Sri HayagrIva SthOthram: Part VI: Padham 2 of SlOkam 1, " AadhAram Sarva VidhyAnAm hayagrIvam UpAsmahE "

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Sri Hayavadhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In this posting , adiyEn will focus on the second

Paadham of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram saluting Him as

" AadhAram Sarva VidhyAnAm " ( as the foundation for

all the VidhyAs , Para and Apara vidhyAs ).

 

There is a slOkam in Sri Hayagriva Sahasra Naamam

that connects the Suddha Spatika Roopam of Lord

HayagrIvan that sends out in all directions

the amrutha (nectraine) kiranams (waves )of

Jn~Anam like the cool rays of the Full Moon :

 

Chandra MaNDala madhyasTha SvEthAmbhoruha Vishtara:

jyOthsnAyamAnaanga ruchi nirdhUtha-anthar-bahis-tama:

 

Here , Sri HayagrIvan is visualized as being seated

in the middle of cool Chandra maNDalam on a spotless ,

white Lotus ; He drives away the inner

and outter darkness (Tamas) that engulfs one

with His rejuvenating radiance .This He does with

His dhivya KatAksham alone.

 

This Tamo-haran (destroyer of Aj~nam ) is saluted

again beautifully by the following section of

Sri HayagrIva AshtOtthara SthOthram:

 

aj~nana naasakO Jn~Ani PoorNachandra sama prabha:

Jn~adhO Vaakpathir yOgi yOgisa: sarvakAmadha:

 

MahA yOgi MahA Mouni MounIsa: SrEyasAmpathi:

Hamsa : Paramahamsasccha ViswagOpthA VirAD SvaarAD

 

Suddha Spatika sankAsO JaDAmaNDala samyutha:

AadhimadhyAntharahitha: Sarva VaagIsvarEsvara:

 

These passages of Sri HayagrIva AshtOttharam

salute Sri HayagrIvan as :(1) the Destroyer of

Ajn~Anam ( Aj~na naasakan) , (2) Jn~Ani, MahA

Yogi, Yogisan , Jn~Ana Daayakan for Yogis,

(3)Parama Hamsa AvathAran , who incarnated as

the Swan to teach the VedAs to Brahmaa , His

son , just as a Swan can separate Saaram (Milk)

from AsAram ( water), (4) Aadhi-madhya -antha

rahithan ( One who has neither beginning nor middle

nor end , (5)ViswagOpthA (Protctor of this world

from Aj~nam and ViparItha Jn~Anam) , (5) VirAD-

SvarAD ( VirAd Purushan of Purusha Sooktham

and undisputed Emperor of the Universe created

by Him , (6) SrEyasAM pathi: ( the Lord of ALL

auspicousness , (7) Suddha Spatika sankAsan

( With the blemishless hue and lustre of

Spatikam ) and (8)Sarva VaagIsvarEsvaran

( The Emperor of all gods of Knowledge and

(9) MahA Mouni , MounIsan ( The great silent

Teacher , who imparts knowledge even without

verbal instruction ).

 

These passages put in perspective the

Sarva VidhyA Aadhara svarUpam of Lord HayagrIvan.

 

What are some of the Vidhyais for which He is AadhAram?

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One of the Sri HayagrIva Sahasra Naamam gives

a clue: " Veda VedAntha SaasthrArtha Tatthva

VyAkhyAna TathparAya nama:" ( The One , who is

exclusively devoted to and eagerly engaged in

the intrepretation of the deeper meanings of

Vedams, Upanishads , Saasthrams and Tatthvams

for the AchArya SaarvabhoumAs/PandithAs and

PaamarAs).

 

In MunDaka Upanishad , there is a conversation between

Angiras (the AchAryan) and SaunakA (the sishyan) ,

which deals with the Vidhyais that Lord HayagrIvan

teaches are covered .These are:

 

"dhvE VidhyE VedithavyE ithi ha sma yadh

BrahmavidhO Vadanthi PARAA CHAIVAAPARAA "

Mundaka Upanishad: 1.1.4

 

(Meaning): There are two kinds of Knowledge

(Vidhyai) , namely , AparA and parA-lower and

higher-Vidhyais.So say those ( the great seers of

Upanishads)who know Brahman .

 

The Next Manthram talks about the "lower

knowedge " ( apara vidhyai) :

 

tathAparA RgvEdhO YajurvEdhO

SaamavEdhO Atharva vEdha: SikshA

KalpO VyAkaraNam niruktham chandhO JyOthishamith

Atha ParA yayaa Tadhaksharam adhigamyathE

 

(meaning): The Four VedhAs , Six VedhAngAs

( SikshA/Phonetics, Kalpa/Code of rituals,

VyAkaraNa/Grammar , Niruktha/etymology ,

Chandas/metre and JyOthisha/astrology ) are

Apara Vidhyais or the lower knowledge that

yield Brahma Jn~Anam .

 

The Higher knowledge( Para Vidhyai)is that

which leads to immortality or " That which goes

beyond the word meaning in language". Para Vidhyai

teach the wise (DheerA:) about the Akshara Brahmam ,

who is Nithyam (eternal),Vibhum ( Full of VibhUthi ) ,

Sarvagatham ( all-pervading ) , BhUthayOnim ( source of

all creation). LORD HAYAGRIVAN TEACHES BOTH

APARAA AND PARAA VIDHYAIS . aparaa gives Brahma

Jn~Anam and Paraa leads to Brahma SaakshAthkAram ,

which is the exclusive domain of Jn~Anis saluted

by GeethAchAryan as the ones dearest to Him.

 

BrahmOpAsanam based on the seven principles

attributed to Brahmanandhi by AchArya RaamAnujA

in his Sri Bhaashyam ( VivEkam , VimOgam , AbhyAsam ,

Kriyai , kalyANam ,AnavasAdham and Anuddharsham )

constitute apara vidhyai. The fruit of that

BrahmOpAsanam with Lord HayagrIvan's anugraham

is Brahma SaakshAthkAram , the Para Vidhyai.

Both are made possible by the SarvAdhAra

VidhyA Tathparan, Sri HaygrIvan.

 

The Moksha-para VidhyAs are 32 in number

and are taught in ChAndhOgya Upanishad,

which is a Saama Upanishad . UdhgItha

PraNavam saluted as Amrutham and Abhayam

in BrahmOpAsanam will be covered later in

detail since Lord HayagrIvan is recognized

as PraNava Udhgitha SvarUpan or PraNava

UdhgItha Vachas . In this posting , we

will just list without going into detail

some of these 32 VidhyAs housed in

ChAndhOgya , BrahadhAraNya and KoushIdaki

Upanishads .Some of these VidhyAs are:

 

1.Madhu Vidhyai

 

2.Gaayathri Brahma Vidhyai. This one is

particularly appropriate on this day after

Gaayathri Japam to reflect upon.

 

3.Koukshaya JyOthir Vidhyai

 

4.SaanDilya Vidhyai

 

5.Kosa Vij~Nanam

 

6.Purusha Vidhyai

 

7.Raigva Vidhyai

 

8.ShOdasa Kalaa Brahma Vidhyai

 

9.PrANa Vidhyai

 

10.PanchAgni Vidhyai

 

11.VaisvAnara Vidhyai

 

12. Sadh Vidhyai

 

13. BhUma Vidhyai

 

14.Dahara Vidhyai

 

15. PurushAthma Vidhyai

 

16.BaalAki Vidhyai

 

17. MythrEyi Vidhyai

 

18. Paryanga Vidhyai

 

19.Pradhardhana Vidhyai et al

 

AdiyEn will conclude this posting on

the second and final Paadham of the First

slOkam of Sri HaygrIva SthOthram with

a passage from Sri HayagrIva Sahasra nAma

Phala sruthi:

 

VidhyA SaamrAjya sampatthi Mokshaika phala Saadhanam

Sarvavith svAthma-bhAvEna paramam padham AapnuyAth

 

Another passage from the Sri HayagrIva Sahasra Naamam

sums up the phalan of this Sarva VidhyA aadharan

this way:

 

AshtAksharaika NishtAnAm Kaaryam VaikuNtam arpayan

SaraNAgathi NishtAnAm SaakshAth Vaikuntam arpayan

 

The Vaikunta Kaaryam hinted here is Nithya ,

Niravadhya Kaimkaryam to Parama Padha Naathan

and His dhivya Mahishis at His Sri Vaikuntam .

 

DaasAnu Daasan ,Oppiliappan Koil V.SatakOpan