Our AchAryAs on Sri Hayagreevan

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Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

jnAnAnanda-mayam devam nirmalas sphaTikAkRtim |

AdhAram sarvavidyAnAm hayagrIvam upAsmahe ||

 

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: (Not USA- but "us"- BhakthAs)

 

Sri Ramanujacharya re-established the Visishtadvaita siddhaantham and

commented on Brahma sUthram in his Bhashyam. This excellent, unambiguous

vyAkhyaanam was completed by Yathiraajaa and fulfilled his "maanaseega

guru" Yamaunaacharya's wish (manOradham). Ramanuja "officially" releaed

the commentary at the grand gathering of all sanskrit scholars and Vedic

scholarsat Saraswathi peetam in Kashmir, in front of Saraswathi Devi.

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 Mutt 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 Sanghu 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 avtaar is only for VedOpadEsam and granting us

jnAnam. (As Sri SadagOpan emphatically pointed out Swami Desikan was

initiated into the Great Hayagreeva Manthram and then is the History…)

 

Once Swami Desikan wished to stay at Thiruvaheendra puram 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 pleace is called "pon viLaintha kaLampudhoor".

 

Other sampradaya AchAryAs on hayagreevan- the last post- Next one!

 

 

Ram Ram

 

With Best Regards

 

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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