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It fell every twelfth year, when the planet Jupiter was in retrograde motion in the sign of the Crab, and it lasted twenty-eight days, culminating at the time of the eighth lunar asterism in the month of Makaram.
The streams of stars from the Urn of Aquarius and the Urn itself are much better defined than the Urn Bearer. I have not left myself much space to speak of the finest of all the constellations, the glorious Orion the Giant in his might, as he was called of old. In this noble asterism the figure of a giant ascending a slope can be readily discerned when the constellation is due south.
And surrounded by the Brahmanas, that Brahmana will exterminate all the mlecchas wherever those low and despicable persons may take refuge." Pushya is the eighth lunar asterism consisting of three stars, of which one is, the Cancer.
This most attractive asterism, which has never ceased to fascinate the imagination of Christendom since it was first devoutly described by the early explorers of the South, is but a passing collocation of brilliant stars. Yet even in its transfigurations it has been for hundreds of centuries, and will continue to be for hundreds of centuries to come, a most striking object in the sky.
The king, however, as I have told thee before, listened not to those counsels. Unable to obtain peace, the mighty-armed Krishna, that foremost of men, came back, O monarch, to Upaplavya. Accompanied by all the Yadavas, he set out under the conjunction of the asterism called Maitra. Accompanied by Yuyudhana, Vasudeva adopted that of the Pandavas.
And the son of Raghu then, having worshiped that Pushpaka chariot, joyfully gave it back unto Vaisravana. Abhijit is lit. the eighth muhurta of the day, a muhurta being equal to an hour of 48 minutes, i.e. the thirtieth part of a whole day and night. The Vaishnava asterism is as explained by Nilakantha, the Sravava.
The seven principle stars of the asterism, forming a surprisingly perfect coronet, have movements in three directions at right angles to one another.
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