The Science Behind The Story

"That my dear students, is the story that children in Sourabha Rajyam and Bharat grow up listening to. There may be a different story told in different countries, but I will not talk about them since I am not aware of them. I do not speak about things I do not know. So, I will tell you the science behind this story that tells us about how the solar system manages to stay in place in the so called empty outer space without any support!"

The students were listening attentively. Some were ready to dismiss it as nonsense while some others wanted to see how the teacher would link a mythological story to science.

"Those who are native to Sourabha Rajyam and Bharat would know that this story was originally written in Sanskrit and was consequently translated to other languages. Do you know what Uttanapada means?"

There was silence since obviously there was more to the name that what they thought.