Sri HyaagrIva SthOthram : Part XXVIII--SlOkam 19-20

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

In the slOkams 17 and 18, Swamy Desikan

described the aanandhAnubhavam of those

who meditate on Lord HayagrIvan (RomAnjali and

Aanandha BhAshpam ). In slOkams 19-22,Swamy Desikan

prays to the Lord for the conferral of such soubhAgyam

on him . We will cover the slOkams 19 & 20

in this posting .

 

Swamy Desikan appeals to the Lord for the boon of

removal of Brahma Lipi ( talai Yezhutthu written by

BrahmA on his skull ) , which interferes with

the fruition of his adoration of the Lord. He offers

afresh his salutations(prapatthi) at the powerful

paadha Kamalams of Lord HayagrIvan and to the Veda dhvani

arising from the anklets adorning those charaNa kamalams .

 

SlOkam 19 :How to secure LOrd HayagrIvan's anugraham ?

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PrAngh nirmithAnAm tapasAm VipAkA:

prathyagra nissrEyasa sampadhO mE

samEdhisheeran tava Paadha PadmE

Sankalpa chinthAmanaya: praNAmA:

 

(meaning): Oh Lord HayagrIvA ! It is not an

easy task to be blessed with the bhAgyam of

your paadha sEvanam ( worship of His sacred

feet). One should have done austere tapas(penance)

in poorva janmams( previous births). When One worships

Your sacred feet , One obtains the rarest of rare

wealths (viz)., Moksha anugrham . Beyond that supreme

purushArtham , one can also be blessed with

other worldly bhOgams . Your sacred feet in

this regard is like the ChinthAmaNi rathnam ,

which is said to confer all the blessings that

one seeks from it.Oh Lord HayagrIvA ! Please

bless me to have dhruva chinthanai (uninterrupted

meditation of Your holy PaadhAravindhams .

 

Swamy Desikan points out that the realization

of Moksha siddhi is a result of " prAngh-nirmithAnAm

TapasAm vipAka:"( the fruit of austere tapas

performed in previous births ). This Moksha

Siddhi is described by Swamy Desikan as

" prathyagra nissrEyas ' or a wealth that was

not attained hitherto and which is obtained

from prapatthi at the lotus feet of the Lord .

Swamy desribes the rarest of the wealths that

a human being can aspire for as "prathyagra-

nissrEyas" and compares those boon giving

pair of lotus feet to a rare chinthAmaNi rathnam

of a special kind (Sampadha: sankalpa ChinthAmaNaya:)

 

Overcome by the thought of the power of those

holy Thiruvadi , Swamy Desikan prays for

the continous growth of bhakthi for those

redeeeming pavithra Padhams ( mE praNAma:

tava Paadha padmE SamEdhiksheeran) to gain

Moksha Siddhi.Swamy Desikan points out

that the PraNAmams , which really stands

for the complete Prapatthi at the Lord's

holy feet , will unquestionably secure

Moksha Sukham (nissrEyas).

 

Sri D.Ramaswamy Iyengar recalls the Periya

Thirumozhi passage(7.6.9): " Naanudait-tavatthAl

Thiruvadi adainthEn--" to remember that

it is His blessings that gets us to His

lotus feet. Regarding the Paadha kamamlams serving

as the ChinthAmani gem conferring iha-para sukhams

(immai-maRumai sukhams) , Sri D.Ramaswamy Iyengar recalls

Swamy NammAzhwAr's aruLiccheyal (ThiruvAimozhi: 3.9.9):

 

"immaiyum saathitthu Vaanavar naatayum

nee kaNDu koLL yenRu Veedu tharum "

 

SlOkam 20: The Power of Lord HayagrIvan's PaadhAngri rENu

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viluptha moordhanya lipi-kramANAm

SurEndhra ChoodApadha lAlithAnAm

tvadhangri raajeeva raja: kaNAnAm

bhUyAn prasAdhO mayi NaaTa ! BhUyAth

 

(meaning): Oh Lord HayagrIva! It is said that

Brahma Devan encodes the lot in one's life

on the skull at the time of birth (Brahma Lipi

or Talai Yezhutthu ). The chEthanan's life

is laid out in those instructions . Those lipis

( aksharams written on the skull) interfere

with the pursuit of Moksha Sukham and

the performance of Tapas that would qualify one

to realize such a ParamAnugraham .The jeevan suffers

from the cycles of births and deaths (SamsAram ).

MokshAnugraham recedes farther and farther.

The incomparable power of the sacred dust

from Your lotus feet changes however the fate

of the Bhaddha jeevan .BrahmA and other DevAs

adorn the sacred dust from Your holy feet to

overcome their misfortunes. May the power of

those dust from Your sacred feet (PaadhAngri rENu)

settle permanently on my head , erase the Braham

Lipis and bless me with Moksham .

 

The Brahma Lipi in general and the DuruksharANi

( inauspicious letters ) on the skull interfere

with one's paadha sEvanam (worship of the holy

feet ) of the Lord . Sri D.RamaswAmy Iyengar

recalls the following passage from Swamy NammAzhwAr's

Periya ThiruvandhAthi ( paasuram 84) in this context:

 

" Vaazhthi Avanadiyaip punainthu ninn talayait-

thAztthi iru kai koopenRAl koopAthu Paazhttha Vithi "

 

{ adiyEn's miserable fate will not permit me to

praise Him , place with love flowers at His

sacred feet , bend my head before Him and allow

me to have anjali-bhaddha hastham ( folding of

palms in a mood of supplication )} .

 

That indeed is the power of Lipi Kramams.

The dust particles from the Lord's sacred feet

found on the top of the heads of DevAs and BrahmA

( SurEndhra ChooDApadha laalithAnam tvadh angri

raajeeva raja:kaNA )however have the total power

to wipe out(erase) their ill effects and bless one

with MokshAnugraham.

 

Swamy Desikan refers to this miracle performed

by the sacred dust from the charaNAravindhams of

the Lord in DevanAyaka PanchAsath (slOkam 45 ) and

obiliquely in Srimath PaadhukA Sahasram ( slOkam 50).

 

In DevanAyaka PanchAsath slOkam , Swamy Desikan

wonders at the miracle of the instantaneous

erasure of the bad letters etched by BrahmA's

own hand on one's skull ( Vedaha: svahastha

likithAni DhuraksharANI ). Swamy Desikan is

moved by the miracle of the "Padha padma

paraka YOGAM " ( the union of the dust particle from

the sacred feet of the Lord with the bad letters

written by BrahmA on one's skull) and their power

to destroy those bad letters immediately

without the need to perform any YOGAM.

 

(PraNavam) PrayOgAyaa nama:

( " ) SuchayE nama:

( " ) Kimchith karmAnukoolakAya nama:

( " ) anugrahAya nama:

( " ) ahEthuka prEmNE nama:

( " ) sOka vidhAyakAya nama:

( " ) Bhava Bheethi vidhAyakAya nama:

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam .

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan