Sri: Dear Sri HayagrIva BhakthAs : Let us reflect further on selected Sahasra Naamams of Lord HayagrIvan ! In the previous posting , adiyEn commented on the significant and unique presence of BheejAksharams and PrayOga Manthrams for Havis samarpaNams in Lord HayagrIvan's Sahasra Naamams . We referred to PraNavam and BheejAksharams being part of the Sahasra Naamams of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram . Let us start with a celebration of the OmkAram and the role it plays in the esoteric and exoteric worship of Lord HayagrIvan : OmkAram Bindhu samyuktham nithyam dhyAyanthi yOgina: kaamadham Mokshadham chaiva OmkArAya namO nama: (Meaning ) : The Yogis meditate always on the syllable "Om " . This Om fulfils our wishes in this world and leads us to Moksham . Salutations to this syllable "Om " . Combination of the OmkAra PraNavam with different bheejAksharams leads to individual HayagrIva Sahasra Naamams . Some times , the BheejAksharams (Kleem , Sreem , Hreem ) themselves form the Sahasra Naamams . Some times prayOga manthrams are included among the Sahasra Naamams ( SvadhAyai nama: , VoushaD Nama: ) other times , the Various Veda Svarams are saluted as Sahasra Naamams ( udhAtthAya Nama: , pluthAya nama: ) . SrI HayagrIva Sahasra Naamams as Manthram ************************************************* " MananAth thrAyathE ithi manthra: " is the definition of the Manthram used in esoteric and exoteric worship . Manthram is the one that protects one through meditation . The sound vibration of the manthrams protect one who recites the manthrams . Sound is recognized as the arTAsrayam (Shelter of Meaning) from the specific combination of the 50 aksharams from "a" to "ksha". Sound is also the nature of the syllables ( varNAs) composing it . The speicific Sound pattern is equated to Sabdha Brahman and SabdhArTa Brahman . Sabdha Brahman ******************* PaancharAthra Saasthram , Lakshmi Tantram , the sections of the 11th chapter of Srimad BhAgavatham , Manthra MahOdhadhi (Great ocean of Manthrams) , Rg Veda manthram (ChathvAri - - -) and Naadha Bindhu Upanishad elaborate on the Sabdha Brahman aspect of Mantrams and how the sound is produced at many levels in the body ( Paraa Vaak/ fine manifestation , Pasyanthi , madhyama and Vaikhari/ gross manifestation of speech forming loukika bhAshA that is heard externally with the particpation of motor cortex and Voice Box ) . Many of these manthrams are housed inside the HayagrIva Sahasra nAmams. We will leave it to the experts in manthra Saasthrams to comment on the fine points of such Sahasra Naamams . Selected Sri HayagrIva Sahasra Naamams ******************************************** There are many HayagrIva Sahasra NaamAs that are salutations about the Vaibhavam and anantha KalyANa GuNams of Lord Hayagrivan . Some Examples are : 1. Para BrahmaNE nama: ( 10th NaamA )/Salutations to the Supreme Being ! Swamy Desikan in his magnum opus , Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram has established unambigously the Para Brahma Tatthvam of Sriman NaarAyaNa HayagrIvan ( ParadEvathA PaaramArtyAdhikAram). 2. bhagavathE nama: ( 14th NaamA )/Salutations to the One with six divine attributes(bhagan) : Jn~Ana/knowledge , Bala /Strength , Iswarya/ Lordship , Sakthi/Potency , Veerya/Virility and tEjas/Splendor . 3. Kalaa NaaTAya nama: ( 29th NaamA)/ Salutations to the One , who is the Master of Kaalam .Kaalam comes under the achEtana tatthvam , one of the Three Tatthvams (ChEtanam, achEtanam and Iswaran ) . 4. KaamadhAya nama: ( 30th NaamA)/ Salutations to the One , who grants all His bhakthAs wish . He is Abheeshta Varadhan .He is "Samsritha KaamdhEnu ". 5. KaruNAkarAya nama: ( 31st NaamA)/Salutations to the One who is the abode of DayA /KaruNai( DayA Nidhim dEhabruthAm SaraNyam dEvam HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE) . He is KaruNA Paravasan . He is Paratantran for His own DayA .He is PEraruLALan . 6. SaakshiNE Nama: ( 49th NaamA)/ Salutations to the One , who stands as witness/Saakshi to every karmaa at all times and places . 7. PuNya-keerthanAya nama: ( 51st NaamA)/Salutations to the One who is the object of sthuthis about His sacred Vaibhavam . 8. BhUmnE Nama: ( 52nd NaamA)/ ChAndhOgya Upanishad salutes Brahman as " BhumA" and the UpAsana to know Brhaman as BhUma VidhyA . The Upanishad declares : " yO vai bhUmA tath Sukham ; yO vai bhUmA tadhamrutham " ( That which is bhUman is infinite bliss; that which is bhUman is immortal) . Lord HayagrIvan is amrutha maya Jn~Ana VidhyA dhAyakan . He is the Vaipulya aaSraya dharmee according to Upanishad BhAsyakArar . 9. Prapulla PuNDareekAkshAya NaamA: ( 55th NaamA)/ Salutations to the One , who has the beautiful eyes similar to just blossomed eyes . 10. ParamEshtinE Nama: ( 56th NaamA)/ Salutations to Lord VishNu HayagrIvan as the Supreme spiritual Teacher . 11. PrabhavE Nama: ( 58th NaamA )/ Salutations to the Prabhu of all ! 12. Bhaya dhvamsinE Nama: ( 61st NaamA)/Salutations to the One , who banishes all fear/bheethi about SamsAric afflictions ! 13. UrukramAya Nama: ( 67th NaamA)/ Salutations to the noble One taking wide strides as Thrivikraman ! He is Ongi ulahaLantha Utthaman . 14. UdhArAya Nama: ( 68th NaamA)/Salutations to the most generous/ magnAnimous One ! 15. HarayE Nama: ( 73rd NaamA)/Salutations to the One , who destroys our blemishes and removes our ignorance . 16. Aadhithya MaNDalAnthasTAya Nama: ( 82nd NaamA)/Salutations to the Lord , who is at the center of the Sun's orbit . 17. SarvAthmanE Nama:( 85th NaamA)/Salutations to the One , who is the indweller of all ! He is the AntharyAmi Brahman celebrated in the BruhadhAraNyaka Upanishad . 18. JagadhAdhArAya nama: ( 86th NaamA)/Salutations to the One , who is the foundation of the world of sentients and the insentients ! 19. KesavAya Nama: ( 93rd NaamA)/Salutations to the beautiful-haired One, who slew the demon kEsi and is the Lord of BrahmA and SivA . 20. MaayinE Nama: ( 95th NaamA)/ Salutations to the One with mysterious powers ! 21. MakArAthmanE Nama: ( 99th NaamA)/ Salutations to the Lord , who has the Jeevan as His UpakaraNam /BhOgya Vasthu. The First slOkam of Ashta SlOki of Swamy ParAsara Bhattar explains the significance of PraNavam this way : " akArArTO VishNu: jagadhudaya rakshA praLaya Kruth MakArArTO JeevastadhupakaraNam VaishNavamidham ukArOnnyArham niyamayathi sambhandham anayO: thrayeesAras thrayyAthmA PraNava ithi samadhisath " (Meaning ): " A-U-Ma are united . " A " refers to the Lord VishNu , tha all-encompassing , all-pervading , who is the Creator , Protector and Terminator of all Universe. " Ma"/MakAram refers to the Jiva , the individual soul . The intervening "U" binds them in a never- breakable link , in which Jiva is subservient to VishNu in a unique , one-to-one , intimate relation .... That Jiva is for Para Brahman and only for Him is the effect of concealed 4th case (aaya ) , later to be explicitly put as " NaarAyaNAya" . 22. BhindavE Nama: ( 113th NaamA)/ Bhindhu is the dot over a letter indicating anusvara . In the OmkAra PraNavam , the dot over "A" and "U" to form the OmkAram is the Bindhu . 23. VisargAya Nama: (114th Naama)/ Salutations to the light , splendour. the final beautitude associated with Lord HayagrIvan . In writing , Visargam is represented by (:) , a distincrt , hard aspiration and marked by two perpendicular dots (:) . Example --> nama : 24. HrasvAya Nama: (115th NaamA)/ Salutations to the short , dwarfish One ! Here it refers to Salutations to Vaamana HayagrIvan . Hrasva Svaram in the Vedic context is a short vowel . 25. DheergAya Nama: ( 116th Naama)/ Salutations to the Ongi UlahaLandha Utthaman ! Dheerga Svaram in the Vedic context is a long vowel . 26. PluthAya Nama: ( 117th Naama)/Salutations to the Lord in the form of the triply prolated vowel in Vedic recitation ! 27. svarAya Nama: ( 118th Naama)/ Salutations to the Lord who is Svara Mayan ( filled with Vedic Svarams ). He is the Veda Svaroopi with UddhAtha, anuddhAtha , Svaritha , yEka sruthi accents /Vedic accentuations . 28. udhAthtAya nama: ( 119th NaamA)/ Salutations to the Lord in the form of acute(high) or sharp tone . In Saama Vedam , UddhAtha svaram is represented by the Nagari numeral one . 29. anudhAtthAya nama: ( 120th NaamA)/Salutations to the Lord in the form of low or grave accent . In Rg , Yajus and Atharava Vedam , anuddhAta is represented by a horizontal stroke below the syllable . In Saama Veda , it is represented by a nagari numeral "3" . 30. svarithAya nama: ( 121st NaamA)/Salutations to the Lord in the form of Svarita accent , which is a kind of mixed tone , produced by a combination of high ( UddhAtha) and low (anuddhAtha) tones. This is named by PaaNini in AshtAdhyAyi as "SamAhAra " . The third Hayagriva SthOthra slOkam starts paying tribute to the Chathur Veda Roopi as "SamAhAra: SaamnAm " . The SvarithA accent is subdivided into four kinds : (1) Kshipra (2) Jaathya (3) praSilishta and (4) abhinihitha. In Saama Vedam , the Svaritha is denoted by nagari numeral , "2" . 31. prachayAya Nama: ( 122nd NaamA)/ Salutations to the Lord in the form of yEkasruti or Prachaya. This is the fourth type of Vedic accent ( UddhAtha , anuddhAtha, Svaritha and yEkasruti). 32. samyukthAksharAya Nama: ( 163rd NaamA)/ Salutations to the Lord who represents the Padha PaaDam version of Vedic recitation . Each Padham/ word is united with different aksharams ( Samyuktha aksharams). When these Paadam ( samuyuktha ahsahrams forming a word ) are united with one another according to the rules of euphony (Sandhi) , then SamhithA PaaDam emerges . Hayagrivan and His Devi , VaaNi (MahA Lakshmi) are united as Vaak and arTam . To paraphrase poet KaaLidAsan's intoroductory slOkam in KumAra Sanbhavam : VaagarT Aiva samprukthou VaagarTa: prathipatthayE Jagatha: Pitharou vandhE VaaNee-HayagrIva MiTunou 33. PadhAya Nama: ( 164th NaamA)/ Salutations to Lord HayagrIvan in the form of individual Padhams of Padha PaaDam of the VedAs . 34. KriyAyai Nama: ( 165th NaamA)/ Salutations to Lord Hayagrivan who is saluted through the KriyA section of the Paancha Raathra Aagamam . 35. KaarakAya Nama: ( 166th NaamA)/ Salutations to to the empowerer of KarmAs like Yaaga-Yaj~nams and nithya , Naimitthiak KarmAs . 36. GathayE Nama: ( 168th NaamA)? Salutations to the One who is the goal of Saadhanai . He is the PrApyam . 37. avyayAya Nama: ( 169th NaamA)/Salutations to the One , who is eternal, not subject to change ! 38. VaakyAya Nama: ( 174th NaamA)/Salutations to the Lord who is described by the four MahA Vaakyams of the Four VedAs such as Tattvamasi . 39. PadhyAya Nama: ( 175th NaamA)/ Padhya means a foot path or poetry or praise . Salutations to the Lord , who is attained by the travel along the SaraNAgathi mArgam or Bhakthi mArgam . 40. SampradhAyaya Nama: ( 176th Naama)/Salutations to the Lord , who is the First AchAryan in the Sath SampradhAyam . As AchAra Nishtan , He prserves and protects the SampradhAyam through His sadAchAryAs. 41. SabdhArTa lAlithAya Nama: ( 178th Naama)/ Salutations to the One , who is comforted by Sabdham with its arTam . Sabdham (Vedam) is our PramANam . 42. LakshaNAyai Nama : ( 180th NaamA)/ Salutations to the One , who is known for His unique (Characterstric) signs such as MahA Lakshmi , Srivatsam and Kousthubham on His broad chest . 43. ProuDa dhvanayE Nama: ( 186th NaamA)/ /Salutations to the One with the majestic and grand Hala-hala dhvani that destroys all ills ( 2nd slOkam of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram: " ananthai: thrayyanthai: anuvihitha hEshA hala-halam , hatha asEshA avadhyam Hayavadhanam eeDi mahei Maha : ) . 44. SargAya Nama: ( 188th NaamA)/ Salutations to the Creator of the Jagath! 45. NaanAroopa PraBhandhAya Nama: ( 191st NaamA)/Salutations to the One , who has taken the form of multifarious PrabhandhAs /Sri Sookthis from Sruthi to Dhivya Prabhandhams( Tamizh MaRaikaL) . 46. SamskArAya Nama: ( 200th NaamA)/Salutations to the One in the form of SamskArAs ( a sacred rite performed with the help of Veda Manthrams . They are 40 in number ). 47. DhAraNAya Nama: ( 204th NaamA: )/ DhAraNa means single-minded concentration . In AshtAnga YogA , it is the sixth limb , where the mind is concentrated on the Lord with fixed attention to gain Yoga Siddhi . Here Yoga HayagrIvan in dhaaraNa stage is saluted . He is doing Yoga nidhrA and concentrating intensively on how to rescue the suffering chEtanams. 48. ChithrAya Nama: ( 208th NaamA)/ Chithra means bright , clear , wonderful . He is like a Suddha Sphatika MaNi . His ThirumEni is like a big potion made up of the Milky Ocean in its whiteness. That lustre of His immerses uswith its radiant white rays ( viSadhai: mayUkhai: aaplAvayantham) 49. VisthArAya Nama: ( 209th NaamA)/ Salutations to the most expansive Lord , Who pervades His creations inside and outside . 50. PurANAya Nama: ( 2115t NaamA) /Salutations to the ancient One ! We will take up the next set of Sri HayagrIva Sahasra Naamams in the next posting . Meanwhile , Please participate in Lord HayagrIvan's kaimkaryam to complete the construction of the MahA Mantapam at the OushadhAdhri hills of Thiruvaheendhrapuram . Thank you . A HUMBLE APPEAL FOR PARTICIPATON IN MAHA MANTAPA KAIMKARAYM **************************************************************************** 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 the darsana soubhAgyam of Lord Hayagreevan . This year , the memorable PurattAsi SravaNa Uthsavam would be on October 12 . 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