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Article 1 SOMA
1 Soma MOON 27 STARS WEDDING ROHINI SPECIAL CONCEPT
SOMA is subject of heavy controversy between the nasthika and
asthika and kids who does not know about the scriptures. Soma is Moon; Soma
is Vishnu because Soma is Mind or manas or Mano; Yajurveda equates the
Vishnu to Mind. Soma is Mind. Some have written that Soma as a Plant since
it is connected to water and so spoken as grown as a water plant, close to
the high-altitude mountain rocks, and it is used for Yagna; it is squeezed
out of two rocks stones and used in home etc.
2 To my best of knowledge and belief that the word SOMA is used in several
places in chaturvedas. Soma is Moon and as a planet worshipped as GOD;
Dhakshan gave in marriage his 27 stars daughters ; it is stated as that
Moon had close affinity to Star Rohini and so was cursed; Lord Siva saved
him from the Dhakshan curse , by waxing and waning; in that process in one
trajectory he was given the sanctity of staying on the head of Siva also.
Every puranic and Vedic words had the teachings of the science effectively.
Moon’s affinity to Rohini is also scientific. Please remember the word
SOMNAMBULIA word soma finds the root there. Also, the word INSOMNIA.
SOMATOSENSORY, SOMATOSTATIN, SOMATIC, soman=isopropanol, and many more in
English taken from Sanskrit but attributed to Greek and Latin.
3 SCIENCE: The distance from Earth to the moon is an average of
384,000 km. However, the moon’s orbit is *elliptical *— as opposed to
circular — and its distance varies by roughly 30,000 km over the course of
one month. That means that once a month the moon is at a position
known as *perigee,
its closest to earth, and apogee, its farthest.( Full moon and the new
moon) *
4 Variations in the apparent size of the lunar disc arise from
changes in the *Moon’s distance from Earth*. On a full moon night
*perigee* becomes the super moon, the *perigee-syzygy*. (Purnima) It is the
night when a full moon and the closest approach occur together. While
a super moon can be roughly 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter, to
the casual observer, these differences may not be apparent. The changing
shapes make it an object of curiosity and have massive scientific research,
astronomy, astrology, paintings, songs and poetry dedicated to it.
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Exact width of a Nakshtra corresponding to the area of a particular
zodiac. This image can be expanded also and seen.
5 The starting point for the nakshatras is the point on the
ecliptic directly opposite to the star Spica called Chitrā in Sanskrit. It
is called Meshādi or the “start of Mesha or Aries”. Beginning from Aries,
the sky around is divided into each of the 27 nakshatras eastwards. The
number of nakshatras reflects the number of days in a month when moon is
clearly visible *(modern value: 27.32 days), *the width of a nakshatra is
the distance covered in toto. This way the complex concept of Waxing and
waning was simply explained to people, as if moon was a polygamous man
moving towards and away from a favourite wife Rohini living in a particular
sector.
6 There is no official term called ‘supermoon’. An astrologer,
Richard Nolle, coined it in 1979. The technical term for *a supermoon is,
‘perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system’. ‘Syzygy’ refers to the
straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies Sun, Earth and Moon.*
7 The supermoon’s size is attributed partially to the ‘moon illusion’,
a phenomenon that affects perception of the moon’s size. Close to the
horizon, the moon can appear up to 300% larger than when it is when it is
high in the sky. Yesterday both the psychological effect of the moon
illusion, and the physical effect of the supermoon were in play. *There are
a lot many astronomical phenomena that are otherwise tough to explain but
the Hindu scholars take the help of stories to describe them. How Hindu
Mythology describes the lunar eclipse*
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8 Above one can see a loop on north east side of the diagram. As per Hindu
Astrology, there are two points of intersection of the paths of the Sun and
the Moon, as they move around the celestial sphere. These are respectively
called *the North and the South lunar nodes.* The eclipses occur when Sun
and Moon are at one of these points. *The Hindu astrology calls these two
nodes the Rahu and the Ketu.* To easily explain this phenomenon, we have
another legend about the *Sagar Manthan*.
9 In 46th chapter in Aranya Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana, Rohini is
mentioned as dear wife of the moon and compared with Sita. Here bad planet
would be Saturn when he abducts Sita.
*Taam apashyat tato baalaam raaja putriim yashasviniim || 3–46–5 rohiNiim
shashinaa hiinaam grahavat bhR^isha daaruNaH |*
*Explanation*: Rohini is the principle star and dear wife of the Moon will
be in lunar asterism of the same name, and when she comes in the view of
planets like Saturn and Mars astrology predicts earthly havocs. Hence,
Ravana is compared with such a planet and Sita with Rohini.
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, King Dhritarashtra is the King of the Kuru
Kingdom and we can find similar comparison In Bhīṣmaparva 2, Vyāsa informs
King Dhritarashtra on bad omens that happened during Mahabharata war and
explains about Saturn in Rohini.
*Rohiṇīṃ pīḍayanneṣa sthito rājañśanaiścaraḥ*
*vyāvṛttaṃ lakṣma somasya bhaviṣyati mahadbhayam*
*Explanation*: Saturn stands tormenting Rohini, O king. The (hare) sign of
the Moon has disappeared. There will be great danger/fear.
*10 The moon appears to move completely around the celestial sphere
once in about 27.3 days as observed from the Earth (a sidereal month) and
reflects the corresponding orbital period of 27.3 days*
*The moon takes 29.5 days to return to the same point on the celestial
sphere as referenced to the Sun because of the motion of the Earth around
the Sun (synodic month)*
*11 Lunar phases as observed from the Earth are correlated with the
synodic month.*
*12 Since the Moon must move Eastward among the constellations enough
to go completely around the sky (360 degrees) in 27.3 days, it must move
Eastward by 13.2 degrees each day (in contrast, remember that the Sun only
appears to move Eastward by about 1 degree per day). Thus, with respect to
the background constellations the Moon will be about 13.2 degrees further
East each day. Since the celestial sphere appears to turn 1 degree about
every 4 minutes, the Moon crosses our celestial meridian about 13.2 x 4 =
52.8 minutes later each day.****
*13 Perigee and Apogee: The largest separation between the Earth and Moon
on its orbit is called apogee and the smallest separation is
called perigee.*
14 The Moon’s sidereal period—that is, the period of its revolution
about Earth measured with respect to the stars—is a little over 27 days:
the *sidereal month* is 27.3217 days to be exact. The time interval in
which the phases repeat—say, from full to full—is the *solar month*,
29.5306 days. The difference results from Earth’s motion around the Sun.
The *Moon* must make more than a complete turn around the moving Earth to
get back to the same phase with respect to the Sun. As we saw, the Moon
changes its position on the celestial sphere rather rapidly: even during a
single evening, the Moon creeps visibly eastward among the stars, *traveling
its own width in a little less than 1 hour. The delay in moonrise from one
day to the next caused by this eastward motion averages about 50
minutes.****
15 Now the Rohini is the large rather the largest orange star
termed in English as Aldeberan, in Rishabam or Taurus stellar is in such
angle that moon in each cyle Occultate it for a time more tha the other the
stars, though every star is 13.20 degrees as a globe; also since the moon
movement is elliptical the degrees is a little more than the 380 degrees
and since the days taken is 27.3 cyclically the occultations occurrence is
longer as the moon will start the hide even from the earlier starfinish and
continue a little over to the next star; hence Indians termed it as Moon is
more fond of Rohini and stayed in his residence. It is scientific as well
as an appearance from the earth. Occultation of similar moons of other
planets also occur; at times it takes > 1000 years also depending on the
planet rotation.
*16 2nd vol R.L.Kashyap kanda ii. Prapatha 3. Verse 5. (2.3.5) on
moon rohini*
Prajapati had thirty-three daughters; he gave them to Soma, the king; of
them he associated with Rohini; they returned in anger; then he (SOMA)
followed and asked for them back; he (Prajapati Dhakshan) would not return;
he said, 'Swear on oath that you will equally associate (with them): then
will I return them to you.' He took the oath, and he returned them. He
associated with Rohini alone [1]. Illness seized him; 'Illness has seized
the king', that (saying) is the origin of the 'king's evil'; in that he
became worse, that is (the origin) of the 'bad illness'; because he got it
from his wives, that is (the origin) of the 'wife's disease' *(Jayenya);*
him who knows thus the origin of these illnesses, these illnesses do not
visit. He approached them respectfully; they said, 'Let us choose a boon;
do thou associate equally with us.' For him [2] they offered this oblation
to the Adityas; they freed him from his evil case. For him who is seized by
the bad illness he should offer this oblation to the Adityas; verily he has
recourse to the Adityas with their own share; verily they free him from his
evil case. He should offer at the new moon; verily with its waxing he makes
him wax. The Puronuvakya is, 'He is born ever new'; verily thereby he
bestows life upon him. The Yajya is, 'The shoot which the Adityas make to
wax'; verily thereby he makes him wax.
17 प्रजापते त्रयस्त्रिंशत् दुहितर आसन ता सोमाय राजानेददात तासो रोहिणीं
उपैत ता इर्षयन्ति पुनर्गगच्छन ता अन्वय्तः ता पुनर् अयाचत त अस्मै न पुनर्
अददात् सो अब्रवीत रतं अमिष्व यता समावासच उपैष्यामि अथा ते पुनर् दास्यामि
इति सा रतं अमित ता अस्मै पुनर् अदद्दत तासां रोहिणीं एव उपैत्तां याक्ष्मा
आर्च्छत राजानं याक्षम अरातितितत राज याक्षमास्य जन्म यत् पापीयान अभावात तत्
पपयाक्षमास्य यत् जयाब्यो अविन्दत तत् जायेन्यास्य या एवं इथॆशनम् याकष्मानं
जन्म वेद न एनं एत याक्ष्म विन्दान्ति स एत एव नामास्यान उपदावात त अब्रुवन्न
वरं व्रनमाहै समावश्च्हाच एव न उपाय इति तस्मा एतं आदित्यं चारुं निरावापान
तेन एवैनं पापात् स्रमात् अमुञ्चन//
18 PRAJAPATE TRYASTRIMSHAT DUHITARA ASAN TAH SOMAYA RAJNE ADADAT
TASAM ROHINIM UAIATA IRISHYANT PUNAR AGACHCHAN TA ANVAIT TA PUNAR AYACHATA
TA ASMAI NA PUNAR ADADAT SO ABRAVIT, TA PUNAR AYACHATA ASMANINA PUNAR
ADADAT SO ABRAVIT RTAM AMISHVA YATHA SAMA VACHCHA 8PAISHYAMI ATA TE PUNAR
DASYAMI ITI SA RTAM AMIT TA ASMAI PUNAR ADADAT TASAM ROHINIMEVA UPAIT TAM
YAKSHMA ARCHCHAT RAJANAAM YAKSHMA ARAT ITI TAT RAJYAKSHMASYA JANMA YAT
PAPIYAN ABHAVAT TAT PAPAYAKSHMASYA YAT JAYABHYO AVINDAT TAT JAYANEYASYA YA
EVAM ETESHAM YAKSHMANAM JANAM VEDA NA ENAM ETE YAKSHYAMA VINDANTI CHA ETA
EVA NAMASYAAN UPADHAVAT TA ABRUVANN VARAM VRANAMAHAI SAMAVACHCHAHA EVA NA
UPAYA ITI TAŚMA ETAM ADITYAM CHARUM NIRAVAPAN TENA EVAINAM PAPAT SRAMAT
MUNCHANTI// TTAITRIYA SAMHITAI 2ND VOL 2 KANDA 2.3.5 KR 23221
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