Lord Hayagriva
Lord Hayagriva is an avatar of Lord Vishnu, one of the Trinity Gods of Hinduism. Hayagriva is one of the 24 avatars of Maha Vishnu as mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam, a sacred Hindu text. The Hayagreeva avatar of Vishnu has a horse head and a human body. He hands hold Conch (Sankha), Disc (Chakra), Meditation beads and Four Vedas. Maha Vishnu took this avatar and retrieved the Four Vedas that were stolen by a demon from Lord Brahma, the creator. Hayagriva’s worship bestows knowledge and wisdom.
The Hayagriva Stotram
Swami Vedanta Desika, a famous Sri Vaishnava saint belonging to the 13th century was an ardent devotee of Hayagriva. He had Hayagriva darshan several times and experienced many miracles of Lord Hayagreeva. Swami Desika was a great scholar too and authored several stotras, his Hayagriva Stotram is popular amongst all his literary work.
Reciting Hayagriva Stotra is an integral part of Hayagreeva worship. Find below the translation and transliteration of Hayagriva Stotram for your reference.
1)
Shriman Venkatnarthaye Kavitakirkkesari
Vedantacharyavaryo me Sannidhatam sada Hradi |
jñānānanda mayaṁ devaṁ nirmalasphaṭikākṛtim |
ādhāraṁ sarva vidyānāṁ hayagrīvam upāsmahe || 1 ||
2)
svatassiddhaṁ śuddhasphaṭikamaṇi bhūbhṛtpratibhaṭaṁ
sudhā sadhrīcībhir dhutibhir avadātatribhuvanam |
anantaistrayyantair anuvihita heṣā halahalaṁ
hatāśeṣāvadyaṁ hayavadana mīḍī mahi mahaḥ || 2 ||
3)
samāhārassāmnāṁ pratipadamṛcāṁ dhāma yajuṣāṁ
layaḥ pratyūhānāṁ lahari vitatirbodhajaladheḥ |
kathā darpakṣubhyat kathakakula kolāhalabhavaṁ
haratvantardhvāntaṁ hayavadana heṣā halahalaḥ || 3 ||
4)
prācī sandhyā kācidantar niśāyāḥ
prajñādṛṣṭerañjana śrīrapūrvā |
vaktrī vedān bhātu me vāji vaktrā
vāgīśākhyā vāsudevasya mūrtiḥ || 4 ||
5)
viśuddha vijñāna ghana svarūpaṁ
vijñāna viśrāṇana baddha dīkṣam |
dayānidhiṁ dehabhṛtāṁ śaraṇyaṁ
devaṁ hayagrīvam ahaṁ prapadye || 5 ||
6)
apauruṣeyair api vākprapañcaiḥ
adyāpi te bhūti madṛṣṭa pārām |
stuvannahaṁ mugdha iti tvayaiva
kāruṇyato nātha kaṭākṣaṇīyaḥ || 6 ||
7)
dākṣiṇya ramyā giriśasya mūrtiḥ
devī sarojāsana dharmapatnī |
vyāsādayo’pi vyapadeśya vācaḥ
sphuranti sarve tava śakti leśaiḥ || 7 ||
8)
mando’bhaviṣyan niyataṁ viriñco
vācāṁ nidhe vañcita bhāga dheyaḥ |
daityāpanītān dayayaiva bhūyo’pi
adhyāpayiṣyo nigamān na cet tvam || 8 ||
9)
vitarka ḍolāṁ vyavadhūya satve
bṛhaspatiṁ vartayase yatastvam |
tenaiva deva tridaśeśvarāṇām
aspṛṣṭa ḍolāyita mādhirājyam || 9 ||
10)
agnou samiddhārciṣi saptatantoḥ
ātasthivān mantramayaṁ śarīram |
akhaṇḍa sārair haviṣāṁ pradānaiḥ
āpyāyanaṁ vyoma sadāṁ vidhatse || 10 ||
11)
yanmūlamīdṛk pratibhāti tatvaṁ
yā mūlamāmnāya mahādrumāṇām |
tatvena jānanti viśuddha satvāḥ
tvām akṣarām akṣara mātṛkāṁ te || 11 ||
12)
avyākṛtād vyākṛta vānasi tvaṁ
nāmāni rūpāṇi ca yāni pūrvam |
śaṁsanti teṣāṁ caramāṁ pratiṣṭāṁ
vāgīśvara tvāṁ tvadupajña vācaḥ || 12 ||
13)
mugdhendu niṣyanda vilobha nīyāṁ
mūrtiṁ tavānanda sudhā prasūtim |
vipaścitaścetasi bhāvayante
velā mudārāmiva dugdha sindhoḥ || 13 ||
14)
manogataṁ paśyati yaḥ sadā tvāṁ
manīṣiṇāṁ mānasa rāja haṁsam |
svayaṁ purobhāva vivādabhājaḥ
kiṁkurvate tasya giro yathārham || 14 ||
15)
api kṣaṇārdhaṁ kalayanti ye tvāṁ
āplāvayantaṁ viśadair mayūkhaiḥ |
vāchaam pravāhair anivāritaiste
mandākinīṁ mandayituṁ kṣamante || 15 ||
16)
svāmin bhavaddhyāna sudhābhiṣekāt
vahanti dhanyāḥ pulakānubandham |
alakṣhite kvāpi nirūḍha mūlaṁ
aṅgeṣvivānandathum aṅkurantam || 16 ||
17)
svāmin pratīcha hṛdayena dhanyāḥ
tvaddhyāna candrodaya vardhamānam |
amānta mānanda payodhimantaḥ
payobhirakṣṇāṁ parivāhayanti || 17 ||
18)
svairānubhāvās tvadadhīna bhāvāḥ
samṛddha vīryās tvadanugraheṇa |
vipaścito nātha taranti māyāṁ
vaihārikīṁ mohana piñchikāṁ te || 18 ||
19)
prāṅ nirmitānāṁ tapasāṁ vipākāḥ
pratyagra niśśreyasa saṁpado me |
samedhiṣīraṁstava pāda padme
saṁkalpa cintāmaṇayaḥ praṇāmāḥ || 19 ||
20)
vilupta mūrdhanya lipikra māṇāṁ
surendra cūḍāpada lālitānām |
tvadaṁghri rājīva rajaḥ kaṇānāṁ
bhūyān prasādo mayi nātha bhūyāt || 20 ||
21)
parisphuran nūpura citrabhānu –
prakāśa nirdhūta tamonuṣaṅgām |
padadvayīṁ te paricin mahe’ntaḥ
prabodha rājīva vibhāta sandhyām || 21 ||
22)
tvat kiṅkarā laṁkaraṇo citānāṁ
tvayaiva kalpāntara pālitānām |
mañjupraṇādaṁ maṇinūpuraṁ te
mañjūṣikāṁ veda girāṁ pratīmaḥ || 22 ||
23)
saṁcintayāmi pratibhāda śāsthān
saṁdhukṣayantaṁ samaya pradīpān |
vijñāna kalpadruma pallavābhaṁ
vyākhyāna mudrā madhuraṁ karaṁ te || 23 ||
24)
citte karomi sphuritākṣamālaṁ
savyetaraṁ nātha karaṁ tvadīyam |
jñānāmṛto dañcana lampaṭānāṁ
līlā ghaṭī yantra mivāśritānām || 24 ||
25)
prabodha sindhoraruṇaiḥ prakāśaiḥ
pravāla saṅghāta mivodvahantam |
vibhāvaye deva sapustakaṁ te
vāmaṁ karaṁ dakṣiṇam āśritānām || 25 ||
26)
tamāṁsi bhitvā viśadairmayūkhaiḥ
saṁprīṇayantaṁ viduṣaścakorān |
niśāmaye tvāṁ nava puṇḍarīke
śaradghane candramiva sphurantam || 26 ||
27)
dishantu me deva sadā tvadīyāḥ
dayā taraṅgānucarāḥ kaṭākṣāḥ |
śrotreṣu puṁsām amṛtaṁ kṣarantīṁ
sarasvatīṁ saṁśrita kāmadhenum || 27 ||
28)
viśeṣa vitpāriṣa deṣu nātha
vidagdha goṣṭhī samarāṅgaṇeṣu |
jigīṣato me kavitārki kendrān
jihvāgra siṁhāsanam abhyupeyāḥ || 28 ||
29)
tvāṁ cintayan tvanmayatāṁ prapannaḥ
tvāmudgṛṇan śabda mayena dhāmnā |
svāmin samājeṣu samedhiṣīya
svacchanda vādāhava baddha śhooraḥ || 29 ||
30)
nānā vidhānāmagatiḥ kalānāṁ
na cāpi tīrtheṣu kṛtāvatāraḥ |
dhruvaṁ tavānātha parigrahāyāḥ
navaṁ naval pātramahaṁ dayāyāḥ || 30 ||
31)
akampanīyān yapanīti bhedaiḥ
alaṁkṛṣīran hṛdayaṁ madīyam |
śaṅkā kalaṅkā pagamojjvalāni
tatvāni samyañci tava prasādāt || 31 ||
32)
vyākhyā mudrāṁ karasarasijaiḥ pustakaṁ śaṅka chakre
bibhrad bhinnasphaṭika rucire puṇḍarīke niṣaṇṇaḥ |
amlānaśrīr amṛta viśadair aṁśubhiḥ plāvayan māṁ
āvirbhūyā danagha mahimā mānase vāga dheeshaḥ || 32 ||
33)
vāgartha siddhihetoḥ
paṭhata hayagrīva saṁstutiṁ bhaktyā |
kavitārkika kesariṇā
veṅkaṭa nāthena viracitā metām || 33 ||
Iti Shri Hayagriva Stotram Samaptam.
The Sri Hayagriva Stotram ends here.
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