Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevar

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

jnAnAnanda-mayam devam nirmalas sphaTikAkRtim |

AdhAram sarvavidyAnAm hayagrIvam upAsmahe ||

 

Other sampradaya AchAryAs on hayagreevan:

 

1. In Dwaita sampradaayam, Gururajar, (also called Vathirajar) in 15th

century A.D, adorned the Madhva mutt as a Peetadhipathi. He calls his

nithya thiruvaaraadhana prasadham as "Haygreeva Pandi", that is made of

kadalai, (Dhal), vellam (saccharin), coconut etc and taste like Sakkarai

pongal. Guru rajar used to offer to the Lord, by keeping the Prasadham

on a big plate and raise it above his head with both of his hands. Sri

Hayagreevan, used to gracefully appear as a real horse and keep His

front two legs on Gururajar's shoulders and eat ("sweegari"cchufy) the

Prasadham. (What a scene it should have been!). What remains used to be

Gururaja's only food always!

 

2. Also Sri Hayagreeva upasakas are: Aanghirasar, Adharvaa, Vasishtar,

Adhi Sankarar, Panditha rajar, and so on.

 

3. Adhi Sankara, who established the Adavita Siddhantham, is also called

BhagawathpaadaaL. In his VishNu sahsranaama bhAshyam, for the name

"theerthagara" (691st name per sankara paadam), he write the commentary

as " Hayagreeva rUpENa madhukaitabhoU hathvaa virinjaaya saakhaaruthou

sarvaa sruthi adhyaasa cha upaadhisat"… Means: The knowledge (jnAnam) is

like an unbounded and limitless waters. There are dangerous steps in

that pond, where we may tend to slip down. There are also lovley,

non-dangerous, most enjoyable steps, where we can blissfully take bath.

There are about 14 (or 18) such steps, namely four vedas, sikshai,

vyAkharaNam, chandha, niruktham, jyOthisham, kalpam,(they are all

vEdhanthams), mImAmsam, nyAyam, (DarshanangaL), dharma saasthrAs,

purANam, are the 14 VidhyA sthAnams. In addition, there are Ayur vEdam,

Gandharvam, Artha saasthram, Dhanur vEdham that add to a total of 18. If

one include the "dangerous" non-vedic steps of Buddhism, Jainism, also

there are even 20.

 

Who is the Lord of all Vishyasthaanam? Was the question and Sri

Bhagawadh PaadhAL in his vyAkhyAnam says: the One who killed madhu,

kaitabhar and brough back the Vedas to the world and saved the world,

Sri Hayagreevan is the ONLY ANSWER. (daivatham Devathaanaam). All

VidhyAs pay obeisance to Him, Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan with folded hands

and He blesses them.

 

4. Panditha Rajar, in his rasagangaadhara kOsam, says Sri Hayagreevar

hasgot sakala VidhyA srEshtathvam.

 

Works on Sri Hayagreevan:

 

1. Sri Vedanta Desikan: Sri Haygreeva SthOthram

2. Sri KrishNa Brahmatantra Swathantra Jeeyar- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana

PrabhOdhika sthuthi

3. Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana PadukA sEvaki- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana Rathna

maalaa SthOthram

4. Abhinava RanganAtha Parakaala Jeeyar- Sri Hayagreeva Ashtakam and Sri

Haygreeva panjara SthOthram (that houses Sri Hayagreevaaushtu manthram)

5. Srinivasa kavi- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam

6. Varadhakavi Sri Venkataachaarya Swami- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam, Sri

Haygreeva ashtOthram

7. Sri Sevaa Swami- Kalaakalana maalikA.

 

Greatness of Lord Sri Hayagreevan:

 

1. Swami Desikan in his Hayagreeva SthOthram, says: "Even DhakshiNA

moorthy (Sivan) and Saraswathi pay obeisance to Hayagreevan and are

blessed with VidhyA Sakthi by Lord Haygreevan's grace. (DhAkshiNya

ramyaa girisasya mUrthi: Devi sarOjaasana dharma pathnI..). Also he

says: the followers of Sri Haygreevan shall chant this stotram and

benefit with the blessings of Lord Hayagreevaa ("patata hayagrIva …)

"Read the haygrIva stotram with bhakti", for attaining fluency over

words and true knowledge about the Truth and to attain true knowledge

about the siddhAntam.

 

2. In Paraasara puraaNam, agasthya naaradha samvaadham, Sri Hayagreeva

ashtOthra sadhanaama stHothram blesses us a palasruthi, ("naama

naamshtOththarasatham hayagreevasya patEth…avaapya sakalaan bhOgaannithE

hari padham vrajEth…") BhakthAs of Sri Hayagreevan, will be blessed with

sakala Vedha saasthra jnAnam and be blessed with truthful knowledge.

They will also live very happily in this world with their spouse and

children with sakala sowbhAgyam and REACH THE LOTUS FEET OF SRI HARI for

sure.

 

Thanks a lot for all your praises and encouragement. Special thanks to

Sri MuraLidhar, Sri SadagOpan and Sri Anbil Swamin for your appreciation

of this child's mazhalai pidhaRRal (blabbers) on Lord Hayagreevan. These

posts on Sri Hayagreevan, I have based on a small booklet released by

Sri Vedhaartha Saadhana SabhA, (belonging to Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana

PerumAL Koil, Nanganallur, Madras), authored by Sri Dr. V.S.Seshadri,

reviewed and proof-read by Dr. Vangeepuram Navaneetham Sri Vedhanta

Desikan and blessed by H.H. Sri VaNsadagOpa Sri LakshmInrusimha

DivyapaadhukaasEvaka Sri Narayana yatheendra MahADesikan (Sri Ahobila

Mutt, 45th Pattam).

Errors, mistakes, faults are all mine. Please forgive me for that.

 

May Lord Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhanan bless us as He does ALWAYS.

 

Sri LakshmI Hayavadhana ParabrahmaNE Namah:

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Regards

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

 

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