Sri HayagrIva sthOthram: Part XVII-SlOkam 7

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord HayagrIvA :

 

In the seventh slOkam , Swamy Desikan

declares that all those Gods and Rishis

reputed for their powers of knowledge

shine only because of possessing a mere

fraction of Lord HayagrIvaa's prowess as

a VidhyA Moorthy.

 

The seventh slOkam containing these thoughts

is as follows:

 

" DhAkshiNya ramyA Girisasya Moorthy:

dEvi SarOjAsana dharma Pathnee

vyAsadhayOpi vyapadEsaya vaacha:

spuranthi sarvE tava sakthilEsai:"

 

(meaning ): The pretty-to-behold(ramyA)form

of KailAsanAthan (GirIsan)known as DakshiNAmUrthy ,

the "Goddess of Learning " and the wife of

Brahma Devan with the name of Sarasvathi

having the white lotus as Her abode and even

Sage VyAsA and others famous for their powers of

divine Vaak --all of them derive their Saarasvatham

( power of divine speech )from a mere fragment of

the power of the Adhi VidhyA Moorthy, Lord HayagrIvan.

 

Lord HayagrIvan is recognized here as

the "SarvArtha Tatthva VyAkhyAtha "

( the expositor of the comprehensive meanings

of all tattvams )and "chathu: shashti KalAdhipan"

( the Master of all the 64 kalaikaL). As such , He

is the source of all Jn~Anam . Even great ones

reputed for their powers of knowledge owe it

to Lord HayagrIvan for their high status ,

since they have been blessed with a tiny portion

of the power of VidhyA of Lord HayagrIvan . They

have been empowered by a tiny fraction of the full

power of the Aadhi VidhyA Moorthy , Lord HayagrIvan.

He is the "Sarva VedAthmakO VidhvAn , Veda-

VedAntha Paaraga:, Sarva Saasthrakruth " .He is

the Sarva VaagIsvarEsvaran" ( Lord of all gods

of Learning ). He is asEsha Veda Roopan . He is

YathArtha Jn~Ana dhAyakan . His mere katAksham

confers visEsha Jn~Anam .

 

Swamy Desikan's inspiration for this slOkam

might have come from one of the slOkams of

Sri HayagrIva Prapathti :

 

"vijy~Ana dhAna praTithA jagathyAm vyAsadayO

vaagapi DakshiNA saa

yadhveekshaNaamsa aahitha VaibhavAstham dEvam

HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE "

 

This slOkam recognizes that Lord HayagrIvan

celebrated for His VidhyA dhAnam confers

such blessings favorably on great rishis

like VyAsA by His VeekshaNa vaibhavam ( power

of KatAksham alone).

 

In the seventh slOkam , Swamy Desikan adds

two more celebrities besides VyAsa BhagavAn ,

who have been the beneficiaries of such anugraham

that made them possess immense powers of VidhyA .

These two besides Sage VyAsaa are Lord DakshiNA

Moorthy and Devi Sarasvathi.

 

The foremost among those blessed with VidhyA

dhAnam is "DaakshiNya ramyA Girisasya Moorthy:".

He is the One , who sits under a golden banyan tree .

He teaches the highest truth as He understood it

from Lord Hayagrivan to the four rishis ,

Agasthyar, Pulasthyar , Dakshar and MarkaNdEyar.

This lovable and Youthful form of Ahirbudhnyan

(Parama Sivan) is DakshiNA Moorthy , who is

looking southward (DakshiNa disai) like Lord RanganAthA .

One of the AzhwArs describes this DakshiNA

Moorthy ( favorably disposed Moorthy , when it

comes to the upadEsam of TatthvArthams) this way:

 

" aala nizhark keezh aRa neRiyai naalvarkku

mElaiyuhatthu uraitthAn meyt tavatthOn "

 

(meaning): Under the sprawling Banyan tree sat

this youthful MahA purushan of great austerity

and He instructed the four eminent older

sages about the esoteric tatthvArthams through

the medium of mounam (silence).

 

This vidhyA Moorthy owes his power of

" Nikila samsaya haraNa naipuNyam "

(Expertise in the removal of all doubts about

tatthvams)from his AchAryan , Lord HayagrIvan and

goes on to instruct the four great Rishis

and others. That power arose from imbibing

a fraction of the power(sakthi-lEsam) of His Lord ,

Sri HayagrIva BhagavAN.

 

The second beneficiary of Lord HayagrIvA's

anugruham is Devi Sarasvathi :" Devi SarOjAsana

dharma pathnee ". She is the wife of Lord BrahmA

seated on the red lotus arising out of the navel of

the Lord .She is Pusthaka DhAriNi ( a book

on Her hand) and has a japa malai on the other

hand reciting perhaps Sri HayagrIva manthram .

She is seated on a white lotus like Her AchAryan.

 

The third beneficiary is VyAsa BhagavAn .Swamy

Desikan salutes Sage VyaasA's celebrated

Vidvath with the words "Vyapadesya Vaacha:"

( those with most laudable power of Vaak) .

 

Swamy Desikan includes others sages like

ParAsarar ( the author of VishNu PurANam )

and VaalmIki ( author of the Aadhi Kaavyam)

with the use of the word , "VyAsadaya: sarvEpi"

( Sage VyaasA and others ). They all shine as

great repositories of learning and wisdom due

to the possession of a mere fragment of

the power of Lord HayagrIvan , their AchAryan.

 

Swamy Desikan declares here that " SarvE tava

sakthi-lEsai: spuranthi" . Swamy Desikan

states that all great ones known for their

Vaak siddhis shine only through the absorption of

a speck of the matchless VidhyA-blessing power of

Lord HayagrIvan . Swamy Desikan cites

Lord DakshiNA Moorthy, Devi Sarasvathi

and VyAsaadaya: as examples of such great

souls blessed by Lord HayagrIvan.

 

Sri Hayavadhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan