Sri Hayagriva SthOthram : Part XV- SlOkam 5 :Part 2

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Sri Hayavadhana ParabrahmaNE nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear Sri HayagrIva BhakthAs :

 

In the previous posting , adiyEn referred to

the power of the Sri HayagrIva manthram in

the context of the SambhAshaNam (conversation)

between Brahma Devan and Sage NaaradhA. adiyEn

referred to the prapatthi performed by Swamy

Desikan to that " VaaghIsAkhyA VAASUDEVASYA MURTHY: " .

Additional reference was made to the " chathur Veda

Vandhanam " housed in the fifth slOkam

 

The Fifth slOkam housing the SaraNAgathi of

Swamy Desikan is as follws:

 

" Visuddha Vig~yAna ghana SvarUpam

vig~yAna visrANana Bhaddha dhIksahm

DayAnidhim dehabruthAm SaraNyam

Devam HayagrIvam-aham prapadhyE "

 

As referred to earlier , this prapatthi slOkam can be

split in the following four ways patterned after

" a chathur vEda vanthanam " format :

 

1. Visuddha Vij~ynana ghana SvarUpam Devam HayagrIvam

aham prapadhyE .

 

2. Vij~nana VisRANana Bhaddha DhIksham Devam HayagrIvam

aham prapadhyE .

 

3. DayAnidhim Devam HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE .

 

4. dEha BruthAm SARANYAM Devam HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE .

 

The refrain of " Devam HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE " is

like " a ChathurvEda Vandhanam " to the Lord of Supreme

divine Knowledge .These salutations are steeped deeply

in Upanishadic teachings . We will study each of these

four salutations now:

 

1. Visuddha Vij~yAna ghana SvarUpam devam

HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE .

 

" Visuddha " means the purest of the pure ; " Vij~yna ghana

SvarUpam " refers to the divine Jn~Anam filled SvarUpam

of Lord HayagrIvan.There are lot of subtelities between

the concepts " rUpam, SvarUpam and dhivyAthama svarUpam

and their relation to Suddha Satthvam " . AdiyEn would

like to share with you the input of Sri Hari regarding

these concepts: " The SvarUpam is not Suddha satthvam.

latter is an achith tatthvam. Only the rUpam is

Suddha satthvam. This rUpam is called dhivya rUpam.

But the dhivyAthmA is SvarUpam. The SvarUpam is

Samastha-chith-achith -vilakshaNam. It is

the sathyathva-jn~Anathva-ananthathva-aanandhathva-

amalathva-svarUpa-nirUpaka-dharma -visishta-dharmi " .

 

The choice words chosen by Swamy Desikan ,

" Visudhda Vij~yna-gana svarUpam " thus pays tribute

to this dhivyAthma svarUpam of the Lord. " Visuddha "

means completely free from any imperfection (amalathvam).

" Vijy~anam " means Knowledge and in this context

refers to the dhivya Jn~Anam , which has visuddhi.

That Visuddha Vijy~anam is ghanam or this dhivyAthma

svarUpam of the Lord is replete or fully filled

with Visuddha Vijy~nam.Swamy Desikan recognizes

that the dhivyAthma svarUpam is in the form of

parisuddha jn~Anam.To that dhivyAthma SavrUpi,

Lord HayagrIvan, Swamy Desikan offers his prapatthi

( Visuddha Vijy~ana ghana svarUpam dEvam HayagrIvam

aham prapadhyE ).

 

2. Vijy~na visrANana bhaddha dhIksham dEvam

HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE :

 

Lord HayagrIvan has taken a vow (vratham)

to bless those who perform prapatthi unto

Him with this visEsha jn~Anam (Vijy~nam) .

He is therfore Vijy~na VisrANan . Swamy Desikan

offers therfore his prapatthi to the VeLLai

Parimukhan , who is a treasure house of Dayaa.

 

3.DayAnidhim dEvam HayagrIvam aham prapadhyE:

 

In the third vandhanam, Swamy singles out this

unparalleled dayA svarUpam of the Lord by

addressing Him as DayA nidhi.His anugraham

is " KaruNAmbOdhau utthitham " ( arising out of

His ocean of Dayai).He is the KarunA VaruNAlayam.

One can relate this unparalleled Daya having

the effect of " SamsAra ThAriNI " or lifting us

out of the ocean of samsAram and landing

us on the other(safe) shore of SamsAram .In the 15th

slOkam of DayA sathakam , Swamy Desikan will

indicate later that the GuNAs like Jn~Anam,

Bhalam, Isvaryam ,Veeryam , Sakthi will be nothing

but dhOshams , when they are bereft of the Lord's

DayA guNam. The katAksham of that DayA Nidhi

results in the chEthanan attaining Moksha

siddhi without any effort ( apavargam

akrushttapacchyam anubhavathi ).This DayA

Saarvabhouman blesses even the aparAdha

ChakravarthIs to have the freedom from

the cycles of births and deaths through

the conferral of visuddha Vijy~Anam .

 

4. dEhabruthAm SaraNyam dEvam HayagrIvam

aham prapadhyE .

 

dEha BruthAm means janthus or prANikaL

or sarIrins whether they have have two feet

or more .The root Bhru means to possess or have.

dEha BhruthAm means those posssessing a body

(corporeal) which includes chEthanAs of

every kind .The story of Gajendran as

a dEha Bruth attaining mOksham through

SaraNAgathi comes to mind here.

 

Lord HayagrIvan of " Visuddha Vijy~Ana

ghana svarUpam " in His role as " vijy~Ana-

VisrANanan " becomes the Sarva Loka SaraNyan

or the avowed , unfailing protector for all

" dEha bruthAm " . Swamy Desikan offers his

Prapatthi to this SaraNyan as a dEha bruth

and seeks the conferral of the dhivya Jn~Anam

leading to anAvrutthi ( non-return to the

SamsAric world).

 

Thus ends the fifth slOkam , where

Swamy Desikan performs prapatthi

to Lord HayagrIvan.

 

Namo Sri LakshmI HayagrIva Para BrahmaNE !

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