Sri:
Dear Sri HayagrIva
BhakthAs :
Here are some short and
long notes on the rest of the text of
Sri HayagrIva Panjaram
for our meditation on the Bhaktha-
hrunnmadhuran , nithya
KalyANakaran , BhagavAn HayagrIvan :
10.
OmkArOdhgeeTa roopAya Rg-Yajus-Saama MoorthaE
namOasthu dEva dEvAya
vAnchithArTa-pradhAyinE
He is of
the embodiment of UdhgItha PraNavam . Details on
the Udhgeetha PraNavam
are in the e-book (http://www.sadagopan.org)
under Swamy Desikan's Sri
HayagrIva SthOthram and in the parakAla
Matam web
.
He destroyed the asuran
who stole
the VedAs with the (long) UdhgItha PraNava
uccharaNam . PraNavam
is "
AksharAm akshara MaathrukA " according to
Swamy
Desikan (Sri HayagrIva SthOthram : SlOkam 11) .
Swamy Desikan points out
that Lord
HayagrIvan is PraNava Roopi ;
PraNavam is the aaNi vEr
( Main root of the Vedams ) in addition to being
the First among aksharams
, PraNavam is the integrated essence of all
aksharams
.
Lord Hayagrivan is
identified here as UdhgItha PraNavam among
the different modes of
PraNavam
; Udhgeetha PraNavam is the sung
version
of
PraNavam as in the Saama Vedam (Geethishu SaamAkhyA) ..
UdhgItha PraNavam is the
ultimate resting place of the Naama-Roopa
Prapancham created by the
Lord ( Naama Roopa Prapanchasya
charama prathishtai
as per the 12th slOkam of Swamy Desikan's
Sri HayagrIva sthOthram
).
UdhgItha
PraNaVa Moorthy is the " ni:SrEyasa sampath , Sankalpa
chinthAmaNi") .
As the
UdhgItha PraNava roopan , He is the grantor of
Moksham and He is the ChinthAmaNi rathnam in granting what one
desires
ardently .
If UdhgItha PraNavam
(Veda Vaak) is the ManjUshika ( Panjaram ,
Cage,
abode ) ,
then the Lord seated inside that Panjaram (abode)
is the
PurushArTam holding the VyAkhyA mudhra ( UpadEsa
Mudhrai).
Through UdhgItha
PraNavOpAsanai , Lord HayagrIvan grants His
UpAsakAs " amrutham
ksharantheem KaamadhEnum Sarasvatheem
disathy " ( the boon of
flowing nectar of dhivya Vaak ) .
Saama GhAnam has five
divisions . A particular verse (Saaman) is
broken
in to several parts and
the assigned priest takes up the singing of
individual
parts . Among these
fragments , one is recited in unison by all of the priests:
These five divisions are : (1) PrastAva , the
introductory fragment sung by PrastOtA priest
(2)
UdhgeeTa Saaman sung by the chief priest of Saama
ghAnam.
He is the UdhghATA
priest .This is initiated by PraNavam .
(3) PrathiharthA priest ,
who joins the above two in Saama ghAnam .
(4) UdhghAtA priest also sings the fragment , upadhrava Saaman
(5) Nidhana forms the
last two constituents of PraNavam
ChAndhOgyam asks us to
meditate on the five fold Saamans as
the five worlds , whose
Master is the Lord : " The heemkAra is
Earth , the PrasthAva is
Fire ; the UdhgithA is the Sky ; the PrathihAra
is the Sun, the
nidhana is the heaven ; so in an ascending line "
.
The tenth verse contains
two fragments of Sri HayagrIva Manthram
and is a prayerful
salutation for the Lord , who grants what one
desires
( VaanchithArTa
PradhAyakan ) .
11th verse
:
**************
ajn~Ana timiram chindhi
Jn~Anam chASu prayaccha mE
dEhi mE dEva dEvESa
HayaSeersha namOsthutE
Oh Lord
HayagrIva! the Lord of all dEvAs ! Please cut asnder the darkness
of
ajn~nam (nescience) and
grant me the true Jn~Anam .
12th Verse
:
***************
bhUtha-prEtha-pisAchAdheen chindhi dEva JanArdhana
jvarAdheen nikhilAn-rOgAn
nAsayASu RamaapathE !
Oh
JanArdhana HayagrIva ! Please destroy the ill effects of
the evil spirits and all
kinds of fevers ( inflamed states ) as well
as diseases ! ( The
JanArdhana tatthvam is discussed in the next
posting)
.
13th Verse
:
***************
dhAridhryam sakalam
chindhi kuru soubhAgya bhAjanam
SathrUn-nAsaya mE dEva
Hayaseersha namOasthu tE
Salutations to You Lord
HayagrIva ! Destroy all of my poverty !
Make me the resceptacle
of all soubhAgyams ! Oh Lord ! Please
destroy all of my enemies
!
14th Verse
:
***************
mEdhAm praj~nAm Bhalam
VidhyAm sampadham puthra-pouthrakam
dEhi mE dEva dEvEsa
Hayaseersha namOasthu tE
mEdhA means retentive
faculty , Memory and intellect . One should
recall MedhA Sooktham in
the context of this prayer . The other prayers
are for Praj~nA
(consciousness , intutive wisdom , gnosis ) ,
Bhalam
(strength) , VidhyA (
thirty types of Brahma VidhyA ) and wealth (sampath)
.
These words (MedhA,
Praj~nA et al) have deep Vedic connotations
and
Upanishads have focussed
on them in great detail .
15th Verse
:
*************** KaarkODaka-mukhAn sarpAn
vishAdheen vilayE naya
amrutham kuru mE
dEva Hayaseersha namOasthu tE
Oh Horse-faced Lord !
Grant me freedom from death by
the bite of king serpents
like KaarkODakan and grant me
immortality ! Protection
against snake-bite induced poisons
are sought here
.
16th Verse
**************
sthree-vaSyam jana-vaSyam cha rAja
vaSayam ParAthparam
kuru dEvAnganA-Bhrundha sEvyamAna
padhAmbhuja
Oh Lord with lotus-soft feet worshipped
by the assembly of devAs !
Please grant me all the pleasures that
a Bhubhukshu desires ( Power
over women , people and
raajyam ) .
17th Verse
***************
HamsAya ParamESAya
chandra-maNDala vaasinE
namO
HayOtthamAngAya VaanchithArTa pradhAyinE
Oh Lord with the Haya
Siras residing inside the orbit of the Moon !
Oh Lord , who took the
form of Swan (Hamsam) to instruct Your son
Brahma Devan about the
meanings of Veda Manthrams after he regained
with Your mahOpakAram ,
the four VedAs stolen by the asurAs ! Oh Supreme
Being ! Oh Lord , who
grants what one desires ! my salutaions to You !
18th Verse
**************
Rg-Yajus-Saama roopAya rithAya mahathE
nama:
rukshEsa Bindhumadhyasta
rAjeevAsana bhAjinE
Here , another passage from Lord
HayagrIva manthram is
housed . He is of the form of the three
vEdAs (Rg, Yajus and
Saama Vedams) .
He is the abode
of MahA Ritham ; Rtham
like Praj~nA is another profound
Vedic word with
enormous
significance . It refers at one level
the eternal order (both cosmic
and moral
order revealed by Bhagavath Saasthrams ). Salutations
to
You the
VishNu avathAran , who is at the center of the
Yanthrams
(Manthramayam Sareeram) . His beautiful
seat there (Bindhu)
is referred to
as RaajeevAsanam
.
19th
Verse:
***************
vEda-vEdAntha vEdhyAya
vEdAharaNa karmaNE
sathvAsatthva mahA mOha
bEdhinE BrahmaNE nama:
Another passage from the
HayagrIva Manthram is housed
in the first line of the
above namaskaraNam . He is saluted as
the Supreme knower of
Veda-VedAnthams ( Upanishads) .
He is recognized and
saluted as the One Supreme Being
( Para Brahmam) , who
restored the VedAs to His son ,
when they were stolen .
He is saluted as the cleaver of
the MahA mOham (
described in Sankalpa SooryOdhayam)
caused by confusion
between Satthvam (reality , auspiciousness)
and asatthvam ( Unreality
and amangaLams). He is the SathyakAma ,
Sathya Sankalpa ,
Sathyasya Sathyam . He is of the form of
" Sathyam Jn~anam
anantham BrahmA " . That is His lakshaNam .
His grace destroys the
delusion caused by avivEkam about
the principle
of Satthvam .
20th
Verse :
**************
prajn~Ana dhAyinE nithyam bhajathAm
bhAvithAthmanAm
PraNavOdhgeetha vapushE praNathim
prathipAdhayE
Salutations to the Lord , who blesses us with Prajn~A (
pure
consciousness , which is Aanandhamaya) . For those , who
worship
Him
always , He is the Saviour . The following passages
of
Sri
VishNu Sahasra Naamam comes to mind here :
bhUthakruth
bhUthabruth-bhAvO bhUthAthma bhUtha-bhAvana:
poothAthmA ParamAthma cha
mukthAnAm paramaa gathi:
Here
is incorporation of another passage from Sri HayagrIva
Manthram
at the beginning of
the second paadham of this verse . He is the embodiment
of
PraNavOdhgetham and
protects without fail (as Achyuthan , Sathyan ) those
seek His rakshaNam
.
21st
Verse :
**************
Sri
Hayagriva Panjaram is about to conclude and now the
vakthrA
places the final fragment of Sri HayagrIva manthram here
:
" MahA aSva SiraSe nama:
"
MandhAra-kundha sphaDika mahaneeyOru
varchasE
maneeshA-pradha dEvAya Mahaa aSva sSirasE
nama:
Salutations to the Lord adorning MandhAra , Jasmine
and
other
whilte flowers of exceptional fragrance ! Salutations
to
the
Lord with magnificent sphaDika hue with the
powerful
thighs , which crushed the Madhu and KaDabhan during the
leelai
of
restoration of the stolen VedAs ! Salutations to the Lord
,
who
confers the boon of intelligence and comprehension
to
eulogize Him ! Salutations to the Lord with the great head
of
a
Horse ( MahA aSava siras )!
22nd and Final Verse
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This is about the dhvAdsa Manthrams of
Lord HayagrIva-
JanArdhanan that asks us to
worship the Lord through
His HayagrIva Panjaram in the mornings
. The creator of
this Panjaram asks us to worship
the Lord with tranquility
and reminds us that Lord HayagrIvan's
Panjaram and Manthram
have been used in japam and dhyAnam by
our ancient AchAryAs
from time
immemorial.
(To Be concluded )
Sri HayagrIva
parabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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