Have you heard anything “Straight from horse’s mouth” except their neighing?
Despite the popular phrase being used regularly, no one has been fortunate enough to do so literally. Here, I am going to narrate a magnificent story of a great knowledge expressed through the horse’s mouth. The person doing so is famous Dadhichi, the great sage sacrificing his body for creation of Vajra, the weapon used by Indra to defeat Vritra, the demon.
Dadhichi was the authority in the knowledge of Madhu Vidya, the honey doctrine. Indra threatened him to not teach this Vidya to anybody else. Ashwini Duo, the great physicians replaced his original head by a horse’s head. Dadhichi spoke the knowledge to Ashwini Duo from horse’s head. Angry Indra cut this head.
Madhu Vidya is one of the thirty-two important Brahm Vidyas, meditation on which results in great wisdom. It is the Honey or essence extracted from...