Sri HayagrIva sthOthram: Part XIII--SlOkam 13

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Swamy Desikan saluted the Manthramaya-

sarIram of Lord HayagrIvan in the tenth slOkam ;

in the eleventh , he elaborated on this revelation

to instruct us that Sri HyaagrIvan is PraNava manthra

SvarUpi and that PraNavam is the tap root (aaNi vER )

for all vedams ; in the 12th slOkam , our ParamAchAryan

described Sri HayagrIvan's creation of Naama Roopa

Prapancham from Moola Prakruthi and His roles as

the creator and the ultimate destination for all

of His creations . He pointed out that the VedAs

created and relaeased by Him ( tvath upaj~na VedA:)

salute and celebrate His srushti , antharyAmi ,

rakshaka and laya leelAs on behalf of His creations.

 

In the 13th slOkam , the subject matter of this posting ,

Swamy NigamAntha MahA Desikan focuses on how the great

ones skilled in Vedic knowledge (vipascchitha:) meditate

on the ThirumEni/Moorthy (SubhAsrayam ) of Lord HayagrIvan:

 

mughdhEndhu nishyantha vilOpaneeyAm

Moorthim tavAnandha sudhA prasoothim

vipascchitha: chEthasi bhAvayanthE

vElAm udhArAmiva dhugdha SindhO:

 

The Keerthi of this Parama MangaLa Moorthy

is being slauted here . The alliteration with

Mughda Indhu ( young crescent Moon ) and

Dhugdha Dindhu ( Milky Ocean ) is most enjoyable.

 

(meaning of this slOkam ): Oh Lord HayagrIvA !

Your suddha Spatika roopam reminds one of

the comfortingly cool white rays of the Moon

and it removes all the taapams (samsAric heat/

afflictions)with their coolness .This roopam of Yours

raises aanandham in the hearts of those , who meditate on

You and those who have the darsana soubhAgyam of

Your spotlessly white ThirumEni .For them , You appear

like the assembly of waves from the Milky Ocean .

The Jn~Anis meditate always on this auspicious

ThirumEni of Yours in their minds and derive

great bliss.

 

The Dhivya mangala Vigraham/subha Tanu ( the most sacred

and auspicious body ) of Lord HayagrIvan is being

described here.Lord HayagrIvan was sitting in front

of Swami Desikan in the YogAsikai form as Yoga HyaagrIvan .

He had presented Himself out of His own sankalpam

(kaamAth adhivasan as in KaamAsika ashtakam )

as an adhbhutha Nruturangan ( One with the head of

a Turangam/horse and the body of a Human being)

before Swamy Desikan to bless Him and to get him

started on his avathAra kaaryam.His hue is like

that of the molten rays of the young Moon

(mughdha Indhu nishyantham) that is flowing .

 

That dhivya MangaLa Vigraham is most desirable to

enjoy (vilObhaneeyam )and enhances the flow of

nectar like bliss ( aanandha SudhA prasoothim ).

It is like a gigantic assembly of waves of

the milky ocean ( dhudha sindhO: udhArAm vElAm iva).

Swamy Desikan states that the learned ones meditate

on the three aspects of His ThirumEni , the whiteness,

beauty and the enjoyability of the sacred and auspicious

body of Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn both as means

(upAyam ) and as an end (upEyam , charamAm PrathishtA ).

 

Sri D.Ramaswamy Iyengar points out that the three

analogies elaborate on the whiteness, loveliness and

enjoyability of the Lord's body . He explains that

the Moon is full of amrutha kiraNams ( Moon whose rays

full of rejuvenating nectar).Here , the nectar is

aanandha mayam ( full of bliss).VelA means a flow of

current , a shore or coast and also a limit. This

aanndha-maya waves (aanandha lahari)splash on

the meditator and immerse him or her in a state of

indescribable bliss .When those waves of bliss bless

the upAsakan ,then such a blessed one recognizes

Lord HayagrIvan as upAyam (means ) and upEyam

(ultimate destination)or ParamAm gathi.

 

Sri LakshmI hayavadhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Satakopan