SrI:
Dear Sri HayagrIva BhakthAs
:
Let us study the next few
lines of Sri HayagrIva Panjaram :
2nd NamaskAram: Yasya
vijn~Ana-mAthrENa VaaNi GangEva nissarEth
(Meaning): By mere comprehension of this sacred Panjaram
,
the speech ( words and language ) will
flow like the descending
GangA pravAham with majesty and speed
.
(Comments): VaaNi here is divine
speech ; It also means Saraswathy (Devi
SarOja Aasana dharma pathnee) ,
the Goddess of
learning , who has been
empowered by a lava lesam (Trifle) of Lord
HayagrIvan's ( Sakala VidhyA
Moorthy's) dhivya anugraham . VaaNi is also
the name for MahA Lakshmi
in Sri HayagrIva avathAram .
Through the anugraham of
the Sarva VidhyA
AadhAra Moorthy , Sri Lakshmi HayagrIvan ,
the reciter of Sri HayagrIva Panjaram
is blessed with divine vaak that flows in
an unimpeded manner .
3rd NamaskAram : Suddha
sphaDika sankAsam thushaarAchala sannibham .
(Meaning ): He is like a pure
(blemishless) sphaDika (White crystal) gem .
SphaDikam is clear rock
crystal out of which gems are made . SankAsam
means resembling . Lord
Hayagrivan is not only " Suddha SphaDika
SankAsan " but he is also
saluted in this namaskAram as "ThusharAchala
Sannibhan ".
Thushaaraachalam means Himaalaya Mountain . It also
means
a white mountain (of dew) .
Sannibhan means one that resembles . He is
compared to
the mighty king of
mountains , which stands as the measuring rod for
the universe ( KaaLi Daasan
in the first slOkam of KumAra Sambhavam) .
Lord HayagrIvan is saluted here as a lofty , faultless white crytal
mountain .
Swamy Desikan's Sri Hayagriva sthOthram echos these
Salutations:
" nirmala sphadikAkruthim " - - - Ist SlOkam passage
" Suddha sphaDika manI bhUbhruth prathipaDam " - - -2nd SlOkam
passage.
This blemishless sphaDika mountain of HayagrIvan however is
self-manifested
(svatha siddham). He makes the three worlds white with His
nectar-like effulgence
( SudhA sadhreecheebhi: dhyuthibhi: avadhAtha thribhuvanam ) .
The 15th slOkam of Sri HyagrIva Sthothram is also to be reflected on here
:
api kshaNArdham kalayanthy yE
ThvAm AaplAvayantham visadhairmayUkhai:
vaachAm pravAhai:
anavArithaistE mandhAkineem mandhayithum kshamanthE
(Meaning): Oh HayagrIva PerumAnE ! You cast
Your ThirumEni's white effulgence
on Your adiyArs and cool them . Those who
have the bhAgyam to meditate on You
of such attributes (like the
cool HimAlaya mountain /TushAra achalam)
even for half a second are blessed by
You to have uninterrupted flood of
dhivya vaak. They are able to have the
power of speech , which exceeds
the GangA pravAham in speed of delivery
.
4th NamaskAram : svEtha
parvatha sankAsa-chandhra maNDala madhyagam
(Meaning): He is like a white
mountain ( svEtha parvatham ); Lord HayagrIvan's
Suddha Satthvamaya ThirumEni
is saluted here . He is also visulized here
as being seated at the center
of the orbit of the Moon (Chandran) . This Moon
is no ordinary Moon but the
unmistakably bright autumn Moon ( Saradh chandran).
Swamy Desikan makes reference
to Lord HayagrIvan seated at the center of
the autumn Moon on a freshly
blososmed white lotus matching His hue in
the passage from the 26th
slOkam of sri HayagrIva SthOthram :
" niSAmayE ThvAm nava-puNDareekE SaradhganE
Chandramiva sphurantham "
Swamy Desikan states
here that he visualizes Lord HayagrIvan's Suddha
sphaDika
ThirumEni with his
inner eye as the Moon seated on a new white lotus
amidst
the radiant white
clouds of the autumn season ( Iyppasi-Kaarthikai
months).
Fifth
NamaskAram: Chathurbhujam udhArAngam
PuNdareekAyathEkshaNam
Lord HayagrIvan is
visualized at the center of the orbit of the autumn
Moon
with four hands ,
generous limbs and lotus like soft and beautiful eyes
.
UdhArAngam can also be
understood as aajAnu baahu , the hands that
reach almost down to his
knees . This is one of the thirty two SaamudhrikA
lakshaNams
.
Sixth NamaskAram :
Sankha-chakram dEvam kireeDa makuDojvalam
The last namaskAram referred
to four arms
( Chathurbhujam ); here the divine
weapons adorning two of the
four hands are identified as the conch ,
Paanchajanyam
and the disc, Sudarsanam . On
His head shines a crown befitting that of
SarvEswaran
.
Seventh & 8th
NamaskArams:
KousthubhOdh-bhAsithOraskam vanamAlA
virAjitham
PeethAmbharadharam dEvam SrIvathsaankitha
vakshasam
Sri
HayagrIvan is Deva Devan , Ubhaya vibhUthi NaaTan ,
Sriman
NaarAyaNan , who has taken the avathAram of HayagrIvan .
His
lakshaNams are revealed to us here : His chest is adorned
with
the
Kousthubham gem and the garland of wild flowers
(Vyajayanthi
Maalai) is also seen on that chest as well . The divine mole
of Srivathsam
is
visible on the chest of the Lord . He has a yellow silk
garment
(PeethAmbharam ) on His waist
.
The 9th namaskAram: Mukhya hastha dhvayEnaiva
Jn~Ana mudhrAksha
Pusthakam dhArayantham HayagrIvam dhyAyEth
ishtArTa sidhdayE
This passage of Sri HyagrIva Panjaram states that Lord
HayagrIvan
carrying Jn~Ana Mudhrai in the right lower hand and a book on
His
left lower hand should be meditated upon for ishta kAmyArTa
siddhi
(
recieving as boon , what one desires among the four
PurushArTams).
Swamy Desikan's dhyAna slOkam on Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn is
connected
to
this passage of Sri HyaagrIva Panjaram :
vyAkhyA-mudhrAm kara-sarasijai: pusthakam
Sankha-chakrE
Bhibrath bhinna sphaDika ruchirE
puNareekE nishaNNa:
amlAna SrI: amrutha visadhai: amsubhi:
plAvayan maam
AavirbhUyAth anaga-mahimA maanasE
Vaagadheesa:
- - - 32nd slOkam of Sri HayagrIva
SthOthram
(Meaning): In His upper two hands , Lord
HayagrIvan adorns
the divine Disc and the Conch ; in the
front two hands , He displays
Jn~Ana MudhrA as PraTamAchAryan and a Book (
Pusthakam )
to represent an AchArya SrIkOsam . He is
seated on a newly blossomed
white lotus and he appears like a portion of
sphaDika maNi hill .
His effulgence never diminishes. There is no
limit to His blemishless
Vaibhavam . Swamy Desikan prays to the First
Lord of VidhyA to
shower His cool , nectar-like rays on him
and immerse him in that
comforting coolness and appear before
his mind and reside there
forever
.
(To be
continued)
Sri HyaagrIva ParabrahmaNE
Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
V.Sadagopan
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