om namo bhagavate vasudevaya
Dear Swee
I will use only one stanza of the Bhagavatam to show how wrong
translations can affect the thinking and reading of people and
astrologers like your goodself can be totaly off the point. This is an
extract of what you sent as replies to my questions and points raised.
Swee wrote :
Maitreya in Bhagavata PurÄëa Skaëòha III on the concept of Time
Chapter 11: Text 14, 18, 19 and 20
saMvatsaraH parivatsara iDA-vatsara eva ca|
anuvatsaro vatsarash ca viduraivaM prabhASyate||11.14
Meaning: The period of (the solar/tropical year) is called
Saà vatsara. [for the time that it takes the sun, thus speeding slow,
fast or moderate, to move entirely through the spheres above and
below, is indeed with its passage, to the descriptions of the
scholars, spoken of a samvatsara ref SB Canto 5 Ch 22 text 7)
You see this sloka clearly speaks of the five types of solar years
that are to be followed and this has nothing to do with the *speed of
the sun* nor with any *special sphere*. The general term for the solar
year is samvatsara and the five types of years based on the tithi at
sankranti is samvatsara, parivatsara, idavatsara, anuvatsara and
vatsara. This is precisely what the sloka states. The word vidura
refers to the knowledge about these five types of solar years that are
used in Jyotish which are reckoned on the basis of tithi on mesha
sankranti or what we call in Orissa - panaa sankranti.
Where did you get this translation? Would you like to make any
comments on the translations that you quote in your mail? Did you
actually read them?
With best wishes and warm regards,
Sanjay Rath
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From: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sohamsa@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Swee Chan
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:01 AM
To: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com; varahamihira@yahoogroups.com;
vedic-astrology@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: |Sri Varaha| RE: [vedic-astrology] RE: [sohamsa] Muhurata
Rationale
Jaya Jagannatha
Dear Sanjay ji,
Replies directly below the other 2 (mails).
Love,
Swee
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From: sohamsa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sohamsa@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Guru Sanjay Rath
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 9:45 AM
To: varahamihira@yahoogroups.com; Sohamsa
Subject: RE: |Sri Varaha| RE: [vedic-astrology] RE: [sohamsa] Muhurata
Rationale
om bhurbhuva svaħ břhaspataye namaħ
Dear Swee
1.What is the year for Manu? We are Manusya
2. Saura masa is different from savana maasa - one is transit of sun
through a sign and the other is the simple count of 30 days
3. You seem to be supporting the point of Dwivekar ji that the natal
chart of Chandrasekhar ji is the reason for the long marriage and not
the bad muhurta chosen. Is this correct or am I getting this wrong?
With best wishes and warm regards,
Sanjay Rath
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Sri Jagannath Center®
15B Gangaram Hospital Road
New Delhi 110060, India
<http://srath.com/> http://srath.com, +91-11-25717162
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