1. ज्ञानानन्द मयं देवं निर्मलस्फटिकाकृतिम् । आधारं सर्व विद्यानां हयग्रीवम् उपास्महे ॥ १ ॥ jñānānanda mayaṁ devaṁ nirmalasphaṭikākṛtim | ādhāraṁ sarva vidyānāṁ hayagrīvam upāsmahe || 1 || MEANING: We meditate upon that Supreme One, who has the neck and face of a horse and who is the embodiment of Jñāna (divine Knowledge) and Ānanda (Bliss). He has a Thirumeni (body)

12. अव्याकृताद् व्याकृत वानसि त्वं नामानि रूपाणि च यानि पूर्वम् । शंसन्ति तेषां चरमां प्रतिष्टां वागीश्वर त्वां त्वदुपज्ञ वाचः ॥ १२ ॥ avyākṛtād vyākṛta vānasi tvaṁ nāmāni rūpāṇi ca yāni pūrvam | śaṁsanti teṣāṁ caramāṁ pratiṣṭāṁ vāgīśvara tvāṁ tvadupajña vācaḥ || 12 || MEANING: Oh Hayagrīva, the Lord of all Vidyās! Before creation, this world was a shapeless and nameless

23. संचिन्तयामि प्रतिभाद शास्थान् संधुक्षयन्तं समय प्रदीपान् । विज्ञान कल्पद्रुम पल्लवाभं व्याख्यान मुद्रा मधुरं करं ते ॥ २३ ॥ saṁcintayāmi pratibhāda śāsthān saṁdhukṣayantaṁ samaya pradīpān | vijñāna kalpadruma pallavābhaṁ vyākhyāna mudrā madhuraṁ karaṁ te || 23 || MEANING: Oh Lord Hayagrīva! Your right hand is resplendent with the Jñāna mudrā intended for performing Jñāna teaching for Your Bhaktas. This Jñāna

Śrī Hayagrīva Stotra by Swami Deśikan. Lord Hayagrīva is one of the Avatars of Para Vāsudeva. In this Embodiment, the Śrī Hayagrīva’s face alone is that of a majestic horse and the body is like that of a human, except that it is pure sāttvic emanation. He is the embodiment of Prāṇava (Oṁkāra). He is the First Lord of all

CHAPTER 2 On the Nature of Prapatti 1. Prapatti is defined as the mental attitude consisting of a determination which results in prayer of supplication by a person who has a desire to attain a goal but no means thereto. 2. The prayer which, with sincere conviction regards that (God) alone as the only means for the attainment of a

CHAPTER 3 On the Right of Practice The qualification of one who is entitled to this Prapatti is as follows: 1. All members of all castes who are unable to adopt any other means and have desires to fulfil are entitled to Prapatti if they possess Sāttvika qualities 1 . 2. As Prapatti yields the fruits of everyone’s desires at

CHAPTER 4 On Serving the Guru 1. A great guru ought to be resorted to by one who is mentally afflicted by Samsāra and who is afraid of the three forms of suffering: ( Ādhyātmika : pertaining to the mind; Ādhibhautika : pertaining to the body; Ādhidaivika : pertaining to natural disasters) and who has renounced the desire for worldly

CHAPTER 5 On the Salvific Activities of God 1. One who has, through the grace of the guru received the teaching on subservience to God (Śeṣatva 1 ), and recognises the faults inherent in all happiness derived from sense-gratification 2 , who has complete devotion to Vishnu, being indifferent to other deities, who desires only to obtain Vishnu - is

CHAPTER 6 On The Worship of The Attendants of God 1. Then [after completing the worship of the Lord] the goddess Lakshmi ought to be specially worshipped by a Prapanna along with Bh ū-Devi and Nīla-Devi 1 and the others also, along with Sūtravatī 2 and the other attendants [on Lakshmi]. 2. She (Lakshmi) is the resting place of Gurus