Hayagriva Incarnation Of Vishnu

Once upon a time, out of the primeval lotus emerged two drops of water. When Lord Narayana cast his eyes upon it, out of one of the drop of water which looked like honey originated a Daitya named Madhu made up of the quality of ignorance. The other drop of water was very hard and out of it originated an other being named Kaitabha made up of the quality of darkness. As soon as they were born, the two Daityas started roaming inside the lotus. They saw Lord Brahma engaged in the creation of the Vedas. They immediately snatched the Vedas from Brahma and dived to the bottom of the ocean. Brahma was upset at this and started praying to Narayana. Then Narayana assumed the form of Hayagriva and went to the bottom of the ocean. There he began to chant the Vedic mantras. The two Daityas hearing the Vedic Mantras being chanted, immediately threw the Vedas down and rushed to the spot. Narayana then collected the Vedas and gave it back to Brahma. In the meantime, Madhu and Kaitabha returned to the spot where they dropped the Vedas but could not find it. They then went to the surface of the water where they saw Narayana in yoga maya. They started laughing loudly and taunted him. Narayana got to know their intention was to fight with him. He fought with them and killed them. The bodies of the two Daityas disintegrated into 12 pieces. (These are considered to represent the twelve seismic plates of Earth!)

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