Guest guest Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- BalaKrishnaMurthy Ramaraju <dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju Aug 25, 2007 7:53 AM HAYAGREEVA STHOTHRAM SEHANJAN ATHRISON <athrisonseshanjan, dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju, " Doctor.BalaKrishnaMurthyRamaraju,BS,MBBS,MS,FRCS,GERON " < dr.ramaraju.balakrishnamurthy Swamy Desikan's first sthOthram is on Lord HayagrIvA .Sri HayagrIvan presented Himself before Swamy Desikan at Thiruvahindrapuram's OushadAdri Hill . Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn's laalAmrutham fell on the tongue of Swamy Desikan and blessed him to become the AchArya Saarvabhouman. Swamy Desikan has captured the essence of Vedams , Upanishads , Brahma Soothrams and other sacred texts in choosing the words in this sthOthram to eulogize the greatness of Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn and the ancient tattvam that He represents . We must remember that Sri VedAntha Desikan of Thuppul was only in his twenties , when he composed this sacred sthOthram . By the tender age of twenty , Swamy Desikan had already mastered VedAdhyayanam , Dhivya Prabhandham , Tarkam , VyAkaraNam and other saamAnya Saasthrams. His uncle Sri AppuLLAr, a direct disciple of the famous NadAthUr ammAL was Swamy Desikan's AchAryan. AppuLLAr taught Swamy Desikan Sri BhAshyam, Sri GeethA BHAshyam, Rahasyaarthams and other AchArya Sookthis as well . Swamy Desikan's pravachana sakthi and medhA vilAsam even at the age of twenty was extraordinary. AppuLLAr initiated his dear disciple further into Garuda manthram , which was a family treasure. After AppuLLAr ascended parama Padham , Swamy Desikan travelled to ThiruvahIndhrapuram to worship Sri HemAbhja Valli samEtha Sri DEvanAthan. One day , he climbed the small hillock in front of Lord DeavanAthan's temple known as OushadhAdhri and sat under a big pupil tree. With immense tranquility descending on him , he began to recite Garuda manthram for number of hours . Garuda BhagavAn was immensely pleased with VedAntha Desikan's japam and appeared before latter, blessed him and initiated VedAntha Desikan into Sri HayagrIva manthram . Garuda BhagavAn also presented Swamy Desikan with a vigraham of Sri HayagrIvan in the Yogaasikai (seated in YogAsanam) posture. Swamy Desikan was immensely happy with PakshirAjAn's blessing and began to do Sri HayagrIva Manthra japam for many days. Lord HayagrIvan was so pleased with Swamy Desikan that He appeared before latter to grant the boons of unsurpassed Pravachana sakthi , visEsha Jn~Anam on para and apara vidhyais and power to defeat the opponents in adhyAthmika saasthra debates and to raise the vijaya dhvajam of Sri Bhagavath RaamAnuja Darsanam . Sri Hayagriva SaakshAthkAram spurred Swamy Desikan to compose on the spot the sacred HayagrIva SthOthram as his reverential tribute to the Lord of all Vidhyais for His dhivya anugraham . The vigraham of Yoga HayagrIvan presented by Garuda BhagavAn became an ArAdhana Moorthy for Swamy Desikan along with VaradarAja PerumAL. Another Vigraham of Lord HayagrIvan presented by Goddess sarasvathi to Sri BhAshyakArar at Srinagar also reached Swamy Desikan through his AchArya paramparai . This vigraham is a Lakshmi Hayagriva Vigraham , which is today at the ParakAla matam and is the ArAdhana Moorthy of the YathIsvarALs of that Matam at Mysore. The YogAsikA Hayagrivan presented by Garudan is with Swamy Desikan at his sannidhi at ThiruvahIndhrapuram . Slokas ..shrii hayagriiva stotram.h.. shrImaan.h ve~NkaTa naathaaryaH kavitaarkika kesarI. vedaantaachaarya varyo me sannidhattaaM sadaa hR^idi.. GYaanaananda mayaM devaM nirmalasphaTikaakR^itim.h . aadhaaraM sarva vidyaanaaM hayagriivam upaasmahe .. 1 .. svatassiddhaM shuddhasphaTika maNibhuubhR^it.h pratibhaTaM sudhaa sadhriichiibhir.h dhutibhir.h avadaata tribhuvanam.h . anantaistrayyantair.h anuvihita heShaa halahalaM hataa sheShaa vadyaM hayavadana miiDii mahi mahaH .. 2 .. samaahaarassaamnaaM pratipadamR^ichaaM dhaama yajuShaaM layaH pratyuuhaanaaM laharivitatirvedhajaladheH . kathaa darpakShubhyat.h kathakakula kolaaha labhavaM haratvantar.h dhvaantaM hayavadana heShaa halahalaH .. 3 .. praachii sandhyaa kaachidantar.h nishaayaaH praGYaadR^iShTer.h aJNjana shriirapuurvaa . vaktrii vedaan.h bhaatu me vaaji vaktraa vaagii shaakhyaa vaasudevasya muurtiH .. 4 .. vishuddha viGYaana ghana svaruupaM viGYaana vishraaNana baddha diikSham.h . dayaanidhiM dehabhR^itaaM sharaNyaM devaM hayagriivam ahaM prapadye .. 5 .. apauruSheyair.h api vaakprapaJNchaiH adyaapi te bhuuti madR^iShTa paaraam.h . stuvannahaM mugdha iti tvayaiva kaaruNyato naatha kaTaakShaNiiyaH .. 6 .. daakShiNya ramyaa girishasya muurtiH devii sarojaasana dharmapatnii . vyaasaadayo.api vyapadeshcha vaachaH sphuranti sarve tava shakti leshaiH .. 7 .. mando.abhaviShyan.h niyataM viriJNcho vaachaaM nidhe vaJNchita bhaaga dheyaH . daityaa paniitaan.h dayayaiva bhuuyo.api adhyaapayiShyo nigamaan.h na chet.h tvam.h .. 8 .. vitarka DolaaM vyavadhuuya satve bR^ihaspatiM vartayase yatastvam.h . tenaiva deva tridasheshvaraaNaam.h aspR^iShTa Dolaayitamaadhi raajyam.h .. 9 .. agnou samiddhaarchiShi saptatantoH aatasthivaan.h mantramayaM shariiram.h . akhaNDa saarair.h haviShaaM pradaanaiH aapyaayanaM vyoma sadaaM vidhatse .. 10 .. yanmuulamiidR^ik.h pratibhaati tatvaM yaa muulamaamnaaya mahaadrumaaNaam.h . tatvena jaananti vishuddha satvaaH tvaam akSharaam akShara maatR^ikaaM te .. 11 .. avyaakR^itaad.h vyaakR^ita vaanasi tvaM naamaani ruupaaNi cha yaani puurvam.h . shaMsanti teShaaM charamaaM pratiShTaaM vaagiishvara tvaaM tvadupaGYa vaachaH .. 12 .. mugdhendu niShyanda vilobha niiyaaM muurtiM tavaananda sudhaa prasuutim.h . vipashchitashchetasi bhaavayante velaa mudaaraamiva dugdha sindhoH .. 13 .. manogataM pashyati yaH sadaa tvaaM maniiShiNaaM maanasa raaja haMsam.h . svayaM purobhaava vivaadabhaajaH kiMkurvate tasya giro yathaarham.h .. 14 .. api kShaNaardhaM kalayanti ye tvaaM aaplaavayantaM vishadair.h mayuukhaiH . vaachaaM pravaahair.h anivaaritaiste mandaakiniiM mandayituM kShamante .. 15 .. svaamin.h bhavaddhyaana sudhaabhiShekaat.h vahanti dhanyaaH pulakaanubandham.h . alakShite kvaapi niruuDha muulaM aN^geShvivaanandathum.h aN^kurantam.h .. 16 .. svaamin.h pratiichaa hR^idayena dhanyaaH tvaddhyaana chandrodaya vardhamaanam.h . amaanta maananda payodhimantaH payobhirakShNaaM parivaahayanti .. 17 .. svairaanubhaavaas.h tvadadhiina bhaavaaH samR^iddha viiryaas.h tvadanugraheNa . vipashchito naatha taranti maayaaM vaihaarikiiM mohana piJNchhikaaM te .. 18 .. praaN^ nirmitaanaaM tapasaaM vipaakaaH pratyagra nishshreyasa saMpado me . samedhiShiiraMstava paada padme saMkalpa chintaamaNayaH praNaamaaH .. 19 .. vilupta muurdhanya lipikra maaNaaM surendra chuuDaapada laalitaanaam.h . tvadaMghriraajiiva rajaH kaNaanaaM bhuuyaan.h prasaado mayi naatha bhuuyaat.h .. 20 .. parisphuran.h nuupura chitrabhaanu - prakaasha nirdhuuta tamonuShaN^gaam.h . padadvayiiM te parichin.h mahe.antaH prabodha raajiiva vibhaata sandhyaam.h .. 21 .. tvat.h kiN^karaa laMkaraNo chitaanaaM tvayaiva kalpaantara paalitaanaam.h . maJNjupraNaadaM maNinuupuraM te maJNjuuShikaaM veda giraaM pratiimaH .. 22 .. sa.nchintayaami pratibhaada shaasthaan.h sa.ndhukShayantaM samaya pradiipaan.h . viGYaana kalpadruma pallavaabhaM vyaakhyaana mudraa madhuraM karaM te .. 23 .. chitte karomi sphuritaakShamaalaM savyetaraM naatha karaM tvadiiyam.h . GYaanaamR^ito daJNchana lampaTaanaaM liilaa ghaTiiyantra mivaashritaanaam.h .. 24 .. prabodha sindhoraruNaiH prakaashaiH pravaala saN^ghaata mivodvahantam.h . vibhaavaye deva sapustakaM te vaamaM karaM dakShiNam aashritaanaam.h .. 25 .. tamaaMsi bhitvaa vishadairmayuukhaiH saMpriiNayantaM viduShashchakoraan.h . nishaamaye tvaaM nava puNDariike sharadghane chandramiva sphurantam.h .. 26 .. dishantu me deva sadaa tvadiiyaaH dayaa taraN^gaanucharaaH kaTaakShaaH . shrotreShu puMsaam.h amR^itaM kSharantiiM sarasvatiiM saMshrita kaamadhenum.h .. 27 .. visheSha vitpaariSha deShu naatha vidagdha goShThii samaraaN^gaNeShu . jigiiShato me kavitaarki kendraan.h jihvaagra siMhaasanam abhyupeyaaH .. 28 .. tvaaM chintayan.h tvanmayataaM prapannaH tvaamudgR^iNan.h shabda mayena dhaamnaa . svaamin.h samaajeShu samedhiShiiya svachchhanda vaadaahava baddha shuuraH .. 29 .. naanaa vidhaanaamagatiH kalaanaaM na chaapi tiirtheShu kR^itaavataaraH . dhruvaM tavaanaatha parigrahaayaaH navaM navaM paatramahaM dayaayaaH .. 30 .. akampaniiyaan.h yapaniiti bhedaiH ala.nkR^iShiiran.h hR^idayaM madiiyam.h . shaN^kaa kalaN^kaa pagamojjvalaani tatvaani samyaJNchi tava prasaadaat.h .. 31 .. vyaakhyaa mudraaM karasarasijaiH pustakaM shaN^ka chakre bibhrad.h bhinnasphaTika ruchire puNDariike niShaNNaH . amlaanashriir.h amR^ita vishadair.h aMshubhiH plaavayan.h maaM aavirbhuuyaa danagha mahimaa maanase vaaga dhiishaH .. 32 .. vaagartha siddhihetoH paThata hayagriiva saMstutiM bhaktyaa . kavitaarkika kesariNaa veN^kaTa naathena virachitaa metaam.h .. 33 .. Commentary Sri Hayagriva tattvam as understood from Swamy Desikan's Sthuthi is so profound that it defies description . The sookshmArthams (subtle meanings )embedded in the sthuthi passages are sruthi sAram ( essence of VedAs and Upanishads). It is no wonder that Swamy Desikan is known by the title of NigamAntha MahA Desikan or VedAntha Desikan . As BhagavAn HayagrIvan appeared before him and blessed him , the twenty plus year old Sri VenktanAthan from Thuppul was elevated immediately to the noblest of AchArya Peetams . He became Swamy Desikan . He had Isavara-SaakshthkAram of that Veda Moorthy, Sri HayagrIvan and that led to his choice of the Vedic metre , Anushtup with 32 syllables (8+8+8+8).This is one of the 64 slOkams that Swamy Desikan set in the anushtup meter . It is interesting to note that the first 10 slOkams of DayA sathakam are also set in anushtup meter as well . The entire ShOdasAyudha sthOthram and the first slOkam of Garuda DaNdakam praising the veda Moorthy is set also in Anushtup meter. Garuda BhagavAn was the One , who presented Sawmy Desikan with the archai of YogAsikaa HayagrIvan and initiated him into HayagrIva manthram This then is the context of the avathAram of the first slOkam of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram : Jn~Anandamayam dEvam nirmala spatikAkruthim aadhAram sarva vidhyAnAm HayagrIvam upAsmahE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 ---------- Forwarded message ----------BalaKrishnaMurthy Ramaraju <dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju >Aug 25, 2007 7:53 AMHAYAGREEVA STHOTHRAMSEHANJAN ATHRISON <athrisonseshanjan, dr.balakrishnamurthy.ramaraju, " Doctor.BalaKrishnaMurthy Ramaraju,BS,MBBS,MS,FRCS,GERON " <dr.ramaraju.balakrishnamurthy Swamy Desikan's first sthOthram is on Lord HayagrIvA .Sri HayagrIvan presented Himself before Swamy Desikan at Thiruvahindrapuram's OushadAdri Hill . Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn's laalAmrutham fell on the tongue of Swamy Desikan and blessed him to become the AchArya Saarvabhouman. Swamy Desikan has captured the essence of Vedams , Upanishads , Brahma Soothrams and other sacred texts in choosing the words in this sthOthram to eulogize the greatness of Sri HayagrIva BhagavAn and the ancient tattvam that He represents . We must remember that Sri VedAntha Desikan of Thuppul was only in his twenties , when he composed this sacred sthOthram . By the tender age of twenty , Swamy Desikan had already mastered VedAdhyayanam , Dhivya Prabhandham , Tarkam , VyAkaraNam and other saamAnya Saasthrams. His uncle Sri AppuLLAr, a direct disciple of the famous NadAthUr ammAL was Swamy Desikan's AchAryan. AppuLLAr taught Swamy Desikan Sri BhAshyam, Sri GeethA BHAshyam, Rahasyaarthams and other AchArya Sookthis as well . Swamy Desikan's pravachana sakthi and medhA vilAsam even at the age of twenty was extraordinary. AppuLLAr initiated his dear disciple further into Garuda manthram , which was a family treasure. After AppuLLAr ascended parama Padham , Swamy Desikan travelled to ThiruvahIndhrapuram to worship Sri HemAbhja Valli samEtha Sri DEvanAthan. One day , he climbed the small hillock in front of Lord DeavanAthan's temple known as OushadhAdhri and sat under a big pupil tree. With immense tranquility descending on him , he began to recite Garuda manthram for number of hours . Garuda BhagavAn was immensely pleased with VedAntha Desikan's japam and appeared before latter, blessed him and initiated VedAntha Desikan into Sri HayagrIva manthram . Garuda BhagavAn also presented Swamy Desikan with a vigraham of Sri HayagrIvan in the Yogaasikai (seated in YogAsanam) posture. Swamy Desikan was immensely happy with PakshirAjAn's blessing and began to do Sri HayagrIva Manthra japam for many days. Lord HayagrIvan was so pleased with Swamy Desikan that He appeared before latter to grant the boons of unsurpassed Pravachana sakthi , visEsha Jn~Anam on para and apara vidhyais and power to defeat the opponents in adhyAthmika saasthra debates and to raise the vijaya dhvajam of Sri Bhagavath RaamAnuja Darsanam . Sri Hayagriva SaakshAthkAram spurred Swamy Desikan to compose on the spot the sacred HayagrIva SthOthram as his reverential tribute to the Lord of all Vidhyais for His dhivya anugraham . The vigraham of Yoga HayagrIvan presented by Garuda BhagavAn became an ArAdhana Moorthy for Swamy Desikan along with VaradarAja PerumAL. Another Vigraham of Lord HayagrIvan presented by Goddess sarasvathi to Sri BhAshyakArar at Srinagar also reached Swamy Desikan through his AchArya paramparai . This vigraham is a Lakshmi Hayagriva Vigraham , which is today at the ParakAla matam and is the ArAdhana Moorthy of the YathIsvarALs of that Matam at Mysore. The YogAsikA Hayagrivan presented by Garudan is with Swamy Desikan at his sannidhi at ThiruvahIndhrapuram . Slokas ..shrii hayagriiva stotram.h.. shrImaan.h ve~NkaTa naathaaryaH kavitaarkika kesarI. vedaantaachaarya varyo me sannidhattaaM sadaa hR^idi.. GYaanaananda mayaM devaM nirmalasphaTikaakR^itim.h . aadhaaraM sarva vidyaanaaM hayagriivam upaasmahe .. 1 .. svatassiddhaM shuddhasphaTika maNibhuubhR^it.h pratibhaTaM sudhaa sadhriichiibhir.h dhutibhir.h avadaata tribhuvanam.h . anantaistrayyantair.h anuvihita heShaa halahalaM hataa sheShaa vadyaM hayavadana miiDii mahi mahaH .. 2 .. samaahaarassaamnaaM pratipadamR^ichaaM dhaama yajuShaaM layaH pratyuuhaanaaM laharivitatirvedhajaladheH . kathaa darpakShubhyat.h kathakakula kolaaha labhavaM haratvantar.h dhvaantaM hayavadana heShaa halahalaH .. 3 .. praachii sandhyaa kaachidantar.h nishaayaaH praGYaadR^iShTer.h aJNjana shriirapuurvaa . vaktrii vedaan.h bhaatu me vaaji vaktraa vaagii shaakhyaa vaasudevasya muurtiH .. 4 .. vishuddha viGYaana ghana svaruupaM viGYaana vishraaNana baddha diikSham.h . dayaanidhiM dehabhR^itaaM sharaNyaM devaM hayagriivam ahaM prapadye .. 5 .. apauruSheyair.h api vaakprapaJNchaiH adyaapi te bhuuti madR^iShTa paaraam.h . stuvannahaM mugdha iti tvayaiva kaaruNyato naatha kaTaakShaNiiyaH .. 6 .. daakShiNya ramyaa girishasya muurtiH devii sarojaasana dharmapatnii . vyaasaadayo.api vyapadeshcha vaachaH sphuranti sarve tava shakti leshaiH .. 7 .. mando.abhaviShyan.h niyataM viriJNcho vaachaaM nidhe vaJNchita bhaaga dheyaH . daityaa paniitaan.h dayayaiva bhuuyo.api adhyaapayiShyo nigamaan.h na chet.h tvam.h .. 8 .. vitarka DolaaM vyavadhuuya satve bR^ihaspatiM vartayase yatastvam.h . tenaiva deva tridasheshvaraaNaam.h aspR^iShTa Dolaayitamaadhi raajyam.h .. 9 .. agnou samiddhaarchiShi saptatantoH aatasthivaan.h mantramayaM shariiram.h . akhaNDa saarair.h haviShaaM pradaanaiH aapyaayanaM vyoma sadaaM vidhatse .. 10 .. yanmuulamiidR^ik.h pratibhaati tatvaM yaa muulamaamnaaya mahaadrumaaNaam.h . tatvena jaananti vishuddha satvaaH tvaam akSharaam akShara maatR^ikaaM te .. 11 .. avyaakR^itaad.h vyaakR^ita vaanasi tvaM naamaani ruupaaNi cha yaani puurvam.h . shaMsanti teShaaM charamaaM pratiShTaaM vaagiishvara tvaaM tvadupaGYa vaachaH .. 12 .. mugdhendu niShyanda vilobha niiyaaM muurtiM tavaananda sudhaa prasuutim.h . vipashchitashchetasi bhaavayante velaa mudaaraamiva dugdha sindhoH .. 13 .. manogataM pashyati yaH sadaa tvaaM maniiShiNaaM maanasa raaja haMsam.h . svayaM purobhaava vivaadabhaajaH kiMkurvate tasya giro yathaarham.h .. 14 .. api kShaNaardhaM kalayanti ye tvaaM aaplaavayantaM vishadair.h mayuukhaiH . vaachaaM pravaahair.h anivaaritaiste mandaakiniiM mandayituM kShamante .. 15 .. svaamin.h bhavaddhyaana sudhaabhiShekaat.h vahanti dhanyaaH pulakaanubandham.h . alakShite kvaapi niruuDha muulaM aN^geShvivaanandathum.h aN^kurantam.h .. 16 .. svaamin.h pratiichaa hR^idayena dhanyaaH tvaddhyaana chandrodaya vardhamaanam.h . amaanta maananda payodhimantaH payobhirakShNaaM parivaahayanti .. 17 .. svairaanubhaavaas.h tvadadhiina bhaavaaH samR^iddha viiryaas.h tvadanugraheNa . vipashchito naatha taranti maayaaM vaihaarikiiM mohana piJNchhikaaM te .. 18 .. praaN^ nirmitaanaaM tapasaaM vipaakaaH pratyagra nishshreyasa saMpado me . samedhiShiiraMstava paada padme saMkalpa chintaamaNayaH praNaamaaH .. 19 .. vilupta muurdhanya lipikra maaNaaM surendra chuuDaapada laalitaanaam.h . tvadaMghriraajiiva rajaH kaNaanaaM bhuuyaan.h prasaado mayi naatha bhuuyaat.h .. 20 .. parisphuran.h nuupura chitrabhaanu - prakaasha nirdhuuta tamonuShaN^gaam.h . padadvayiiM te parichin.h mahe.antaH prabodha raajiiva vibhaata sandhyaam.h .. 21 .. tvat.h kiN^karaa laMkaraNo chitaanaaM tvayaiva kalpaantara paalitaanaam.h . maJNjupraNaadaM maNinuupuraM te maJNjuuShikaaM veda giraaM pratiimaH .. 22 .. sa.nchintayaami pratibhaada shaasthaan.h sa.ndhukShayantaM samaya pradiipaan.h . viGYaana kalpadruma pallavaabhaM vyaakhyaana mudraa madhuraM karaM te .. 23 .. chitte karomi sphuritaakShamaalaM savyetaraM naatha karaM tvadiiyam.h . GYaanaamR^ito daJNchana lampaTaanaaM liilaa ghaTiiyantra mivaashritaanaam.h .. 24 .. prabodha sindhoraruNaiH prakaashaiH pravaala saN^ghaata mivodvahantam.h . vibhaavaye deva sapustakaM te vaamaM karaM dakShiNam aashritaanaam.h .. 25 .. tamaaMsi bhitvaa vishadairmayuukhaiH saMpriiNayantaM viduShashchakoraan.h . nishaamaye tvaaM nava puNDariike sharadghane chandramiva sphurantam.h .. 26 .. dishantu me deva sadaa tvadiiyaaH dayaa taraN^gaanucharaaH kaTaakShaaH . shrotreShu puMsaam.h amR^itaM kSharantiiM sarasvatiiM saMshrita kaamadhenum.h .. 27 .. visheSha vitpaariSha deShu naatha vidagdha goShThii samaraaN^gaNeShu . jigiiShato me kavitaarki kendraan.h jihvaagra siMhaasanam abhyupeyaaH .. 28 .. tvaaM chintayan.h tvanmayataaM prapannaH tvaamudgR^iNan.h shabda mayena dhaamnaa . svaamin.h samaajeShu samedhiShiiya svachchhanda vaadaahava baddha shuuraH .. 29 .. naanaa vidhaanaamagatiH kalaanaaM na chaapi tiirtheShu kR^itaavataaraH . dhruvaM tavaanaatha parigrahaayaaH navaM navaM paatramahaM dayaayaaH .. 30 .. akampaniiyaan.h yapaniiti bhedaiH ala.nkR^iShiiran.h hR^idayaM madiiyam.h . shaN^kaa kalaN^kaa pagamojjvalaani tatvaani samyaJNchi tava prasaadaat.h .. 31 .. vyaakhyaa mudraaM karasarasijaiH pustakaM shaN^ka chakre bibhrad.h bhinnasphaTika ruchire puNDariike niShaNNaH . amlaanashriir.h amR^ita vishadair.h aMshubhiH plaavayan.h maaM aavirbhuuyaa danagha mahimaa maanase vaaga dhiishaH .. 32 .. vaagartha siddhihetoH paThata hayagriiva saMstutiM bhaktyaa . kavitaarkika kesariNaa veN^kaTa naathena virachitaa metaam.h .. 33 .. CommentarySri Hayagriva tattvam as understood from Swamy Desikan's Sthuthi is so profound that it defies description . The sookshmArthams (subtle meanings )embedded in the sthuthi passages are sruthi sAram ( essence of VedAs and Upanishads). It is no wonder that Swamy Desikan is known by the title of NigamAntha MahA Desikan or VedAntha Desikan . As BhagavAn HayagrIvan appeared before him and blessed him , the twenty plus year old Sri VenktanAthan from Thuppul was elevated immediately to the noblest of AchArya Peetams . He became Swamy Desikan . He had Isavara-SaakshthkAram of that Veda Moorthy, Sri HayagrIvan and that led to his choice of the Vedic metre , Anushtup with 32 syllables (8+8+8+8).This is one of the 64 slOkams that Swamy Desikan set in the anushtup meter . It is interesting to note that the first 10 slOkams of DayA sathakam are also set in anushtup meter as well . The entire ShOdasAyudha sthOthram and the first slOkam of Garuda DaNdakam praising the veda Moorthy is set also in Anushtup meter. Garuda BhagavAn was the One , who presented Sawmy Desikan with the archai of YogAsikaa HayagrIvan and initiated him into HayagrIva manthram This then is the context of the avathAram of the first slOkam of Sri HayagrIva SthOthram : Jn~Anandamayam dEvam nirmala spatikAkruthim aadhAram sarva vidhyAnAm HayagrIvam upAsmahE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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