Christ in the Bhavishya Purana?

[Ishraqiyun]

I've come across a few references to this text along with claims that it is a prediction of Jesus. What do people make of it ? What exactly does it imply? It speaks of a virgin born son of God named Isha who is sent to the Mleechas (non Aryans/ non-vedic or barbarian people). Isha seems pretty similar to Isa (Jesus name in Arabic) or Yeshu.


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ekadaa tu shakadhisho
himatungari samaayayau
hunadeshasya madhye vai
giristhan purusam shubhano
dadarsha balaram raajaa


Once upon a time the subduer of the Sakas went towards Himatunga and in
the middle of the Huna country (Hunadesh - the area near Manasa Sarovara
or Kailash mountain in Western Tibet), the powerful king saw an
auspicious man who was living on a mountain. The man's complexion was
golden and his clothes were white. (Bhavishya Purana 19:22.)

ko bharam iti tam praaha
su hovacha mudanvitah
iishaa purtagm maam viddhi
kumaarigarbha sambhavam


"The king asked, 'Who are you sir?' 'You should know that I am Isha
Putra, the Son of God'. he replied blissfully, and 'am born of a
virgin.' "(Bhavishya Purana 19:23.)

mleccha dharmasya vaktaram
satyavata paraayanam
iti srutva nrpa praaha
dharmah ko bhavato matah

" 'I am the expounder of the religion of the Mlecchas and I strictly
adhere to the Absolute Truth.' Hearing this the king enquired, 'What are
religious principles according to you opinion?' "(Bhavishya Purana
19:24.)

shruto vaaca maharaja
prapte satyasya amkshaye
nirmaaryaade mlechadesh
mahiso 'ham samaagatah

"Hearing this questions of Salivahara, Isha putra said, 'O king, when
the destruction of the truth occurred, I, Masiha the prophet, came to
this country of degraded people where there are no rules and
regulations. Finding that fearful irreligious condition of the
barbarians spreading from Mleccha-Desha, I have taken to prophethood'."
(Bhavishya Purana 19:25-26.)

mlecchasa sthaapito dharmo
mayaa tacchrnu bhuupate
maanasam nirmalam krtva
malam dehe subhaasbham
naiganam apamasthaya
japeta nirmalam param
nyayena satyavacasaa
manasyai kena manavah
dhyayena pujayedisham
suurya-mandala-samsthitam
acaloyam prabhuh sakshat-
athaa suuryacalah sada

"Please hear Oh king which religious principles I have established among
the mlecchas. The living entity is subject to good and bad
contaminations. The mind should be purified by taking recourse of proper
conduct and performance of japa. By chanting the holy names one attains
the highest purity. Just as the immovable sun attracts, from all
directions, the elements of all living beings, the Lord of the solar
region, who is fixed and all-attractive, attracts the hearts of all
living creatures. Thus by following rules, speaking truthful words, by
mental harmony and by meditation, Oh descendant of Manu, one should
worship that immovable Lord'." (Bhavishya Purana 19:27-30.)


isha muurtirt-dradi praptaa
nityashuddha sivamkari
ishamasihah iti ca
mama nama pratishthitam

"Having placed the eternally pure and auspicious form of the Supreme
Lord in my heart, O protector of the earth planet, I preached these
principles through the Mlecchas' own faith and thus my name became
'isha-masiha' ." (Bhavishya Purana 19:31.)

iti shrutra sa bhuupale
natraa tam mlecchapujaam
sthaapayaamaasa tam tutra
mlecchasthaane hi daarune

"After hearing these words and paying obeisances to that person who is
worshipped by the wicked, the king humbly requested him to stay there in
the dreadful land of Mlecchas." (Bhavishya Purana 19:32.)

svaraajyam praaptavaan raajaa
hayamedhan cikirat
rajyam krtva sa sasthyabdam
svarga lokamu paayayau

"King Salivahara, after leaving his kingdom performed an asvamedha yajna
and after ruling for sixty years, went to heaven. Now please hear what
happened when the king went to svargaloka." (Bhavishya Purana 19:33.)

 

[Ishraqiyun]

Doing some more reading I've found that A. K. Ramanujan (not sure who he is) considers this story a later addition from direct Christian influence. I wonder if thats the common understanding? Apparently some consider them later additions and others consider them to be actual prophecies.

 

[GoodMorning2011]

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[EyesOfKohl]

I've seen Ahmadiyah muslims use these verses from the Bhavishya Purana to support that Jesus died in Kashmir and is buried in the tomb of Yuz Asaf, because the man buried in this tomb had crucifixion scars as well.

It would be very interesting if someone could find the date that the Bhavishya Purana was written.

I find it interesting that he is described as wearing 'white clothes', where as in the Gospels, he wears sack clothes.

But, Jesus surviving and going to India contradicts both the Gospels and the Qur'an, which have written that Jesus ascended to heaven. I don't think Jesus spoke Hindi either, which is what the Bhavishya Purana is written in, he spoke Aramaic and Hebrew, which I'm sure the Hindu's wouldn't have been able to understand.

 

[Ishraqiyun]

I find it interesting that he is described as wearing 'white clothes', where as in the Gospels, he wears sack clothes

Maybe the influence was from the Manicheans ? Their Elect wore white robes. They may portrayed Jesus as having worn them too.

 

[razeontherock]

Rather than seeing this as any historical account, I would think this to be G-d preparing people to receive Christ. (If not forgery, after the fact, as already suggested)