The 5th video in a series of videos
based on my book "Myth
of 'The Epoch of Arundhati' of Nilesh Nilkanth Oak" critiquing the
date of Mahabharata deduced by Mr Nilesh Oak is now released.
This video can be well understood after going
through the previous one (Understanding
the equinoxes the Vedic way) on the time-tested Vedic view of the to and
fro oscillation of the equinoxes within 54 degree arc in the sky. An extension
of that concept is that different pole stars can be sighted only within 54
degrees.
In the immediate time scale, the extent stretches
between 1301 BCE and 2299 CE. Presently we are close to 2299 CE mark, where
Polaris is the pole star. The video analyses different locations of the NCP for
the three equinoctial positions (Pi 3, Ar 0 and Ar 27 deg) and comes up with
the revelation that the polar oscillation happens within the expanse of Ursa
Minor having Polaris at its tail. This matches with the description of Shishumara at whose tail Dhruva, the son of Uttanapada is
located by the Vedic society.
Shishumara is named after the Gangetic porpoise due
to close resemblance with it. The body parts of Shishumara named after exalted
beings are found to match with Ursa Minor.
Shishumara (Ursa Minor) is hailed as the external
form of Vishnu, as “viṣṇoḥ paramam padam”
by Srimad Bhagavatam. It is circumambulated by Dhruva and also by other pole
stars, Agni, Indra, Kasyapa and Prajapati. The video identifies their location
using the description from other sources such as Taittriya Aranyaka, Brahmada
purana, Vayu Purana and Vishnu Purana.
From the current knowledge of science it is known
that the satellite galaxy of the Milky Way named ‘Ursa Minor Dwarf’ having its evolutionary history straight
from Big Bang lies in the region behind the four stars of Ursa Minor.
Shishumara lying in the front can be said to hold in its grip the Dhruva
Mandala by which the earth, the sun and even the Sapta rishis along with all
the worlds are rotating around it.
With the Shishumara concept reinforcing the location
of northern Pole stars within 54 degree arc, the video goes on to derive inferences
as follows:
1. ‘Dhruva’ always referred to Dhruva nakshatra
(Polaris) and not to other pole stars. The Ramayana verse on ‘Dhruvam sarve Pradakshinam’ should therefore refer to
Polaris as the pole star at Ramayana times. This places Ramayana at 7000 +/- 200
years before present.
2. Abhijit could have never been a Pole star.
3. Agastya was always visible in the southern sky
for most of India at all times.
4. Seasons remained unchanged over the years due to
limited equinoctial movement.
5. The ayanamsa variation falling within 27 degrees
causes serious implications on dating research that are based on western
astronomy software. The date of Janamejaya Grant is taken as case study to
prove this.
