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Lord Hayagriva  
     



SrI:

Dear Sri Lakshmi HayagrIva BhakthAs : 

adiyEn has been writing for the past few days about
the MahA Mantapa Kaimkaryam at Thiruvaheendhrapuram 
and have been requestign your welcome participation in
the Kaimkaryam headed by SrimAn SoundararAjan Desikan of 
Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

The URL describing the Kaimakryam and the ways to become participant in
this Kaimkaryam are covered in the URL:

http://www.srikainkarya.org 

You may be wondering as to what is so special about building a MahA Mantapam  
or the steps(SopAnam)  to reach the Lord with sacred shrines on top of hills 
like 
ThiruvEnkadam or Oushadha Giri at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . Our Lord sits in 
the dhivya MaNi Mantapam at Sri Vaikuntam and it is our destiny that we end up 
at His sacred feet ( Vaikuntam puhuvathu MaNNavar vidhiyE ) at the Vichithra 
Mantapam decribed most movingly by AchArya RaamAnuja in his Sri Vaikunta 
Gadhyam and offer our PraNAmams there to our Lord  as the Muktha Jeevan . 
Our AchAryAs are there worshipping the Lord of Sri Vaikuntam at that  
MahA Mantapam (audio of Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam can be heard at :
http://www.saranagathy.org    and performing Nithya Kaimkaryam 
to the Dhivya Dampathis along with Nithya Sooris and Muktha Jeevans .
The earlier climb of the Muktha Jeevan to the Lord's Parama Padham 
is described in the MaNi PravALa Sri Sookthi of Parama Padha SopAnam
by Swamy Desikan ( http://www.malolan.org/trk27.htm) .

It is a rehearsal for that day when we reach Sri Vaikuntam to join the AchArya 
GhOshti to serve our Sri Vaikunta Naathan that we perform Bhagavath-Bhaagavatha-
AchArya Kaimkaryams right here on Earth ( LeelA VibhUthi of the Lord ).

Lord HayagrIvan blesses us with Jn~Anam to climb the steps to Parama Padham
and waits for us on top of the OushadhAdhri hills to preapre us for our journey 
by
the ArchirAdhi Maargam through Sambhandham with AchAryAs like Swamy 
Desikan . 

It is my pleasure to forward you the excellent write up on the avathAra 
Vaibhavam 
of Sri HayagrIvan by  one of the early participants in the MahA mantapa 
Kaimkaryam , 
Sri MadhavakkaNNan . Please enjoy it . 

Please contact sri Soundararajan Desikan Swamy at Chennai regarding
your own samarpaNams to this Kaimakryam racing towards this PurattAsi
SravaNam (Swamy Desikan's avathAra Dinam ) . AdiyEn will send you 
the write up of what it is like on that blessed day , when Swamy Desikan 
climbs the OushadhAdri Hills in commemoration of the appearance of 
Lord Hayagrivan there some 700 plus years ago to bless him .

Please contact adiyEn or SD Swamy if you need any additional 
information on your particpation . This year , October 12 is the day
of PurattAsi SravaNam . Please take part in this unforgettable Uthsavam
and Sri Soundararajan Desikan Swamy has offered to help with 
accomodations for the sevArthees , who wish to take part .

NamO Sri HayagrIvAya ,
V.Sadagopan 



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            Lord Sri Hayagriva
            Sri V.Madhavakannan
                          



           
     
          Introduction
      Generally vidyaarmbam among sri vaishnavas begins with a prayer to Lord 
Sri Hayagreeva, preceded by obeisance to our Acharyaas. Even today Vijayadasami 
and Sarsvathi pooja are celebrated in Srivaishnavas homes with the recitation 
of Sri Hayagreeva sthOthram. (in our home at least!). The Parakala Matham, 
situated in Mysore, is one the most ancient and premier Srivaishnava religious 
institutions in the country that came into being for the specific purpose of 
propagating Sri Ramanujam's Visishtadvaita philosophy. Sri Lakshmi Hayagreeva 
(the Lord with the horse's face) Haya-horse: greeva-neck: this Lord is the 
presiding deity for all knowledge - 'Aadhaaram sarvavidhyaanaaam Hayagrivam 
upaasmahe'- is the principal deity of the Parakala Matham, the icon being one 
of the most beautiful ever adorning the Matham. Sri Hayagreevar Divya MangaLa 
vigraham is also the president deity for Sri Poundareekapuram Andavan Ashramam 
and also greatly revered by Sri Ahobila Matham and Andavan Ashram. 

      Sri Hayagriva Avataram
      The avataram of Hayagriva Bhagavan took place to restore the Vedas to 
Brahma. Emperumaan had taught BrahmA the Creation through His breath of VedAs. 
Then, Brahma could understand how various kalpams had begun due to Emperumaan's 
vEdOpasEam. He became extremely proud and head strong of his position as the 
creator and about his powers/jnAnam. Sriman Narayana as usual wanted to teach 
him and decided to remove his (Brahma's) pride. A couple of water droplets from 
the lotus seat of the Lord incarnated as two Asuras, Madhu and Kaitabha; Due to 
Bhgawath sankalpam, one (kaitapan) was of thamO guNA and the other (madhu) was 
of rajO guNA. They stole the Vedas from Brahma. Emperumaan smiled. 

      Unable to carry on his work of creation without the Vedas, Brahma rushed 
to the Lord and pleaded the Lord Narayana for mercy and saving Vedas. BrahmA 
prostrated to the Lord and said: 

      "Vedas alone are my eyes; they are my wealth; They are my Lord. The whole 
world is surrounded by darkness due to the absence of Vedas. How am I to 
proceed on my creation without the Vedas ? Please arise from the Yoga nithrA 
and help me Lord! Please give me back my eyes which have been blinded by my own 
pride." 

      "veda: mE paramam sakshI: veda: mE paramam param
      veda: mE paramam dharma, veda: mE brahma sOtthamam"

       
      Lord Narayana incarnated as Hayagriva, appeared as the white Horse faced, 
faultless sphatika hued form, satva mUrthy, with Divya tEjas, and lustrous form 
and destroyed the Asuras and restored the Vedas to Brahma. This avtaaram was 
made on a AvaNi month, sravaNa nakshthram paurNami thithi. With a lovely long 
nose, like the heaven surrounded by white bright stars, the asva siras (head of 
horse) illumined the whole world. The upper world and the lower world became 
His ears. The rays of Sun's brightest lustres are His hairs at the nape of His 
neck (pidari). BhUmi became His forhead; Ganga and Saraswathi became two lovely 
eyebrows; Chandra Sooryar (The Moon and the Sun) became His two eyes; SandhyA 
dEvathai became His nostrils; Pithru devathAs became His teeth; GolOkam and 
Brahma lOkam became His two lips; kalaraathri became His neck; The Divya tEjas 
Sathva mUrthy Sri Hayagreevan thus, in a grandest beautiful manner appeared. He 
rushed to PaathaaLa lOkam and raised His "uthGitham" in samavEdha swaram and 
terrified Madhukaitapa asurAs; They hid the VedhAs (which were in the form of 
babies) and ran away from the scene. Sri Hayagreevar handed over the Vedas to 
BrahmA and went back. Madhukaitapar searched for the sound which terrified them 
earlier but found the Vedas missing. They rushed to BrahmA who in turn was 
terribly scared and sought the help of Sriman Narayanan. Sri Hayagreevar fought 
with asurAs and killed them. BrahmA continued his work of creation. 



        1.. This avataar is described in VishNu puraaNam as "mathsya kUrma 
varaaha ashva simha rUpaathibhi:". In BrahmANda purANam during 
maheshwara-naradha samvaadham, Naradha describes this avthaar. Even when 
naradha praises Sri rangan in this PurANam, he says "ashva sirasE namah:". That 
is why the Lord is called Madhusoodhanan. (for having killed madhu and 
kaitabhar). Sri Paraasara Bhattar in his Sri Rangarajasthavam (utthara 
sathakam-52 nd slOka) says "Sri ranganAthA! You, as Hayagreeva rUpI, removed 
the hurdles of madhu, kaitapar to BrahmA and recovered the VedhAs and saved the 
whole world!". In MahAbharatham, Shanthi parvam, hayasira upaakhyaanam details 
Hayagreeva avathaaram. Srimadh Bhagawatham, too, describes Hayagreeva avtaar. 

        2.. There is another version of this avtaar and killing of asurAs. When 
paraLayam was about to end, Bhagawaan out of His dirt from the ear drum made 
two small solid balls and dropped on the Lotus leaf and BrahmA activated the 
PrANa vaayu, which gave life to these two, as madhu and kaitabhar. These asurAs 
appeared and grew up. 
        BrahmA started off his creation and Vedhas were snatched away by these 
two asurAs. When the most compassionate Lord, Parama kaaruNikO Bhagawaan wished 
to please the asurAs, without killing them, asked them as to what they want as 
a boon. These two asurAs said "we can give You what You want". That is it! The 
Lord decided to kill them. They said "Can You kill us only where there is no 
cover for the sky?". The Lord immediately took Hyagreeva avtaar and removed His 
cloth on the Thighs, put them on His thighs and killed them. Bhagawaan's legs 
house the Earth and the space/sky. Since the Lord removed the cloth from His 
thighs and killed them, He still complied with what they challenged Him. What 
they thought was impossible to happen, He could make it happen with no effort. 
He, thus saved the Vedas and saves the world. The moral is: thamas, rajas guNAs 
are to be destroyed to reach Him. 

        3.. There is yet another interesting "different" version in BrahmANda 
PuraaNam- Sri Devi Bhagawatham. There was a asurA, by name Hayagreeva (with 
horse face) who did his severe penance/ tapas on Parvathi Devi. Parvathi, 
pleased with his tapas, appeared in his front and the asurA asked for "no 
death". She said "Impossible-can not be granted". Then the asurA amended the 
request and said "Except for a horse faced one, no one else can kill me". 
(thinking that it can never happen!). She consented. He became tremendously 
proud of his achievement and started harassing every deva and rishi. He 
troubles all three worlds. He snatched away the Vedas from BrahmA and 
disappeared. Then is the history. The Lord appeared as Hayagreevar and killed 
the asurA to save the world and bring back the Vedas. 
        4.. There is yet another puraaNic narration on Hayagreevar. At Kanchi, 
Agasthya muni was on severe penance on Sriman Narayanan and the Lord appeared 
as Hayagreevar and was immensely pleased with his tapas. He blessed the muni 
with Devi mahaathmyam. This is described in BrahmANda puraaNam Sri Hayagreeva 
agasthya samvaadham. 
        5.. During Tripura samhaaram to entice the asurAs, the Lord appeared as 
"other religious" saint (buddhism?) and appeared as Hayagreevar to mislead the 
asurAs from the Veda maargham (from the path of Vediv traditions and sayings). 
Thus, He made them lose their ability to get saved and the Lord won. (As also 
claimed and reported in Buddhism in a web site as follows: Like Mahakala, 
Hayagriva is one of the Eight Great Protectors of Buddhism, a guardian and a 
destroyer of obstacles to enlightenment(!). He is a popular personal, or 
tutelary, deity among the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism. Hayagriva's crown of 
skulls is surmounted by Hayagriva's attribute, a horse's head, alluding to his 
origin as a horse-headed Hindu god. The terrific neigh that emanates from this 
horse's head is said to pierce through the illusory nature of reality. Although 
he was also popular in Tibet and China, Hayagriva's association with the horse 
may have had a particular appeal to the Mongols. (This, I read in the Net in 
some buddhism web site!) Swami Desikan in his "navarathna maalai" says " 
puRamuyarttha asurargatku puRam uRaittha poyyinaan". (to explain the Lord thus, 
misleading the asurAs by taking non-vedic religion (Buddhism)). 
      Scriptures on Hayagreevar (Madhusoodhanan)
      Since, Lord Hayagreevar killed the asurAs, madhu and kaitapar, He is 
referred to as Madhusoodhanan. 

        1.. In BrahmANda puraaNam, Sri RangarajamahAthmyam, Om namO VishnavE 
Deva MadhussodhanathE Namah: refers to Madhusoodhanan Sri Hayagreevan. 
        2.. Srimad Valmiki RamayaNam BalakaaNdam 76th sargam, 17th slOkam 
Parasuraama says to Rama "akshayam madhuhanthaaram jaanaami tvaam surOtthamam". 
I realise that You are the DevaadhiDevan, immortal, MahAVishNu, the One who 
killed madhu,kaitapar. 
        3.. Also, when Rama (before proceeding for His PattabhishEkham), gets 
up in the wee hours, in Brahma muhUrtham, He performs His anushtaanam and pays 
obeisance to Lord Hayagreevan "dhushtaava praNadhaischaiva sirasaa 
madhsoodhanam" (6th sargam-7th slokam). 
        4.. In Kishkinthaa kaanDam, Vaali tells Sri Rama "Even if that rAvaNan 
hids SitA in PaathaaLa lOkam, no problem. You could have just told me so. I 
world have brought SitA back from anywhere wheresoever like Sri Hayagreevar 
brought the Vedas killing Madhukaitapar. (17th sargam-49th slOkam) 
        5.. When Hanumaan went in search of sanjeevini, and other aushadhaas, 
he saw the pleace where chathurmukhan (brahmA) performed thiruvaaraadhanam for 
Lord Hayagreevar. Commentators, are reported to have praised this slOkam as 
"hayaananam, hayagreeva araadhana sthaanam", and "hayaananam - BhagawathO 
Hayagreevasya sthaanam". 
        6.. Sri MahAbhAratham, Santhi parvam mentions Haygreeva avataar. 
        7.. Sri HayagreevOpanishad, naturally elaborates the greatness of 
Haygreevar. 
        8.. In Rk vEdam, "vaagham bruNi sookhtham", "apradhiratham", Yajur 
vEdham, "yajnya prakaraNam", Saama vEdham, udgItam, AdharvaNa vEdham, 
Shanthikam, Bhaushtikam are all referring to the greatness of Lord Hayagreevar. 
        9.. Periya Thirumozhi 7-8-2, by Thirumangai AzhwAr says "munivvEzhu 
ulaghum iruL maNdiyuNNa munivarOdu ??parimukhanaay aLittha paramanai kaaNmin".. 
maeaning: "See the Lord who appeared as the white horse faced Lord to recover 
the VedhAs when the whole world was pitch dark due to the absence of four 
Vedas" 
        10.. Thiruvaaymozhi 2-7-6 NammAzhwAr says "madhusoodhananai anRi 
maRRilEn.." There is NONE but Madhusoodhanan only? which refers to Lord 
Hayagreevan. (eeadu vyAkhyaanam also explicitly refers to Lord Hayagreevan) 
        11.. Also Thiruvaaymozhi 2-8-5 "maavaaghi, amaiyaay, meenaaghi, 
maanidamaay." Commentators say that maavaaghi refers to Lord Hayagrrevan. 
Upanishad bhAshyakaaarar Sri Rangaraamanuja Swami. HayO bhUthvaa, HayagrIvO 
bhUthvaa? - is referred to in 9000 padi Bhagavath Vishayam. Says Saakshaath 
Swami or Periya Parakaala Swami. He refers the padham "maavaaghi to Lord 
Hayagreevan only. 
        12.. PeriyAzhwAr pAsuram 1-9-10 "thunniya pEriruL soozhndhu ulaghai 
mooda, manniya naan maRai muRRUm maRaindhida?." Refers to Sri Hayagreevan. 
      Our AchAryAs on Sri Hayagreevan
        1.. Alavandhaar (Yamuna muni) while praises his Grandfather (his Guru's 
Guru), says "madhu jithangri sarOja thatva jnAna anuraag.." . He (Nathamuni) 
became a great jnAni/bhakthA at the Feet of Madhsoodhanan (Hayagreevan). 
YamunAchArya also refers in his SthoThra Rathnam 13th slOka to Haygreevan for 
which Periyavaacchaan PiLLai comments that it narrates about the recovery of 
Vedas by Lord Hayagreeva and handing over to BrahmA. That makes us realise 
Alavandhaar's involvement on Lord Hayagreevan. He also requests the Lord 
Madhusoodhanan (in 57th slOkam) to mercifully remove all non-vedic thoughts in 
the world and traditions existing in the world to save us as He did earlier as 
Haygreevan by killing madhukaitapar to establish/recover Vedas. 
        2.. SvEthAsvara upanishad, "yO BrahmANam vidhadhaadhi poorvam?. 
Mumukshuvai saraNamaham prapdhyE.." means: adiyEn who is interested only in 
mOksham, a mumukshu, surrenders to the Paramapurushan, who did parama upakaaram 
by recovering Vedas from madhukaitapar and handed over to BrahmA to save the 
world"- i.e Lord Hayagreevan." BhAshyakaarar Sri Ramaujar took this manthrA in 
his Saranaagathi Gadhyam and surrenders to the Lord. 
        3.. Here asvam in svEthAsvara upanishad refers to the Lord Hayagreevan 
(White Horse faced Lord)and that is why Swami Desikan refers Lord Haygreevan in 
Rahasyathraya saaram as "veLLai parimukhar". (Swami Desikan's bhakti for 
Hayagreevan needs no elaboration to this Group) 
        4.. Sri Kooratthaazhwaan in his "sundharabaahusthavam" 84th slOkam 
highlights Sri Hayagreeva avataar. 
        5.. In 121st slOkam also, Kuresa says "Do not think that there are only 
10 avataars of the Lord. Even Hamsa, hayagreeva, NaranaraayaNa avataars are 
also His only are equally grand and great. 
        6.. In 58th slOkam of Sri Vaikunta sthavam of Kooratthaazhwaan, it is 
said "Adhyaathma saasthraas are established by Emperumaan in Hayagrreva avtaar 
by recovering vedas and saving the world. 
        7.. Swami Desikan in his last pAsuram of Sri RTS, says "It is the white 
horse faced Lord who wrote in my mind and I have written that on the palm 
leaves. 
        8.. Lakshmi Hayagriva Bhagavan is the Archa Murthy of both Srimad 
Paundarikapuram Ashramam as well as Sri Parakala Matam. 
      HOW LORD HAYAGREEVA VIGRAHAM CAME TO US
      Bhagavan Ramanuja re-established the Visishtadvaita siddhaantham and 
commented on Brahma sUthram in his Bhashyam. This excellent, unambiguous 
vyAkhyaanam was completed by Yathiraajaa and fulfilled his "maanasika guru" 
Yamaunaacharya's wish (manOratham). Ramanuja "officially" released the 
commentary at the grand gathering of all sanskrit scholars and Vedic scholars 
at Saraswathi Peetham in Kashmir, in front of Saraswathi Devi. Goddess 
Saraswathi, immenslely satisfied at the excellent commentary and the truthful 
presentation of Brahma sUthram, she honoured the commentary by confering a 
award calling it "SRI BHAASHYAM". Also, she was extremely happy with 
Yathiraajaa, she presented to him a Divya mangaLa vigraham of Sri Lakshmi 
Hayagreevan. Since the, Yathiraaja was performing Thiruvaaraadhanam for Sri 
Kalshmi Hayagreeva Vigraham daily. 

      This vigraham, through Thirukurugai piraan, through our AchAryAs, came to 
Sri Vedanta Desikan. Afetr Swami Desikan's period, this is passed on to Sri 
Brahma tantra Swami and is now with Mysore Parakala Matham Swami. Even today, 
the Thiruvaaraadhanam is being performed on this Divya MangaLa vigraham of Lord 
Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan. If one has a close loving glance at the Lord 
Hayagreevan's vigraham, He has four hands, and has a beuatiful Horse face, 
sitting on a white Lotus. His Lotus Feet wears "salaghai" (paayal). His upper 
two hands hold Sankhu and ChakrA. His lower right hand offers jnAnOpadEsam to 
us, bhakthAs. Other hand hold Japamaalaa. Also, it appears as if He is granting 
us boons. VishNu DharmOttharam, VaishNava Moorthanya DharaNi part describes 
Hayagreeva Thiruvuruvam (form). There it details eight hands for Hayagreevan, 
where four hands hold Vedas (four children) and other four hold Sanghu, ChakrA, 
GadhA, and Padmam. Afterwards, He is blessing us with four hands as detailed 
above. 

      Even Sri VishNu puraaNam, details Sun as the Horse faced one for 
upadEsam. Hayagreeva avtaaram is for VedOpadEsam and granting us jnAnam. (Swami 
Desikan was initiated into the Great Hayagreeva Manthram). Once Swami Desikan 
wished to stay at ThiruvaheendraPuram and was proceeding from Kanchi. On the 
way he stayed at some remote place (that belonged to a grain merchant). There 
lot of grains were stored and piled in sacks. 

      There Swami Desikan did not have anything to offer to his Sri Hayagreeva 
vigraham and hence, offered just water and he also went to sleep, without 
eating anything (just by drinking few drops of water that he had offered to the 
Lord). Midnight, the merchant noticed a very big, beautiful white Horse which 
started eating those grains from a sack. The merchant, thinking that it belongs 
to Swami Desikan, immediately woke him up to tie the white horse. Swami Desikan 
has tears rolling down his cheeks, and prostrated to the Lord (who had come as 
the White Horse) and explained to the merchant and asked him to bring a pot of 
milk. The excited merchant and others brought milk which the Lord drank happily 
and disappeared. 

      Next day morning the merchant chased Swami Desikan, (who had actually 
started off his journey to Thiruvaheendrapuram) and informed that the whole 
sack (from which the white horse ate) is full of Gold coins! Swami Desikan 
smiled and was overwhelmed with joy for His mercy and leelA. That place is 
called "pon viLaintha kaLampudhoor". 

      Other sampradaya AchAryAs on Hayagreeva
        1.. In Dwaita sampradaayam, Gururajar, (also called Vathirajar) in 15th 
century A.D, adorned the Madhva Matham as a Peetadhipathi. He calls his nithya 
thiruvaaraadhana prasadham as "Haygreeva Pandi", that is made of kadalai, 
(Dhal), vellam (saccharin), coconut etc and taste like Sakkarai pongal. Guru 
rajar used to offer to the Lord, by keeping the Prasadham on a big plate and 
raise it above his head with both of his hands. Sri Hayagreevan, used to 
gracefully appear as a real horse and keep His front two legs on Gururajar's 
shoulders and eat ("sweegari"cchufy) the Prasadham. (What a scene it should 
have been!). What remains used to be Gururaja's only food always! 
        2.. Also Sri Hayagreeva upasakas are: Aanghirasar, Adharvaa, Vasishtar, 
Adhi Sankarar, Panditha rajar, and so on. 
        3.. Adhi Sankara, who established the Adavita Siddhantham, is also 
called BhagawathpaadaaL. In his VishNu sahsranaama bhAshyam, for the name 
"theerthagara" (691st name per sankara paadam), he write the commentary as " 
Hayagreeva rUpENa madhukaitabhoU hathvaa virinjaaya saakhaaruthou sarvaa sruthi 
adhyaasa cha upaadhisat"? Means: The knowledge (jnAnam) is like an unbounded 
and limitless waters. There are dangerous steps in that pond, where we may tend 
to slip down. There are also lovley, non-dangerous, most enjoyable steps, where 
we can blissfully take bath. There are about 14 (or 18) such steps, namely four 
vedas, sikshai, vyAkharaNam, chandha, niruktham, jyOthisham, kalpam,(they are 
all vEdhanthams), mImAmsam, nyAyam, (DarshanangaL), dharma saasthrAs, purANam, 
are the 14 VidhyA sthAnams. In addition, there are Ayur vEdam, Gandharvam, 
Artha saasthram, Dhanur vEdham that add to a total of 18. If one include the 
"dangerous" non-vedic steps of Buddhism, Jainism, also there are even 20. 
        4.. Who is the Lord of all Vishyasthaanam? Was the question and Sri 
Bhagawadh PaadhAL in his vyAkhyAnam says: the One who killed madhu, kaitabhar 
and brough back the Vedas to the world and saved the world, Sri Hayagreevan is 
the ONLY ANSWER. (daivatham Devathaanaam). All VidhyAs pay obeisance to Him, 
Sri Lakshmi Hayagreevan with folded hands and He blesses them. 
        5.. Panditha Rajar, in his rasagangaadhara kOsam, says Sri Hayagreevar 
hasgot sakala VidhyA srEshtathvam. 
      Works on Sri Hayagreevan
        1.. Sri Vedanta Desikan: Sri Haygreeva SthOthram 
        2.. Sri KrishNa Brahmatantra Swathantra Jeeyar- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana 
PrabhOdhika sthuthi 
        3.. Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana PadukA sEvaki- Sri Lakshmi Hayavadhana 
Rathna maalaa SthOthram 
        4.. Srimad Abhinava RanganAtha Parakaala Jeeyar - Sri Hayagreeva 
Ashtakam and Sri Haygreeva panjara SthOthram (that houses Sri Hayagreevaaushtu 
manthram) 
        5.. Srinivasa kavi- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam 
        6.. Varadhakavi Sri Venkataachaarya Swami- Sri Hayagreeva ashtakam, Sri 
Haygreeva ashtOthram 
        7.. Sri Sevaa Swami- Kalaakalana maalikA. 
      Greatness of Lord Sri Hayagreevan
        1.. Swami Desikan in his Hayagreeva SthOthram, says: "Even DhakshiNA 
moorthy (Sivan) and Saraswathi pay obeisance to Hayagreevan and are blessed 
with VidhyA Sakthi by Lord Haygreevan's grace. (DhAkshiNya ramyaa girisasya 
mUrthi: Devi sarOjaasana dharma pathnI..). Also he says: the followers of Sri 
Haygreevan shall chant this stotram and benefit with the blessings of Lord 
Hayagreevaa ("paThata hayagrIva ?) "Read the haygrIva stotram with bhakti", for 
attaining fluency over words and true knowledge about the Truth and to attain 
true knowledge about the siddhAntam. 
        2.. In Paraasara puraaNam, agasthya naaradha samvaadham, Sri Hayagreeva 
ashtOthra sadhanaama stHothram blesses us a palasruthi, ("naama 
naamshtOththarasatham hayagreevasya patEth?avaapya sakalaan bhOgaannithE hari 
padham vrajEth?") BhakthAs of Sri Hayagreevan, will be blessed with sakala 
Vedha saasthra jnAnam and be blessed with truthful knowledge. They will also 
live very happily in this world with their spouse and children with sakala 
sowbhAgyam and REACH THE LOTUS FEET OF SRI HARI for sure. 

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