Sri HayagrIva sthOthram : Part VII, Why do we worship Sri HayagrIvan ?

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Sri Hayavadhna ParabrahmaNE nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

We covered sofar the DhyAna SlOkam of Sri HayagrIvan.

Before we continue with the commentary on

the Second SlOkam of Sri HaygrIva SthOthram ,

adiyEn would like to point out why Sri HayagrIvan

is specially worshipped by us .

 

All what one can seek from PerumaL as Isvaryams

are Jn~Anam , Bhakthi and anushtAnam . As Sri UtthamUr

Swamy explains , One can ask all of the above three

Isvaryams from PerumAL and more . Although Our Lord

can bless us with the every Isvaryam , it is considered

appropriate however to ask a specific avathAra-

Moorthy of the Lord for a specific boon , which has

close connections to His avathAram . For instance ,

Sri HayagrIvan incarnated to bless Brahma with

the power of Veda Vidhyai .He is therefore

the VidhyA RaajA. Parama Sivan ,the grandson of

the Lord became DakshiNA Moorthy due to the grace

of Sri HayagrIvan. Devi Sarasvathi became the goddess

of Learning due to the anugraham of Sri HayagrIvan.

Brahaspathi became Deva Guru due to the blessing of

Sri HayagrIvan. Swamy Desikan is going to point out

later that DakshiNA Moorthy, Sarasvathi (Bharathi)

and Brahaspathi got vested in powers of learning

from a trifle of the anugraham of Sri HaygrIvan.

That is why we worship Sri HayagrIvan exclusively ,

when our desire is for the acquisition of

Jn~Anam and Vidhyai.

 

Sri HayagrIvan is invoked in all Vaidhika

KarmAs through the first slOkam in our

sankalpams:

 

SuklAmbharadharam VISHNUM

SASI VARNAM Chathurbhujam

Prasanna Vadhanam dhyAyEth

Sarva vighnOpasAnthayE

 

The Sukla ambhara-dharan (Clad in spotless

white cloth ) and Sasi varNan ( with the white

hue reminding us of the cool, white rays of

the autumn Full Moon ) referred to here is

none other than Sri HayagrIvan .

 

We pay our special reverence to Sri HayagrIvan

for these reasons .

 

The Revered Jeeyars of the ParakAla Matam

starting from the direct Sishyar

(Sri Brahma Tanthra Svathanthra Swamy)

have continued this tradition of AchArya

RaamAnujA and Swamy Desikan by performing

uninterrupted AarAdhanam for Sri Lakshmi HayagrIvan.

MahA Lakshmi takes on the form of another Devi

with the name of "Vidhyai" and becomes the Dharma-

Pathni of Sri VaagIsvarEsvaran (HayagrIvan) .

As Lakshmi HayagrIvan , Our Lord wears the two

VishNu chinnams (Sankham and Chakram ) in two

hands and has a Pusthakam and Jn~Ana mudhrai

(Chimudhrai) on the other two hands . Saadhu Jana

rakshaNam , Dhushta Nigraham , VidhyA Pradhatvam

and Moksha Pradhathvam are represented by

the four hands of Sri HayagrIvan.

 

May we all be blessed by the paramAnugraham

of this UdhAra Moorthy and receive His

choicest blessings !

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.SatakOpan