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Mahābhārata versus Nilesh Oak

Mahābhārata 12.171.18 (GP edn, CE 12.165.16)—

विशेषतस्तु कार्त्तिक्यां द्विजेभ्यः संप्रयच्छति।
शरद्व्यपाये रत्नानि पौर्णमास्यामिति श्रुतिः॥
viśeṣatastu kārttikyāṃ dvijebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati
śaradvyapāye ratnāni paurṇamāsyāmiti śrutiḥ

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Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli: “Especially, on the day of full moon in the month of Kartika, after the expiry of autumn, the king used to give unto the Brahmanas much wealth of diverse kinds.”

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Translation by Bibek Debroy: “But it has been heard that the full moon in Kartika, after autumn is over, was special and brahmanas were given jewels.”

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Translation by Gita Press: “विशेषतः कार्तिक की पूर्णिमाको, जब कि शरद्–ॠतु की समाप्ति होती है, वह ब्राह्मणों को रत्‍नों का दान करता था; ऐसा सुनने में आया है।”

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Translation by Satwalekar: “मैंने ऐसा सुना है कि विशेषकर शरत् ऋतु के बीतनेपर कार्त्तिक की पूर्णमासी को रक्षसराज बहुत ब्राह्मणों को इसी तरह भोजन कराके बहुत से रत्नदान किया करता था।”

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My own translation (from an upcoming book): “It is heard that especially on the full moon day of Karttika, at the end of autumn, the rakshasa king would give away many jewels to the Brahmins.”

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Expert hypothetical translation by Nilesh Oak: “Lean Jedi’s error elimination experiment #420 (with multi-disciplinary evidence, Voyager simulation, and randomly chosen Nyaya terminology) shows that the lack of any analogy in this verse implies that it cannot be taken as ...

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... a factual statement about sharad ending with Karttika month. Sanskritists cannot interpret Sanskrit verses. Unlike me, they don’t know astronomy, archaeology, anthropology, quantum mechanics, economics, ancient narratives, philosophy. So what if I don’t know Sanskrit?”

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