Sri Hayagreevan and Sri Vaamanan

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Dear Swamin

Today is most auspicious day. Aavani

Thiruvonam (Sravanam) is the Thirunakshatram of Sri

Hayagreevan. This is also Sri Vaamana jayanthi day.

Keralites are celebrating it as Onam festival.

Swami DEsikan's thirunakshatram is also

thiruvonam , but in purattasi, tamil month. Swami

Desikan will climb Oushatadri on that day(12-10-05)

and offer Mangalasasanam to Sri Hayagreevan . Every

Srivaishnavan of Desika sampradaya is bound to come to

Oushathagiri on that day to have darshan of both

Swami Desikan (Acharyan) and Sri Hayagreevan.The

devotion ofSwami Desikan is so great that Sri

Hayagreeva Stotra is the first of His lyrics. Swami

Desikan's prayer to Sri Hayagreevan that He must

always shine in His heart and take His seat on the

throne of the tip of His tongue sothat His words will

always be graceful , successful and pleasing

We can now know the meaning of penaltimate

sloka of Sri hayagreeva stotram

Sri Hayagreeva is seated on a full-blown

white lotus (oundareeka) sparkling like a newly

dissected marble-slab.He holds the discus and the

conch on the higher arms. The lower right hand shines

with the symbol of instruction as though He is

teaching the Vedas to Sri Brahma. There is a garland

of roses in it which is compared by Swami Desika to a

ghatee-yantra (see-saw) which by it's movement raises

the knowledge from the deep like the machine which

raises water from a deep well for the benefit of all

mankind. The lower left hand has a book asthough it is

an evidence for the recovery of the Vedas carried

away by an Asura from Sri Brahma

THe last sloka(33) narrates thus

Swami Desika advises all of us to study the

Hayagreeva stotra with devotion to attain mastery over

all languages and their import(vaagartha-siddhi)

Here is a sloka from sri DehaleesaStuti

The Vaamana-roopam of Sriman Narayanan is enjoyed in

11th sloka. Sriman Narayanan came to Mahabali's

yagnavatam disguised as a short-statured Brahmachari ,

as He is made up His mind to get back all worlds from

Mahabali by a trick. It may beremembered here that

Mahabali was a descendant of Prahlada and out of

consideration for the great devotion evinced by that

young boy-devotee Prahlada , Baghvan had promised to

him not to slay any of his descendants . The

Brahmacharya Asramam came as a bhikshochitam , quite

suited for begging. Bagwan realised that unless He

took care to hide from view the presence of

Mahalakshmi on His chest, the vesham (part of drama)

will look inappropriate. The alternative of coming

without Mahalaksmi is inconceivable as Mahalaksmi

would never entertain such idea ( Agalakillen iraiyum

yenru alarmel Mangaiyuraimarbha)Krishnajinam came in

handy to hide Mahalakshmi

This sloka points out beautifully how

Lakshmipatitvam is the hall-mark of Bagvan

Let us pray both Sri Hayagreevan and

Vaamana --Thiruvikrama Moorthi in this most auspicious

day by reciting both Sri Hayagreeva Stotram and Sri

Dehaleesa Stuti of Swami Desikan

We will add soon in the photo album Sri

Hayagreevan and Swami Desikan in ekasana. Srikainkarya

requests allof you, swamins, to contribute liberally

to complete the construction of Mahamandap at

Oushatadri Sri Hayagreevar temple Thiruvaheendrapuam

and have

paripoorana anugraha of both Swami Desikan and Sri

Hayagreevan. As requested by Swami Sadagopachariar of

Oppiliappan Sannithi a sum of Rs 3200/- can be

cotributed by you. Ths names of donors who donatedRs

50,000/- and above will be inscribed in the

marble/granite stone besides presenting a

silver(10gms)coin depicting Sri Hayagreevan on the one

side and Swami Desikan on the other side and a colour

photo of 12 hayagreevas (A4 size) with dyana sloka of

each Hayagreeva

Dasan

Srikainkarya

Soundararajan

 

 

 

 

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