Text 52] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 155
yad v4 asvasiro nadma
tayor amaratam vyadhat

sah—he; va—certainly; adhigatah—having obtained: dadhyan—
Dadhyaiica; asvibhyam—to the two Asvini-kumaras; brahma—spiritual
knowledge; niskalam—pure; yat va—by which; asvasirah—Asvasira:
nadma—named; tayoh—of the two; amaratam—liberation in one’s life:
vyadhat—awarded.

TRANSLATION

That saintly Dadhyajica, who is also known as Dadhici, per-
sonally assimilated the spiritual science and then delivered it to the
ASvini-kumaras. It is said that Dadhyafica gave them mantras
through the head of a horse. Therefore the mantras are called
Asvasira. After obtaining the mantras of spiritual science from
Dadhici, the Asvini-kumaras became jivan-mukta, liberated even
in this life.

PURPORT

The following story is narrated by many dcaryas in their commen-
taries:

nisamyatharvanam daksam Perera brahmavidyayoh. dadhyaricarh
samupagamya tam tcatur athasvinau. bhagavan dehi nau vidyam iti srutvd sa cabravit.
karmany avasthito ‘dyaharh pascad vaksyami gacchatam. tayor nirgatayor eva sakra
agatya tam munim. uvaca bhisajor vidya m4 vadir asvinor mune. yadi mad-vakyam
ullarighya bravisi sahasaiva te. siras-chindyam na sandeha ity uktvd sa yayau harih.
indre gate tathabhyetya ndsatyav ticatur dvijam. tan-mukhad indra-gaditam Srutvé tav
ucatuh punah. avam tava Siras chittvd pirvam asvasya mastakam. sandhdsydvas tato
brithi tena vidyam ca nau dvija. tasminn indrenasanchinne punah sandhaya
mastakam. nijam te daksinam dattva gamisyavo yathdgatam. etac chrutva tadovaca
dadhyarini atharvanas tayoh pravargyam brahma-vidyam ca sat-krto ’satya-sankitah.
The great saint Dadhici had perfect knowledge of how to perform
fruitive activities, and he had advanced spiritual knowledge as well.
Knowing this, the Asvini-kumaras once approached him and begged him
to instruct them in spiritual science (brahma-vidya). Dadhici Muni
replied, “I am now engaged in arranging sacrifices for fruitive activities.
Come back some time later.” When the Asvini-kumaras left. Indra. the
