SAPTARISHIS-- DRUV -- THE POLE STAR-- NORTH STAR -- THE GREAT DIPPER --URSA MAJOR.
King Uttanapada had two wives. The older one was Suniti and the younger was Suruchi.
Elder Queen Suniti was kind and graceful, and she had a son by the name of Druv.
The younger queen Suruchi was very beautiful, but vain. She had a son by the name of Uttama.
Suruchi was afraid Prince Druv would become king as per royal tradition.
The King was under the spell of the dazzling beauty Suruchi.
Once Druv saw his younger brother Uttam sitting on their father’s lap. Little Druv asked his father to give him a seat on his lap too. Pretty soon the king was sitting with both boys on his lap.
This sight infuriated Suruchi who screamed and made Druv get down from the king’s lap.
The humiliated little child ran to Suneeti and fighting back tears , recounted what had transpired.
He asked his mother “ Is anybody more important and stronger than the king?”
Suneeti consoled little Druv by telling him “ Lord Vishnu is more powerful”
Druv asked “ Where does he live?”
Suniti said “ In those mountains ”
At night Druv slipped away into the darkness , and walked towards the mountains.
He met Sage Narada and asked for advise. Narad muni dissuaded Druv from undertaking such a difficult task.
Narada told Druv: "You are young,…even great sages have not achieved the Almighty..."
Narada told Druv: "You are young,…even great sages have not achieved the Almighty..."
Seeing Dhruv adamant, sage Narada taught Druv the technique of prayer and asked him to chant the supreme mantra: "Om Namo Bhagavate Vaasudevaaya".
Narada told him to sit where he was and meditate. Druv started meditating , drinking only water from the Yamuna river.
He released so much energy that the Saptarishis ( 7 sages ) got disturbed from their meditation.
He released so much energy that the Saptarishis ( 7 sages ) got disturbed from their meditation.
They discussed among themselves and came to the unanimous conclusion that only a god can create such tremendous energy. They decided to investigate and were very surprised to see a small child in deep meditation.
The King of Gods Indra got worried . With such energy even his own throne was in danger of getting usurped. He tried his best to disturb the little boy. The seven sages protected the boy . Druv could not be disturbed, so great was his concentration.
Ultimately Vishnu came and stood in front of the little boy. The boy opened his eyes, and smiled. The Lord knew that Druv had started his penance, only because he had wanted to sit in his father’s lap, and was not allowed to.
Vishnu placed Dhruv on his Divine father’s lap as the Pole Star, also known as the North Star.
Vishnu placed the seven sages to protect him, with Kratu and Pulaha in immediate charge.
THUS A SMALL BOY WHO WAS THROWN OUT IN A DISGRACEFUL MANNER FROM THE KING'S LAP, WAS NOW PERMANENTLY ENSCONSED IN THE LAP OF THE SUPREME COSMIC LORD.
THUS A SMALL BOY WHO WAS THROWN OUT IN A DISGRACEFUL MANNER FROM THE KING'S LAP, WAS NOW PERMANENTLY ENSCONSED IN THE LAP OF THE SUPREME COSMIC LORD.
In Hindu astronomy the seven stars of the Saptarshi Mandal or Big Dipper or Ursa Major are named as
Indian Name/ Bayer/ Western name
Kratu/α /Dubhe
Pulaha/β /Merak
Pulastya/γ /Phecda
Atri/δ /Megrez
Angiras/ε /Alioth
Vasishtha/ζ /Mizar
Bhrigu/η /Alkaid
In the picture above, the edge of the inverted sauce pan points to North.
This story written in Sankrit, in our Puranas is 7000 years old—and told to us by our grandmothers.
But the credit for discovery of Polaris and Great bear constellation of 7 stars is given to Greeko Ptolemy in 140 AD.
The architect Maharshi sage of Bhrigu clan, (Imhotep) sailed from Kerala to create the Sphinx on a sink hole in Egypt (using the Pole star) 6000 years ago.
उत्तानपादपुत्रोऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि ।
स हि भ्रमन् भ्रामयते नित्यं चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सह ।।
It means : "Uttanpāda's son Dhruva is the fixed point in the Heavens on Mount Meru , around which all planets moves round" The Chatur-yuga, 4,320,000 years is related to the precessional cycle, 25,791 years corresponding to a precession of 50.15 arc-seconds per year.
स हि भ्रमन् भ्रामयते नित्यं चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सह ।।
It means : "Uttanpāda's son Dhruva is the fixed point in the Heavens on Mount Meru , around which all planets moves round" The Chatur-yuga, 4,320,000 years is related to the precessional cycle, 25,791 years corresponding to a precession of 50.15 arc-seconds per year.
Kepler's laws of precession were written down in Sanskrit 7000 years ago. Sorry, Johannes Kepler-- East India Company stole our astronomical works for you , and our Kerala Calculus for Isaac Newton -- but today we are in the internet age. The age of drunken white men sitting over brandy and cigars after dinner , discussing what to publish in their peer reviewed science magazines is over. The hippies of the sixties have pulled the plug by introducing the information superhighway called Google!
Grace and peace!
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