Rishi Bharadwaj, one of the Saptarishis, dealt with “The Science of Aeronautics” in work called “Yantrasarvasva” in 8 chapters, 100 subject heads comprising of 500 Sutras and 3000 shlokas.
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#Thread on Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
How many of us have heard of this man?
Why did he die an unknown death despite being a genius?
Were we ever told about him in the school?
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Rishi Bharadwaj, one of the Saptarishis, dealt with “The Science of Aeronautics” in work called “Yantrasarvasva” in 8 chapters, 100 subject heads comprising of 500 Sutras and 3000 shlokas.
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade got fascinated by the Vaimanika Shastra flew an unmanned aircraft successfully in 1885, 8 years before the Wright Brothers.
He named this aircraft as Marut Sakha. Marut = wind and Sakha = Friend. "The Friend of Winds".
Around 3000 people witnessed this at Bombay Chowpatty and famous people like the Maharaja of Baroda was also present there.
His aircraft flew at a height of 1500 ft whereas the aircraft designed by Wright Brothers flew only to a height of 120 ft.
The British were so disappointed with this that they stopped everyone from helping Talpade financially and had threatened to take the kingdom of Baroda if the Maharaja of Baroda did so.
The British were successful. Tapade couldn't continue his research due to limited resources & his personal circumstances.
He soon dies thereafter an unknown death.
Didn't he deserve a Nobel Prize?
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Pravritti and Nivritti #Thread
Pravritti is worldly interaction i.e from inside to outside whereas Nivritti is inner contemplation i.e from outside to inside.
Let's understand both with examples
Pravritti:
It naturally flows out of us and is there from the time we are born till we die. And we are naturally inclined towards action.
A baby crawls, turns, twists , pulls, pushes, walks, runs without any formal training. Because it's the pravritti of the baby.
Outward interaction is essential for the continuity of life, for organising the Society, and concluding with Karma Yoga.
Right Karmas (action) can bring prosperity, happiness and contentment.
Nivritti
This needs training unlike Pravritti so that we can understand ourselves better, understand our nature, find how we react, how we feel and why do we feel so.
Meditation is that training.
Nivritti leads to the answers of the questions:
Who am I? What am I here for?
It stabilizes our physical body and purifies our thoughts. It also helps us to answer the question: Why should we do this?
Both Pravritti and Nivritti are interconnected.
Pravritti is worldly interaction i.e from inside to outside whereas Nivritti is inner contemplation i.e from outside to inside.
Let's understand both with examples
This Shloka appears in Gita Bhasya by Adi Shankaracharya.
— IndicIdeas (@IndicIdeas) May 29, 2021
'Pra' means different and 'Vritti' stands for chitta and 'Ni' means inwards.
Companion words : "Pravritti and Nivritti" #Sanskrit #AdiShankaracharya pic.twitter.com/mF7gpy7kxV
Pravritti:
It naturally flows out of us and is there from the time we are born till we die. And we are naturally inclined towards action.
A baby crawls, turns, twists , pulls, pushes, walks, runs without any formal training. Because it's the pravritti of the baby.
Outward interaction is essential for the continuity of life, for organising the Society, and concluding with Karma Yoga.
Right Karmas (action) can bring prosperity, happiness and contentment.
Nivritti
This needs training unlike Pravritti so that we can understand ourselves better, understand our nature, find how we react, how we feel and why do we feel so.
Meditation is that training.
Nivritti leads to the answers of the questions:
Who am I? What am I here for?
It stabilizes our physical body and purifies our thoughts. It also helps us to answer the question: Why should we do this?
Both Pravritti and Nivritti are interconnected.
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