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Question – 46
To find out the unusual change
in Time, let us begin to explore from the time of the end of Pandava-s exile.
What were the events in the initial months after the Pandava-s returned?
Answer:
To find out the events that
caused the change in Time, let us begin from Ashadha Krishna Dasami when the
Pandava-s ended their exile.
Lunar Ashadha month: (Sun in Cancer)
- Exile ended on Krishna Dasami (11th May,
3136 BCE)
- With 5 days left for the month to end, developing acquaintances and
discussions must have happened.
- Proposal for marriage of Uttara, the daughter of King Virata, with
Abhimanyu.
Lunar Shravana month: (Sun in Leo)
- Marriage of Abhimanyu conducted.
- After the marriage, intense discussion on ways to get back the
kingdom from the Kauravas.
- Krishna and Balarama returned to Dwaraka.
Lunar Bhadrapada month: (Sun in Virgo)
- Pandavas began the preparations for war.
- Both Arjuna and Duryodhana went to Dwaraka seeking support of
Krishna for the war. (It is also probable that this happened in the
previous month.)
- After getting assurance from Krishna to send army to support his
side, Duryodhana went on to meet Balarama. Balarama refused to side with anyone
and expressed his inability to act against Krishna.
- Emissary of King Drupada was sent on a peace mission to the Kuru
kingdom on a Pushya day. This was in waning phase (Krishna Paksha) of
Bhadrapada.
Lunar Asvayuja month: (Sun in Libra)
- The peace mission of Drupada’s emissary sent on the Pushya day
failed.
- This was followed by a peace mission by the Kauravas headed by
Sanjaya to Pandavas. This also failed. There is no reference to any
Panchanga feature for this date.
In
the next month, that is in the month of Kartika, Krishna himself went to
Hastinapura to broker peace between the cousins.
