Sunday 29 December 2013

Today's Subhashita.

अप्रत्यक्षाणि  शास्त्राणि  विवादस्तत्र  केवलं |
प्रत्यक्षं ज्योतिषं शास्त्रं चन्द्रार्को यत्र साक्षिणो ||

अर्थ  =  जिन शास्त्रों में  वर्णित तथा प्रतिपादित सिद्धान्तों का प्रतिफल प्रत्यक्ष दृष्टव्य नहीं होता है , वहां
सदैव विवाद उत्पन्न होता है |  परन्त ज्योतिष शास्त्र के विषय मे ऐसा नहीं होता है , क्योंकि चन्द्र और सूर्य उस के सिद्धान्तों के साक्षी के रूप में सदैव उपस्थित रहते हैं |

Apratyakshaani shaastraani vivadastatra kevalam.
Pratyaksham jyotisham shastram chandraarko yatra saakshino.

Apratyakshaani = invisible.    Shaastraani = various scientific and other disciplines of knowledge.
Vivadastatra = vivaadah +tatra.   Vivaad = controversy, dispute.    Tatra = there   Kevalam =only.
Pratyaksham = visible, self evident.    Jyotisham = Astronomy.    Shastram = science.
Chandraarko =  Chandra + Arko.     Chandra = the Moon.     Arko = the Sun.    Yatra = where.
Saakshino =  eye witnesses.

i.e.    In those disciplines of Science and other allied subjects, where end results of a concept are not visible or are doubtful, there is always  some controversy or dispute.  But in the case of Astronomy it is not so, because the Moon and the Sun act as an  eye-witness to prove the correctness of the concepts.

( 'Jyotish Shastra'  in India has two branches,the  one which is most scientific  and based on the movement of the Sun , Moon and other planets, as codified  by our Rishis (sages) thousands of years ago through minute observations without the help of advanced instruments as now available, and the other branch as its off-shoot is the prediction of the future of a person by drawing a natal chart of the planets at the time of birth of a person,called a horoscope.   The latter's deductions of future are always subject matter of disputes and it is  not considered scientific.  But in the case of Astronomy the predictions about solar and lunar eclipses and other matters are always correct, as they are based on sound scientific principles, and the Sun and Moon prove the correctness of the theory of the subject.  This fact has been beautifully highlighted in the above Subhashita.)

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