Guest guest Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 Jaya Jagannatha, Hi, Narasimha, Sanjay, All, What is the current status on the 360-tithi year? I noticed a recent request for someone to forward a message you wrote on the topic, Narasimha, but I haven't seen that message and I haven't been able to find any messages in the archives on the topic since the one you wrote asking Sanjay for his views on Bhishma's response to Duryodhana after Arjuna came out of exile (and the one you wrote about the non- linearity of the 360-tithi year in response to "Frank in Austin"). Jai Shri Ram, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 |brihaspatim varenyam| Dear Steve I had already replied to this and my view was that Bhisma pitamaha was quoting one view of the 'reckoning of the year' based on 360 tithi's to protect the Pandavas. Because of the position he commanded, he was not going to be challenged and the Pandavas (especially his favorite Arjuna who was going to give him mukti from the curse which caused his Bhisma incarnation) would be saved from another 14 years of exile. To say that this was the practise of reckoning the years then or at any point of time is wrong as Duryodhana was simply using the normal panchanga and stating a fact. I repeat *mukti* and not *param padam* etc as Arjuna cannot grant that which is not in his capacity. However, this can give us another indication - that the periods of curses and exiles could be reckoned in 360-tithi year. Yet this is also not correct as then the exile of Sri Rama should have ended earlier. Maryada purushottama Sri Rama has clearly shown that one should not compromise in fulfilling and 'living through' the periods of curses and exiles. I left the thread here as it shows the effect of Kali yuga had started as this entire episode of the Mahabharata was during the 'sandhi period between the two yugas'. Bhisma told the truth, but *distorted it* for achieving a mundane objective of protecting the pandava from further harassment. That is the effect of kali. Thats my view - take it or leave it. ~ om tat sat ~ Yours truly, Sanjay Rath --------------------------- H-5, B.J.B Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751014, India +91-674-2436871 http://srath.com <http://srath.com> --------------------------- veda108 [veda108] Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:10 PM vedic astrology [vedic astrology] 360-tithi Year Jaya Jagannatha, Hi, Narasimha, Sanjay, All, What is the current status on the 360-tithi year? I noticed a recent request for someone to forward a message you wrote on the topic, Narasimha, but I haven't seen that message and I haven't been able to find any messages in the archives on the topic since the one you wrote asking Sanjay for his views on Bhishma's response to Duryodhana after Arjuna came out of exile (and the one you wrote about the non- linearity of the 360-tithi year in response to "Frank in Austin"). Jai Shri Ram, Steve Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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