Question – 120
Did the disturbance caused
by the comet-hit on the earth- moon system result in the late arrival of
Uttarayana, making Bheeshma to wait on the arrow bed for a prolonged time?
Answer:
Yes. An important impact of
the collision of cometary fragments on the earth and the moon was that the
earth had taken longer path to reach the Uttarāyaṇa. This can be compared with
the flight of a plane from A to B, when struck with wind currents. It would
drift away from the regular path but would reach the destination B, a little
later. The earth had taken longer time to come back to the ecliptic while the
impacted moon had made faster revolutions. This caused the Adhika māsa to occur
in the improbable month of Māgha when the earth seemed to have moved slowly due
to the longer span of space to pass through. This explains why Uttarāyaṇa
didn’t arrive at the expected time, causing Bhīṣma to wait on the arrow bed.
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