The
oldest book of the Vedas
There
is an interesting story in aiterya brahmna tha has much astronomical
symbolism
One
of the first major Gods of creation is Prajapati, is also the
constellation Orion. prajapati
brahma felt love towards his own creation daughter rohini some say
the dawn, having become a stag he approched her in the form of doe.
The Gods saw him a deed unknown prajapati now does, they saought
someone to punish him, they could not find anyone among them to do
this, .They enlisted the God of storms and thunder, so they brought their most terrible forms together in one being To him (Rudra) the gods said the prajapti has done a deed
unknown so pierce him”.
. Lord Rudra, to shoot an arrow thru the stag. Sirius, one of the brightest stars in the sky, shots the arrow.
Having aim at him he pierced him, being pierced he flew upwards him they call the deer ( mriga), the piercer of the deer is called deer hunter hunter means a Vyadha in sanskrit called Mrigavyadha
the
female deer is rohini, the three pointed stars is the constellation of
orion belt
rohini
is the contellation at the end of tauras marked by red giant star
aldebaran
The
piercer of the deer ( mrigavyadha) is the vedic god Rudra, its is the
name in vedic astronomy for the star Sirius
mriga
or mrigshira another zodic next to rohini
the full story is illustrated in the sky;
the
innocent lovely rohini (aldebaran ) the infamous prajapati (orion)
after her, but laid sprawling by the three pointed arrow ( thebelt of
orion) which shot from the hand of near avenger ( Sirius) the arrow
is even now seen sticking in his body
We
know these 3 stars as Orion’s belt. These 3 stars are Agni, Soma
and Visnu. Agni is the shaft, Soma the head, and Visnu is the point
of the arrow.
Visnu
is the solar or supreme god. Soma is the ambrosia or nectar of the
gods. Agni is the god of fire.
in vedic astrology star rohin comes first then mrishshira then Ardra
where rohini is the dwan and mrigshira is brahma and Ardra the Lord shiva
The piercer of the deer ( mrigavyadha) is the vedic god Rudra, its is the name in vedic astronomy for the star Sirius
Another story from Maha bharatha
In
maha bharatha , Sirius is sometimes known as the God Dharma takes
the formof Svana, the dog of Prince Yudhistira. The prince and his
four brothers, along with Svana, set out on a long and arduous
journey to find the kingdom of heaven. However, one by one the
brothers all abandoned the search until only Yudhistira and Svana
were left. At long last they came to the gates of heaven. The
gatekeeper, Lord Indra, welcomed the prince but denied Svana
entrance. Yudhistira was aghast and told Lord Indra that he could not
forsake his good and faithful servant and friend. His brothers,
Yudhistira told the Lord, had abandoned the journey to heaven to
follow their hearts’ desires. But Svana, who had given his heart
freely, chose to follow none but Yudhistira. The prince told the Lord
that without his dog, he would forsake even heaven. This is what Lord
Indra had wanted to hear, and then he welcomed both the prince and
the dog through the gates of heaven.
