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The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - 20. Swami Krishnananda.

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 ========================================================================= ========================================================================= Tuesday, December 27, 2022. 07:00. Chapter- II : FIFTH BRAHMANA:  MADHU-VIDYA – THE HONEY DOCTRINE : There is an interesting story behind this knowledge. Post-20. ========================================================================= Mantram-16. "idaṁ vai tan madhu dadhyaṅṅ ātharvaṇo'śvibhyām uvāca.  tad etad ṛṣiḥ paśyann avocat: tad vām narā sanaye daṁsa ugram.  āvis kṛṇomi, tanyatur na vṛṣṭim. dadhyaṅṅ ha yan madhv ātharvaṇō vām.  aśvasya śīrṣṇā pra yad īm uvāca iti." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaṁ vai tan madhu dadhyaṅṅ ātharvaṇo'śvibhyām uvāca.  This is the Madhu-Vidyā which Dadhyaṅṅ Rishi, the Sage ātharvaṇa taught to the Aśvins, the two celestials, who wanted to learn this Vidyā, by placing a horse's head on his t

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - 19. Swami Krishnananda.

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 ========================================================================= ========================================================================= Friday, December 09, 2022. 07:00. Chapter- II : FIFTH BRAHMANA:  MADHU-VIDYA – THE HONEY DOCTRINE : There is an interesting story behind this knowledge. Post-19. ========================================================================= Mantram - 14. "ayam ātmā sarveṣām bhūtānām madhu;  asyātmanaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu;  yaś cāyam asminn ātmani tejomayo'mṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥ,  yaś cāyam ātmā tejomayo' mṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥ,  ayam eva sa yo'yam ātmā,  idam amṛtam, idam brahma, idaṁ sarvam." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhashyam (Vyakyanam ) : Ayam ātmā sarveṣām bhūtānām madhu:  The Cosmic Being is feeding upon the individual and the individual is feeding upon the Cosmic. They are interrelated like the mother and the child and much more