Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Ucchaihshravas

उच्चैःश्रवा · uccaiḥśravā

The white horse of the gods, born from the churning of the ocean

A bet about the colour of his tail enslaved the mother of Garuda.

When the gods and asuras churned the ocean of milk for the nectar of immortality, many treasures rose from it first. One was Ucchaihshravas, a horse white as the moon and king of all horses, whom Indra took. His name means 'loud-neighing' or 'of high renown'. The Gita calls him 'born of nectar'.