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Dear Sri HayagrIva BhakthAs :

Please participate in the MahA MaNDapa Kaimkaryam at
Lord HayagrIvan's Sannidhi at the OushadhAdhri hills of
Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

Please link yourself with the coverage of 10 Sq .Ft or units of ten
square feet of the remaining floor space (2620 Sq.Ft) of  the MahA
Matapam in front of and around Lord HayagrIvan's sannidhi .
The artist's rendering can be seen at : (http://www.srikainkarya.org)

Please help provide the shade for the stream of devotees climbing
OudshadhAdhri for the Lord's darsanam during the  scorching summers
and wet rainy season . Each of the 10 Sq.Ft of space needs 3,200 Rs
or approximately $75 . Please be generous to complete the kaimkaryam
before this year's Thirunakshatham of Swamy Desikan , when He climbs
this hill to revisit the scene of His SaakshAthkAram of Lord Hayagreevan .
This year , the memorable PurattAsi SravaNa Uthsavam would be on
October 12 . Please enjoy Swamy Desikan's MangaLAsAsanam of
Lord HayagrIvan on the OushadhAdhri and the big SaatthumuRai
and recieve there the Theertha PrasAdham and Bhagavath PrasAdham .

Please send your samarpaNams to :

Sriman D. Soundararajan, F-5 Chandra Flats , 90 Brindhavan St
West Mambalam , Chennai 600 033 .

His cell phone Number is : 9-444-143-685 .

Please contact me if you wish to send your samarpaNams
thru a tax deductible foundation here to Srikaimkarya Sabha
headed by Sri D.Soundararajan .

Vaibahvam of Oushadaha Giri and the view from there
*********************************************************
Down below spreads the expansive dhivya dEsam of Thiruvaheendhrapuram ,
where Sri HemAbhja Valli SamEtha Sri DevanAthan presides . Down below
flows the Garuda Nadhi created by the beak of Garudan to bring out water
from the earth to quench Lord DevanAthan's thirst during a far off time .

The year is 1298 C.E. A Young man of twenty years of age is sitting under
a holy AswatthA tree performing Garuda Manthra Japam following he UpadEsam
on that powerful manthram form his AchAryan , AthrEya RaamAnujar of ThUppul/
Kaanchi known also as AppuLLAr . The young scholar's name is Sri
VenkatanAthan .His AchAryan was blessing his sishyan from Sri Vaikuntam
to which he had ascended recently . Suddenly , there is a loud and majestic
flutter of wings in the sky . A golden divine being with the fragrance of
VedAs
is flying towards Oushadha giri  ; that form descends at  the foot of the
Aswattha
Vruksham , where young Sri VenkatanAthan was performing Garuda Manthra
Japam . That golden divine being was Pakshi Raajan Himself , who has
descended
to initiate Sri VenkatanAthan personally into Sri HayagrIva Manthram
so that Sri VenkatanAthan can become Swamy VedAntha Desikan .
The young BrahmachAri scholar opened his eyes and saw
the immense and beautiful VedAthmA VihagEswaran . He realized that
he has achieved Garuda manthra siddhi and fell at the sacred feet of
VynathEyar ( Periya Thiruvadi) . Garudan embraced the scholar and
initiated him (VenaktanAthan ) into the powerful HayagrIva Manthram
and blessed the young scholar with an archA mUrthy of Yoga HayagrIvan
for future aarAdhanam .

The birth of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram
**************************************
Now , Garudan flew off as fast as He had appeared . Sri VenkatanAthan
prostrated before that archA mUrthy of HayagrIvan and considered
himself as a Dhanyan ; He started immediately reciting Sri HayagrIva
Manthram with deep bhakthi . Few hours later , the air was filled with
Hala Hala dhvani indicating the arrival of Lord HayagrIvan Himself
at the site on Oushadha Giri , where Sri VenkatanAthan was repeating
the manthram of Lord Hayagrivan while meditating on the Lord
of that manthram . The warm , bright, white effulgence around him made
VenaktanAthan come out of his deep meditation and to his wonderment ,
the Lord of sakala VidhyAs was standing before him to bless him .
Instantly , out of the lips of the young scholar from Kaanchi flowed
the divine eulogy of Lord HayagrIvan in Anushtup Metre:

Jn~Anandha-mayam dEvam Nirmala-sphaDikAkruthim
AadhAram sarva vidhyAnAm Hayagreevam upaasmahe

This first slOkam was followed by the next two slOkams set in
the charming SikhRiNee metre ; After these three slOkams in
Anushtup and SikhariNee metres , the fourth one arose in
the Saalinee metre . This is the one & only slOkam in Saalinee metre
among the 862  SlOkams of Swamy Desikan's 28 SthOthrams .

The next 27 slOkams ( 5 to 31) cast themselves in the UpajAthi
metre . The 32nd slOkam took its shape in MandhAkrAntha metre
and  the last slOkam flowed in the Aryaa metre and VenkatanAtha
Kavi introduced himself formally as the author of this holy sthOthram
on Lord Hayagreevan , his dheekshA Guru , who blessed him with
His divine LaalAmrutham :

VaagarTa-siddhi-hEthO: paDatha
HaygrIva Samsthuthim bhakthyA
Kavi tArkika kesariNA
VenkatanATEna VirachithAmEthAm

Additional comments on the slOkams of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram
********************************************************************
All of these events took place rapidly . Sri VenakatanAtha Kavi
felt immensely blessed to have recieved the paripoorNa anugraham of
Lord HayagrIvan . He had seen the Lord that appeared before him
at His own free will (Svathassiddham ) in the form of the blemishless ,
gigantic sphatika gem ( Suddha sPhaDika maNi bhUbhruth prathipaDam) .
He had heard the Hala-hala sabdham arising from the throat of the Lord
as the quintessence of the dhvani of the three VedAs ( ananathai:
thrayyanthai : anuvihitha hEshA halahalam ) . That neighing sound of
Haya Vadhanan has the power of destroying the sins of all on hearing
( hatha asEsha  avadhyam hEshA halahalam ) . The Lord with the Dhivya tEjas
(maha:) was eulogized thus  by Swamy Desikan in the 2nd slOkam set in
SikhariNiee metre .

The divine halahala sound was still in the ears of Swamy Desikan .
He was still under the grip of the SikhariNee metre . He continued
with the next slOkam ( 3rd one) in the same metre and elaborated on
the nature of the halahala dhvani . Swamy Desikan identified that sacred
dhvani as the essence of Saama , Yajur and Rg Vedams and having an abode
in those three VedAs ( SamAhAra SaamnAm , RuchAm prathipadham ,
YajushAm dhAma: ). That Hala-hala dhvani had the power to remove
all obstacles that stood in the way of acquisition of dhivya Jn~Anam
( PrathyUhAnAm laya: ) . That hala-hala dhvani was like the array of
waves in the ocean  of Jn~Anam and destroyed the sound and fury of
the haughty para matha vaadhis ( dharpa kshubhyath kaTaka kula
kOlAhalam) . Swamy Desikan prayed for the Hayavadhana hEshA halahalam
to destroy the darkness caused by the Kutarka vaadhis and Kudhrushti
Matha Vaadhins ( kOlAhala bhavam anthardhvAntham harathu ) .

In the next slOkam ( 4th slOkam ) , Swamy Desikan shifted the gathi
of his mind from SikhariNee to Saalinee metre to house an ardent prayer for
Lord Hayagreevan's ajn~Anam destroying , effulgent ThirumEni to be before
his mind's eye always : " Vakthre vEdhAn bhAthu mE VaajivakthrA ,
VaagheesAkhyA VaasudEvasaya Moorthi : " . Swamy identified the Moorthy
of Lord HayagrIvan as that of Para VaasudEvan in Sri Vaikuntam .
He saluted that form of the Lord as the One performing upadEsams
on the VedAs and acting as the effulgent dawn to chase away
the dark night of nescience .

In the fifth slOkam , Swamy Desikan performed his SaraNAgathy
to the blemishless ( Visuddha ) , totally effilgent Jn~Ana Svaroopan
( Vij~nAna ghana svaroopam ) . With great MahA ViswAsam about
the DayA of the Lord known for His vow to confer visEsha Jn~Anam
on those who sought His refuge, Swamy Desikan performed his
unconditional surrender : " DayA nidhim dEhabhruthAm SaraNyam ,
Devam Hayagreevam aham PrapdhyE ".

>From the 5th to the 31st slOkam , Swamy Desikan used the same upajAthi
metre to praise the Vaibhavam of Lord Hayagreevan and His unfailing
anugraha Balam to His UpAsakAs .

In the 32nd SlOkam set in MadhAkraanthA metre that he will use later for
the slOkams of Bhagavadh DhyAna sOpAnam to describe the dhivya avayava
Soundharyamm of the Lord of Srirangam , Swamy Desikan blessed us with
the DhyAna SlOkam of the ever-resplendent (amlAna SrI: ) Lord of Vaak
adorning the disc , the conch , a book and JnA~nOpadEsa mudhrai
in His four hands , while being seated on a most beatiful  white lotus
flower . Swamy Desikan prayed to this blemishless Lord of VidhyAs
( anagha mahimA Vaaghadheesan) to drench him with the suddha sathva ,
nectarine rays and to appear before him always  ( amlAna SrI : anagha
mahimA Vaagadheesa: amrutha viSadhai: amsubhi: Maam plAvayan
maanasE aavirbhUyAth ) .

In the final slOkam in the AaryA metre , Swamy Desikan asked us to recite
his HayagrIva SthOthram composed in front of Lord HayagrIvan with Bhakthi .
He revealed that he phalan of PaarAyaNam of the HayagrIva SthOthram
would be the Lord's anugraham to gain mastery over speech and
its meaning (VaagarTa siddhi )and PaanDithyam in all VidhyAs .

NamO Sri HayagreevAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

P.S :  A 112 pages long commentary on Sri HayagrIva SthOthram by adiyEn
in English can be printed by you from its web sites for your studies :

http://www.sadagopan.org/acharyans/sd14.htm

or

http://www.parakalamatham.org/stotrams/hs/intro.shtml









Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:



 
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