Time for new Gyaan people!!

In the last post, I had shared the description of our Universe and the TWO different types of
Creations. For easy understandin of the descriptions from our !criptures, we"ll now ta#e each
topic individually $einnin with our Gala%y, the Milky Way.
&oom out from 'arth to the (il#y Way
)s you can see from the video a$ove, ours is a Spiral Galaxy containin a Galactic Center, and
various arms radiatin outwards from it, in a spiral fashion.
Our !piral Gala%y
)s mentioned earlier, *uranic literature is full of )stronomical details and our Gala%y is
+uite vividly detailed in ,Chapter 23, Canto 5 of the Bhagvat Puraan}.
When I went throuh the descriptions, I was pleasantly surprised to #now that the Rishis of
yore have descri$ed our ala%y '-)CT./ the way it is descri$ed now $y modern
)stronomers!! 0haavatam compares it with the Kundalini Chakra, the enery source seated at
the $ase of 1uman !pine li#e a coiled serpent. )s a person"s /oic *owers advance, the
2undalini 'nery moves upwards from one Cha#ra to another ultimately leadin the /oi to
complete 'nlihtenment 3ust as was achieved $y Gautam Buddha.
2undalini risin throuh the Cha#ras
hi! "ele!tial "reature forming our Gala#y, i! "alled $hi!humar and i! !uppo!ed to re!t %ith
it! &ody %ound around it!elf in a right'handed "oil %ith the "enter formed &y it! tail end(
To the students of !cience, this shape may $e familiar as that of the Ben)ene *ing, which
resem$les a !na#e $itin its own tail!! Incidentally the sym$ol is also #nown $y the Gree#s as
+uro&oro! and $y Chinese as the 4raon representin the never5endin cycle of .ife and 4eath,
the different !easons, Time etc.
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$"riptural de!"ription of the Gala#y
The 0havatam ives complete details of the various .o#as of the ala%y ivin precise
.OC)TIO7! of the various divine and semi5divine deni8ens of our Gala%y! .et us see what
these locations are and try to find out a useful address or two from the descriptions 9o:
The Galactic Center, is the tail5end of the coiled serpent and is supposed to $e a seat of Immense
*ower and 'nery. )ccordin to the 0haavatam, this Galactic Center is formed $y the ,hruva
-oka.
It is important to note that accordin to modern )stronomy, Galactic Center is made up of very
lare mass and density which scientists $elieve to $e a $uperma!!ive Bla"k .ole. 0lac# 1oles
are the evolutionary end5point of ()!!I;' stars and pac# within themselves the power of
thousands of 7uclear $om$s com$ined!
!upermassive 0lac# 1ole at the Galactic Center
7ow, ,hruva as we #now is the *ole !tar and accordin to 0haavatam, it is supposed to $e
situated riht at the C'7T'< of our Gala%y. )t present, the 7orthern pole star is Polari!, which
lies close to the Celestial 7orth *ole, and is visi$le at the end of the constellation Ursa (inor
=.ittle 4ipper:( 1owever, after researchin its location, I found that this particular !tar does not
lie as far as the Center of the Gala%y and it dampened my e%citement a $it >o=
*resent *ole !tar *olaris
0ut, as I #ept tryin to find out more, I came across a phenomenon #nown as the Pre"e!!ion of
/0uino#e!. !imply put, it states that the role of the 7orth !tar *)!!'! from one star to another.
This means that Other stars have occupied the position of the Pole Star before now!
*recession of the '+uino%es is slow, ta#in a$out ?@,AAB years to complete a cycle, hence a
sinle star typically holds that title for many C'7TU<I'!, and since 1indu history measures
time in $illions of years, One of these stars could have been located in the vicinity of the
Gala"ti" Center at some point in our )ncient 1istory!!
*ole !tars of *ast and Future
Identifyin that !tar is $eyond my current research capacity, $ut I $elieve if we can find it, it
would help us date our !criptures in a more authentic fashion as well as ive us a proof that our
civili8ation is I74''4 very ancient.
The scripture further states that Dhruv-loka is supposed to $e the !upreme !eat of -ord
1i!hnu in the (ortal <ealm where 1e reclines on the 4ivine !erpent Sheshnaag accompanied
$y Goddess -ak!hmi in the Ocean5of5(il# called sheer-Sagar.
4emiods prayin to .ord ;ishnu and Goddess .a#shmi seated on !heshnaa
7ow, 0lac# 1oles have always $een con3ectured to $e portals $etween different Universes, sort
of li#e Gateways to different dimensions. This ma#es me $elieve that our !upermassive5
Galactic5Center50lac#51ole can fit the precondition of $ein the 2&ode of
-ord 1i!hnu ama8inly well, as it would connect 1im with the !piritual <ealm outside as well
as the (aterial realm contained within this Universe!
Moving on from the Gala"ti" Center
7ear the central a$ode of 4hruva resides Pra!"pati, worshiped $y the demiods #gni$ %ndra
and Dhar&a near the tail and the 1oly $aptari!hi Mandal at its waist.
On the riht side of the Celestial Wheel are stationed the fourteen 'ttarayan (akshatras
=7orthern &odiacs: from #bhi!it to Punarvasu$ and on its left side are found fourteen
Dakshinayan (akshatras =!outhern &odiacs: startin from Pushya and endin with 'ttar-
#ashadh.
The $ac# of !hishumar is formed $y stars collectively called #!avithi and its $elly is formed $y
the !acred Ganes reverently #nown as the 2ka!h Ganga.
If you loo# at the clear niht s#y, you"ll o$serve a faint $and of liht stretchin across the
dar#ness, either throuh the middle or near the hori8on which is considered it the sym$olic
representation of the Descent of )eavenly Ganges to the (ortal <ealm of 'arth.
)#ash Gana, the (il#y Way
The stars called Punarvasu and Pushya form the riht and left loins of the !hishumar9 #rdra
and #shlesha form the riht and left feet while #bhi!it and 'ttar-#ashadh form the riht and
left nostrils.
Shravana and Purv-#ashadh form the riht and left eyes respectively9 while *ula and
Dhanishtha form the two ears9 *agha, the roup of 'iht !tars form its ri$s on the left side
while the 'iht stars of *rigashirsha, form the ri$s on its riht. The stars Shatabhish and
+yeshtha form the riht and left shoulders, #gasti forms the upper 3aw and ,a&a, the lower one.
The planet (ars forms its face9 !aturn forms its oran of eneration9 0rihaspati forms the hump
on the shoulders while $urya 5 The .ord of the planets, =which I have ta#en as the reference
point for the .a$elled imae of !hishumar $elow: forms its $reast.
The !upreme -ord 3arayan remains seated in its heart and the (oon is situated in its
mind. The two #shvins form either sides of its chest9 'shana or ;enus forms its navel9 (ercury
is its Prana9 Rahu is the nec# and etu is all over its $ody in the form of different Comet!.
The innumera$le other stars we see are the numerous pores of its $ody. I have tried to la$el the
imae of our Gala%y accordin to the descriptions I have shared in this post. *lease find $elow
the Imae that has resulted from this e%ercise.
Our Gala%y !hishumar
What is astonishin for me is that without access to any form of modern technoloy li#e
the .u&&le $pa"e ele!"ope and its li#e, the Rishis of /ore could still fathom the e%tent and
shape of our Gala%y in such a detailed fashion!
It was only in CDCB, that Galileo used the first telescope and determined that (il#y Way is
formed of $illions of dim stars that surround us. 0efore that, for centuries the astronomers had
struled with the $asic +uestions a$out this $and of liht in the s#y which were difficult to
answer $ecause of several reasons.
+ne, as we live within the (il#y Way, tryin to fathom its dimensions is li#e livin in
one tiny corner of a iantic $o% and analy8in its composition and shape!
$e"ond, the early telescopes weren"t lare enouh and hence did not have sufficient
rane to clearly view the ala%y around us.
4inally, the (il#y Way contains lare amounts of cosmic dust that o$scures distant stars
when we"re usin reular telescopes.
1owever, the ?Bth century $rouht reat advancement in telescope technoloy and lare
+pti"al, *adio, 5nfrared, and 6'ray tele!"ope! allowed )stronomers to peer throuh
the cosmic dust and loo# further into space. With these tools, they could piece toether the
pu88le of our Gala%y"s shape $ut the point to $e emphasi8ed here is that all this $ecame apparent
only after the ?Bth Century!
'ye5of5God 7e$ula cauht $y 1u$$le !pace Telescope
/et, surprisinly, ancient ;edic rishis had not only descri$ed the shape of the Gala%y, they had
also identified a hue *OW'< !OU<C' at its Center9 iven descriptions of most of its ma3or
!T)< !/!T'(!9 as well as defined the relative positions of different .o#as in our ever5
e%pandin Universe!!
Whether it was due to their $uperhuman 7ogi" Po%er!, or a result of direct o$servation =!pace
TravelE!E:, I do not #now. 0ut, I hope this post opens the eyes of my readers to a $rand new
perception of these reliious te%ts and would encourae them to analy8e our traditional culture
and $eliefs with a more open and scientific approach.
I will descri$e the various .o#as mentioned a$ove in more detail in su$se+uent postsand will try
to uide you throuh the structure of the Universe as per ancient 1indu !cience. (ay -ord
1i!hnu uide me throuh this 3ourney that I have em$ar#ed upon and help me $rin hidden
truths from our ancient scriptures to fore.
!hri 1ari ;ishnu, help me cross this Cosmic Ocean
It is only fittin that I end the post with the traditional prayer to !upreme .ord ;ishnu residin in
this Coiled Gala%y $hi!humar and also pay my o$eisance to the )ncients who were a$le to
decipher its structure on the $asis of their /oic powers..

Thou art the Substratum of all Luminaries,
Thou Createst and Destroyest all,
The Lord of all Celestials,
We meditate fully on Thee,
Planets, Galaxies and Stars are Thy body,
Divinity is established in Thee alone,
Thou art dipurush, the Foremost of all ein!s,
"ll sins are destroyed by rememberin! Thee#
(
2um $hanti8 $hanti8 $hanti8
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