The Horse Shyam Karan

November 6, 2007

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 air 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 of horse or Ashwa in the Ashwamedha. The

Runanubandh 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)

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