Sunday, November 26, 2023

Mahabharata Quiz - 120

 

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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