The Krishna Key

by Ashwin Sanghi

The word “Swastika” itself is derived by combining two Sanskrit words “Su” and “Asti”. Su means “good” and asti means “existence” or “life”. The overall context of the symbol is thus of peace, good health, prosperity and happiness.

‘The book of Genesis, in the Bible, describes the Garden of Eden, where Creation started. It says: Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. Kailash was the original Eden, my friend!’

‘Ghazni went down in history as the most hated looter to reach Somnath. He was fanatical about destroying the Shiv lingam. Mahmud personally took on the task of smashing the temple’s lingam to smithereens. The stone fragments from the lingam were transported back by him to Ghazni. These fragments were scattered upon the steps leading to the city’s Jamiah Masjid—a new mosque that was under construction. The idea was to ensure that the feet of worshippers at the mosque would tread all over the lingam’s fragments as they entered the mosque.

‘Six-pointed stars represent the ultimate union of Shiv and Shakti,’ explained Saini. ‘The upright triangle represents the erect phallus and the inverted triangle represents the female genitalia—or yoni. The intersection of the two triangles represents fertility—the union of male and female. This sacred symbol was later carried by Vedic immigrants to Sumeria, where Abraham was born. The religion that Abraham founded—Judaism—would later adopt a version of this very symbol. They called it the Star of David.’

‘The Yadavas who had moved towards the Persian Gulf eventually occupied areas in eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. They came to be known as the Indo-Scythians because of genetic intermingling. When they arrived back in India in later years, they were called the Sakas—because the area that they occupied in Iran and Afghanistan was known as Sakestan. It was the Sakas that evolved into the Rajputs.’

‘But the Taj Mahal is not a Hindu temple, it’s an Islamic mausoleum,’ countered Radhika. ‘Yes, but it was a palace before it became a tomb. And every palace would have had a temple. Most importantly, this was a property that belonged to Raja Man Singh. The evidence is all there!’ insisted Saini, excitedly.

‘Don’t you want to know what Raja Man Singh’s palace in Agra was called?’ ‘What?’ asked Radhika, completely perplexed. ‘It was called Tejo Mahalay,’ replied Saini. ‘Tejo Mahalay? What does it mean?’ asked Radhika. ‘It literally translates to the Great Abode of Tej. The Rajput and Jat kings of the time used to call Shiv by the name Tejaji,’ explained Saini. ‘Hence the name of the palace meant Great Abode of Shiv.

‘Are you trying to tell me that the name Taj Mahal is derived from Tejo Mahalay and not from Mumtaz Mahal’s name?’ asked Radhika. ‘Oh, absolutely,’ replied Saini. ‘Read the Badshah-nama. Her real name was Arjumand Banu Begum also known as Mumtaz-ul-Zamani. The term Mumtaz Mahal was not used even by the court chronicle.

In an environment where temples could be destroyed on a whim, they concluded that the best way to preserve the secret of the Syamantaka was to have a Muslim mausoleum over it. It was the ultimate insurance policy!’

‘What we call the universe is simply the present universe. Each universe starts with a Big Bang, and expands to a point, before it starts shrinking. The universe eventually collapses back into the singularity from which it had emerged and a new expanding universe begins once again. This is the reason that 108 is considered sacred. One—represents the singularity from which the universe emerges, zero—the egg or anda of the present universe, and eight—infinity or the maximum extent of expansion in the eight directions from which contraction must happen.’

Brahamanda is derived from two words—Brahama and Anda. Brahama means expanding and anda means egg. It’s a fitting description of the expanding egg-shaped universe as described by the Big Bang theory. Vish simply represents expansion of energy into matter and Shiv represents contraction of matter back to energy—the energy of the universe remaining constant and unchanged.’