History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.783

v4.c63.t2.783

MARS- Udyoga 143. 9 states, 'Mars having made a retrograde motion in Jyeṣṭhā seeks ( to reach or afflict ? ) Anurādhā, the nakṣatra presided over by Mitra, as if bringing death (to friends)'. Bhīṣma 3. 14 states : 'Mars is retrograde in Maghā.' What is the meaning of this ? Literally it means that Mars was in Maghā and was retrograde in motion. Mr. Karandikar holds that Mars had only *dṛṣṭi* on Maghā and was in Puṣya. Supposing this is correct, Mars was not near the Sun but far away.