Denna historia om Adam och Eva kommer inte ursprungligen från Bibeln, utan från den Vediska litteraturen. Enligt Bhavishya Purana, som är äldre än både nya och gamla testamentet, så har historien om Adam och Eva inget att göra med skapelsen av mänskligheten, utan skapelsen av mlecchas, dvs ociviliserade människor, köttätare, barbarer.
Suhotra Swami ger en sammanfattning:
"Adama (the Biblical Adam) was a self-controlled sage who constantly meditated upon his spirit self. He lived with Havyavati (Eve) in Pradan (Eden), a God-given forest area 4 krosas square. Adama and Havyavati had been instructed by the Lord to never eat of the ramyaphala, a kind of fruit that stimulated the senses with pleasurable feelings. But Kali (the demon, personality of Kali, who is in control in this degraded age of Kali) took the form of a serpent and persuaded the two to eat it. This act caused their falldown from austerity. They took to the path of the world and all of its so-called needs. Desiring to wear nice clothing, they covered themselves with udumbuh leaves. In due course they begot sons who in turn were the progenitors of mlecchas.
In the Bible Adam and Eve are said to be the first man and woman from whom the human race sprang up. The Biblical account of the origin of human beings occurs twice, in Genesis 1:26-27 and Genesis 2:18-24. In a purport to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Prabhupada states that there are three scriptures given to the mlecchas: the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Koran. Thus in these scriptures, the creation of mankind means the creation of mlecchas.
Bhavisya Purana lists some of Adama's descendents. There is a remarkable similarity between the names of this list and the names of Adam's descendents found in the Bible:
Swet -- Seth.
Anuh -- Enoch/Enosh
Kinash -- Kenan
Mahallal -- Mahallalel, also known as Managara.
Varada -- Jered or Riyad, who established a town named after him, Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
Hanuk -- Enoch
Matocchil -- Methuselah
Lomak -- Lamech
Nyuha -- Noah of the flood, who became the second father of all humanity as told in the Bible, Genesis 6-9.
Nyuha's 3 sons were Seem (Shem), Sham (Ham) and Bhav (Japeth/Japith). According to Bhavisya Purana, Nyuha (Noah) was a worshiper of Lord Vishnu. He meditated on the mantra "soham," which means "I am the same quality as the Supreme Spiritual Being. "
Verses 47-50 of Bhavisya Purana Pratisarga Parva Chapter 4 state as follows:
ekadaa bhagavaan vishnu tat svapnena tu samaagatah
vatsa nyuha srunushvedam pralayah saptame ahani
bhavitaa tam janaissaardha naavamaaruhaa stavaram
jiivanam kuru bhaktendra sarvasreshtho bhavishyasi
tatheti matvaa sa munirnaavam krtvaa supushtitaam
hastatrishatalambaam pascaashaddhastavismrtaam
trimshaaddhastocchritaam ramyaam sarvajiivasamanvitaam
Once Lord Vishnu came to Nyuha in a dream and said: "Dear son Nyuha! Hear my words. Seven days from now there will be a devastation. Get on a boat and save your life and other people as well. Oh great devotee of mine, you will become the supreme saviour. "
Accepting the order of the Lord that was conveyed to him in his dream, Nyuha built a strong boat that was 300 hands long, 50 hands wide and 30 hands high. He accommodated all living creatures on it.
Verses 51-2:
aaruhya svakulaissaarddham vishnudhyaanaparoabhavat
saamvartako meghagano mahendrena samanvitah
catvaarimshaddinaanyova mahaavrishtimakaarayat
sarva tu bhaarata varsha jalaihplaavya tu sidhavah
Along with his family members, he entered the boat and meditated on Vishnu. The samvartaka clouds sent by Indra showered rains for 40 days, bringing devastation. The whole land of Bharatavarsha was flooded with water and so became an ocean.
A flood of the whole world or a large part of it that was caused by a rain lasting 40 days is described in Genesis 6-9. The only survivors were the occupants of the ark, a vessel calculated to have been 26. 7 m (87. 5 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) long. The ark was built by Noah at God´s command. Noah, his wife, his 3 sons and their wives, and pairs of every species of animal, took refuge on that ark during the flood."
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