Sri HayagrIva SthOthram : Part XIV--SlOkam 14

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

The anubhavam of the Jn~Anis , who visualize

Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn in their heart lotuses

is described in the 14th SlOkam :

 

manOgatham pasyathi ya: sadhA thvAm

manIshiNAm maanasa raaja-Hamsam

svayam purObhAva vivAdha bhAja:

kimkurvathE tasya girO yathArham

 

The thoughts on the fruits of meditating upon

the sacred form of Lord HayagrIvan , described in

the previous slOkam , is taken up in this slOkam .

 

(meaning): Oh Lord Haya-Vadhana MahA DesikA !

The Raaja Hamsams ( King Swans ) take up their

abode in the divine lake known as MaanasarOvar .

You , who is the emperor of all thise Raaja Hamsams

(sanyAsis and Yathi-varAs )choose as Your permanent

abode ,the mind (manas, Saras or Poykai ) of Your

upAsakAs .Thus You facilitate their efforts in

meditation of You.For such people blessed by You ,

all the Vidhyais compete with one other to serve

them . They thus become thus the sakala saasthra-

parAngathALs or the celebrated experts/exponents

of all para and apara vidhyAs due to Your

benovolent grace (anugraham ) .

 

Swamy Deikan says that those Yogis , who have

the power to visualize the Raaja Hamsam ( Lord

HayagrIvan ) seated on a white lotus in their heart

lotuses are belssed with the siddhi (fruits ) of

full command of Vaak or divine speech . The various

VidhyAs in the form of words rush to them saying .

"Please Make use of me , Please Make use of me "

in a competetive manner. They argue as it were with

one another to serve the upAsakaas, who visulaize

(pasyanthi)the Raaja Hamsam seated in their

heart cavities (manOgatham maanasa Raaja hamsam

pasyanthi ).These blessed Ones are the objects of

service for all Vidhyais and as a result , they become

the exponents of great vidhyais .

 

This effect is some what similar to the falling

of the merciful glances of MahA LakshmI on a chEthanan .

When those auspicious glances fall on one , then

the various categories of wealth chase each other

to be in the front row to bless the chEthanan .

They compete with each other to bless the chEthanan:

 

yasyAm yasyAm disi viharathE Devi dhrushti: tvadhIyA

tasyAm tasyAm ahamahimikAm tanvathE SAMPADHOGAA:

--Sri Sthuthi: slOkam 15

 

Sri D.Ramaswami Iyengar reminds us of the situation

when Sri Raamachandran received the upadEsam on

the use of various asthrams (weapons in the form of

arrows) from Sage VisvAmithrar as He proceeed to

SiddhAsramam to protect his Yaj~nam .Then the asthrams

competed with one another to rush to the side of

Sri Ramachandran saying , "kim karavAmathE ?"

( Here we are , Your willing slaves! Pray command us

as to what we shall do for You as Your kinkarAs ?).

 

Swamy Desikan is a prime example of such a blessed

One , whom the Vidhyais served competing with

one other due to BhagavAn HayagrIvan's paramAnugraham .

His varaNam ( choice ) of Lord HayagrIvan as His

dhivya Utthama AchArya Saarvabhouman and prapatthi

to Him (Devam HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE ) is a reminder

to all of us on the need for celecration of

our AchAryans in the form of Lord HayagrIvan:

 

(PraNavam )Guru sathbhakthi tEjanAya nama:

( " )Guru VisvAsa VardhanAya nama:

( " )GururupAsana sangAthrE nama:

( " )Guru PrEma VardhanAya nama :

( " )Pancha samskruthi bhAvanAya nama:

( " )Saasthra-PaaNi pradhAna-krutha-

bhava-magna samuddharaNAya nama:

 

Sri HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan