The Krishna Key

by Ashwin Sanghi

One of the omens was a conjunction of Saturn with Aldebaran; another was retrograde Mars before reaching

Antares;

and yet a third was a lunar eclipse n...

‘The last occurrence of Saturn in Aldebaran was on 11 September 2001—a date that we now remember as 9/11.

The first was as Matsya—the fish. The second was Kurma—the tortoise. The third incarnation was as a boar—Varaha. Fourth, he was incarnated as Narasimha—the half-man, half-lion

The fifth incarnation of Vishnu, Vamana—the dwarf, appeared during this Satyayuga. He was followed by a sixth avatar—that of Parashurama.’

‘Rama, the king of Ayodhya, appeared as the seventh incarnation during Tretayuga,’

‘The eighth avatar appeared during the third phase of the world—Dvaparyuga.

succeeded. The incident sowed the seeds of jealousy and enmity between the

‘The rosary represents the ecliptic—the path of the sun and moon across the sky. Yogis divide the ecliptic into twenty-seven equal sections called nakshatras, and each of these into four equal padas—or steps—marking the 108 steps that the sun and moon take through the skies,’

‘What’s truly amazing is the fact that the distance between the earth and the sun is exactly 108 times the sun’s diameter. More incredible is the fact that the distance between the earth and the moon is 108 times the moon’s diameter. Finally, do you know that the diameter of the sun is 108 times the earth’s diameter? The ancient yogis knew this! That’s why 108 is such a sacred number.’

‘That’s why 9 represents God. That’s why we have 9 nights of Navratri; that’s also why we worship the Navagraha—the 9 planets. God multiplied by anything is always God, since God is all there is!’

‘The Mahabharata refers to the region that you now call

Goa as Govarashtra—literally meaning a nation of cowherds.

Allauddin Khilji’s army. According to some

absorb the impact. By now, I was furious. I uttered

screeched to a halt outside the premises. Rathore

the points for me. This was

Agra Fort. I would say that my best hunch would

where they continue to sit till today,’ said Rathore.

Ravi? What have you suddenly seen?’ ‘Do you see the pinnacle?’ asked Saini.

bothering you?’ she asked. ‘Look at it closely,’ said Saini.