Another thread for those following @pGurus1 and @sattology videos:
The Mahabharata text (all editions) say that Sri Krishna left for Mission of Peace from Upaplavya on a Revati nakshatra day in the month of Kaumudi or Kartika masa:
#MahabharatSamvat #3067BCE
Note in the above tweet that Kartika is not explicitly said:
However, there are two textual references to a Kartika Purnima mentioned explicitly and Kartika masa.
I explain this at 14 mins (but best to start at 5 mins in)
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Bhisma:02:23 and Vana 179:16
Verse from 02:23 Bhisma Parva ... Vyasa clearly says to Dhritarashtra that Kartika Purnima Moon was appearing eclipsed in the past. Convo was before the war:
Implication: Kartika Purnima can NEVER ever be in war timeline!
Verse below:
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Second point:
Vana Parva verse: 179:16 also explicitly mentions Kartika Purnima and says that Pandavas are sleeping in Upaplavya at that time.
Implications: Pandavas cannot be in Kurukshetra fighting a war during Kartika Purnima!
👇🏻second verse at 14 mins in.
Karna also mentions in Udyoga Parva that the Moon was already eclipsed and Surya eclipse was yet to take place!
Taking the 3 things together and that Krittika is 4th Nakshatra from Revati where Krishna sets out.. we can see this Purnima is at arrival of Sri Krishna in Hastinapur
This is a rigorous stringent pre condition for the Mahabharata.
Hence one cannot just fudge this and state that “this Kartika Purnima happens during the war” as said for the 5561BCE theory.
That too it’s a crescent Moon on that 14th war night!
At 23 mins:
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