Sri HayagrIva Panjaram : Part III in support of the MahA Mantapa Kaimkaryam at Oushadha Giri

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SrI:

 

Dear Sri HayagrIva Bhakthas :

 

In the last posting , we reflected on the 9th naamaa of Panjaram,

which led us further to the dhyAna slOkam of Lord Hayagreevan

in his Sri HayagrIva SthOthram .

 

The two other dhyAna SlOkams for Lord HayagrIvan from His

Sahasra Naamam would also be instructive for roopa dhyAnam

and Vaibhava keerthanam :

 

VidhyA moorthim akhaNDa-chandravalaya-svEthAravindhAsTitham

hrudhyAm sphaDikaadhri nirmala tanum vidhyOtamAnam SriyA

VaamAnga-sTitha-VallabhAm prathi sadhaa vyAkhyAntham AamnAya-

VAgarTAn Aadhimapurusham Hayamukham dhyAyAmi HamsAthmakam

 

---- DhyAna SlOkam 1

 

VisvAthmA viSada-prabhA prathilasadh VaakdEvathA maNDalO

dEvo dakshiNa-paaNi-yugma vilasadh BhOdhAnga chakrAyudha:

vaamOdagrakarE dharam tadh-itarENa-aaslishya dhOshNA RamAm

hasthAgrE dhrutha-pusthaka: sa dayathAm HamsO HiraNyacchada:

 

DhyAyana SlOkam 2

 

The first slOkam reminds us of the divine body of the Lord HayagrIvan

( the VidhyA Moorthy ) being like a blemishless SpaDika hill seated in

the middle of Chandra Mandalam on a white lotus and instructing His

son on the meanings of the Veda Manthrams . He is saluted at the end

of the DhyAna SlOkam as HamsAthmakan .

 

The second dhyAna slOkam describes the mudhrAs on the Lord's hands

and His embrace of Lakshmi with one hand and the SrikOsam in His hand .

This slOkam also salutes Him as Hamsa:

 

In the Medhini Kosam , Hamsa Sabdham has been equated to VishNu ,

Sooryan and a type of horse . For Lord HayagrIvan , Hamsa Sabdham

denotes MahA VishNu avathAran with a man's trunk and horse's head .

 

The VishNu Tilakam of PaancharAthra Saasthram recognizes this Hamsa

sabdhan as " Bhukthi Mukthi PradhAyaka HayagrIvan " and goes on

to describe the yEkAkshara Manthram of HyagrIvan for which BrahmA is

Rishi , chandas is Devi Gayathri and HayAnan is the DevathA .

 

The dhyAnam for this yEkAkshari of PaancharAthram (VishNu Tilakam ) is :

 

HayagrIvam aham vandhE sphaDikAchala sannibham

ChandramaNDala-madhyastham SarasvathyA samanvitham

vyAkhyAmccha pusthakam Sankham chakrasccha dhatham karai:

mEga-gambheerayA vAchA vykhyAntham nikhilAgamAn

Brahma-Sankara-Vaagheesabharathy-VyAsa sEvitham

plAvayantham jagath sarvam sva-dEhOtTaamruthAmsubhi:

 

The phala Sruthi for the japam and Jala tarpaNam with this

manthram is stated as :

 

" SiddhE Hamsamanou VaaNi Vaachi nruthyathi sarvadhA ,

anEna ManthrarAjEna nAsAdhyam vidhyathE bhuvi "

 

when one attains Mantra Siddhi of this yEkAkshari of Hamsa

sabdhan (HayagrIvan ) , Sarasvathy dances on one's tongue

(speech) always and with the power of this king of manthrams ,

nothing ever becomes impossible to attain .

 

When one reflects on the inner meanings of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram ,

one can map one on one its relationship to VishNu Tilakam and how

Swamy Desikan constructed His first sthOthram to eulogize Lord

HayagrIvan , who appeared before him after he attained Mantra siddhi

on top of the Oushadha Giri at Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

 

Such is the sacredness of Oushadha Giri , where the MahA Mantapam

is being constructed .

 

In the next two postings , adiyEn will cover the rest of the content of

Sri HayagrIva Panjaram .

 

Sri Hyavadhana ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan