Lord Hayagriva
SrI:
Dear Sri Lakshmi HayagrIva BhakthAs :
adiyEn has been writing for the past few days about
the MahA Mantapa Kaimkaryam at Thiruvaheendhrapuram
and have been requestign your welcome participation in
the Kaimkaryam headed by SrimAn SoundararAjan Desikan of
Thiruvaheendhrapuram .
The URL describing the Kaimakryam and the ways to become participant in
this Kaimkaryam are covered in the URL:
http://www.srikainkarya.org
You may be wondering as to what is so special about building a MahA Mantapam
or the steps(SopAnam) to reach the Lord with sacred shrines on top of hills
like
ThiruvEnkadam or Oushadha Giri at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . Our Lord sits in
the dhivya MaNi Mantapam at Sri Vaikuntam and it is our destiny that we end up
at His sacred feet ( Vaikuntam puhuvathu MaNNavar vidhiyE ) at the Vichithra
Mantapam decribed most movingly by AchArya RaamAnuja in his Sri Vaikunta
Gadhyam and offer our PraNAmams there to our Lord as the Muktha Jeevan .
Our AchAryAs are there worshipping the Lord of Sri Vaikuntam at that
MahA Mantapam (audio of Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam can be heard at :
http://www.saranagathy.org and performing Nithya Kaimkaryam
to the Dhivya Dampathis along with Nithya Sooris and Muktha Jeevans .
The earlier climb of the Muktha Jeevan to the Lord's Parama Padham
is described in the MaNi PravALa Sri Sookthi of Parama Padha SopAnam
by Swamy Desikan ( http://www.malolan.org/trk27.htm) .
It is a rehearsal for that day when we reach Sri Vaikuntam to join the AchArya
GhOshti to serve our Sri Vaikunta Naathan that we perform Bhagavath-Bhaagavatha-
AchArya Kaimkaryams right here on Earth ( LeelA VibhUthi of the Lord ).
Lord HayagrIvan blesses us with Jn~Anam to climb the steps to Parama Padham
and waits for us on top of the OushadhAdhri hills to preapre us for our journey
by
the ArchirAdhi Maargam through Sambhandham with AchAryAs like Swamy
Desikan .
It is my pleasure to forward you the excellent write up on the avathAra
Vaibhavam
of Sri HayagrIvan by one of the early participants in the MahA mantapa
Kaimkaryam ,
Sri MadhavakkaNNan . Please enjoy it .
Please contact sri Soundararajan Desikan Swamy at Chennai regarding
your own samarpaNams to this Kaimakryam racing towards this PurattAsi
SravaNam (Swamy Desikan's avathAra Dinam ) . AdiyEn will send you
the write up of what it is like on that blessed day , when Swamy Desikan
climbs the OushadhAdri Hills in commemoration of the appearance of
Lord Hayagrivan there some 700 plus years ago to bless him .
Please contact adiyEn or SD Swamy if you need any additional
information on your particpation . This year , October 12 is the day
of PurattAsi SravaNam . Please take part in this unforgettable Uthsavam
and Sri Soundararajan Desikan Swamy has offered to help with
accomodations for the sevArthees , who wish to take part .
NamO Sri HayagrIvAya ,
V.Sadagopan
Lord Sri Hayagriva
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jnAnAnanda-mayam devam nirmalas sphaTikAkRtim |
AdhAram sarvavidyAnAm hayagrIvam upAsmahe ||
Lord Sri Hayagriva
Sri V.Madhavakannan
Introduction
Generally vidyaarmbam among sri vaishnavas begins with a prayer to Lord
Sri Hayagreeva, preceded by obeisance to our Acharyaas. Even today Vijayadasami
and Sarsvathi pooja are celebrated in Srivaishnavas homes with the recitation
of Sri Hayagreeva sthOthram. (in our home at least!). The Parakala Matham,
situated in Mysore, is one the most ancient and premier Srivaishnava religious
institutions in the country that came into being for the specific purpose of
propagating Sri Ramanujam's Visishtadvaita philosophy. Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva
(the Lord with the horse's face) Haya-horse: greeva-neck: this Lord is the
presiding deity for all knowledge - 'Aadhaaram sarvavidhyaanaaam Hayagrivam
upaasmahe'- is the principal deity of the Parakala Matham, the icon being one
of the most beautiful ever adorning the Matham. Sri Hayagreevar Divya MangaLa
vigraham is also the president deity for Sri Poundareekapuram Andavan Ashramam
and also greatly revered by Sri Ahobila Matham and Andavan Ashram.
Sri Hayagriva Avataram
The avataram of Hayagriva Bhagavan took place to restore the Vedas to
Brahma. Emperumaan had taught BrahmA the Creation through His breath of VedAs.
Then, Brahma could understand how various kalpams had begun due to Emperumaan's
vEdOpasEam. He became extremely proud and head strong of his position as the
creator and about his powers/jnAnam. Sriman Narayana as usual wanted to teach
him and decided to remove his (Brahma's) pride. A couple of water droplets from
the lotus seat of the Lord incarnated as two Asuras, Madhu and Kaitabha; Due to
Bhgawath sankalpam, one (kaitapan) was of thamO guNA and the other (madhu) was
of rajO guNA. They stole the Vedas from Brahma. Emperumaan smiled.
Unable to carry on his work of creation without the Vedas, Brahma rushed
to the Lord and pleaded the Lord Narayana for mercy and saving Vedas. BrahmA
prostrated to the Lord and said:
"Vedas alone are my eyes; they are my wealth; They are my Lord. The whole
world is surrounded by darkness due to the absence of Vedas. How am I to
proceed on my creation without the Vedas ? Please arise from the Yoga nithrA
and help me Lord! Please give me back my eyes which have been blinded by my own
pride."
"veda: mE paramam sakshI: veda: mE paramam param
veda: mE paramam dharma, veda: mE brahma sOtthamam"
Lord Narayana incarnated as Hayagriva, appeared as the white Horse faced,
faultless sphatika hued form, satva mUrthy, with Divya tEjas, and lustrous form
and destroyed the Asuras and restored the Vedas to Brahma. This avtaaram was
made on a AvaNi month, sravaNa nakshthram paurNami thithi. With a lovely long
nose, like the heaven surrounded by white bright stars, the asva siras (head of
horse) illumined the whole world. The upper world and the lower world became
His ears. The rays of Sun's brightest lustres are His hairs at the nape of His
neck (pidari). BhUmi became His forhead; Ganga and Saraswathi became two lovely
eyebrows; Chandra Sooryar (The Moon and the Sun) became His two eyes; SandhyA
dEvathai became His nostrils; Pithru devathAs became His teeth; GolOkam and
Brahma lOkam became His two lips; kalaraathri became His neck; The Divya tEjas
Sathva mUrthy Sri Hayagreevan thus, in a grandest beautiful manner appeared. He
rushed to PaathaaLa lOkam and raised His "uthGitham" in samavEdha swaram and
terrified Madhukaitapa asurAs; They hid the VedhAs (which were in the form of
babies) and ran away from the scene. Sri Hayagreevar handed over the Vedas to
BrahmA and went back. Madhukaitapar searched for the sound which terrified them
earlier but found the Vedas missing. They rushed to BrahmA who in turn was
terribly scared and sought the help of Sriman Narayanan. Sri Hayagreevar fought
with asurAs and killed them. BrahmA continued his work of creation.
1.. This avataar is described in VishNu puraaNam as "mathsya kUrma
varaaha ashva simha rUpaathibhi:". In BrahmANda purANam during
maheshwara-naradha samvaadham, Naradha describes this avthaar. Even when
naradha praises Sri rangan in this PurANam, he says "ashva sirasE namah:". That
is why the Lord is called Madhusoodhanan. (for having killed madhu and
kaitabhar). Sri Paraasara Bhattar in his Sri Rangarajasthavam (utthara
sathakam-52 nd slOka) says "Sri ranganAthA! You, as Hayagreeva rUpI, removed
the hurdles of madhu, kaitapar to BrahmA and recovered the VedhAs and saved the
whole world!". In MahAbharatham, Shanthi parvam, hayasira upaakhyaanam details
Hayagreeva avathaaram. Srimadh Bhagawatham, too, describes Hayagreeva avtaar.
2.. There is another version of this avtaar and killing of asurAs. When
paraLayam was about to end, Bhagawaan out of His dirt from the ear drum made
two small solid balls and dropped on the Lotus leaf and BrahmA activated the
PrANa vaayu, which gave life to these two, as madhu and kaitabhar. These asurAs
appeared and grew up.
BrahmA started off his creation and Vedhas were snatched away by these
two asurAs. When the most compassionate Lord, Parama kaaruNikO Bhagawaan wished
to please the asurAs, without killing them, asked them as to what they want as
a boon. These two asurAs said "we can give You what You want". That is it! The
Lord decided to kill them. They said "Can You kill us only where there is no
cover for the sky?". The Lord immediately took Hyagreeva avtaar and removed His
cloth on the Thighs, put them on His thighs and killed them. Bhagawaan's legs
house the Earth and the space/sky. Since the Lord removed the cloth from His
thighs and killed them, He still complied with what they challenged Him. What
they thought was impossible to happen, He could make it happen with no effort.
He, thus saved the Vedas and saves the world. The moral is: thamas, rajas guNAs
are to be destroyed to reach Him.
3.. There is yet another interesting "different" version in BrahmANda
PuraaNam- Sri Devi Bhagawatham. There was a asurA, by name Hayagreeva (with
horse face) who did his severe penance/ tapas on Parvathi Devi. Parvathi,
pleased with his tapas, appeared in his front and the asurA asked for "no
death". She said "Impossible-can not be granted". Then the asurA amended the
request and said "Except for a horse faced one, no one else can kill me".
(thinking that it can never happen!). She consented. He became tremendously
proud of his achievement and started harassing every deva and rishi. He
troubles all three worlds. He snatched away the Vedas from BrahmA and
disappeared. Then is the history. The Lord appeared as Hayagreevar and killed
the asurA to save the world and bring back the Vedas.
4.. There is yet another puraaNic narration on Hayagreevar. At Kanchi,
Agasthya muni was on severe penance on Sriman Narayanan and the Lord appeared
as Hayagreevar and was immensely pleased with his tapas. He blessed the muni
with Devi mahaathmyam. This is described in BrahmANda puraaNam Sri Hayagreeva
agasthya samvaadham.
5.. During Tripura samhaaram to entice the asurAs, the Lord appeared as
"other religious" saint (buddhism?) and appeared as Hayagreevar to mislead the
asurAs from the Veda maargham (from the path of Vediv traditions and sayings).
Thus, He made them lose their ability to get saved and the Lord won. (As also
claimed and reported in Buddhism in a web site as follows: Like Mahakala,
Hayagriva is one of the Eight Great Protectors of Buddhism, a guardian and a
destroyer of obstacles to enlightenment(!). He is a popular personal, or
tutelary, deity among the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism. Hayagriva's crown of
skulls is surmounted by Hayagriva's attribute, a horse's head, alluding to his
origin as a horse-headed Hindu god. The terrific neigh that emanates from this
horse's head is said to pierce through the illusory nature of reality. Although
he was also popular in Tibet and China, Hayagriva's association with the horse
may have had a particular appeal to the Mongols. (This, I read in the Net in
some buddhism web site!) Swami Desikan in his "navarathna maalai" says "
puRamuyarttha asurargatku puRam uRaittha poyyinaan". (to explain the Lord thus,
misleading the asurAs by taking non-vedic religion (Buddhism)).
Scriptures on Hayagreevar (Madhusoodhanan)
Since, Lord Hayagreevar killed the asurAs, madhu and kaitapar, He is
referred to as Madhusoodhanan.
1.. In BrahmANda puraaNam, Sri RangarajamahAthmyam, Om namO VishnavE
Deva MadhussodhanathE Namah: refers to Madhusoodhanan Sri Hayagreevan.
2.. Srimad Valmiki RamayaNam BalakaaNdam 76th sargam, 17th slOkam
Parasuraama says to Rama "akshayam madhuhanthaaram jaanaami tvaam surOtthamam".
I realise that You are the DevaadhiDevan, immortal, MahAVishNu, the One who
killed madhu,kaitapar.
3.. Also, when Rama (before proceeding for His PattabhishEkham), gets
up in the wee hours, in Brahma muhUrtham, He performs His anushtaanam and pays
obeisance to Lord Hayagreevan "dhushtaava praNadhaischaiva sirasaa
madhsoodhanam" (6th sargam-7th slokam).
4.. In Kishkinthaa kaanDam, Vaali tells Sri Rama "Even if that rAvaNan
hids SitA in PaathaaLa lOkam, no problem. You could have just told me so. I
world have brought SitA back from anywhere wheresoever like Sri Hayagreevar
brought the Vedas killing Madhukaitapar. (17th sargam-49th slOkam)
5.. When Hanumaan went in search of sanjeevini, and other aushadhaas,
he saw the pleace where chathurmukhan (brahmA) performed thiruvaaraadhanam for
Lord Hayagreevar. Commentators, are reported to have praised this slOkam as
"hayaananam, hayagreeva araadhana sthaanam", and "hayaananam - BhagawathO
Hayagreevasya sthaanam".
6.. Sri MahAbhAratham, Santhi parvam mentions Haygreeva avataar.
7.. Sri HayagreevOpanishad, naturally elaborates the greatness of
Haygreevar.
8.. In Rk vEdam, "vaagham bruNi sookhtham", "apradhiratham", Yajur
vEdham, "yajnya prakaraNam", Saama vEdham, udgItam, AdharvaNa vEdham,
Shanthikam, Bhaushtikam are all referring to the greatness of Lord Hayagreevar.
9.. Periya Thirumozhi 7-8-2, by Thirumangai AzhwAr says "munivvEzhu
ulaghum iruL maNdiyuNNa munivarOdu ??parimukhanaay aLittha paramanai kaaNmin"..
maeaning: "See the Lord who appeared as the white horse faced Lord to recover
the VedhAs when the whole world was pitch dark due to the absence of four
Vedas"
10.. Thiruvaaymozhi 2-7-6 NammAzhwAr says "madhusoodhananai anRi
maRRilEn.." There is NONE but Madhusoodhanan only? which refers to Lord
Hayagreevan. (eeadu vyAkhyaanam also explicitly refers to Lord Hayagreevan)
11.. Also Thiruvaaymozhi 2-8-5 "maavaaghi, amaiyaay, meenaaghi,
maanidamaay." Commentators say that maavaaghi refers to Lord Hayagrrevan.
Upanishad bhAshyakaaarar Sri Rangaraamanuja Swami. HayO bhUthvaa, HayagrIvO
bhUthvaa? - is referred to in 9000 padi Bhagavath Vishayam. Says Saakshaath
Swami or Periya Parakaala Swami. He refers the padham "maavaaghi to Lord
Hayagreevan only.
12.. PeriyAzhwAr pAsuram 1-9-10 "thunniya pEriruL soozhndhu ulaghai
mooda, manniya naan maRai muRRUm maRaindhida?." Refers to Sri Hayagreevan.
Our AchAryAs on Sri Hayagreevan
1.. Alavandhaar (Yamuna muni) while praises his Grandfather (his Guru's
Guru), says "madhu jithangri sarOja thatva jnAna anuraag.." . He (Nathamuni)
became a great jnAni/bhakthA at the Feet of Madhsoodhanan (Hayagreevan).
YamunAchArya also refers in his SthoThra Rathnam 13th slOka to Haygreevan for
which Periyavaacchaan PiLLai comments that it narrates about the recovery of
Vedas by Lord Hayagreeva and handing over to BrahmA. That makes us realise
Alavandhaar's involvement on Lord Hayagreevan. He also requests the Lord
Madhusoodhanan (in 57th slOkam) to mercifully remove all non-vedic thoughts in
the world and traditions existing in the world to save us as He did earlier as
Haygreevan by killing madhukaitapar to establish/recover Vedas.
2.. SvEthAsvara upanishad, "yO BrahmANam vidhadhaadhi poorvam?.
Mumukshuvai saraNamaham prapdhyE.." means: adiyEn who is interested only in
mOksham, a mumukshu, surrenders to the Paramapurushan, who did parama upakaaram
by recovering Vedas from madhukaitapar and handed over to BrahmA to save the
world"- i.e Lord Hayagreevan." BhAshyakaarar Sri Ramaujar took this manthrA in
his Saranaagathi Gadhyam and surrenders to the Lord.
3.. Here asvam in svEthAsvara upanishad refers to the Lord Hayagreevan
(White Horse faced Lord)and that is why Swami Desikan refers Lord Haygreevan in
Rahasyathraya saaram as "veLLai parimukhar". (Swami Desikan's bhakti for
Hayagreevan needs no elaboration to this Group)
4.. Sri Kooratthaazhwaan in his "sundharabaahusthavam" 84th slOkam
highlights Sri Hayagreeva avataar.
5.. In 121st slOkam also, Kuresa says "Do not think that there are only
10 avataars of the Lord. Even Hamsa, hayagreeva, NaranaraayaNa avataars are
also His only are equally grand and great.
6.. In 58th slOkam of Sri Vaikunta sthavam of Kooratthaazhwaan, it is
said "Adhyaathma saasthraas are established by Emperumaan in Hayagrreva avtaar
by recovering vedas and saving the world.
7.. Swami Desikan in his last pAsuram of Sri RTS, says "It is the white
horse faced Lord who wrote in my mind and I have written that on the palm
leaves.
8.. Lakshmi Hayagriva Bhagavan is the Archa Murthy of both Srimad
Paundarikapuram Ashramam as well as Sri Parakala Matam.
HOW LORD HAYAGREEVA VIGRAHAM CAME TO US
Bhagavan Ramanuja re-established the Visishtadvaita siddhaantham and
commented on Brahma sUthram in his Bhashyam. This excellent, unambiguous
vyAkhyaanam was completed by Yathiraajaa and fulfilled his "maanasika guru"
Yamaunaacharya's wish (manOratham). Ramanuja "officially" released the
commentary at the grand gathering of all sanskrit scholars and Vedic scholars
at Saraswathi Peetham in Kashmir, in front of Saraswathi Devi. Goddess
Saraswathi, immenslely satisfied at the excellent commentary and the truthful
presentation of Brahma sUthram, she honoured the commentary by confering a
award calling it "SRI BHAASHYAM". Also, she was extremely happy with
Yathiraajaa, she presented to him a Divya mangaLa vigraham of Sri Lakshmi
Hayagreevan. Since the, Yathiraaja was performing Thiruvaaraadhanam for Sri
Kalshmi Hayagreeva Vigraham daily.
This vigraham, through Thirukurugai piraan, through our AchAryAs, came to
Sri Vedanta Desikan. Afetr Swami Desikan's period, this is passed on to Sri
Brahma tantra Swami and is now with Mysore Parakala Matham Swami. Even today,
the Thiruvaaraadhanam is being performed on this Divya MangaLa vigraham of Lord
Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan. If one has a close loving glance at the Lord
Hayagreevan's vigraham, He has four hands, and has a beuatiful Horse face,
sitting on a white Lotus. His Lotus Feet wears "salaghai" (paayal). His upper
two hands hold Sankhu and ChakrA. His lower right hand offers jnAnOpadEsam to
us, bhakthAs. Other hand hold Japamaalaa. Also, it appears as if He is granting
us boons. VishNu DharmOttharam, VaishNava Moorthanya DharaNi part describes
Hayagreeva Thiruvuruvam (form). There it details eight hands for Hayagreevan,
where four hands hold Vedas (four children) and other four hold Sanghu, ChakrA,
GadhA, and Padmam. Afterwards, He is blessing us with four hands as detailed
above.
Even Sri VishNu puraaNam, details Sun as the Horse faced one for
upadEsam. Hayagreeva avtaaram is for VedOpadEsam and granting us jnAnam. (Swami
Desikan was initiated into the Great Hayagreeva Manthram). Once Swami Desikan
wished to stay at ThiruvaheendraPuram and was proceeding from Kanchi. On the
way he stayed at some remote place (that belonged to a grain merchant). There
lot of grains were stored and piled in sacks.
There Swami Desikan did not have anything to offer to his Sri Hayagreeva
vigraham and hence, offered just water and he also went to sleep, without
eating anything (just by drinking few drops of water that he had offered to the
Lord). Midnight, the merchant noticed a very big, beautiful white Horse which
started eating those grains from a sack. The merchant, thinking that it belongs
to Swami Desikan, immediately woke him up to tie the white horse. Swami Desikan
has tears rolling down his cheeks, and prostrated to the Lord (who had come as
the White Horse) and explained to the merchant and asked him to bring a pot of
milk. The excited merchant and others brought milk which the Lord drank happily
and disappeared.
Next day morning the merchant chased Swami Desikan, (who had actually
started off his journey to Thiruvaheendrapuram) and informed that the whole
sack (from which the white horse ate) is full of Gold coins! Swami Desikan
smiled and was overwhelmed with joy for His mercy and leelA. That place is
called "pon viLaintha kaLampudhoor".
Other sampradaya AchAryAs on Hayagreeva
1.. In Dwaita sampradaayam, Gururajar, (also called Vathirajar) in 15th
century A.D, adorned the Madhva Matham as a Peetadhipathi. He calls his nithya
thiruvaaraadhana prasadham as "Haygreeva Pandi", that is made of kadalai,
(Dhal), vellam (saccharin), coconut etc and taste like Sakkarai pongal. Guru
rajar used to offer to the Lord, by keeping the Prasadham on a big plate and
raise it above his head with both of his hands. Sri Hayagreevan, used to
gracefully appear as a real horse and keep His front two legs on Gururajar's
shoulders and eat ("sweegari"cchufy) the Prasadham. (What a scene it should
have been!). What remains used to be Gururaja's only food always!
2.. Also Sri Hayagreeva upasakas are: Aanghirasar, Adharvaa, Vasishtar,
Adhi Sankarar, Panditha rajar, and so on.
3.. Adhi Sankara, who established the Adavita Siddhantham, is also
called BhagawathpaadaaL. In his VishNu sahsranaama bhAshyam, for the name
"theerthagara" (691st name per sankara paadam), he write the commentary as "
Hayagreeva rUpENa madhukaitabhoU hathvaa virinjaaya saakhaaruthou sarvaa sruthi
adhyaasa cha upaadhisat"? Means: The knowledge (jnAnam) is like an unbounded
and limitless waters. There are dangerous steps in that pond, where we may tend
to slip down. There are also lovley, non-dangerous, most enjoyable steps, where
we can blissfully take bath. There are about 14 (or 18) such steps, namely four
vedas, sikshai, vyAkharaNam, chandha, niruktham, jyOthisham, kalpam,(they are
all vEdhanthams), mImAmsam, nyAyam, (DarshanangaL), dharma saasthrAs, purANam,
are the 14 VidhyA sthAnams. In addition, there are Ayur vEdam, Gandharvam,
Artha saasthram, Dhanur vEdham that add to a total of 18. If one include the
"dangerous" non-vedic steps of Buddhism, Jainism, also there are even 20.
4.. Who is the Lord of all Vishyasthaanam? Was the question and Sri
Bhagawadh PaadhAL in his vyAkhyAnam says: the One who killed madhu, kaitabhar
and brough back the Vedas to the world and saved the world, Sri Hayagreevan is
the ONLY ANSWER. (daivatham Devathaanaam). All VidhyAs pay obeisance to Him,
Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan with folded hands and He blesses them.
5.. Panditha Rajar, in his rasagangaadhara kOsam, says Sri Hayagreevar
hasgot sakala VidhyA srEshtathvam.
Works on Sri Hayagreevan
1.. Sri Vedanta Desikan: Sri Haygreeva SthOthram
2.. Sri KrishNa Brahmatantra Swathantra Jeeyar- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana
PrabhOdhika sthuthi
3.. Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana PadukA sEvaki- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana
Rathna maalaa SthOthram
4.. Srimad Abhinava RanganAtha Parakaala Jeeyar - Sri Hayagreeva
Ashtakam and Sri Haygreeva panjara SthOthram (that houses Sri Hayagreevaaushtu
manthram)
5.. Srinivasa kavi- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam
6.. Varadhakavi Sri Venkataachaarya Swami- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam, Sri
Haygreeva ashtOthram
7.. Sri Sevaa Swami- Kalaakalana maalikA.
Greatness of Lord Sri Hayagreevan
1.. Swami Desikan in his Hayagreeva SthOthram, says: "Even DhakshiNA
moorthy (Sivan) and Saraswathi pay obeisance to Hayagreevan and are blessed
with VidhyA Sakthi by Lord Haygreevan's grace. (DhAkshiNya ramyaa girisasya
mUrthi: Devi sarOjaasana dharma pathnI..). Also he says: the followers of Sri
Haygreevan shall chant this stotram and benefit with the blessings of Lord
Hayagreevaa ("paThata hayagrIva ?) "Read the haygrIva stotram with bhakti", for
attaining fluency over words and true knowledge about the Truth and to attain
true knowledge about the siddhAntam.
2.. In Paraasara puraaNam, agasthya naaradha samvaadham, Sri Hayagreeva
ashtOthra sadhanaama stHothram blesses us a palasruthi, ("naama
naamshtOththarasatham hayagreevasya patEth?avaapya sakalaan bhOgaannithE hari
padham vrajEth?") BhakthAs of Sri Hayagreevan, will be blessed with sakala
Vedha saasthra jnAnam and be blessed with truthful knowledge. They will also
live very happily in this world with their spouse and children with sakala
sowbhAgyam and REACH THE LOTUS FEET OF SRI HARI for sure.
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