Male and female species form a pair in animal kingdom. A similar relationship exists in the particle world. Particles are also formed in a pair. Our universe is dominated by a set of particles, which we call matter. The opposite pairs of these particles are called anti-particles and the set of these anti-particles is called antimatter. When a particle meets its anti-particle, they annihilate and change into energy. Energy under certain conditions changes into a pair of particle and anti- particle. The Vedas describe the opposing nature of matter and anti- matter in several ways.
15.1: Matter and Anti-matter
The Vedas describe matter and anti-matter as twins. This is indeed a perfect description, as particle and its anti-particle are born me same womb (energy). Sometimes these twins
other sister. As these descriptions are not of human beings, these analogies are valid.
"Two female twins manifest in various forms. Out of them, one is white and other is black. The black and white females are sisters. This is one of the great deeds of gods." Rgveda 3.55.11
The Vedas describe matter as white and anti-matter as black. Universe consists of matter and anti-matter. A verse from the Rgveda describes this.
"Those born together were divided in two forms." Rgveda 1.62.7 Opposite forms can have two meanings, matter and antimatter, or positive and negative electric charge. A positively charged particle attracts a negatively charged particle. Following verse describes this phenomenon.
"Two women having opposite forms breastfeed each other's
child." Rgveda 1.95.1
Our universe is matter dominated. If matter and anti-matter are created together in same amount, then we should find equal amount of anti-matter. Why is it that we don't find much evidence of anti-matter as far as we can observe. Are remote parts of the universe anti-matter dominated? Did matter and anti-matter somehow get segregated in different corners of the universe. Scientists do not think so. Scientists believe that when universe was very young, for some reason a small excess of matter over anti-matter was generated. As matter and anti-matter annihilated each other, this small excess remained, and that small excess is our universe. The Vedas take a different view. According to the Vedas matter and energy are constantly being created at the surface
of the universe, and there is an imbalance in their creation. Matter and anti-matter continually annihilate each-other and the small excess of matter has accumulated over the age of the universe. Following verses describe the annihilation of anti-matter.
"Indra killed all the female servants of black origin."
Rgveda 2.20.7 "Everyday Indra removed half of the people, similar to the other half but black in color, born in his house." Rgveda 6.47.21
Indra is considered responsible for killing of black people in the Rgveda. As matter and anti-matter are attracted towards each other due to opposite nature of electric charge resulting in annihilation, electric force is indeed responsible for this phenomenon. The Rgveda contains a beautiful dialogue between a particle and its anti-particle in the tenth book. The particle is represented as a brother and its anti- particle as his twin sister.
15.2: Yama and Yami
Yama is depicted as the god of death in the popular form of Hinduism. His form is very different in the Vedas.
Rgveda 10.10 Sage: 1,3,5,7,9,11,13 - Yami, rest - Yama; Deity:1,3,5,7,9,11,13 - Yama, rest - Yami; Metre: Tristupa, 13
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1. Yami: I want to choose my friend (Yama) as my husband. He has entered the foaming ocean of youth. Now I am mature to give birth,
friendship, because own sister is not suitable (for marriage). Great brave sons of Asuras, who hold the heavens, see everything.
3. Yami: Though for a mortal this friendship is unsuitable, the immortals do want this contact. You should fall in love with me, and join with my body as a virile husband.
4. Yama: We have never done this before. We speak truth, we never spoke lies. Gandharva and young woman in Apah are our navel, and we have close relationship.
5. Yami: All-pervading Tvasta has made us couples in womb itself. No one can break his laws. Earth and Heaven know our relationship.
6. Yama: Who knows about the first day, who has seen it, who can tell? The abode of Mitra and Varuna has wide expanse. Why are you saying all this filled with imagination leading to downward
fall?
7. Yami: In Yami desire has arisen for Yama to sleep with him at same place. Like a wife joins her body with husband's, we should also do so. Let's work together like two wheels of a chariot.
8. Yama: The spies of gods who move around here, (they) don't stop anywhere, don't close their eyes even for a moment. Go with someone else and work together with him like two wheels of a chariot.
9. Yami: Let the sun shine, days and nights fulfil our desires. Let's be couple like earth and heaven. Let Yami become Yama's
wife.
10. Yama: Those times will come later, when sisters will have unsuitable relationship with brothers. O beautiful, choose someone else as your husband, and hold him in your hands.
11. Yami: What of the brother, whose sister is helpless. What of the sister, who can not alleviate the pain of the brother. Caught with desires I am saying so much to you, join your body with my body.
13. Yama: I will not join my body with your body. Who sleeps with his sister, (people) call (him) sinner. Enjoy with someone else. O lucky, your brother does not desire this relationship.
14. Yami: You are a coward. I could not fathom your mind and heart. Does someone else hug you like a creeping plant goes around a tree or a rope binds a horse.
15. Yama: Yami, you should also hug someone else like a creeping plant goes around a tree, that someone else also hug you. You should desire him, he should desire you, and you enjoy life with him.
Yama means twin, and here one of the twins is called Yama and other his sister Yami. This beautiful dialogue, which is cited as prohibiting the union of siblings, is not about the illegitimate relationship at all. This is a dialogue between a particle and its anti- particle. If they join together, they will change into radiation and material universe will not evolve. The Vedas are written from the viewpoint of an existing universe, and sages celebrate the important physical processes leading to the present state of the universe. The stress here is that the material universe has evolved due to one particle combining with another particle to generate a third particle and so on. This is why Yami is told to join with someone else, not her own anti- particle. Verse two says that sons of Asuras see everything. Verse eight says that spies of gods don't stop anywhere and don't close their eyes even for a moment. Who are these sons of Asuras and spies of gods? In the Vedas Varuna is often called Asura. Varuna has earlier been identified as electron. Spies of Varuna are often mentioned in the Vedas.
"Nobody can deceive the spies of Varuna." Rgveda 6.67.5 "Varuna's spies see everything by their thousand eyes."