Sri:
Dear BhakthAs :
Let us now move on from Sri VeNugOpAlan Sannidhi
to
the next Sannidhi as we make the
PradhakshiNam . In this
Sannidhi , Sri Lakshmi
Hayagrivan and Lord SrinivAsan
with
Ubhaya NaacchiyArs await us to confer their
blessings .
Let us enjoy the darsana soubhAgyam of Sri Lakshmi
HayagrIvan
first .
Lord Lakshmi HayagrIvan ,
Sakala VidhyA Moorthy
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The Murthy of Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivan with His
beloved consort
seated on His left thigh is one of the most
beautiful that adiyEn
has been blessed to have darsana soubhAgyam .
The majesty ,
the KaaruNyam of this Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva
Murthy is to
be seen to be believed . He blesses the
seekers with AadhyAthma
Jn~Anam .
There are number of sacred texts such as Hayagriva
SthOtram
of Swamy Desikan housing Sri Hayagriva
Manthram , Sri HayagrIva
Panjaram , Sri HayagrIva Kavacham , Sri HayagrIva
Upanishad ,
Sri HayagrIva AshtOtthara and Sahasra Naamams
for the truly
blessed upAsakAs of Lord HayagrIvan . He is
SrEyasAm Pathi.
He is UdhgItha PraNava Moorthy . He is
Jn~Anandhamayan .
He is Svatha Siddhan . As Sundara Anirudhha
avathAran ,
He is AniruddhAmsan . He is the embodiment of
PraNavam.
He is Thrayeemayan. He is the Ucchishta Brahmam
and Sarva SEshi.
The meanings of the above nAmAs and more are
covered in
adiyEn's commentaries on
the 33 slOkams of Sri HayagrIva
sthOtram
archived at :
As we stand before Lord
HayagrIvan's powerful presence
at
the Pomona Temple , the meanings of the third
slOkam of
Swamy Desikan's SthOthram ( Samaahaara
SaamnAm- --)
echos in our mind . Here , Swamy Desikan
instructs us that
the Hala-Hala sounds( naadham) emanating from the
divine
throat of the Horse-faced Lord are the aggregates
of Saama
Veda Manthrams , the word-for-word meanings of Rg
Vedam
and the abode of Yajur Veda Manthrams . Those
auspicious
SunAdhams of Lord HayagrIvan chase away all the
nesciences
and viparItha Jn~Anams .
The rendering of this third slOkam in a Karnatic music raagam
in the most moving
manner
by HH Srimath SrimushNam Andavan
of PeriyAsramam can be enjoyed in one of the video clips
archived in the files
section of Oppiliappan list
:
Swamy Desikan pointed out the way to perform
SaraNaagathy
to Lord HayagrIvan and gave us the reasons why we
perform
Prapatthi to Him in the 5th slOkam of Sri
HayagrIva sthOtram:
Visuddha Vij~nAna ghana
svaroopam
Vij~nAna Bhaddha
dheeksham
DayAnidhim dEhabruthAm SaraNyam
Devam HayagrIvamaham prapadhyE
(meaning): Lord HayagrIvan's dhivyAthma
svaroopam is entirely
constituted by Pure Jn~Anam . As the abode of DayA , Lord HayagrIvan
strives to show the erring chEthanams the
unfailing route
for Moksham through tatthva Traya upadEsam .
He stands as
the protector of ChEthanams from the dangerous ocean of
SamsAric afflictions and gives His hands
representing SaasthrAs
to lift us out of our miseries as nithya samsAris
. Swamy Desikan
states that he is also surrendering at the
sacred feet of
Lord HayagrIvan to recieve the boon of true
Jn~Anam .
Lord HyagrIvan restored the VedAs stolen by AsurAs
and
gave them back to Brahma to enable him to
perform his
ordained duties of srushti . A tiny drop of
Lord HayagrIvan's
power as the Lord of VidhyAs empowers
Saraswathi Devi
and DakshiNAmUrthy . His SarIram is
Manthramayam.
He is Vaageeswaran . Saraswathi DEvi
worshipped
Lord Lakshmi HayagrIvan at Kashmir and the
vigraham
that She worshipped was presetned by Saraswathi
DEvi
to recognize AchArya RaamAnujA's creation of the
commentary
for BRAMA SOOTHRAMS THAT SHE NAMED AS
SRI BHAASHYAM .
That dhivya Mangala Vigraham was recieved
by Swamy Desikan
through His AchArya Paramparai and is worshipped
today by
the great AchAryaas of Sri ParakAla Matam at
Mysore .
Lord HayagrIvan's matchless power as the boon
grantor
for Jn~Anam is saluted by the 16th slOkam of
Swamy
Desikan's Sri HayafrIva
SthOtram:
api kshaNArTam kalayanthi yE ThvAm
aaplAvayantham visadhie
mayUkai:
VaachAm pravAhair anivArithais tE
MandhAkineem mandhayithum
kshamanthE
(Meaning): Oh Lord HayagrIvA ! You spread Your
cool white radiance
on Your upAsakaas and make them blessed with
tranquility and true
Jn~Anam . When they meditate on You for even half a second ,
their scholarship flows in
an uninterrupted manner that excels
the speed of the fast moving Gangaa river
.
Let us meditae on Lord HayagrIvan at His Sannidhi
at
Pomona , NY with Swamy Desikan's
DhyAna SlOkam
that visualizes Him with Jn~AnOpadesa Mudhrai in
one of
the four hands , a book in
the other and the divine conch and
Chakram on the remaining two hands. He is like a
spatika
( white quartz) in hue and is found seated
on a white lotus.
Heis tejas is undiminished ( amlAna SrI:) and He
is free of
any blemishes ( anaga mahimaa). He is the Lord of
all
knowledge and speeches ( Vaagh adheesa: ) .
Swamy Desikan
prays for the waves of nectar arising from
the Lord immerse
him in bliss and appear before him at all times
:
VyAkhyAmudhrAm
karasarasijai:
pusthakam Sankha
chakrE
Bhibrath bhinna sphatika
ruchirE
PuNDareekE nishaNNa:
amlAna SrI: amrutha visadhai:
amsubhi:
plAvayan maam
aavirbhUyAth anaga mahimaa
maanasE Vaagadheesa:
Lord HayagrIvan appeared before Swamy
Desikan
at the Oushada Giri of Thiruvaheendhrapuram
for
the benefit of all and the rest is history
.
NamO Sri HayagreevAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil
V.Sadagopan
P.S : Please support the Priest Quarters
constrcution
project at Pomona , NY Temple with your
samarpaNams.
Thanks in advance
.
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