Hayagriva Mantra In Tamil Pdf Download
Shawnda Kerson
Haya means horse while Griva means neck. So Hayagriva means horse headed. Do not confuse Hayagriva avatar with the demon Hayagriva who was slain by the Matsya Avatara of the Lord. Hayagriva Bhagavan holds a conch and disk in his upper two arms. His lower right hand displays the Vyakhya mudra or the mudra of teaching.
They possess a keen sense of observation and are very loving to be with. Hence, Lord Vishnu adopted the head of a horse for this incarnation. There is another reason for it. Devi blessed the demon or Danava named Hayagriva that only a horse headed entity could kill him. This incarnation of Lord Vishnu is exceptionally knowledgeable and emphasized the importance of the Vedas for the commencement of creation.
Our video on Vishnu Sahasranamam titled Benefits of Chanting Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram How to Chant Vishnu Sahasranamam may interest you. According to the Bhagavad Purana, This Form of Lord Vishnu is considered as one of the 24 incarnations of Lord Vishnu. During the start of creation, two demons, Madhu and Kaitabha stole the Vedas from Lord Brahma. They hid the Vedas in the depths of the Nether worlds which symbolise the deep layers of the unconscious mind.
All of us, have lost this knowledge in Kaliyuga, because Vedic knowledge is lost within the recesses of our own consciousness and not revealed on the conscious plane. Brahma represents the jeevatma who hankers for the knowledge of the Self. The Vedas represent spiritual knowledge. Brahma is incapable of protecting the Vedas and ultimately surrenders unto Paramatma, who is the father of Brahma.
Madhu and Kaitabha represent Maya, Brahma sought refuge in Lord Vishnu to transcend worldly existence. To retrieve the Vedas, Lord Vishnu ultimately took the Hayagriva avatar and slew the demons. Thus truth triumphed over untruth.
Vedanta Desikar, an elevated Acharya of the Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya composed the popular Hayagriva Stotram. Just like Lakshmi Narasimha, this Form of Lord Vishnu is depicted with his consort seated on his lap. Talking about Narasimha deva, you may also find our video titled Lord Benefits Of Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalamba Stotram Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalamba Stotram Benefits interesting.
Do not chant this Beeja without due initiation. This can cause troubles on material and spiritual levels. The sadhaka can however chant and memorize this wonderful mantra I am about to say.
This mantra has the capacity to take you to your Guru. Repeat this mantra until you have mastered it. It is more beneficial to know the meaning of the mantra while chanting. This Form of Lord Vishnu is the male form similar to Vidyarupa Saraswati devi. To know more about Saraswati mantra, watch our video titled Benefits of Saraswati Mantra Saraswati Beej Mantra Benefits.
The Hayagriva mantra is like an elixir to aspiring students. Chanting the this mantra with devotion instils qualities such as humility, confidence and will-power. The mantra boosts cognitive abilities in children. One gains control over speech and has the power to influence others. Academics improves by leaps and bounds. Without his grace, it is impossible to attain perfection in education.
Before Svadhyaay or reading scriptures, one should worship this Form of Lord Vishnuto illuminate the mind and make it fertile for the seed of knowledge to thrive. This mantra works wonders for both spiritual and material fields. My request to all of you, is not to focus on material benefits. Keep the mantra for accessing Guru and spiritual knowledge alone. For such a purpose, the mantra automatically unlocks and leads you to your Guru, who will show you the path towards Liberation.
Many illustrious Enlightened Masters taught and practiced Hayagriva as a Yidam aside from Padmasambhava, including the great Tibetan Yogi Shabkar, who was initiated by Chogyal Rinpoche. In his autobiography, Shabkar wrote:
The brave practitioner who meditates on this monstrously beautiful emanation can overcome obstacles quickly, and understand His cry of Wisdom (Dharma.) Hayagriva is also famous for very effective healing practices. [For a praise to Hayagriva see below. Hayagriva practice, though, normally requires teacher guidance and empowerment. Honoring and praising Hayagriva is fine for all people.]
Hayagriva is a wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara. Generally, Avalokiteshvara embodies the compassion of all the buddhas, and so he is connected with the enlightened mind, but in his manifestation, as Hayagriva, he represents enlightened speech.
The deity representing the enlightened body is known as Majushri Body or Yamantaka. Although usually Majushri represents enlightened speech, here in the Kagy he represents enlightened body. Having the nature of Majushri this deity appears in wrathful form and is known as Yamantaka. This is the same as the yidam deity known as Vajrabhairava (Tib. Jikch), on which the followers of the Riwo Ganden tradition (i.e. the Gelugpas) meditate.
Vajrasattva is the peaceful form. The wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva is Yangdak Heruka. He is similar to the deity known as Chakrasamvara (Tib. Demchok), who is practised in the Gelug tradition, and all the deities of the Mother Tantras are included in the practice of Yangdak.
The deity representing enlightened activity is Vajrakilaya. In peaceful form, he is Vajrasattva, in semi-wrathful form he is Vajravidarana (Tib. Dorje Namjom), in wrathful form he is Vajrapani, and in extremely wrathful form he is Vajrakilaya.
The benefits to the devotee who practices the Yoga of Hayagriva (NOTE: requires full initiation and permission of a lineage teacher) were stated in The Manifestation of the Superb Victorious Wrathful Great Horse Tantra:
Of the three Jewels, it is often said by teachers that the most important is the Speech Jewel, the Dharma. The Buddha Jewel is our example, and the Sangha Jewel is our support, but it is the Dharma that points us to the path of Liberation and Enlightenment. Even if Buddha is gone beyond, and Sangha is not available to help us, the Dharma can always guide us.
In the time long past when the Great Bliss-Beyond-Effort, the Lotus Dancing-Master, the Lord Buddha Amida was staying in the Heaven of Aog-min, a vicious demon named Dregs Byod Tshogs Sprul (prideful actor multitude-conjurer) roamed the worlds (of the Cosmos), committing various evils and doing grievous harm to all sentient beings.
Therefore the Lord conjured the Mandala of the Green Hayagriva, and by this subjugated the demon. Whereupon the great Mandala of Hayagriva was elaborated, the Tantra of Hayagriva preached. This caused the king of all demons great distress.
In a furious mood, he raised his five burning poisons and deranged the Three Kingdoms. He brought contagious diseases, famine, and war to the world. He destroyed the crops and showered various weapons of destruction upon the earth. At his instigation all the demons displayed dreadful forms; plagues raged, fields were scorched, and great floods covered the corners of the earth. Evil burned continually like furious fire; both the Path of Virtue and the Paths of Liberation were cut; the minds of the people were oppressed; and all the sentient beings throughout the Six Lokas were thrown into immeasurable misery.
For these reasons, teachers such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, actively encourage students to praise, honour and even chant the mantra of Hayagriva. Empowerment is still required to practice self-generation and the more in-depth practices, but the mantra has become widely distributed and actively encouraged in these difficult modern times full of strife, pandemic and obstacles.
Attending an empowerment for a blessing, listening to the mantra, making offerings or praying to Hayagriva, are all beneficial to any sentient being. The main mantra is, as published on the Kurukulla Centre for Tibetan studies is [See commentary on Mantra below section]:
As advised by Guru Rinpoche, he also requested these transmissions from a treasure revealer in Tibet, known as Nyemo Tertn. He greatly surprised the Tertn with his requests for this practice because the Tertn had kept his discovery of these teachings a complete secret. Two times the Tertn withheld some secret oral instructions, only to be asked specifically for them later. Thus it became apparent that Kyergangpa could only have been advised to ask for them by Guru Rinpoche in person.
There are different forms, notably, two-armed and six armed, and one-horse head versus three-horse heads. Both Nyingma and Gelugpa have three-horse head versions (in thee Gelugpa lineage, the six-armed Hayagriva has three horse heads). The two-armed emanation typically displays one face, and therefore also one horse head. The two-armed Hayagriva is usually in union with Vajrayogini (Varahi).
In the two-armed Gelugpa meditational deities, Hayagriva YabYum Vajrayogini (Vajra Varahi), ruby red Hayagriva holds a fiery red Lotus in his right hand, and nectar in a skullcup in his left. The fiery lotus is a most important symbol of the Padma (Lotus) Buddha Family of Amitabha. Lapis lazuli blue Vajrayogini carries her normal implements, flaying knife and skullcup. The symbolism of these wrathful implements has been covered previously. (For a story on wrathful deities, see this popular Buddha Weely Story>>)
Horses also represent swift fulfilment of wishes, both because of their association with Windhorse (usually visualized with the wish-fulfilling jewel on his back) and because in ancient times the horse was the symbol of wealth. A household would guard their horses above all other assets. Horses meant survival, prosperity, safety, happiness. The loss of a horse was treated as seriously as the loss of any other family member. The horse, in Tibet and Nepal, are the most sacred of sentient beings.
Traditionally, use a Serkhem. Otherwise, place a cup (ideally a stemmed cup to encourage a flow of tea) inside a larger bowl. You pour hot tea, signifying enlightened activities, allowing it to overflow the cup to signify auspicious blessings. Ideally, place blessed rice or grains (Om Ah Hum is a good blessing mantra) into the upper bowl as shown in the picture below. In some traditions, you use mixed colours of grain.
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