Soma juice?

[thehat]

What is this soma juice you read about in the Bhagavad-Gita?

Is this similar to the mana/holy bread in the bible which gave the people visions?

[bhaktajan]

caratamrita -- but only first class. First Class I tell you. Only first class caratamrita!

Ask your nearest senior devotee you see when it's available at the next abhi-sheka

[indulekhadasi]

Soma rasa is sipped leisurely by the demigods.

 

It should only be drunk by demigods who have a load of pious credits. But I know that when Hiranyakasipu went to conquer Indra he demanded soma rasa. It must be really good and "heavenly" (literally).

[thehat]

oh wow, what's it made of, do you know or is that a silly question?

[indulekhadasi]

I have no clue.

I will try to research and get the answer.

 

Hare Krishna

indulekhadasi

[gHari]

I keep it in the fridge.

[gHari]

<center>soma</center>

soma-pāḥ — drinkers of soma juice; BG 9.20

soma-pāḥ — drinking soma juice; SB 3.32.3

soma-pān — demigods; SB 4.7.56

soma-rājaḥ — the king of the moon planet; SB 4.22.56

soma — of the moon; SB 5.10.17

soma-pīthe — drinking the intoxicant called soma; SB 5.15.12

soma-ādayaḥ — headed by the moon; SB 5.21.11

soma-sutaḥ — the son of the moon; SB 5.22.13

soma-pīthaḥ — drink soma-rasa; SB 5.26.29

soma-pītham — used for drinking the beverage soma; SB 6.9.1

soma-pītham — used for drinking soma-rasa; SB 6.9.5

soma-pāḥ — drinkers of soma-rasa; SB 6.18.66-67

soma — of the moon-god; SB 8.4.17-24

soma-āhutyā — with a share in the soma-yajña; SB 9.3.26

soma-vaṃśe — when the dynasty of the moon-god; SB 9.22.11

soma-sūryayoḥ — of the moon-god and the sun-god; SB 10.1.1

soma-rājam — the kingly; SB 10.84.47

soma — moon; SB 11.14.36-42

soma-sūryayoḥ — of the sun-god and the moon-god; SB 12.2.25

soma — the moon; SB 12.9.8-9

soma-vaṃśasya — of the dynasty of the moon-god; SB 12.12.25-26

soma-giriḥ — Somagiri (the initiating guru); CC Adi 1.57

[thehat]

 

I have no clue.

I will try to research and get the answer.

 

Hare Krishna

indulekhadasi

 

Cool, thanks.

[gHari]

Manna is like buddhi-yogam.

[gHari]

<center>buddhi-yogam</center>

 

buddhi-yogam — real intelligence; BG 10.10

buddhi-yogam — devotional activities; BG 18.57

buddhi-yogam — real intelligence; CC Adi 1.49

buddhi-mana — my mind and intelligence; CC Antya 11.22

 

Be a buddhi-man — one who is intelligent; SB 11.26.26

[Kulapavana]

soma rasa was made from a special soma plant, that used to grow here on earth in previous ages (thousands of years ago). this plant was a gift from demigods to humans, but it was taken back with the advent of Kali-yuga.

[sreeram]

Somarasa was drink made of some plant or some seeds. Some thing like wine or alchoholic drink

[Murali_Mohan_das]

Here is Wikipedia's take:

 

 

The indigenous peoples of Siberia (from whom the term shaman was appropriated) have used the fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) as an entheogen. The ancient inebriant Soma, mentioned often in the Vedas, may have been an entheogen. (In his 1967 book, Wasson argues that Soma was fly agaric. The active ingredient of Soma is presumed by some to be ephedrine, an alkaloid with stimulant and (somewhat debatable) entheogenic properties derived from the soma plant, identified as Ephedra pachyclada.) However, there are also arguments to suggest that Soma could have also been Syrian Rue, Cannabis, or some combination of any of the above plants.

[Kulapavana]

 

Here is Wikipedia's take:

In his 1967 book, Wasson argues that Soma was fly agaric

 

That is a complete nonsense. The soma plant was actually hard to grind. Special grinding stones and stone bowls were used for that purpose. Grinding was needed to make the soma-rasa, juice extracted from the plant. It also had nothing to do with the ganja plant, as ganja was well known in Vedic times and was certainly a separate plant. Fly agaric is a very soft mushroom and can be made into a paste with your bare fingers.

[Murali_Mohan_das]

Yeah. You know those kooky scholars and their wacky theories.

 

 

That is a complete nonsense. The soma plant was actually hard to grind. Special grinding stones and stone bowls were used for that purpose. Grinding was needed to make the soma-rasa, juice extracted from the plant. It also had nothing to do with the ganja plant, as ganja was well known in Vedic times and was certainly a separate plant. Fly agaric is a very soft mushroom and can be made into a paste with your bare fingers.

[thehat]

I believe I heard from a mundane scholar that it was some kind of mushroom too. The same person who'd said that the holy bread was mushroom.

[mahak]

ground up by devas and asuras on the back of sri kurma, via mahasamkarsana. made from extradimensional materials produced by sacred mathmatical processes.

 

Its chemical number is nine, meaning it is what the Supreme Lord drinks.

[mahak]

or its the name of a pharmaceutical product containing various amounts of codeine, from number 1 to 4. Good stuff if you need such things, but then again, all stuff from poppies is good if used properly. If not, ya die.