Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Mr. V. Vasudev, Again you're putting words in my mouth as I have never shown any disrespect (intended or unintended) towards the great sage Maharishi Parashara. People who know me know how ludicrous that accusation is. I simply questioned the authenticity of that sloka and expressed my doubt that it was (in fact) one of Parashara's actual slokas. We KNOW without a doubt that the books bearing the name of Pt. G.K. Ojha were actually written by him. We don't however have the same assurance with the slokas attributed to Parashara...this is what I questioned, not the sage himself. The below (extract) of a post submitted recently by a renowned astrologer verifies my point in no uncertain terms: "I have visited so many museums in India where so many manuscripts are available most of them unlisted even in fifty years after independence. I saw some of them which were copied down and even wrongly. Half-literate pandits copying it down may have committed these mistakes. It will also explain why Parashara text has so many variations...." I do agree with you that this should be the last word on the subject as it's really leading us nowhere. Best Wishes, Mrs. Wendy http://JyotishVidya.com ______________________________ Hi! Mrs. Wendy, Greetings! Once again. Where did I show disrespect to Pt. G.K.Ojha,it is only that I don't to his views,and this in my opinion is not the disrespect. I never said a bad word abour the eminent scholar. Why are you diverting the topic from Pt. G.K.Ojha to Parashara.Infact it was you who questioned the authenticity of said shloka.Did I accuse you for showing the disrespect to sage Parashara.? I didn't. You have every right either to agree or disagree with the sage and I respect your right to do the same. In you last post you said that you were leaving the topic there.Please let ne allow to the same,because we are streching it too far,I think. I widh to devote my time to learn something else from this group. Thank you very much. Acharya Vasudev http://www.acharyavasudev.com acharya.vasudev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 to wendy and vasudeva that particular slok with aspects of rahu is in my bhrighu samhita that sloks belongs to bhrighu with this explanation now I am not supporting wendy or vasudeva just a view that is in bhrighu samhita I am mentioning here explanation word grah is derived from gruvutvakarshan ( gravity) any celestial body that has gravity is called a grah so sun being a star is called a grah moon being a satelite is called a grah any object that displays gravity is a grah and anything that is a grah has aspect nodes are grah as the command strong gravity pull so they have aspect me personally don't agree with this aspect of somebody that does not exsist in physical form but only experience can better shape the views and further down it is also mentioned that all the planets have nodes and can be calculated in similar fashion as lunar node ra and ke kind regs - Wendy Vasicek<wenvas jyotish-vidya<jyotish-vidya> Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:35 AM Closure please, Vasudev Mr. V. Vasudev, Again you're putting words in my mouth as I have never shown any disrespect (intended or unintended) towards the great sage Maharishi Parashara. People who know me know how ludicrous that accusation is. I simply questioned the authenticity of that sloka and expressed my doubt that it was (in fact) one of Parashara's actual slokas. We KNOW without a doubt that the books bearing the name of Pt. G.K. Ojha were actually written by him. We don't however have the same assurance with the slokas attributed to Parashara...this is what I questioned, not the sage himself. The below (extract) of a post submitted recently by a renowned astrologer verifies my point in no uncertain terms: "I have visited so many museums in India where so many manuscripts are available most of them unlisted even in fifty years after independence. I saw some of them which were copied down and even wrongly. Half-literate pandits copying it down may have committed these mistakes. It will also explain why Parashara text has so many variations...." I do agree with you that this should be the last word on the subject as it's really leading us nowhere. Best Wishes, Mrs. Wendy http://JyotishVidya.com<http://jyotishvidya.com/> ______________________________ Hi! Mrs. Wendy, Greetings! Once again. Where did I show disrespect to Pt. G.K.Ojha,it is only that I don't to his views,and this in my opinion is not the disrespect. I never said a bad word abour the eminent scholar. Why are you diverting the topic from Pt. G.K.Ojha to Parashara.Infact it was you who questioned the authenticity of said shloka.Did I accuse you for showing the disrespect to sage Parashara.? I didn't. You have every right either to agree or disagree with the sage and I respect your right to do the same. In you last post you said that you were leaving the topic there.Please let ne allow to the same,because we are streching it too far,I think. I widh to devote my time to learn something else from this group. Thank you very much. Acharya Vasudev http://www.acharyavasudev.com<http://www.acharyavasudev.com/> acharya.vasudev Links jyotish-vidya/<jyoti\ sh-vidya/> b.. jyotish-vidya<jyotish-vidya-@\ groups.com?subject=Un> c.. Terms of Service<>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Dear Jiger, Thank you for that information I'll have to do a search and see if I can find that reference on the net as I don't have it on my bookshelf. Regarding your reference to graha and gravity; this is certainly true! Gravity, as we know, depends on mass and all physical grahas (including our own star, Sun) have mass. However, although the nodes are referred to as grahas in jyotish, this is not true in a real sense. Your statement that 'any object that displays gravity is a grah and anything that is a grah has aspect' would, contrary to your objective, seem to confirm the fact that the non-physical nodes (devoid of mass) do not come under the realm of aspects as do the other grahas...wouldn't you agree? No physical body = No mass = No gravity = No aspect. It's something worth thinking long and hard about....I truly believe that if we contemplate these matters deeply and sincerely our own logic (intellect) will lead to the right conclusion. What most of us seem to do is rely solely on books, memorising as many slokas as we can, which we then start arguing about amongst ourselves...endlessly! The sages did it differently, by going deep within and trusting their own intellect/intuition to reveal the truth... The unfortunate thing today is that (often) what is presented to us as pure (correctly interpreted) text, attributed to a particular sage, often is not without error, sometimes grave errors. This I think we all agree upon... Best Wishes, Mrs. Wendy http://JyotishVidya.com ______________________________ to wendy and vasudeva that particular slok with aspects of rahu is in my bhrighu samhita that sloks belongs to bhrighu with this explanation now I am not supporting wendy or vasudeva just a view that is in bhrighu samhita I am mentioning here explanation word grah is derived from gruvutvakarshan ( gravity) any celestial body that has gravity is called a grah so sun being a star is called a grah moon being a satelite is called a grah any object that displays gravity is a grah and anything that is a grah has aspect nodes are grah as the command strong gravity pull so they have aspect me personally don't agree with this aspect of somebody that does not exsist in physical form but only experience can better shape the views and further down it is also mentioned that all the planets have nodes and can be calculated in similar fashion as lunar node ra and ke kind regs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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