The Horse Shyam Karan

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The

Horse Shyam Karan

 

I have often wondered why

‘The Fakir would need a horse? ’The Brhadarnyaka

Upanisad #1:v5 describes the zymology of the Horse as

follows :

The head of the

sacrificial horse is the dawn; its eyes, the sun; its the vital force the ai,r its open mouth, the fire

called Vaisvanara, and the body is the year. Its back

is heaven, its belly the sky; its hoof the earth; its sides the 4 quarters; its

ribs the intermediate quarter, its members the seasons; its joints the months

and the fortnight. Its feet, the days and night; its bones

the stars; and the flesh the clouds. Its half digested food the sands;

its blood vessels the rivers. The liver and spleen the

mountains; the hairs the herbs and trees.

Its foreparts the

ascending sun. Its yawning, the lightening. The

shaking of its body is thunder. It’s making water (passing urine) the

rain and its neighing is voice(spoken word).

The word ‘Shyam’

literally means black. A flawless black that is pleasing to the eye. But the

word in Hindu mythology could mean pure, pleasing, flawless and beautiful It has been prefixed to other words to convey different

meanings. For example Shyam Sunder is used to refer

to Shri Krishna.; Shyam

Kant or [shri Shankar]. But

Shyam Karan was the name

horse or Ashwa of the Ashwamedha. The Rinanubandh between Baba and Shyam

Karan was deep and unfathomable. At every Aarati, He danced with joy. And after the Aarati he was the first to bow to Baba. Baba then applied Udi to his forehead, and then gave the rest of the bhaktas Udi. Here the horse that

symbolizes the whole cosmos bows before Baba and dances with joy when Baba is

worshiped. Little wonder that his Samadhi is in Lendi

Baugh.

 

(Source Sai Leela Magazine)