Thiruvaheendhrapuram Oushadha Giri MahA MaNDapam for Lord HayagrIvan : Part V/ REFLECTIONS ON Sri HayagrIva Sahasra Naamams(1)

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Dear Sri HayagrIva BhakthAs :

 

Please participate in the MahA MaNDapa Kaimkaryam at

Lord HayagrIvan's Sannidhi at the OushadhAdhri hills of

Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

 

Please link yourself with the coverage of 10 Sq .Ft or units of ten

square feet of the remaining floor space (2620 Sq.Ft) of the MahA

Matapam in front of and around Lord HayagrIvan's sannidhi .

The artist's rendering can be seen at : (http://www.srikainkarya.org)

 

Please help provide the shade for the stream of devotees climbing

OudshadhAdhri for the Lord's darsanam during the scorching summers

and wet rainy season . Each of the 10 Sq.Ft of space needs 3,200 Rs

or approximately $75 . Please be generous to complete the kaimkaryam

before this year's Thirunakshatham of Swamy Desikan , when He climbs

this hill to revisit the scene of His SaakshAthkAram of Lord Hayagreevan .

This year , the memorable PurattAsi SravaNa Uthsavam would be on

October 12 . Please enjoy Swamy Desikan's MangaLAsAsanam of

Lord HayagrIvan on the OushadhAdhri and the big SaatthumuRai

and recieve there the Theertha PrasAdham and Bhagavath PrasAdham .

 

Please send your samarpaNams to :

 

Sriman D. Soundararajan, F-5 Chandra Flats , 90 Brindhavan St

West Mambalam , Chennai 600 033 .

 

His cell phone Number is : 9-444-143-685 .

 

Please contact me if you wish to send your samarpaNams

thru a tax deductible foundation here to Srikaimkarya Sabha

headed by Sri D.Soundararajan .

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Reflections on Sri HayagrIva Sahasra Naamams

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Lord HayagrIvan's Sahasra Naamas are most fascinating and unusual .

This HayagrIva Sahasra NaamAm is unusual in the sense that it has

so many BheejAksharams . Extraordinary piety and AcchAra--anushtAnam

would be needed to recite these Sahasra Naamams . Number of the names

remind one of the Hala-Hala dhvani of Lord HayagrIvan . Our Lord of

Sakala Vidhyais is revered as " Visuddha Vijn~Ana ghana svaroopan "

( totally blemishless svaroopam , which is the embodiment of Jn~Anam

of the highest order). He is " VaachAm Nidhi : " ( the abode of all kalais

and Veda Vaak) . Swamy Desikan has saluted His Svaroopam as

" Manthramayam Sareeram " ( a divine body made up of Manthrams

and BheejAksharams) . Swamy Desikan visualizes Lord Hayagrivan

presenting Himself in the middle of the tall fire (Agni) of the Yaagams

to recieve the consecrated offerings ( Havis) to distribute them to

the subservient Devathais( slOkam 10 of Sri Hayagreeva SthOthram ) :

 

" Agnou sammidhArchishi sapthatanthO:

aatasTivAn MANTHRAMAYAM SAREERAM

akhaNDa sArair-HAVISHAAM praadhAnai:

aapyAyanam vyOma sadhAm vidhathsE "

 

The 11th SlOkam of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram salutes the Lord

as " AksharAm akshara-mAthrukAm ThvAm Visuddha SathtvA:

tathvEna Jaananthy " ( Oh Lord! Those pious ones with exalted

Satthva GuNams recognize You as the tap root of Vedams ,

PraNavam , which is the first among all eternal seed utterances ) .

HayagrIvOpanishad salutes the body ( ThirumEni ) of Lord in this

context as " PraNavOdhgItha VapushE " . His Body is largely

made of Saama Veda Udhgeetha PraNavam according to

the Upanishad .

 

These links of Lord HayagrIvan to PraNavam and BheejAksharams

are fully incorporated in Sri HyagrIva Sahasra NaamAm . OmkAra

PraNavam is the most celebrated and the loftiest of PraNavam since

it contains the power of all other PraNavams like the Pancha PraNavams .

Let us see how quickly the HayagrIva SahasranAmam includes the homage

to the Lord through His PraNavams .

 

Let us see the sequence of HayagrIva Sahasra NaamAs to illustrate

the importance of the PraNavams and BheejAksharams in it .

 

This SahasranAmam starts with what one would anticipate :

 

(1) (PraNavam) SrI HayagrIvAya Nama :

 

(2) (PraNavam) SrIm Nama: ( MahA Lakshmi " s BheejAksharam

is included here to emphasize that She is anapAyini and

as such the Lord is never ever seperated from Her ).

 

(3) (PraNavam ) HamsAya Nama:

 

Swamy Desikan refers to the Hamsa Tatthvam in the 14th slOkam of

SrI HayagrIva SthOthram : " ManOgatham pasyathi Ya: sadhA ThvAm ,

maneeshiNAm mAnasa RAAJAHAMSAM " . In the HimAlayan lake known

as ManasarOvar , the Raaja Hamsam ( the Emperor of Swans) resides .

just like that Raaja Hamsam , Oh Lord HayagrIvA , You reside in the

minds of the pious Jn~Anis and become the object of their dhyAnam

..

 

Now comes the string of BheejAksharam based salutations:

 

(4) (PraNavam) hamm( as in HAMsam) HayagreevAya Nama:

 

(5) (PraNavam ) EimOmAthmanE Nama :

 

Here , the Lord is viewed as having the BheejAksharam of " Eim " .

 

(6) (PraNavam) KleemAthmanE Nama :

 

Here , the Lord is recognized as incorporating the BheejAksharam

of " Kleem " .

 

(7) (PraNavam) Sriya: Sriyai Nmaa:

 

Here Thirumangai AzhwAr's salutation of TherazhundhUr Aaamuruvi

Appan is echoed : " Thiruvukkum ThiruvAhiya Selvan " . He is recognized

as the auspiciousness of the Auspicious MahA Lakshmi .

 

(19) (PraNavam) SroushaD Nama:

 

(20) (PraNavam ) VoushaD Nama:

 

(22) (PraNavam) HoomphaDAthmanE Nama:

 

(23) (PraNavam) HumAthmanE Nama:

 

(24) ( PraNavam) Hreem Nama :

 

(25) ( PraNavam) krOm nama:

 

(26) (PraNavam ) Hloum Nama:

 

(101) (praNavam ) Mi nama:

 

(102) (PraNavam) Mee Nama:

 

(103) (PraNavam) Mu Nama:

 

(104) (PraNavam ) Mru Nama:

 

(105) ( Pranavam ) Mroo Nama: / ( MrU Nama:)

 

(106) ( PraNavam) Mlu nama: ( Makaaram plus La kAram) .

 

( 107) ( PraNavam) Mloo Nama:/ (MlU Nama:)

MakAram+ LakAram+OokAram)

 

(108) (PraNavam) mE Nama:

 

(109) (PraNavam) Mai Nama:

 

(110) (PraNavam ) mO Nama:

 

(111) (PraNavam ) BindhavE Nama :

The Bindhu(dot) at the center of Yanthrams have significant

power.

 

(112) (PraNavam) VisargAya Nama:

 

(113) ( PraNavam) HrasvAya Nama:

 

(114) ( PraNavam) DheergAya nama:

 

(115) ( PraNavam) PluthAya nama:

 

(116) (PraNavam) SvarAya Nama:

 

(117) (PraNavam) UdhAtthAya Nama:

 

(118) ( PraNavam) anudhAtthAya nama:

 

(119) ( PraNavam) svarithAya Nama:

 

(120) (PraNavam) prachayAya Nama:

 

From 121 to 154 NaamAs , the DEvathAs inside whom the Lord resides

as AntharyAmi Brahman are invoked with various mAthrukA aksharams:

 

(121) (PraNavam) Kamm Nama: , Khamm Nama: , Gamm Nama: , ghamm Nama:

Jnamm Nama: and proceeds on to four kinds of Cha , Da , Ta , Pa and ends

with mumm , yamm , rum , lamm , vamm , Samm , shamm . samm , hamm

(as in HAMsam), Lamm ( L as in MangaLam) , Kshamm .

 

Next burst of BheejAksharams occurs between 291st Naamaa and 300th NaamA :

Hloumm Nama: (291) , hloom Nama: , hammhamm nama : , hayAya nama: ,

Hamsoomm Nama: , Hamsaamm nama: , Hamseemm nama: , hasoomm nama: ,

Hasoumm nama: , hasoomham nama: ( 300) .

 

A deep knowledge of Manthra Saasthram is needed to intrepret the deep

meanings of the above bheejAksharams and the adhidEvathais that worship

the Lord and in whose bodies He is the empowering principle as the indweller

..

We will not explore the meanings and references of these powerful nAmAs

based on single or compounded BheejAksharams .

 

Rest of the Sahasra NaamAs have their own beautiful and deep meanings .

The word plays are astounding some times and require careful explanations

as these nAmAs occur next to each other in clusters :

 

NishadhE Nama: (33rd NaamA ) , upanishadhE Nama: (34th Naama)

 

Naamas 35 to 42 :

 

NeechairAthmanE Nama: , UcchairAthmanE Nama : , samamAthmanE Nama: ,

sahAthmanE Nama: , SasvadhAthmanE Nama: , yugapadhAthmanE Nama: ,

ahnAyAthmanE nama: , SanairAthmanE Nama:

 

A good amount of knowledge about the SaasthrArTams would be needed

to explain the meanings of these nAmAs .

 

The prabhAvam and Vaibhavam of Veda NaarAyaNan (Lord Hayagreevan)

can be understood fully only by the likes of Swamy Desikan to whom the Lord

revealed His Tatthva Maya , Manthra Maya Sookshma Sareeraam .

 

May our participation in the MahA MaNtapa Kaimkaryam to Him please

Him !

 

Turanga Vadhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan