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Commentaries on Desika's hymn 

V.K.S.N. Raghavan 

Vedanta Desika's hymn on Hayagriva with exhaustive
commentaries in Sanskrit and Manipravala with
explanation in English 
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SRI HAYAGRIVA-STOTRAM ? Edited with two Sanskrit and
Manipravala (Sanskrit-Tamil) commentaries, along with
detailed Tamil gloss and English explanation by V. N.
Vedanta Desikan: Pub. by Srimad Andavan
Poundarikapuram Swami Ashramam, 43-A/13, Ashramam
Salai, Srirangam-620006. Rs. 50. 

In continuation of the six Stotra (devotional hymns)
publications of Sri Desika Stotra Vyakhyana Mala
(Bhagavad dhyana sopanam, Gopala vimsati, Dasavatara
stotram, Abhiti stavam, Goda stuti, and Sri Stuti) V.
N. Vedanta Desikan has brought out Vedanta Desika's
Hayagriva stotra with two commentaries each in
Sanskrit and in Manipravala. 

This edition is very much valuable as the English
explanation and the other commentaries are exhaustive
and in many places revelatory of the significant role
of Lord Narayana's incarnation as Lakshmi Hayavadana. 

Nammazhvar in one of his verses of Tiruvoimozhi says,
"Lord Hayagriva forms both the content and purport of
all speech forms found throughout the world." 

Commentary 


While explaining verse 13, Velamoor Srinivasacharya
quotes the Bhagavad Gita (Ch.9 v.22) in his Sanskrit
commentary, for Desika says, "Great learned people
meditate on Your (Hayagriva's) glorious divine form in
their heart (to gain the ultimate goal of
liberation)." 

Commenting on the first verse `Jnananandamayam',
Vasudevacharya says, `Ananda' may be `Jada' or inert
bliss, whereas Hayagriva's divine image is an
embodiment of self-luminous bliss. 

On the 7th verse, the editor exhorts the devotees of
Lord Vishnu not to get overwhelmed by the other
deities; "You can seek good benefits from the Divine
couple; the hundreds of works of savants like Vedanta
Desika's are not to go as a cry in the wilderness." 

Explaining the supremacy of Hayagriva, the translator
adds, `Vishnu maya' would baffle even the gods,
"Imagine the fantasy He created at the time of the
distribution of nectar." 

Explaining verse 23, the editor comments, "How lovely
is the right hand of Lord Hayavadana! How potent it is
to awaken our vision, our realisation of supreme
knowledge! I deeply deliberate on this charming hand,
without any interruption and thereby, derive the
benefit of this meditation." 

The inclusion of many attractive colour photographs of
Lord Hayagriva and Vedanta Desika add to the grandeur
of this splendid volume. 

A welcome addition to Sanskrit and Srivaishnava stotra
literature.




                
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