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Theory of Relativity in Indian Scriptures Practical Example Of T his artic le is downloaded from www.malls tuffs .c om Einstein is widely acclaimed as the greatest ever scientist born on earth. He is credited for his theories like speed of light, theory of relativity, time dilation and other concepts related to space time continuum. However, you might be surprised that all his theories have their roots in ancient Indian scriptures. It is quite possible that Einstein must have derived his scientific theories from Indian scriptures or might have heard about his theories in indian scriptures which is very evident from his quotes on India and its culture. Moreover, he was a great admirer of Indian personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. Since Mahatma Gandhi was the follower of bhagavad gita, Einstein must have read bhagavad gita and after thoroughly understanding it, must have said the following words about bhagavad gita. "When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous." -Albert Einstein Theory of Relativity in Indian scriptures There are innumerable examples of Einstein theory of relativity in ancient Indian scriptures. Modern Scientists are awestruck on seeing the strikingly similar concepts in Indian scriptures while others are surprised to find high-fi scientific concepts in Indians scriptures written thousands of years ago. Many Indian scientists consider Indian scriptures as world past history and are researching Vedas and other ancient literatures for more scientific discoveries. Before I give the practical examples of Einstein “Theory of relativity” in Indian scriptures, it is very important for us to understand what Einstein “Theory of relativity” exactly is. Practical Example of Theory of Relativity Suppose you are kidnapped and carried in a private smooth vehicle travelling at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. Now you are not aware that you are travelling along with the vehicle at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. If you look out the window, you will feel that your vehicle is stationary and the person standing outside is moving at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. But the person standing on a road feels that he is stationary and your vehicle is moving at a speed at 100 kilometers per hour. Another stationary person might feel that your vehicle is stationary and the road is moving at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. This situation is very similar to our observance that the earth is stationary and the sun & moon moves from east to west. Einstein theory of relativity is very well explained in the below YouTube video. Please understand it nicely. < T his artic le is downloaded from www.malls tuffs .c om The Adobe Flash Player or an HTML5 supported browser is required for video playback. Get the latest Flash Player Learn more about upgrading to an HTML5 browser Short conclusion of Einstein theory of relativity 1) Nothing travels faster than light. 2) It is not possible to say which object is stationary and which object is moving. 3) Every observer is correct in thinking that he is stationary and everything else is moving around. T his artic le is downloaded from www.malls tuffs .c om 4) Time is relative to your motion. If you travel faster, time moves slowly. If you travel at speed of light, clock stops ticking and so, even if you travel for one year, you will be of the same age you were when you started travelling at speed of light. Suppose you are 28 years old and your brother is 26 years old. Now you start travelling from earth to space at speed of light for twenty human years. When you return back to earth, you find that you are still young and 28 years old but your brother has grown old and is 46 years old. You will be surprised to know that your younger brother has became elder and you have become the younger one. This concept of relativity has been proved by American scientist and astronauts travelling in space on their spacecrafts. Even when the astronauts travel in spaceships for years, they feel like travelling for only few days. Theory of relativity in Indian scriptures Now, I am going to depict the above theoretical concept in ancient Indian stories. To understand the story, below is the concept you must apprehend. According to Indian scriptures, Brahma is the creator of this universe and the planet where he resides is called as “Brahma-Lok”. His creation aspect is repetitive in nature where there is a Satya yuga (Golden age) which spans for 1.728 million years, followed by Treta yuga(Silver age) spanning 1.296 million years, followed by Dwapar yuga (Bronze age) spanning 864 million years followed by Kali yuga(Dark age) spanning 432000 million years. These four yugas are repeated 71 times to form one manvantara. Manvantara is repeated fourteen times to form Half kalpa, meaning One day of Lord brahma. Another half kalpa is night of Lord Brahma. Below image will help you in better understanding the Indian concept of time. T his artic le is downloaded from www.malls tuffs .c om Story of Kakudmi in Brahmalok In satya yuga(Golden age), there lived a benevolent and courageous king called Kakudmi. He had a very beautiful daughter named revati, endowed with auspicious and mystical qualities. King Kakudmi was not able to find a suitable match for her in the entire earth and decides to travel to Brahmalok (Which exist millions of light years away from earth). When they arrived at brahma lok, Lord Brahma was listening to a musical performance by celestial Dancers. King kakudmi waited patiently for sometime till the musical performance was finished. After the musical performance when Lord Brahma asked the king for his problem, he said “I am not able to find a suitable match for my daughter ‘Revati’”. Then Lord Brahma smiles and explains that time runs differently on different planes of existence. Your few minutes in my celestial planets are equivalent to many yugas on earth. Brahma said by the time you came and stayed here, already 27 Manvantara have passed. "O King, all your ministers, wives, kinsmen, father etc, all those whom you have accepted as your sweetheart has swept away in the course of time. Today, nobody on earth knows about you or your descendants”. Shocked and surprised, king looks for a solution. Then Brahma says “If you start now, by the time you reach earth, you will be in Dwapar yuga of 28 Manvantara. There you can marry your daughter to Balaram, the avatar of Sheshnath, Lord Vishnu serpent. And You will be granted Moksha(Salvation) by none other than lord Krishna, avatar of lord Vishnu for that yuga.” T his artic le is downloaded from www.malls tuffs .c om Now this story is very well explained in Indian television serial “Shri Krishna”. Below is the video The Adobe Flash Player or an HTML5 supported browser is required for video playback. Get the latest Flash Player Learn more about upgrading to an HTML5 browser T his artic le is downloaded from www.malls tuffs .c om This video is in Hindi without English subtitles. I wanted to upload this video in English but I can’t because of copyright issues. Since more than 65% of my visitors are from US and other non-Hindi speaking countries, I will give second to second translation of the above video. 0-17 sec: King kakudmi: “In the entire earth, I did not see a single suitable match for my daughter ‘Revati’. So, I have come here to ask you, on which celestial planet, I shall find a suitable match for her and who will be her husband.” 18-22 sec: Lord Brahma: “You will find a husband for her at the earth itself.” 23-29 sec: King kakudmi:”But O lord, I didn’t find a single king or prince suitable for her on earth.” 29-38 sec: Lord Brahma: “The Kings and princes whom you are talking about, no longer exist at this moment” 39-41 sec: King kakudmi:”O Lord, I didn’t understand.” 42- 1 Min 50 sec: Lord Brahma: “Son, Speed of time on earth and my celestial planet (Brahmalok) is different. On earth, speed of time is so fast that in one day of Brahms loka, many yugas on earth have passed. During your stay on Brahma loka, three yugas have passed on earth. O king, don’t waste time any more. Go to earth as early as possible. Till you reach there, Dwapar yuga would have ended. At that time, Lord Sheshnath would incarnate in a human form. He along with the ever-pervading god Lord krishna may be playing game (illusions) on earth. Your daughter Revati in reality is a wife of sheshnath. Under the blessings of Devi nagalakshmi, she has incarnated on earth to serve her husband sheshnath. ” 1 Min 51 sec - 1 Min 57 sec: kakudmi pays respect to her incarnated daughter Revati. 1 Min 58 sec - 2 Min 20 sec: Lord Brahma “By giving your daughter to sheshnath, not only you will be free from your responsibility but also will you get salvation from lord Krishna. You will get the happiness of staying forever on the foots of ever pervading god.” 2 Min 21 sec - 2 Min 30 sec: King kakudmi and Daughter revati pay their respects to lord Brahma 2 Min 32 sec - 2 Min 40 sec: Travelling at speed greater than light, Narada, Celestial son of Brahma announces this news to lord Krishna. 2 Min 41 sec - 2 Min 48 sec: Lord Krishna: “You news is very auspicious.
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