is coming from authorised the word of God that Bhavishya Purana is an authorised book written by Srila Vyasadeva. brahmam padmam vaisnavam ca saivam laingam sa-garudam naradiyam bhagavatam agneyam skanda-samhnitam bhavisyam brahma-vaivartam markandeyam sa-vamanam varaham matsyam kaurmam ca brahmandakhyam iti tri-sat These verses taken from Maha Bhagavata Purana (Srimad Bhagavatam 12:7:23-24) list the eighteen major Puranas that were written by Srila Vyasadeva in His own words. Please note that on the fifth line Bhavishya is mentioned as one of these authorised works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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