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Astrology in Upanishad

The word Raashi occurs in Chhaandogya Upanishad 7.1.2 --

Rig vedam bhagavodhyemi Yajur Vedam Saam Vedam Atharv aṇam Chaturtham Itihaas Puraanam Panchamam Vedaanaam Vedam pitrya Raashim Daivam Nidhim vaako-vaakyamekaayanam deva vidyaa brahm Vidyaam bhoot Vidyaam nakshatra Vidyaam sarp Devajana Vidyaametad bhagavo dhyemi

We are told that the Ved are A-Paurusheya, and existed before any other work was created. And in that hierarchy, after the Ved, the Vaalmeeki Raamaayan (an Itihaas) is supposed to have been revealed and then the other Itihaas - means the
Mahaabhaarat and later the 18 Puraan.

Chhaandogya Upanishad is a part of Talavakar Brahm of the Saam Ved. Here Naarad Jee says that he has read the 5th Ved means Itihaas - Puraan also, and he is quoted to have said it to Sanat Kumaar. Here the question is were the Ved revealed
first or the Itihaas-Puraan compiled first.

Naarad Jee is the Maanas Putra of Brahmaa Jee, and so are the four Sanat Kumaar. They are supposed to have been around from the very first day of the Creation, which started a couple of billion years back as per the Pauraanik and Saiddhaantik lore, whereas the Mahaabhaarat war is supposed to have taken place at the earliest in 3200 BC, though it is extremely doubtful that
it was really in 3067 or 3139 BCE that that war took place.

The Puraan were created much after that epic. What is all the more surprising is that Naarad Puraan which is said to have been
narrated by the same Naarad Rishi, contains the three fake verses of the Soorya Siddhaant (Tri-Prashn-Adhikaar) about Ayanaansh, which had been added in the Soorya Siddhaant after Munjal of 10th century AD. Thus the Naarad Puraan must
have been revealed by the same Naarad Rishi of Chhaandogya Upanishad in 10th century AD.

And that means that Chhaandogya Upanishad was “revealed” much after that date. Historical records tell us that Aadi Shankar was around the 8th century AD. And since he has talked of all the 18 Puraan, and the Ayanaansh Shlok were added to the Soorya Siddhaant as well as Naarad Puraan after the date of Aadi Shankar. Similarly, this dialoge between Naarad Rishi and Sanat Kumaar also must have been added to it much after all the Puraan had been compiled, because unless Naarad Rishi had read all the Puraan, and even the books on "Nakshatra-Vidyaa" he would not have claimed having done so. And it can be anybody’s guess
as to when that could have happened.

 Raashi since they are already there in all the Puraan, including the Naarad Puraan, for anybody to see.

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