Sage Vyasa has mentioned ‘ seven Great planets‘, three times in Mahabharat:ĭeepyamanascha Sampetuhu Divi Sapta Mahagrahah… Mathematical calculations indicate that Krittika and Pluto were in conjunction during the Mahabharata period. Krittikasu Grahasteevro Nakshatre Prathame Jvalan…… This was mentioned as Nakshatra because it was stationary at one place for long period, so it must be a planet in outer orbit.
Sage Vyasa states that some immobile luminary was troubling Krittika (Pleides) with its sharp rays. Krittikaam Peedayan Teekshnaihi Nakshatram… Pluto was discovered to the modern world on February 18th, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. So, there is a good possibility that lenses and telescopes were present at the time. In ancient literature, Durbini (device used to see objects at far off distance, similar to binoculars) were mentioned.
How did Sage Vyasa know about the color of these planets ? There is mention of mirrors and microscopic vision in Mahabharata (Shanti A. Neelkantha calls it “ Parigha” (circumference) in his commentary on Mahabharat, meaning that its orbit was almost of the circumference of our solar system. Sage Vyasa mentions that a bluish white (Syama) planet was in Jyeshtha and it was smoky (Sadhoom). Syamograhah Prajwalitah Sadhooma iva Pavakah Aaindram Tejaswi Naksha- tram Jyesthaam Aakramya Tishthati… Shukrahah Prosthapade Poorve Samaruhya Virochate Uttare tu Parikramya Sahitah Samudikshyate…. He calls this “ Mahapata” which means one that has greater orbit and indicates a planet beyond Saturn. Neelakantha writes in his commentary on Mahabharat (Udyog 143) that Shveta, or Mahapata (one which has greater orbit) was a famous planet in the Astronomical science of India. Sweta means greenish white, which was later discovered to be the color of Uranus. Neelakantha Chathurdhara, the Indian scholar who lived in Varanasi in the later half of the 17th century also had the knowledge of Uranus or Sweta. Sage Vyasa states that some greenish white (Sweta) planet has crossed Chitra Nakshatra. Swetograhastatha Chitraam Samitikryamya Tishthati…. Vishesheena hi Vaarshneya Chitraam Pidayate Grahah…. However, Sage Veda Vyasa mentioned Uranus, Neptune and Pluto in his epic poem Mahabharata and named them as Sweta, Syama and Teekshana. Uranus was discovered through telescope on MaAD by William Herschel while Neptune’s path was calculated by John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier in 1846, based on whose calculation the German astronomer Johann Galle and his student Heinrich Louis d’Arrest discovered Neptune a few months later.
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