Sri HaygrIva SthOthram : Part VIII: A kruthi and the second slOkam of Sri HayagrIva sthOthram

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Sri Hayavadhana ParabrahmaNE nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Sigar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

adiyEn will start today's posting with a small

krithi that can be sung in Raagam Naattakurinji

or VasanthA .

 

Pallavi: HayagrIvam BhAvayAmi sathatham

Sundara Aniruddha avathAram (LakshmI)

 

Anupallavi: Jn~Anandha-mayam svaprakAsam

Jn~Ana-dhAyinam DayA nidhim (LakshmI)

 

CharaNam 1 : Aadhi-madhyAntha rahitham Vaaji Vakthram

Sarvaj~nam svacchandhanm Deva Devam ( LakshmI)

 

Charanam 2: Madhu KaiDapa mardhanam Saarasvatha pradham

aj~nAna-Naasakam Sarva VaagIsvarEsvaram (LakshmI)

 

(Meaning): adiyEn reflects always on Sri Lakshmi HayagrIvan ,

who is of the most beautiful avathAram of Aniruddhuan .

He is full of bliss of knowledge and self-effulgent;

Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivan is the one , who blesses us

with Tatthva-Hitha -PurushArtha Jn~Anam and is

a treasure house of dayA guNam. The Lord of Gods with

the face of a horse is Omniscient and shines like a clear

crystal .AdiyEn meditates on that Lord , who destroyed

the two asurAs , Madhu and KaiDapan . He is the One , who

blesses us with Vedic speech and removes our false

Knowledge and is the Lord of all Gods of Learning .

 

The Second SlOkam of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram

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Swami Desikan started the first slOkam on

the Veda Murthy in the Vedic Anushtup Metre

and concluded the sthOthram also in the same

Vedic Anushtup metre. In between , he used four

other metres: SikhariNI , Saalini , UpajAthi

and MandhaakranthA . SlOkam 2 & 3 are set in

SikhariNI metre , which Swamy Desikan used

for the sixth decad of DayA sathakam saluting

another tEjO-maya DayA nidhi presiding ovr

the hills of ThiruvEnkatam .Here is the second

slOkam of Sri HaygrIva sthOthram:

 

savathssidhdam suddha-spatika-maNi bhUbhruth prathibhaDam

SudhA sadhrchibhir-dhyuthibhir-avadhAtha Thribhuvanam

ananthais thrayyanthairanuvihitha hEshA halahalam

hathAshEshAvadhyam HayavadhanamIDimahi Maha:

 

(Meaning): We sing the glories of that tEjOmayan

( effulgent Vigraham) , who incarnated as HayagrIvan

to banish the samsAric afflictions of His bhakthAs.

His dhivya mangaLa vigraham is like a hill

made up of suddha spatikam ( gem crystal).He spreads

His nectarine lustre on the three worlds and renders

them white. He generates the "Hala Hala " sound

appropriate to His form as a Horse and through that

neighing sound suggests that it contains the essence of

all the Upanishads. He makes it easy for those , who

are blessed to hear that SunAdham , to understand

the true meaning of His VedAs.

 

Svathassiddham: The first word chosen by Swami Desikan

is "Svathassiddham " to salute Lord HyaagrIvan.

We will use the rst of this posting to understand

the Vedic significance of this word chosen by

Swamy Desikan.

 

This is indeed a powerful word with deep Vedic connotations.

Here , Swamy Desikan instructs us that Lord HayagrIvan

is self-manifested and ever-existing.

 

Svatha: Siddham also means self-evident .It is self-evident

that He is ajAyAmanan ( One who was never born ;

He is AnAdhi Purushan). The Vedams recognize Him

as Ucchishta Brahmam . As the creation passes into

primordial matter at the time of MahA PraLayam ,

this Supreme Self persists , since He is not subject

to change , decay or death. The Atharva Vedam salutes

this Svatha-Siddha , Uchcishta Brahmam as :

 

Rk Saama Yajurucchishta UdhgItha: prasthutham sthutham

hinKAra ucchishtE Svara: SaamnO mEdisccha tanmayi

--- Atharva vedam: XI.7.5

 

The essence of Sri HayagrIvan is summarized in

the above Atharva Manthram , which means: In the Ucchishta

Brahman is sustained every thing , even the Rk , Yajuh ,

Saama , UdhgIthaa, HinkAra , Svara and Saaman rhythms

and rhymes .

 

The front Portion of Sri HayagrIva Manthram

( the first three words ) is an echo of the first

three words of the above Atharva Manthram.

His UdhgItha SvarUpam saluted in the Sri HayagrIva

Manthram is also echoed in the above Atharva Manthram

( Rk Saama Yajurucchishta udhgItha:).

 

The subsequent manthrams of this Tenth Canto of

Atharva vedam goes on to praise the glories

of this Ucchishta Brahmam (Sri HayagrIvan) this way:

 

" UchcishtA is the name of the great Brahman , since

He is the undecaying self( Svatha: Siddham ).In the

Uchcishta form is sustained the entire creation

consisting of name and form ( ucchishtE naama rUpam

chOcchishtE lOka aahitha: Atharva Vedam -XI.7.1).

Atharva veda manthrams ( XI.7.24-27 ) are great

tributes to this Ucchishta Brahmam that

is Svatha: Siddham. These manthrams salute

the Lord this way:

 

" Every thing is reborn from Him after the PraLayam ,

the disciplines of divine knowledge , the sense

organs , the vital realm , the blissful realm

and all categories of human beings (aanandhA

mOdhA: pramudhOabhImOdhamuvascha )."

 

We will continue with the other words chosen by

Swamy Desikan with Veda Garbham in the next posting.

 

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil V.SatakOpan