Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
• " Thou, Indra, art the destroyer of all the cities, the slayer of the Dasyus, the
prosperer of man, the lord of the sky." " Tvam hi shasvatinam Indra daita puram asi
hanta dasyor manor vridhah patir divah " - Sans.
-- [ RgV.VIII.87.6 ] [ Muir I.175 ]
• " Indra, the slayer of Vrittra, the destroyer of cities, has scattered the Dasyu
(hosts) sprang from a black womb. " -- [ RgV. II.20.6 ] [ Muir I.174 ]
• The ancient singer praises the god who "destroyed the Dasyans and protected
the Aryan color." [ Rg.V. III.34.9 ] [ Ann. 114 ] and "the thunderer who bestowed on
his white friends the fields, bestowed the sun, bestowed the waters." [ Rg.V.
I.100.18 ] [ Ann. 114 ] Numerous are the references to "the black skin" `Krishnam
Vacham' [ RgV. IX.41.1, Sam.V. I.491, II.242 ] [ Ann. 114 ] which is mentioned with
abhorrence.
• Again, " stormy gods who rush on like furious bulls and scatter the black skin." [
RgV.IX.73.5 ]
• The singers mention "the black skin, the hated of Indra", being swept out of
heaven [ RgV.IX.73.5 ]
• "Indra protected in battle the Aryan worshipper, he subdued the lawless for
Manu, he conquered the black skin." [ Rg.V. I.130.8 ] [ Ann.114 ]
• The sacrificer poured out thanks to his god for "scattering the slave bands of
black descent", and for stamping out " the vile Dasyan color." [ Rg.V. II.20.7, II.12.4
] [Ann. 115 ]
• "Black skin is impious" [ Rg.V. II.12.4 ]
[Muir Pt.I, p.43, II, p.284, 323 etc. ] [ Ann. 114 ff ].
• "[Indra] made the impious varNa of the dAsas lower and hidden." [ RV. II.12.4 ]
• They burnt the cities
" Thou, a hero, a benefactor, hast impelled the character of man; victorious, thou
hast burnt up the rite-less Dasyu, as a vessel is consumed by a blaze" -- [ RgV.
I.175.3 ] [ Muir I.174 ]
The warriors were urged even to destroy all foreigners who lived among them
" Ye mighty ones [ Aryan Asvins ] what do you do there;
why do you stay there among the people who are held in high esteem
through not offering sacrifices; ignore them, destroy the life of the
Panis " -- [ RgV I.83.3 ] [ S+T.365 ]
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