When we hear some news about breakthroughs in space technology, or when few scientists are of the opinion that they found an exoplanet that could host life, they bring smiles to our faces imagining that soon humans will be an interplanetary species.
Though we have some reliable technologies to carry humans to the space station or to our natural satellite moon, we are yet to set our foot on Mars or on any other planet, several space agencies and private firms have set a few ambitious projects to send humans to the moon and Mars and establish human colonies within this decade if everything goes as per the plan.
But what’s more incredible is the fact that there are ancient manuscripts that tell us the stories of flying vehicles capable of traveling in space at unimaginable speeds, used by gods. One such story can be found in the ancient text Mahabharata, where a human takes up a journey to another world(Loka), with the help of Vimana(spacecraft) used by gods.
One important thing that should be noted here is That the person Arjuna and his siblings in the story are not completely human by birth, they were humans from their mother’s side, and gods or Devas by their father’s side. And Arjuna’s father was god Indra (Greek equivalent: Zeus), these kinds of births are not exclusive to ancient Indian culture, but can also be found in ancient Greek scriptures and also in Abrahamic religious scriptures in the chapter of genesis.
Background:
And for those who aren’t aware of the Mahabharata, it's a story that is believed to have happened in ancient India from somewhere around 2500-3500BC. The story consists of a conflict between two groups of cousins fighting for the Kingdom, Kauravas (heirs of king Dhritarashtra, consists of a total of 100 siblings), and Pandavas (heirs of king Pandu, consists of 5 siblings, Arjuna is one among Pandavas). Due to the innocence of Pandavas, Kauravas took over their kingdom by playing an unfair dice game and banished them to exile for 13 years.
And while they were in exile, they were also expecting a possible war to get back their kingdom from their cousins Kauravas. They were collecting new weapons and allies in the process, but they knew that these weapons were no match to defeat Kauravas as their army consists of many great warriors such as Bhishma, Karna, Dronacharya, Ashwathamma, and many more who were not just semi-divine humans, but also had utmost knowledge of celestial weapons.
Landing of Celestial Spacecraft (vimana):
God Indra, watching his son and his siblings going through a desperate time, thought of giving him a helping hand. He sent one of his spacecraft, guided by a driver named “matali”, to bring his son Arjuna to his world and train him with celestial weapons and knowledge of various subjects which cannot be obtained on earth. When the spacecraft descended onto the earth, these are the descriptions given in the original text.
The car, endued with great effulgence and guided by Matali, came dividing the clouds and illuminating the firmament and filling the entire welkin with its rattle deep as the roar of mighty masses of clouds. Swords, and missiles of terrible forms and maces of frightful description, and winged darts of celestials splendour and lightnings of the brightest effulgence, and thunderbolts, and propellors furnished with wheels and worked with atmosphere expansion and producing sounds loud as the roar of great masses of clouds, were on that car. And there were also on that car fierce and huge-bodied Nagas with fiery mouths, and heaps of stones white as the fleecy clouds. And the car was drawn by ten thousands of horses of golden hue, endued with the speed of the wind. And furnished with prowess of illusion, the car was drawn with such speed that the eye could hardly mark its progress.
It doesn’t take long for the readers to imagine what they are talking about in the above passage, It’s a spacecraft for sure! That has thrust, gushes a lot of smoke and sound, Just like our modern-day rockets, with incredible speed, armed with weapons, and a lot more. Whatever that vehicle might be, definitely it doesn’t have its origins to earth, as we are talking about a story that could have occurred around 2500BC-3500Bc, and we are also talking about a vehicle that can travel between planets!
This incredible story doesn’t end here! Once Arjuna reached the Deva Loka (world of gods), he was welcomed by his father Indra himself, and made all arrangements for his son's stay, and gifted him the knowledge of celestial weapons, and knowledge of different sciences and arts, that couldn’t be found on earth. As per the texts, he stayed in that world for five years. Once Arjuna completed his studies, God Indra asked his Son to defeat the Danavas called Nivata-Kavachas, as a gesture of preceptor fees, and a test for his learnings.
To fight those Danavas Indra Provided all the necessary weapons and a celestial car and his best driver, Matali, to guide the car. After a long battle, Arjuna single-handedly killed those danavas whose population was thirty million, with the help of weapons and the chariot provided by his father Indra.
While returning to his father’s adobe, Arjuna encountered another city called hiranyapura(a city made of gold), this was not an ordinary city, according to the text it was a floating unearthly city, which can move at will, having the effulgence of sun. The Aerial city was filled with unearthly birds, glowing gems, and inhabited by Auras, who were a threat to the devas. Arjuna started attacking that Aerial city with his weapons from his car, soon thousands of Auras cars rose into the air to battle Arjuna, the Aerial battle was intense, Arjuna started using his father's weapon vajrayudha(thunderbolt) and many other celestial weapons and slew those asuras, and the Aerial city wobbled and collapsed. And Arjuna went back victorious to his father's adobe and descended to the earth afterward.
A flying city, flying vehicles armed with missiles, aerial warfare, weapons of mass destruction, and many more. These are the things we normally see in sci-fi movies, but these are the things that are also mentioned in the book of Mahabharata, in Book 3 Vana Parva under chapters Indralokagamana Parva and Nivata-Kavaoha-Yuddha Parva. This is just the tip of the iceberg. When we go through the ancient texts, There are more mind-boggling stories where they have mentioned test-tube babies, time dilation, creation of the parallel universe, pausing time, climate control, and much more. The only reason why these topics don’t get the attention is that we are not just looking at them in the right way, and not asking the right questions. That’s it for this article, if you like this post please share and also read my other articles, which are all based on ancient texts filled with lost sciences and knowledge, but unfortunately, we tagged them as mythology.
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