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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
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" 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
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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
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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
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 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 . Please enjoy Swamy Desikan's MangaLAsAsanam of
 Lord HayagrIvan on the OushadhAdhri this year .Enjoy the big SaatthumuRai ,
recieve the Theertha PrasAdham there and the 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 Srikainkarya Sabha
 headed by Sri D.Soundararajan .

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 Turanga Vadhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:
 Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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



 
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