奥义书 · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 2,5.17
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इदम् वै तन् मधु दध्यङ्ङ् आथर्वणः अश्विभ्याम् उवाच तद् एतद् ऋषिः पश्यन् अवोचत् आथर्वणाय अश्विनौ दधीचे अश्व्यम् शिरः प्रति ऐरयतम् सः वाम् मधु प्र वोचत् ऋतायन् त्वाष्ट्रम् यत् दस्रौ अपिकक्ष्यम् वाम् इति
转写 (IAST)
idam vai tan madhu dadhyaṅṅ ātharvaṇaḥ aśvibhyām uvāca tad etad ṛṣiḥ paśyan avocat ātharvaṇāya aśvinau dadhīce aśvyam śiraḥ prati airayatam saḥ vām madhu pra vocat ṛtāyan tvāṣṭram yat dasrau apikakṣyam vām iti
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इदम्idamthis; this world
वैvaitruly; indeed
तन्tanthat; that very thing
मधुmadhuhoney; the sweet essence; the mutual good
दध्यङ्ङ्dadhyaṅṅDadhyañc; the sage Dadhyañc
आथर्वणःātharvaṇaḥĀtharvaṇa; the descendant of Atharvan
अश्विभ्याम्aśvibhyāmto the two Aśvins; for the twin Aśvins
उवाचuvācahe said; he uttered
तद्tadthat; this
एतद्etadthis; the present
ऋषिःṛṣiḥby the ṛṣi; the seer
पश्यन्paśyanseeing; seeing
अवोचत्avocathe said; he uttered
आथर्वणायātharvaṇāyafor Atharvan; to the descendant of Atharvan
अश्विनौaśvinauthe two Aśvins; the divine Aśvin twins
दधीचेdadhīceto Dadhyañc (dadhyañc, dat.); to Dadhīci; to Dadhyañc
अश्व्यम्aśvyamof a horse (aśvya); equine; of a horse
शिरःśiraḥthe head (śiras); the head; the head
प्रतिpratibackward; in answer; towards
ऐरयतम्airayatamthe two set on (ā + √īr, aorist dual); they fixed on; they set on
सःsaḥhe; that one
वाम्vāmto you two; for the two of you
मधुmadhuhoney; the sweet essence; the mutual good
प्रpraforth; separately
वोचत्vocathe said; he uttered
ऋतायन्ṛtāyantrue to his word (ṛtāyat — 'holding to ṛta'); truth-loving; faithful to truth
त्वाष्ट्रम्tvāṣṭramof Tvaṣṭṛ (tvāṣṭra — belonging to Tvaṣṭṛ); Tvaṣṭṛ's; of Tvaṣṭṛ
यत्yatthat which; that which
दस्रौdasrauO ye wonder-workers (dasra, voc. dual); O ye marvellous ones; O wonder-workers
अपिकक्ष्यम्apikakṣyamthe hidden secret (apikakṣya — 'kept under the arm', the treasured); the sacred trust; the secret
वाम्vāmto you two; for the two of you
इतिitithus; how
译文
This is that honey which Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa told to the Aśvins. Seeing this, the ṛṣi said: "O Aśvins! You set a horse's head upon Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa. True to his word, he told you, O wonder-workers, the honey of Tvaṣṭṛ — and the secret that had been hidden from you."
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fd604aa470bb · 发布于 2026年7月27日 00:57:10 UTC
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The second Ṛgvedic verse (RV 1.117.22) completes the story: the Aśvins set a horse's head on the ṛṣi, and he, "true to his word" (ṛtāyan — faithful to ṛta, the cosmic truth), told them "the honey of Tvaṣṭṛ" — the secret knowledge of the divine artificer and world-builder, "the secret that had been hidden" (apikakṣya — what is under the arm, close to the heart).
Dadhyañc is wonderful in his faithfulness both ways: he did not break the word given to Indra (it was no longer that head that spoke!) and he did not refuse those who thirsted for knowledge. A holy resourcefulness: when a prohibition and a mercy collide, love finds a horse's head — a way round that does not break the truth. So the teachers of every age have found a way to hand on the secret without betraying what was entrusted to them.