Hope Chepauk will be a sea of blue tonight !

 

Conway and Ravindra swing NZ to victory

 Great batting by Conway and Ravindra caused an upset in the World Cup, both scoring unconquered centuries !

The inaugural match of the World Cups always upsets !

WC 2023

 WC23 began in earnest at Modi Stadium. Many teams are vying for supremacy.

And in the first match, NZ did well to restrict formidable Eng to 282.

Root’s 77 was superb, but was bowled ingloriously thru the gate.

Human Life is ephemeral

 
Vrischika 28, Dec 14, is Narayaneeyam Deay.

All Glory is Thine !

Even though Shaw extolled sex as divine,
Which bringeth a celestial flood of emotion
And exaltation of existence,
She too has her demerits.

King Purooravas, noble King,
Born in the tribe of Ila, Lunar Dynasty,
Fell in love with celestial nymph, Urvashi,
And indulged in pleasures sensory.

Urvashi told him about women,
That they are ruthless and cruel
And will not hesitate to assassinate
Own husband or brother.

One day, Conscience became dominant
Conscience chided him
" Thou art wasting precious time
Over pleasures transitory.

Aim of Life is to actualise Self
Beware of the loss of Ayus".
Lust is the First Deadly Sin
Which binds man to world sublunar !

Bhogangal ellam kshana prabha chanchalam
Vegena nashtamam ayussumorka nee.

Love for sensual  pleasures
Bind thee to the mundane !
Hard Sacrifice alone can give key
To the Heaven of Self Actualisation

Bhogangaliccha
Bandhamakunnu
Tat Tyagamakunnathu
Moksham ennothunnu

Due to Thy Influence
He became blase, of pleasures sensory.
That made him come to Thy Bhakti Yoga
And actualise Thee !

Aila Pragurvaseem pratyati
vivasamana seva maanchitastvam
Gadam Nirvdhya Bhooyo Yuvati
Sukham idam Kshurameveti gayan
Thval Bhaktim prapya poorna sukhataramachara
Thvdhva dhudhooya sangam
Bhaktotamsam kriya mam Pavanapurapathe
Pahimam Sarva Rogaal

Maya Tatamidam sarvam
Jagat Avyakta Moorthina
By Me is this vast Universe pervaded,
By Me, the Unmanifest !

says the Lord in the Holy Geetha.

Therefore, our primary duty is to
Love All & Serve All.

Ekkanda Characharngale
Okkayum Snehikkka allo
Uthama Bhagavata
Dharmam ennarika Nee !

The Massive Science of Time, Brihat Hora Sastra by Varaha Mihira

Sastra means Science, systematized knowledge of Nature. Not only physical sciences, Sastra includes spiritual sciences as well, as Indian Philosophy deals with both  Matter and Spirit, Purusha & Prakriti.

Siddhanta Sastra means the Science of Astronomy & Hora Sastra means the Science of Astrology.




P N Oak was right when he said that the English word Hour is a malpronunciation of the Sanskrit word Hora. Hora Sastra means the Science of Hour, Time.


When I met the astro scholar, Avanoor Asan, he was              ecstatic when he described the Master, Varaha.  Said the Master was an Avatar, who came to redeem this infinite Ocean of Knowledge which is the  Science of Time, this Hora Sastra , Hora Sastra Maharnava pratharane.

Aditya Dasathanayastava apta Bodha
Kapishtalo Savithru Labda vara prasada 
Avantiko Muni manany avalokya Samyak 
Horaam Varaha Mihiram ruchiram chakara

Savithru Labda vara prasada refers to Revealations received by the Master in higher states of Consciousness, symbolically depicted as boons from the  Sun ! 

An astronomer, mathematician and astrologer par excellence, Varaha strode the scene like an intellectual colossus, contributing to all the three branches of the triune Astro Physics, the Thriskanda Jyotis Sastra - Siddanta, Samhita & Hora.


See how he describes The Significations of the Twelve Houses  in just two lines

Kalya  Swa     Vikrama Griha Prathibha Kshatani
Chittotha Randhra Guru  Mana Bhava Vyayani.
The Quintessence of BHS are these two  verses

Planetary states are    seven,
Exalted is Sampoorna,
Devoid of strength positional is Riktha
In inimical, Is Anishta Phalada called !

Fallen from Exaltation is Avarohee
Madhya in houses of  fiends,
Arohinee when rising,
And Adhama in houses inimical !


Samyak balina  swa tunga bhage
Sampoorna balavarjitasya Riktha
Neechamsa gathasya satrubhage
Jneya  Anishtaphala  Dasa   prasoothu

Bhrishtasya tungath Avarohi samjna
Madhya bhaveth sa Suhrud Ucchabhamse
Arohinee nimna parichyutasya
Neecharibhageth Adhama bhaveth Sa !


BHS is Varaha’s magnum opus. wherein he spells out the principles of the Science of Time, in 384  verses of golden Sanskrit Poetry.


BHS has a great competitor, BPHS, Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra, consisting of 4000 verses.

Unique Feature of Indian Culture - Scientific & Artistic Knowledge in Poetic Form

Scientific Knowledge in Poetic Form

All the Eighteen intuitive sciences & the Eighteen eternal arts are in magnificent poetic form. There are 400 K verses in Mythology, 400 K verses of Siddhanta, Samhita & Hora and millions on other subjects also. The Law of Epistemic Correlation, that all branches of Knowledge are interrelated, find its fulfillment here, as All knowledge is One Knowledge.

In Indan Astronomy, while calculating the Sheeghra Anomaly based on the Geometrical Model of Parameswara, the following verse is given by Puliyoor

Arka Sphutoniham Kheda Mandasphuta mihoditham

Sparsajya Sheegrakendrardha Labhda karnathara hatha

Karna Yoga hritha bhooya sparsa chapatmaka kritha

Shoditha sheegrakendrardhal syath phalam sheegrasamjnakam
To get Sheeghra Anomaly,
Angle between planet and Sun
Deduct Sun’s Longitude
From Ecliptic Degree.

Sheeghra Anomaly = Ecliptic longitude of planet - Longitude of the Mean Sun.


x, Sheeghra Phalam is the angle formed between the Sun, the planet and the Earth. It is computed as per the formula.


Tan A/2 - x = ( b - a) /( b + a) Tan A/2


''where A is the Sheeghra Kendra, a is the Ravi Manda Karna ( Sun's distance ), b the Graha Manda Karna ( distance of the planet from the Sun ) and x the Sheeghra Phalam “

Source : The Ganitha Nirnaya

Artistic Knowledge in Poetic Form

“Yatho Hasta thatho Drishti,
Yatho Drishti thatho Manah
Yatho Manah thatho Bhaava,
Yatho Bhaava thatho Rasa."

Eyes go where the hands are
Mind goeth after eyes biune
Whither Mind goeth, Bhava manifests
With Bhava, Rasa, mood is evoked.

Source : Natya Sastra

.......And the Poet of all Poets , Kavee Kaveenam, is He !

Kavim Puranam anusasitaram
Anor Aniyamsam anusmared yah
Sarvasya Dhataram acintya-rupam
Aditya-varnam tamasah parastat

The Ancient, the Poet of all Poets,
Subtler than the subtlest,
Of Form Unthinkable,
Resides in all as Love

Being the Substratum of all,
Beyond worldly desire,
And Transcendental,
Should be meditated upon.

Source : The Divine Geetha.

Unique Feature of Indian Culture - Scientific & Artistic Knowledge in Poetic Form

Scientific Knowledge in Poetic Form

All the Eighteen intuitive sciences & the Eighteen eternal arts are in magnificent poetic form. There are 400 K verses in Mythology, 400 K verses of Siddhanta, Samhita & Hora and millions on other subjects also. The Law of Epistemic Correlation, that all branches of Knowledge are interrelated, find its fulfillment here, as All knowledge is One Knowledge.

In Indan Astronomy, while calculating the Sheeghra Anomaly based on the Geometrical Model of Parameswara, the following verse is given by Puliyoor

Arka Sphutoniham Kheda Mandasphuta mihoditham

Sparsajya Sheegrakendrardha Labhda karnathara hatha

Karna Yoga hritha bhooya sparsa chapatmaka kritha

Shoditha sheegrakendrardhal syath phalam sheegrasamjnakam
To get Sheeghra Anomaly,
Angle between planet and Sun
Deduct Sun’s Longitude
From Ecliptic Degree.

Sheeghra Anomaly = Ecliptic longitude of planet - Longitude of the Mean Sun.


x, Sheeghra Phalam is the angle formed between the Sun, the planet and the Earth. It is computed as per the formula.


Tan A/2 - x = ( b - a) /( b + a) Tan A/2


''where A is the Sheeghra Kendra, a is the Ravi Manda Karna ( Sun's distance ), b the Graha Manda Karna ( distance of the planet from the Sun ) and x the Sheeghra Phalam “

Source : The Ganitha Nirnaya

Artistic Knowledge in Poetic Form

“Yatho Hasta thatho Drishti,
Yatho Drishti thatho Manah
Yatho Manah thatho Bhaava,
Yatho Bhaava thatho Rasa."

Eyes go where the hands are
Mind goeth after eyes biune
Whither Mind goeth, Bhava manifests
With Bhava, Rasa, mood is evoked.

Source : Natya Sastra

.......And the Poet of all Poets , Kavee Kaveenam, is He !

Kavim Puranam anusasitaram
Anor Aniyamsam anusmared yah
Sarvasya Dhataram acintya-rupam
Aditya-varnam tamasah parastat

The Ancient, the Poet of all Poets,
Subtler than the subtlest,
Of Form Unthinkable,
Resides in all as Love

Being the Substratum of all,
Beyond worldly desire,
And Transcendental,
Should be meditated upon.

Source : The Divine Geetha.