Now follows the Śrī Hayagrīva Upanishad - the Vedic text dedicated to the Avatār or Embodiment of Lord Vishnu. Śrī Hayagriva is easily recognisable as an emanation with Horse’s head and Human’s body. According to Vedic scriptures and Vaiṣṇava tradition Hayagriva is most often asked for knowledge, intelligence, success in studies and Vedic studies in particular. And yet, he is

Here you can read the Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad; full text translated in English together with Romanized Sanskrit text and very detailed commentaries done by Swāmi Vimalānanda of Śrī Ramakrishna Math, done according to other historically significant commentaries on Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad and Taittirīya Āraṇyaka and Brāhmaṇa, from which many mantras of Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad have originated. Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upanishad belongs

na saṁdṛśe tiṣṭhati rūpamasya na cakṣuṣā paśyati kaścanainam . hṛdā manīśā manasābhiklṛpto ya enaṁ viduramṛtāste bhavanti .. 11.. 11. His form is not to be beheld; none whosoever beholds Him with the eye. Those who meditate on Him with their minds undis­tracted and fixed in the heart know Him; they become immortal. Commentary: Paramātman cannot be perceived with the eyes

sahasraparamā devī śatamūlā śatāṅkurā . sarvaɱharatu me pāpaṁ dūrvā duḥsvapnanāśinī .. 34.. 34. May Durba (the panic grass), who re­presents the divine Spirit, who is superior to a thousand purifying agencies, who has innumer­able nodes and sprouts and who destroys the effects of evil dreams, remove all my impurities. Commentary: In the foregoing mantras it has been pointed out that

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvastā na ūrje dadhātana . mahe raṇāya cakṣase . yo vaḥ śivatamo rasastasya bhājayate'ha naḥ . uśatīriva mātaraḥ . tasmā araṁ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha . āpo janayathā ca naḥ .. 54.. 54. O waters, verily you are bliss-conferring! Being such, grant us food, and great and beautiful insight (of the Supreme Truth)! Further, make us

SECTION TWO jātavedase sunavāma somamarātīyato nidahāti vedaḥ . sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā nāveva sindhuṁ duritātyagniḥ.. 1.. 1. May we offer oblations of soma to Jātavedas! May the all-knowing One destroy what is unfriendly to us! May He, the Divine Fire that leads all, protect us by taking us across all perils even as a captain takes the boat across

SECTION 10 ṛtaṁ tapaḥ satyaṁ tapaḥ śrutaṁ tapaḥ śāntaṁ tapo damastapaḥ śamastapo dānaṁ tapo yajñaṁ tapo bhūrbhuvaḥ suvarbrahmaitadupāsvaitattapaḥ .. 1.. 1. Right is austerity. Truth is austerity Understanding of the scriptures is austerity. Sub­duing of one’s senses is austerity. Restraint of the body through such means like fast is austerity. Cultivation of a peaceable disposition is austerity. Giving gifts without

SECTION 12 aṇoraṇīyān mahato mahīyānātmā guhāyāṁ nihito'sya jantoḥ . tamakratuṁ paśyati vītaśoko dhātuḥ prasādānmahimānamīśam.. 1.. 1. The Infinite Self more minute than the minute and greater than the great is set in the heart of the beings here. Through the grace of the Creator one realises Him who is free from desires based on values, who is supremely great and

SECTION 13 sahasraśīrṣaṁ devaṁ viśvākṣaṁ viśvaśambhuvam . viśvaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ devamakṣaraṁ paramaṁ prabhum .. 1.. viśvataḥ paramaṁ nityaṁ viśvaṁ nārāyaṇaɱ harim . viśvamevedaṁ puruṣastadviśvamupajīvati .. 2.. patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaraɱ śāśvataɱ śivamacyutam . nārāyaṇaṁ mahājñeyaṁ viśvātmānaṁ parāyaṇam .. 3.. 1-3. This universe is truly the Divine Person only. Therefore it subsists on Him—the self-efful­gent Divine Being—who has many heads and many eyes, who