HumanandAnimalCloninginRigVeda&Puranas

AnimalCloningwas
donefewyearsagoin
modernworldbuthumancloningisstillnotdonesuccessfullyanditisalsoprohibitedinalmostall
countries.
InAncientIndia,animalcloningwasdonetomultiplynumberofcowsandhorses.
InRigveda,Rubhusarementionedasbrothers
(Rubhu,VajraandVibhu)whobrought
youthfulnesstotheiroldparents.Theyeven
managedtobringbacktheirlostskills.(Theymust
haveusedayurvedicrecipestobringback
youthfulness.Somuchliteratureaboutsuch
recipesexisteventodaybutisneglected).
Theyevenclonedacowandahorse.
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SevendifferentsagesKanvaMedhatithi(120),
AngirasaKutsa(1110,111),Deerghatamas(1161),
Vishvamitra(360),Vamadeva(433),Vasistha
Maitravaruni(748),andShrunuArbhava(10176)
mentionedaboutRubhusintheirvedicverses.
These7sagesbelongtodifferentgenerations,soitisknownthatRubhuswereknownfortheirworkovera
longperiodoftime.
ThefirstworkofRubhuswastobringbackyouthfulnesstotheiroldparents.Thisismentionedinmultiple
versesofRigVeda.
1204Withtheirexclusivepowertheymadetheiroldparentsyouthfulagain.
11108Theymadetheiroldparentsfullofyouthagainbytheirskill.
11111IngeniousRubhuspreparedachariotforIndra,preparedtwopowerfulhorses(2ndbeingcloned
from1st),madetheiroldparentsyouthfulagainandgavenewmotherstoorphanedcalvesorchildren.
11617OhRubhus,withthepowerofyourintelligenceyouconvertedyouroldparentsintoyouthful
state.
4333RubhuswhomadetheiroldparentsyouthfulagainmaycometoourYajna.
4349Rubhusgaveanewlifetotheiroldparents,toAswinau,toacowandahorse.
4355Oh,ingeniousRubhus,youmadeyouroldparentsyouthfulagain.
4363Oh,Rubhu,VajaandVibhu,yourworkmanshipofmakingyouroldparentsyouthfulagainwas
praisedbygods.
ThesecondworkofRubhuswasoncowsandtheirfirststepwastoproduceacowwhichyieldedcopious
milk.(RigVeda1203).
Probablycowsinthatgenerationdidnotyieldenoughmilkandtomeetthedemand,cloningwasdone.
Theymentionaboutamethodwhereskinfromcowsbackintakenandcellsaremultipledfromitto
produceanewcow(namedViswaroopa)whichlooksalike.
ThirdworkofRubhusbrotherswastoproducetwopowerfulhorses.Firsttheycreatedahorse(named
Hari)andpresentedittoIndra.ThentheyproducedanotherhorsewhichisacloneofHariandnowboth
wereusedtoyokedtohischariot(11617,43310).
Beforecloning,Rubhusbrothersseemtohaveworkedonlivingcellsandtheirmultiplication.
SungaveChamasawithAmrutatoRubhus(11103)andtheydivideditintofourequalparts.
Chamasaherecanbeconsideredasacellandamruta(immortalthing)makesitalivingcell.
RigVedasuggestsaChamasahavingChitorChetanaorManas,soChitChamasameansalivingcell.
AfertilisedeggcanbecalledasChitChamasa.ItwasdividedintofourbyRubhus,whichmeansRubhus
evolvedfouranimalsfromasinglezygoteorfertilisedovum.

ThislivingcelloranembryoispreparedTwashta(God).
Duringtheexperiment,eldestbrother(Rubu)said,wecanmaketwocellsfromtheoriginalone(433
5).However,theyounger(Vajra)brothersaid,Wecanmakethree,becauseheobservedthatwhenone
cellwasdividedintotwo,therewerethreecells.
Theyoungestbrother(Vibhu)observedandsaid,Wecanmakefour,assecondcellalsocanbedivided
equallylikethefirst.
Nextwashumancloning,whichismentionedinstoryofKingVena.
Hewasagreatkingbutbecameevilandcorrupt.So,MotherEarth(Bhoodevi)decidedthatshewouldnot
providecropstohumansanymore.
AgroupofRishis(Sages)killedKingVenaoutofanger.Theyremovedalltheevilfromhiscorpsesthigh.
Thentheycreatedhisclonefromhisarm.
Thisclonehadsimilarbodybuthowever,mindcannotbecloned.So,anewKingwhowasnamedPrithu
wascreatedwithpuremind.HebroughtbackMotherEarth(Bhoodevi)tohernormalstateandpromised
behereternalguardian.ThisiswhyEarth(BhoodeviisalsoknownasPrithvi.
Thereareexamplesofabnormalcloning,likeofNishadainVishnuPurana.
Nishada,thoughanabnormalclone,couldlivelongandcouldproducechildren.Histribewasknownafter
hisnameandKingNala(ofthefamousNalaDamayantistoryinMahabharata)andEkalavyawerehis
descendants.
Rubhushadalsomadeachariotflyinginair,sotheywereautomobileengineerstoo.
TherearemanymoreinstancedlikethedemonRaktaBeejaorAhiRavanaandMahiRavanawhoproduce
Rakshasas(demons)wholooklikethemfromtheirblooddropsinwar.Itmightbecloningfromthewhite
bloodcorpuscles,whichcontainnuclei.

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