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PURUSHA SUKTHAM
esseantials of sacrifice were derived by me from the members of the Purusha, I being this means offered up Purusha, the Isa himself as a a sacrifice".
The idea is that the gods got their power by killing Isa. Again this would define the difference between Purusha and Brahma. They are very often identified as one. This verse definitely defies such identification. Even Brahma got his power by sacrificing Isa. He took the parts of Isa and used it to obtain power as god. This follows the Gnostic concept of lower gods. The lower gods believed that they are the creators of the world. Evidently their creation was flawed and was subject to decay.
Historically what would this mean? We know from history that Brahma, Vishnu and Siva and all the host of the modern Hindu gods were the product of post-Christian period in India, after the ministry of Thomas from AD 52 to 72. The very idea and the term of Isa as Iswara came only after that. Thus this statement is simply the statement of how The Isai religion was destroyed (killed - sacrificed) and how the concepts and ideas of Isai were taken out and used in the recreation of a new religion by the domination of Brahmins. This brought in the caste system and a host of new gods and the Vedas and the puranas and the ithihasas. This is described in the next verses. This is the origin of Hinduism. It emerged as a new religion by sacrificing the central Purusha of the Christian religion as brought in by St. Thomas. When the person of Christ is removed from Christianity what we get is Hinduism. Then out of the remanants are made myths legends and puranas in typical Gnostic fashion following the Manichaen ministry in India.
Verse 9
AND THIS WAY THEY CREATED THE FALLEN WORLD
tasmAd yajnAt sarvahuta: sambhRtam prshadAjyam pashUGS TAGS cakre vAyavyAn AraNyAn grAmyAs ca ye || 9 ||
From that sacrifice completely offered, formed the cream and ghee [melted butter). He made the beasts and birds of the air, beasts of of the forest and the people of the villages.
It is only after the sacrifice the animals, birds and people arrived.
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