Sri HayagrIva Vaibhavam by Sri MadhavakkaNNan Swamy of Srirangam/Simhapuri: MahA Mantapa Kaimkaryam at Thiruvaheendhrapuram

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Dear Sri Lakshmi HayagrIva BhakthAs :

 

adiyEn has been writing for the past few days about

the MahA Mantapa Kaimkaryam at Thiruvaheendhrapuram

and have been requestign your welcome participation in

the Kaimkaryam headed by SrimAn SoundararAjan Desikan of

Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

 

The URL describing the Kaimakryam and the ways to become participant in

this Kaimkaryam are covered in the URL:

http://www.srikainkarya.org

 

You may be wondering as to what is so special about building a MahA Mantapam

or the steps(SopAnam) to reach the Lord with sacred shrines on top of hills like

ThiruvEnkadam or Oushadha Giri at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . Our Lord sits in

the dhivya MaNi Mantapam at Sri Vaikuntam and it is our destiny that we end up

at His sacred feet ( Vaikuntam puhuvathu MaNNavar vidhiyE ) at the Vichithra

Mantapam decribed most movingly by AchArya RaamAnuja in his Sri Vaikunta

Gadhyam and offer our PraNAmams there to our Lord as the Muktha Jeevan .

Our AchAryAs are there worshipping the Lord of Sri Vaikuntam at that

MahA Mantapam (audio of Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam can be heard at :

http://www.saranagathy.org and performing Nithya Kaimkaryam

to the Dhivya Dampathis along with Nithya Sooris and Muktha Jeevans .

The earlier climb of the Muktha Jeevan to the Lord's Parama Padham

is described in the MaNi PravALa Sri Sookthi of Parama Padha SopAnam

by Swamy Desikan ( http://www.malolan.org/trk27.htm) .

 

It is a rehearsal for that day when we reach Sri Vaikuntam to join the AchArya

GhOshti to serve our Sri Vaikunta Naathan that we perform Bhagavath-Bhaagavatha-

AchArya Kaimkaryams right here on Earth ( LeelA VibhUthi of the Lord ).

 

Lord HayagrIvan blesses us with Jn~Anam to climb the steps to Parama Padham

and waits for us on top of the OushadhAdhri hills to preapre us for our journey by

the ArchirAdhi Maargam through Sambhandham with AchAryAs like Swamy

Desikan .

 

It is my pleasure to forward you the excellent write up on the avathAra Vaibhavam

of Sri HayagrIvan by one of the early participants in the MahA mantapa Kaimkaryam ,

Sri MadhavakkaNNan . Please enjoy it .

 

Please contact sri Soundararajan Desikan Swamy at Chennai regarding

your own samarpaNams to this Kaimakryam racing towards this PurattAsi

SravaNam (Swamy Desikan's avathAra Dinam ) . AdiyEn will send you

the write up of what it is like on that blessed day , when Swamy Desikan

climbs the OushadhAdri Hills in commemoration of the appearance of

Lord Hayagrivan there some 700 plus years ago to bless him .

 

Please contact adiyEn or SD Swamy if you need any additional

information on your particpation . This year , October 12 is the day

of PurattAsi SravaNam . Please take part in this unforgettable Uthsavam

and Sri Soundararajan Desikan Swamy has offered to help with

accomodations for the sevArthees , who wish to take part .

 

NamO Sri HayagrIvAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

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Lord Sri HayagrivaSri V.Madhavakannan

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Generally vidyaarmbam among sri vaishnavas begins with a prayer to

Lord Sri Hayagreeva, preceded by obeisance to our Acharyaas. Even

today Vijayadasami and Sarsvathi pooja are celebrated in

Srivaishnavas homes with the recitation of Sri Hayagreeva sthOthram.

(in our home at least!). The Parakala Matham, situated in Mysore, is

one the most ancient and premier Srivaishnava religious institutions

in the country that came into being for the specific purpose of

propagating Sri Ramanujam's Visishtadvaita philosophy. Sri Lakshmi

Hayagreeva (the Lord with the horse's face) Haya-horse: greeva-neck:

this Lord is the presiding deity for all knowledge - 'Aadhaaram

sarvavidhyaanaaam Hayagrivam upaasmahe'- is the principal deity of

the Parakala Matham, the icon being one of the most beautiful ever

adorning the Matham. Sri Hayagreevar Divya MangaLa vigraham is also

the president deity for Sri Poundareekapuram Andavan Ashramam and

also greatly revered by Sri Ahobila Matham and Andavan Ashram.

Sri Hayagriva Avataram

The avataram of Hayagriva Bhagavan took place to restore the Vedas to

Brahma. Emperumaan had taught BrahmA the Creation through His breath

of VedAs. Then, Brahma could understand how various kalpams had begun

due to Emperumaan's vEdOpasEam. He became extremely proud and head

strong of his position as the creator and about his powers/jnAnam.

Sriman Narayana as usual wanted to teach him and decided to remove

his (Brahma's) pride. A couple of water droplets from the lotus seat

of the Lord incarnated as two Asuras, Madhu and Kaitabha; Due to

Bhgawath sankalpam, one (kaitapan) was of thamO guNA and the other

(madhu) was of rajO guNA. They stole the Vedas from Brahma.

Emperumaan smiled.

Unable to carry on his work of creation without the Vedas, Brahma

rushed to the Lord and pleaded the Lord Narayana for mercy and saving

Vedas. BrahmA prostrated to the Lord and said:

"Vedas alone are my eyes; they are my wealth; They are my Lord. The

whole world is surrounded by darkness due to the absence of Vedas.

How am I to proceed on my creation without the Vedas ? Please arise

from the Yoga nithrA and help me Lord! Please give me back my eyes

which have been blinded by my own pride."

"veda: mE paramam sakshI: veda: mE paramam paramveda: mE paramam

dharma, veda: mE brahma sOtthamam"

Lord Narayana incarnated as Hayagriva, appeared as the white Horse

faced, faultless sphatika hued form, satva mUrthy, with Divya tEjas,

and lustrous form and destroyed the Asuras and restored the Vedas to

Brahma. This avtaaram was made on a AvaNi month, sravaNa nakshthram

paurNami thithi. With a lovely long nose, like the heaven surrounded

by white bright stars, the asva siras (head of horse) illumined the

whole world. The upper world and the lower world became His ears. The

rays of Sun's brightest lustres are His hairs at the nape of His neck

(pidari). BhUmi became His forhead; Ganga and Saraswathi became two

lovely eyebrows; Chandra Sooryar (The Moon and the Sun) became His

two eyes; SandhyA dEvathai became His nostrils; Pithru devathAs

became His teeth; GolOkam and Brahma lOkam became His two lips;

kalaraathri became His neck; The Divya tEjas Sathva mUrthy Sri

Hayagreevan thus, in a grandest beautiful manner appeared. He rushed

to PaathaaLa lOkam and raised His "uthGitham" in samavEdha swaram and

terrified Madhukaitapa asurAs; They hid the VedhAs (which were in the

form of babies) and ran away from the scene. Sri Hayagreevar handed

over the Vedas to BrahmA and went back. Madhukaitapar searched for

the sound which terrified them earlier but found the Vedas missing.

They rushed to BrahmA who in turn was terribly scared and sought the

help of Sriman Narayanan. Sri Hayagreevar fought with asurAs and

killed them. BrahmA continued his work of creation.

 

This avataar is described in VishNu puraaNam as "mathsya kUrma varaaha

ashva simha rUpaathibhi:". In BrahmANda purANam during

maheshwara-naradha samvaadham, Naradha describes this avthaar. Even

when naradha praises Sri rangan in this PurANam, he says "ashva

sirasE namah:". That is why the Lord is called Madhusoodhanan. (for

having killed madhu and kaitabhar). Sri Paraasara Bhattar in his Sri

Rangarajasthavam (utthara sathakam-52 nd slOka) says "Sri ranganAthA!

You, as Hayagreeva rUpI, removed the hurdles of madhu, kaitapar to

BrahmA and recovered the VedhAs and saved the whole world!". In

MahAbharatham, Shanthi parvam, hayasira upaakhyaanam details

Hayagreeva avathaaram. Srimadh Bhagawatham, too, describes Hayagreeva

avtaar.

 

There is another version of this avtaar and killing of asurAs. When

paraLayam was about to end, Bhagawaan out of His dirt from the ear

drum made two small solid balls and dropped on the Lotus leaf and

BrahmA activated the PrANa vaayu, which gave life to these two, as

madhu and kaitabhar. These asurAs appeared and grew up.

BrahmA started off his creation and Vedhas were snatched away by these

two asurAs. When the most compassionate Lord, Parama kaaruNikO

Bhagawaan wished to please the asurAs, without killing them, asked

them as to what they want as a boon. These two asurAs said "we can

give You what You want". That is it! The Lord decided to kill them.

They said "Can You kill us only where there is no cover for the

sky?". The Lord immediately took Hyagreeva avtaar and removed His

cloth on the Thighs, put them on His thighs and killed them.

Bhagawaan's legs house the Earth and the space/sky. Since the Lord

removed the cloth from His thighs and killed them, He still complied

with what they challenged Him. What they thought was impossible to

happen, He could make it happen with no effort. He, thus saved the

Vedas and saves the world. The moral is: thamas, rajas guNAs are to

be destroyed to reach Him.

There is yet another interesting "different" version in BrahmANda

PuraaNam- Sri Devi Bhagawatham. There was a asurA, by name Hayagreeva

(with horse face) who did his severe penance/ tapas on Parvathi Devi.

Parvathi, pleased with his tapas, appeared in his front and the asurA

asked for "no death". She said "Impossible-can not be granted". Then

the asurA amended the request and said "Except for a horse faced one,

no one else can kill me". (thinking that it can never happen!). She

consented. He became tremendously proud of his achievement and

started harassing every deva and rishi. He troubles all three worlds.

He snatched away the Vedas from BrahmA and disappeared. Then is the

history. The Lord appeared as Hayagreevar and killed the asurA to

save the world and bring back the Vedas.

There is yet another puraaNic narration on Hayagreevar. At Kanchi,

Agasthya muni was on severe penance on Sriman Narayanan and the Lord

appeared as Hayagreevar and was immensely pleased with his tapas. He

blessed the muni with Devi mahaathmyam. This is described in

BrahmANda puraaNam Sri Hayagreeva agasthya samvaadham.

During Tripura samhaaram to entice the asurAs, the Lord appeared as

"other religious" saint (buddhism?) and appeared as Hayagreevar to

mislead the asurAs from the Veda maargham (from the path of Vediv

traditions and sayings). Thus, He made them lose their ability to get

saved and the Lord won. (As also claimed and reported in Buddhism in a

web site as follows: Like Mahakala, Hayagriva is one of the Eight

Great Protectors of Buddhism, a guardian and a destroyer of obstacles

to enlightenment(!). He is a popular personal, or tutelary, deity

among the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism. Hayagriva's crown of

skulls is surmounted by Hayagriva's attribute, a horse's head,

alluding to his origin as a horse-headed Hindu god. The terrific

neigh that emanates from this horse's head is said to pierce through

the illusory nature of reality. Although he was also popular in Tibet

and China, Hayagriva's association with the horse may have had a

particular appeal to the Mongols. (This, I read in the Net in some

buddhism web site!) Swami Desikan in his "navarathna maalai" says "

puRamuyarttha asurargatku puRam uRaittha poyyinaan". (to explain the

Lord thus, misleading the asurAs by taking non-vedic religion

(Buddhism)).

Scriptures on Hayagreevar (Madhusoodhanan)

Since, Lord Hayagreevar killed the asurAs, madhu and kaitapar, He is referred to as Madhusoodhanan.

In BrahmANda puraaNam, Sri RangarajamahAthmyam, Om namO VishnavE Deva

MadhussodhanathE Namah: refers to Madhusoodhanan Sri Hayagreevan.

Srimad Valmiki RamayaNam BalakaaNdam 76th sargam, 17th slOkam

Parasuraama says to Rama "akshayam madhuhanthaaram jaanaami tvaam

surOtthamam". I realise that You are the DevaadhiDevan, immortal,

MahAVishNu, the One who killed madhu,kaitapar.

Also, when Rama (before proceeding for His PattabhishEkham), gets up

in the wee hours, in Brahma muhUrtham, He performs His anushtaanam

and pays obeisance to Lord Hayagreevan "dhushtaava praNadhaischaiva

sirasaa madhsoodhanam" (6th sargam-7th slokam).

In Kishkinthaa kaanDam, Vaali tells Sri Rama "Even if that rAvaNan

hids SitA in PaathaaLa lOkam, no problem. You could have just told me

so. I world have brought SitA back from anywhere wheresoever like Sri

Hayagreevar brought the Vedas killing Madhukaitapar. (17th

sargam-49th slOkam)

When Hanumaan went in search of sanjeevini, and other aushadhaas, he

saw the pleace where chathurmukhan (brahmA) performed

thiruvaaraadhanam for Lord Hayagreevar. Commentators, are reported to

have praised this slOkam as "hayaananam, hayagreeva araadhana

sthaanam", and "hayaananam - BhagawathO Hayagreevasya sthaanam".

Sri MahAbhAratham, Santhi parvam mentions Haygreeva avataar.

Sri HayagreevOpanishad, naturally elaborates the greatness of Haygreevar.

In Rk vEdam, "vaagham bruNi sookhtham", "apradhiratham", Yajur vEdham,

"yajnya prakaraNam", Saama vEdham, udgItam, AdharvaNa vEdham,

Shanthikam, Bhaushtikam are all referring to the greatness of Lord

Hayagreevar.

Periya Thirumozhi 7-8-2, by Thirumangai AzhwAr says "munivvEzhu

ulaghum iruL maNdiyuNNa munivarOdu ??parimukhanaay aLittha paramanai

kaaNmin".. maeaning: "See the Lord who appeared as the white horse

faced Lord to recover the VedhAs when the whole world was pitch dark

due to the absence of four Vedas"

Thiruvaaymozhi 2-7-6 NammAzhwAr says "madhusoodhananai anRi

maRRilEn.." There is NONE but Madhusoodhanan only? which refers to

Lord Hayagreevan. (eeadu vyAkhyaanam also explicitly refers to Lord

Hayagreevan)

Also Thiruvaaymozhi 2-8-5 "maavaaghi, amaiyaay, meenaaghi,

maanidamaay." Commentators say that maavaaghi refers to Lord

Hayagrrevan. Upanishad bhAshyakaaarar Sri Rangaraamanuja Swami. HayO

bhUthvaa, HayagrIvO bhUthvaa? - is referred to in 9000 padi Bhagavath

Vishayam. Says Saakshaath Swami or Periya Parakaala Swami. He refers

the padham "maavaaghi to Lord Hayagreevan only.

PeriyAzhwAr pAsuram 1-9-10 "thunniya pEriruL soozhndhu ulaghai mooda,

manniya naan maRai muRRUm maRaindhida?." Refers to Sri Hayagreevan.

Our AchAryAs on Sri Hayagreevan

Alavandhaar (Yamuna muni) while praises his Grandfather (his Guru's

Guru), says "madhu jithangri sarOja thatva jnAna anuraag.." . He

(Nathamuni) became a great jnAni/bhakthA at the Feet of Madhsoodhanan

(Hayagreevan). YamunAchArya also refers in his SthoThra Rathnam 13th

slOka to Haygreevan for which Periyavaacchaan PiLLai comments that it

narrates about the recovery of Vedas by Lord Hayagreeva and handing

over to BrahmA. That makes us realise Alavandhaar's involvement on

Lord Hayagreevan. He also requests the Lord Madhusoodhanan (in 57th

slOkam) to mercifully remove all non-vedic thoughts in the world and

traditions existing in the world to save us as He did earlier as

Haygreevan by killing madhukaitapar to establish/recover Vedas.

SvEthAsvara upanishad, "yO BrahmANam vidhadhaadhi poorvam?.

Mumukshuvai saraNamaham prapdhyE.." means: adiyEn who is interested

only in mOksham, a mumukshu, surrenders to the Paramapurushan, who

did parama upakaaram by recovering Vedas from madhukaitapar and

handed over to BrahmA to save the world"- i.e Lord Hayagreevan."

BhAshyakaarar Sri Ramaujar took this manthrA in his Saranaagathi

Gadhyam and surrenders to the Lord.

Here asvam in svEthAsvara upanishad refers to the Lord Hayagreevan

(White Horse faced Lord)and that is why Swami Desikan refers Lord

Haygreevan in Rahasyathraya saaram as "veLLai parimukhar". (Swami

Desikan's bhakti for Hayagreevan needs no elaboration to this Group)

Sri Kooratthaazhwaan in his "sundharabaahusthavam" 84th slOkam highlights Sri Hayagreeva avataar.

In 121st slOkam also, Kuresa says "Do not think that there are only 10

avataars of the Lord. Even Hamsa, hayagreeva, NaranaraayaNa avataars

are also His only are equally grand and great.

In 58th slOkam of Sri Vaikunta sthavam of Kooratthaazhwaan, it is said

"Adhyaathma saasthraas are established by Emperumaan in Hayagrreva

avtaar by recovering vedas and saving the world.

Swami Desikan in his last pAsuram of Sri RTS, says "It is the white

horse faced Lord who wrote in my mind and I have written that on the

palm leaves.

Lakshmi Hayagriva Bhagavan is the Archa Murthy of both Srimad

Paundarikapuram Ashramam as well as Sri Parakala Matam.

HOW LORD HAYAGREEVA VIGRAHAM CAME TO US

Bhagavan Ramanuja re-established the Visishtadvaita siddhaantham and

commented on Brahma sUthram in his Bhashyam. This excellent,

unambiguous vyAkhyaanam was completed by Yathiraajaa and fulfilled

his "maanasika guru" Yamaunaacharya's wish (manOratham). Ramanuja

"officially" released the commentary at the grand gathering of all

sanskrit scholars and Vedic scholars at Saraswathi Peetham in

Kashmir, in front of Saraswathi Devi. Goddess Saraswathi, immenslely

satisfied at the excellent commentary and the truthful presentation

of Brahma sUthram, she honoured the commentary by confering a award

calling it "SRI BHAASHYAM". Also, she was extremely happy with

Yathiraajaa, she presented to him a Divya mangaLa vigraham of Sri

Lakshmi Hayagreevan. Since the, Yathiraaja was performing

Thiruvaaraadhanam for Sri Kalshmi Hayagreeva Vigraham daily.

This vigraham, through Thirukurugai piraan, through our AchAryAs, came

to Sri Vedanta Desikan. Afetr Swami Desikan's period, this is passed

on to Sri Brahma tantra Swami and is now with Mysore Parakala Matham

Swami. Even today, the Thiruvaaraadhanam is being performed on this

Divya MangaLa vigraham of Lord Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan. If one has a

close loving glance at the Lord Hayagreevan's vigraham, He has four

hands, and has a beuatiful Horse face, sitting on a white Lotus. His

Lotus Feet wears "salaghai" (paayal). His upper two hands hold Sankhu

and ChakrA. His lower right hand offers jnAnOpadEsam to us, bhakthAs.

Other hand hold Japamaalaa. Also, it appears as if He is granting us

boons. VishNu DharmOttharam, VaishNava Moorthanya DharaNi part

describes Hayagreeva Thiruvuruvam (form). There it details eight

hands for Hayagreevan, where four hands hold Vedas (four children)

and other four hold Sanghu, ChakrA, GadhA, and Padmam. Afterwards, He

is blessing us with four hands as detailed above.

Even Sri VishNu puraaNam, details Sun as the Horse faced one for

upadEsam. Hayagreeva avtaaram is for VedOpadEsam and granting us

jnAnam. (Swami Desikan was initiated into the Great Hayagreeva

Manthram). Once Swami Desikan wished to stay at ThiruvaheendraPuram

and was proceeding from Kanchi. On the way he stayed at some remote

place (that belonged to a grain merchant). There lot of grains were

stored and piled in sacks.

There Swami Desikan did not have anything to offer to his Sri

Hayagreeva vigraham and hence, offered just water and he also went to

sleep, without eating anything (just by drinking few drops of water

that he had offered to the Lord). Midnight, the merchant noticed a

very big, beautiful white Horse which started eating those grains

from a sack. The merchant, thinking that it belongs to Swami Desikan,

immediately woke him up to tie the white horse. Swami Desikan has

tears rolling down his cheeks, and prostrated to the Lord (who had

come as the White Horse) and explained to the merchant and asked him

to bring a pot of milk. The excited merchant and others brought milk

which the Lord drank happily and disappeared.

Next day morning the merchant chased Swami Desikan, (who had actually

started off his journey to Thiruvaheendrapuram) and informed that the

whole sack (from which the white horse ate) is full of Gold coins!

Swami Desikan smiled and was overwhelmed with joy for His mercy and

leelA. That place is called "pon viLaintha kaLampudhoor".

Other sampradaya AchAryAs on Hayagreeva

In Dwaita sampradaayam, Gururajar, (also called Vathirajar) in 15th

century A.D, adorned the Madhva Matham as a Peetadhipathi. He calls

his nithya thiruvaaraadhana prasadham as "Haygreeva Pandi", that is

made of kadalai, (Dhal), vellam (saccharin), coconut etc and taste

like Sakkarai pongal. Guru rajar used to offer to the Lord, by

keeping the Prasadham on a big plate and raise it above his head with

both of his hands. Sri Hayagreevan, used to gracefully appear as a

real horse and keep His front two legs on Gururajar's shoulders and

eat ("sweegari"cchufy) the Prasadham. (What a scene it should have

been!). What remains used to be Gururaja's only food always!

Also Sri Hayagreeva upasakas are: Aanghirasar, Adharvaa, Vasishtar,

Adhi Sankarar, Panditha rajar, and so on.

Adhi Sankara, who established the Adavita Siddhantham, is also called

BhagawathpaadaaL. In his VishNu sahsranaama bhAshyam, for the name

"theerthagara" (691st name per sankara paadam), he write the

commentary as " Hayagreeva rUpENa madhukaitabhoU hathvaa virinjaaya

saakhaaruthou sarvaa sruthi adhyaasa cha upaadhisat"? Means: The

knowledge (jnAnam) is like an unbounded and limitless waters. There

are dangerous steps in that pond, where we may tend to slip down.

There are also lovley, non-dangerous, most enjoyable steps, where we

can blissfully take bath. There are about 14 (or 18) such steps,

namely four vedas, sikshai, vyAkharaNam, chandha, niruktham,

jyOthisham, kalpam,(they are all vEdhanthams), mImAmsam, nyAyam,

(DarshanangaL), dharma saasthrAs, purANam, are the 14 VidhyA

sthAnams. In addition, there are Ayur vEdam, Gandharvam, Artha

saasthram, Dhanur vEdham that add to a total of 18. If one include

the "dangerous" non-vedic steps of Buddhism, Jainism, also there are

even 20.

Who is the Lord of all Vishyasthaanam? Was the question and Sri

Bhagawadh PaadhAL in his vyAkhyAnam says: the One who killed madhu,

kaitabhar and brough back the Vedas to the world and saved the world,

Sri Hayagreevan is the ONLY ANSWER. (daivatham Devathaanaam). All

VidhyAs pay obeisance to Him, Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan with folded

hands and He blesses them.

Panditha Rajar, in his rasagangaadhara kOsam, says Sri Hayagreevar

hasgot sakala VidhyA srEshtathvam.

Works on Sri Hayagreevan

Sri Vedanta Desikan: Sri Haygreeva SthOthram

Sri KrishNa Brahmatantra Swathantra Jeeyar- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana PrabhOdhika sthuthi

Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana PadukA sEvaki- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana Rathna maalaa SthOthram

Srimad Abhinava RanganAtha Parakaala Jeeyar - Sri Hayagreeva Ashtakam

and Sri Haygreeva panjara SthOthram (that houses Sri Hayagreevaaushtu

manthram)

Srinivasa kavi- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam

Varadhakavi Sri Venkataachaarya Swami- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam, Sri Haygreeva ashtOthram

Sri Sevaa Swami- Kalaakalana maalikA.

Greatness of Lord Sri Hayagreevan

Swami Desikan in his Hayagreeva SthOthram, says: "Even DhakshiNA

moorthy (Sivan) and Saraswathi pay obeisance to Hayagreevan and are

blessed with VidhyA Sakthi by Lord Haygreevan's grace. (DhAkshiNya

ramyaa girisasya mUrthi: Devi sarOjaasana dharma pathnI..). Also he

says: the followers of Sri Haygreevan shall chant this stotram and

benefit with the blessings of Lord Hayagreevaa ("paThata hayagrIva ?)

"Read the haygrIva stotram with bhakti", for attaining fluency over

words and true knowledge about the Truth and to attain true knowledge

about the siddhAntam.

In Paraasara puraaNam, agasthya naaradha samvaadham, Sri Hayagreeva

ashtOthra sadhanaama stHothram blesses us a palasruthi, ("naama

naamshtOththarasatham hayagreevasya patEth?avaapya sakalaan

bhOgaannithE hari padham vrajEth?") BhakthAs of Sri Hayagreevan, will

be blessed with sakala Vedha saasthra jnAnam and be blessed with

truthful knowledge. They will also live very happily in this world

with their spouse and children with sakala sowbhAgyam and REACH THE

LOTUS FEET OF SRI HARI for sure.

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