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Dadheechi
See also
Pippalaad
Dadheechi was a great Rishi. He was the son of Atharvaa Muni and his wife Chitti
- one of Kardam's nine daughters. (Bhaagvat Puraan,
4/1). Atharvaa Muni was the brainchild of Maharshi Bhrigu through his Tap.
Of stout limbs and possessed of great energy, Dadheechi was the strongest creature of the
world.
Dadheechi Had a Son
Seeing his Tap power Indra got frightened, so he sent a beautiful Apsaraa,
Alambooshaa, to tempt him. At that time Dadheechi was doing his activities on the bank of Saraswatee
River. Seeing that beautiful damsel, Rishi's semen fell into Saraswatee River's
water. Saraswatee did not waste it and kept in her womb. She started
caring for it. When the time came she gave birth to a boy. She took him
to Rishi and told him everything as how his semen fell into her water and
she kept it in her womb, and now she has given birth to his son. Then she
brought him to Dadheechi and said - "This is your son. He is
faultless, please accept him.
Rishi got very pleased to see him, and to show his gratitude to Saraswatee he
gave her a Var that all celestials will be very pleased if the oblations
would be given with her water. He named him after her name as Saaraswat
and said - "This child be very powerful and will be capable to create
new creation." Saraswatee got very happy to hear this and went back
with her child.
Dadheechi Teaches Brahm Vidyaa to Ashwinee Kumaar
As he knew Brahm Vidyaa very well, he taught it to Indra also, but
Indra did not want him to teach it to anybody else, so when Ashwinee
Kumaar expressed their desire to learn it, Indra warned Dadheechi that if
he did so, he would cut his head. When Ashwinee Kumaar heard this they
said, "No problem, we have a solution for it." They cut his head
themselves, fixed a horse head, learnt Brahm Vidyaa from his horse head;
and when Indra had cut his head, Ashwinee Kumaar replaced it with his
original head. That is how he taught Brahm Vidyaa to Ashwinee Kumaar and
that is why he is called Ashwashiraa also.
Dadheechi Donates His Bones
He is the same Dadheechi who gave his bones to Indra to kill a Raakshas
called Vritraasur because Indra was not able to kill
him with any weapon. Then he
himself went to Dadheechi and requested him to give his bones so that he could kill that Raakshas.
Dadheechi happily gave his life for the welfare of Devtaa. Indra made
Vajra (thunderbolt) out of his bones and killed Vritraasur. It happened in
the 1st Chatur-Yug of this present Manvantar - Vaivaswat Manvantar.
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