MahA SamprOkshaNam at the Pomona Temple , NY : Garudan Sannidhi ( the Third of the Eight Sannidhis).

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Garudan has many ThirunAmams. Swamy Desikan received

HayagrIva manthrOpadEsam form Garuda BhagavAN at

ThiruvahIndhrapuram. Swamy Desikan also was blessed

with the archA Moorthy of Yoga Hayagreevan from

Garuda BhagavAn at ThiruvahIndhrapuram's OushadhAdhri

(medicinal hill). Swamy Desikan was ever so grateful

for Garudan , who was the upaasanA Moorthy of

his AchAryan , AppuLLAr . When Swamy Desikan recited

Garuda manthram into which he was initiated by

his AchAryan, Garudan appeared before him and

blessed him with Sri HayagrIva Manthram .

 

The Japam of the Sri HayagrIva manthram led to

the SaakshAthkAram of the Lord of all VidhyAs,

Sri HayagrIvan , who sat in the front of

Swamy Desikan's tongue (JihvAgra SimhAsanam)

and helped His bhakthan to complete his

avathAra Kaaryam.

 

Swamy Desikan was therefore ever so indebted to

Garuda BhagavAn and composed Garuda PanchAsath

(50 slOkams in praise of Garuda BhagavAn for

His matchless anugraham ) . In these 50 slOkams,

Swamy Desikan saluted Garuda BhagavAN with splendid

Naamams .It is the tradition to recite Garuda

PanchAsath after Sri HayagrIva SthOthram in

the sequence of 28 sthOthrams composed by Swamy Desikan.

We will now list all those divine names which Swamy Desikan

used to offer his salutations to Garuda BhagavAn.

 

The 32 ThirunAmams Given to Garudan in Garuda PanchAsath

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Swamy Desikan saluted Garudan as(1) VyanathEyan (VinathA's son) ,

(2)Pakshi Raajan, Veda:(Veda Svaroopan ), (3)GaruthmAn(One with ,

beautiful wings)(4)DharvIkarAri (Enemy of Serpents),

(5)AnDaja Indhra: ( King of Birds ), (6)Naaga HanthA

( destroyer of Serpents), (7)Pathri NaaTa: ( YajamAnan of

Birds),(8)AasivishAri ( Enemy of fierce poisonus snakes),

(9)KhAkEndhra:( King of Birds ),(10) Vipaksha KshapaNa

Sarabasan( One who is extremely eager to destroy

the enemies of the Lord),(11) Hare: OupavAhyan

( Lord's Vehicle for transportation ),

(12)SourE: Syandhana Indhran ( Sriman NaarAyaNan's

top Vaahanam), (13)Pakshi Indhra: ( King of Birds/

Pakshi Raajan), (14)Sarpa SanthAna HanthA ( One

who destroys the Kulam of Serpents),(15)PathriNAm

agraNI ( The Foremost among the Birds ),(16) Khakapathi

( the Lord of Birds),(17) SuparNa: ( One with the most

beautiful Wings),(18) Pathri Isvara: ( the Emperor of Birds),

(19)AruNa anantharan ( One Born after AruNan),

(20)KaathravEya anthakan ( The Death Lord for the Snakes),

(21) Pakshimalla: ( Lord of Birds), (22) Bhujaga Kula Ripu

( the sworn enemy of the Kulam of Snakes), (23) VyALa

AahAran ( One who has the snakes as His food),

(24) RudrA-Sukeerthi Naayakan ( The husband of RudrA

and Sukeerthi), (25) Dhanu Tanaya bhidhO Jayanthee

Vaijayanthee ( The Victorious flag of the Lord , who is

the destroyer of asurAs),(26) Dhnau Tanaya bhidO Vijaya RaTa:

( The Lord's chariot), (27) Dhanu Tanaya bhidO: nissahAya

sahAya: ( the Lord's assistant with out any other support)

(28) akunta Vaikunta chinthA naasIra udhAra Moorthy:Vihanga

Isvara:( The king of birds of majestic form anticipating

his Lord's thoughts and sankalpam), (29) VaidEhi karNapoora

sthaBaka surabhiNA DhOshNaa samAslEshi sa: Garuda:

( One who was embraced by Lord RamachandrA of broad shoulders

bearing the fragrance of the flowers worn by VaidEhi at

the battle field for his help to chase away the Naaga Paasam),

(30)Veera vairOchana asthra vraNakiNa guNitha udhagra nirghAtha

ghAtha: sarpa ghAthi ( Garuda BhagavAn , who became the hero in

the battle with asuran , VairOchanan , bore the wounds of

that fierce battle and retrieved the crown of the Lord and

placed it on the head of Baala KrishNan in BrundhAvanam)

(31) ThrivEdhi Yath PakshasthA ( One who has all the three

Vedams housed in his wings)(32) Tharkshya: (Garudan).

 

Swamy Desikan thus saluted Garuda BhagavAN with 32 Naamams

in His Garuda PanchAsath. In his Majestic Garuda Dhandakam ,

Swamy Desikan saluted Garudan with additional eight evocative

naamams:

 

(1) Akhila Veda neeDa adhirooDan( One who sits inside

the cage of all the four VedAs), (2)Vaikunta peeDikrutha

skandhan ( The One whose shoulders are the seating for

VaikuntanATan ), (3)Deva adhipa AahAra Haaran ( One who

stole the food of Indhran/ amruthAbhaharaNam ), (4)SankarshaNa

Aathman ( The amsam of SankarshaNan , the VyUha Moorthy),

(5)DhithyAri Jaithra dhvajArOhan ( One who ascended and

sat on the flag of the Lord,who is the enemy of asurAs),

(6)nirdhAritha uthkarshan ( One whose superiority in war

is well established), (7)maruth panchaka adhIsan ( The Devathai

for the five Vaayus--PraaNan, apAnan, SamAnan, UdhAnan and

VyAnan--by taking the five forms of Satyan, SuparNan, Garudan ,

DhArkshyan and VihagEsvaran). Here , Swamy Desikan reveals

the manthra svaroopam of Garudan .He prays to Garuda BhagavAn

to bless him with adhyAthma VidhyA (VedAntha Vidhyas) in the next

section of his DhaNdakam: " adhyAthma VidhyA mE VidhEyaa: ".

In the fourth dhaNDakam , Swamy Desikan hints at the Most

sacred Garuda manthram. The Eighth name given for Garudan

by Sawmy Desikan is: (8)ValadhvEshi dharpa jvalath Vaalakilya:

prathij~nA avathIrNan ( One who incarnated to fulfill

the vow of Vaalkilya Maharishis, who were insulted by Indhran).

 

At Srirangam , there is a huge archA of Garudan sitting in front

of Lord RanganAthan with folded hands ; This dear servant of

the Lord (nithya Soori) awaits the command of his Lord .

He stands on the same seat (sama peetam) at SrivilliputthUr

along with RangamannAr and AndAL . At ThirunArAyaNapuram ,

Garudan brings the Vaira Mudi and adorns the siras of

ThirunArAyanan . At NaacchiyAr Koil , He is present as

a Vara PrasAdhi and serves VanjuLa Valli SamEtha SrinivAsan.

At His sannidhi in Pomona NY , Garuda BhagavAn's sannidhi is

going to be the center for iniitation of Sri HayagrIva Manthram

and He is going to grant the boons of Aayus, AarOgyam and

Bhagavath Bhakthi as a parama BhAgavathan of Lord RanganAthan .

 

Sri PakshirAjAya Nama:

Daasan, Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan