奥义书 · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 2,5.16
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इदम् वै तन् मधु दध्यङ्ङ् आथर्वणः अश्विभ्याम् उवाच तद् एतद् ऋषिः पश्यन् अवोचत् तद् वाम् नरा सनये दंसः उग्रम् आविष् कृणोमि तन्यतुः न वृष्टिम् दध्यङ् ह यत् मधु आथर्वणः वाम् अश्वस्य शीर्ष्णा प्र यत् ईम् उवाच इति
转写 (IAST)
idam vai tan madhu dadhyaṅṅ ātharvaṇaḥ aśvibhyām uvāca tad etad ṛṣiḥ paśyan avocat tad vām narā sanaye daṃsaḥ ugram āviṣ kṛṇomi tanyatuḥ na vṛṣṭim dadhyaṅ ha yat madhu ātharvaṇaḥ vām aśvasya śīrṣṇā pra yat īm uvāca iti
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इदम्idamthis; this world
वैvaitruly; indeed
तन्tanthat; that very thing
मधुmadhuhoney; the sweet essence; the mutual good
दध्यङ्ङ्dadhyaṅṅDadhyañc (dadhyañc — the name of a ṛṣi); Dadhyañc; Dadhyañc
आथर्वणःātharvaṇaḥĀtharvaṇa (ātharvaṇa — a descendant of Atharvan); Ātharvaṇa; Ātharvaṇa
अश्विभ्याम्aśvibhyāmto the two Aśvins (aśvin, dat. dual); to the two Aśvins; to the Aśvins
उवाचuvācahe said; he uttered
तद्tadthat; this
एतद्etadthis; the present
ऋषिःṛṣiḥby the ṛṣi; the seer
पश्यन्paśyanseeing; seeing
अवोचत्avocathe said; he uttered
तद्tadthat; this
वाम्vāmto you two; for the two of you
नराnarāO ye men (nara, voc. dual); O ye two men; O men
सनयेsanayefor the obtaining; for the sake of gaining
दंसःdaṃsaḥthe deed (daṁsas — 'a wondrous work'); the wondrous deed; the act
उग्रम्ugramthe formidable (ugra); the mighty; the formidable
आविष्āviṣopenly; outward
कृणोमिkṛṇomiI make; I disclose
तन्यतुःtanyatuḥthe thunder (tanyatu); the thunder; the thunder
नnanot; no
वृष्टिम्vṛṣṭimthe rain (vṛṣṭi, acc.); rain; rain
दध्यङ्dadhyaṅDadhyañc; the sage Dadhyañc
हhasurely; as is known
यत्yatthat which; that which
मधुmadhuhoney; the sweet essence; the mutual good
आथर्वणःātharvaṇaḥĀtharvaṇa (ātharvaṇa — a descendant of Atharvan); Ātharvaṇa; Ātharvaṇa
वाम्vāmto you two; for the two of you
अश्वस्यaśvasyaa horse; of the sacrificial horse
शीर्ष्णाśīrṣṇāwith a head (śīrṣan, instr.); with the head; with a head
प्रpraforth; separately
यत्yatthat which; that which
ईम्īmthis; it
उवाचuvācahe said; he uttered
इतिitithus; how
译文
This is that honey which Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa told to the Aśvins. Seeing this, the ṛṣi said: "O men! That formidable deed which you did for your own gain I shall reveal, as thunder reveals the rain: the honey that Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa told you with the head of a horse."
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53378bea1e1e · 发布于 2026年7月27日 00:57:10 UTC
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The madhu-vidyā is clinched with a pedigree — and what a pedigree! Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa, an ancient ṛṣi, knew the "honey" — and Indra threatened to strike off his head if he gave the teaching away. The Aśvins, the divine physicians, wanting the knowledge, resorted to a stratagem: they took off the ṛṣi's head, set a horse's head in its place, and with that head he told them the honey; Indra struck off the horse's head — and the Aśvins restored his own. The Ṛgvedic verse quoted here (RV 1.116.12) glorifies that "formidable deed".
The legend is no ornament: it is about the price of a teaching. The honey-vidyā cost a head; knowledge of the universal sweetness was handed on under the threat of lightning. There are truths the world (and its authorities) would rather keep under lock — and there are teachers ready to speak them even with a horse's head. Everyone to whom an Upaniṣad has come down drinks honey paid for by someone's courage.