About this stotra
Hayagriva — from haya (horse) and griva (neck) — is the horse-necked form of Vishnu, honoured as the deity of learning and speech and the restorer of the lost Vedas. He is invoked for clarity of mind, memory, and command of language.
The Sri Hayagriva Sampada Stotram is a ślokatraya — three verses — by the saint Vadiraja. Each turns on repeating the name 'Hayagriva, Hayagriva, Hayagriva': the first says it drives sins away, the second that speech then flows like the Ganga, the third that the sound itself can fling open the doors of Vaikuntha. Sampada means abundance or attainment, which the verses are said to bring to those who recite them. A meditation-verse on Hayagriva (jnananandamayam devam) opens the text.
Sri Hayagriva Sampada Stotram lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
ज्ञानानन्दमयं देवं निर्मलस्फटिकाकृतिं
आधारं सर्वविद्यानां हयग्रीवमुपास्महे ॥ १ ॥
jñānānandamayaṃ dēvaṃ nirmalasphaṭikākṛtiṃ
ādhāraṃ sarvavidyānāṃ hayagrīvamupāsmahē ..1..
We worship Hayagrīva, the Lord who is made of knowledge and bliss, whose form is like flawless crystal, the foundation and support of all branches of learning.
Word by word
- ज्ञानानन्दमयम् (jñānānandamayam)
- consisting of knowledge and bliss (jñāna:knowledge | ānanda:bliss | mayam:consisting of)
- देवम् (dēvam)
- the Lord, the divine one
- निर्मलस्फटिकाकृतिम् (nirmalasphaṭikākṛtim)
- having a form like flawless crystal (nirmala:pure, flawless | sphaṭika:crystal | ākṛtim:form)
- आधारम् (ādhāram)
- the foundation, support
- सर्वविद्यानाम् (sarvavidyānām)
- of all branches of learning (sarva:all | vidyānām:of knowledge/learning)
- हयग्रीवम् (hayagrīvam)
- Hayagrīva, the horse-necked Lord (haya:horse | grīvam:neck)
- उपास्महे (upāsmahē)
- we worship, we meditate upon
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Verse 2
हयग्रीव हयग्रीव हयग्रीवेति वादिनम् ।
नरं मुञ्चन्ति पापानि दरिद्रमिव योषितः ॥ १ ॥
hayagrīva hayagrīva hayagrīvēti vādinam ।
naraṃ muñchanti pāpāni daridramiva yōṣitaḥ ..1..
Sins abandon the man who utters 'Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva,' just as women forsake a pauper.
Word by word
- हयग्रीव हयग्रीव हयग्रीव (hayagrīva hayagrīva hayagrīva)
- O Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva (the horse-necked form of Viṣṇu, repeated for emphasis)
- इति वादिनम् (iti vādinam)
- who thus speaks/utters (iti:thus | vādinam:the one uttering)
- नरम् (naram)
- the man
- मुञ्चन्ति (muñcanti)
- abandon, forsake
- पापानि (pāpāni)
- sins
- दरिद्रम् इव (daridram iva)
- like a poor man (daridram:pauper | iva:like)
- योषितः (yōṣitaḥ)
- women
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Verse 3
हयग्रीव हयग्रीव हयग्रीवेति यो वदेत् ।
तस्य निस्सरते वाणी जह्नुकन्या प्रवाहवत् ॥ २ ॥
hayagrīva hayagrīva hayagrīvēti yō vadēt ।
tasya nissaratē vāṇī jahnukanyā pravāhavat ..2..
Whoever should utter 'Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva!' — from him speech flows forth like the streaming current of Jahnu's daughter, the river Gaṅgā.
Word by word
- हयग्रीव हयग्रीव हयग्रीव (hayagrīva hayagrīva hayagrīva)
- O Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva (the horse-necked one, an incarnation of Viṣṇu) (haya:horse | grīva:neck)
- इति यो वदेत् (iti yō vadēt)
- whoever should thus speak (iti:thus | yaḥ:whoever | vadēt:should utter)
- तस्य (tasya)
- of him, from him
- निस्सरते (nissaratē)
- flows forth, streams out
- वाणी (vāṇī)
- speech, eloquence
- जह्नुकन्या (jahnukanyā)
- the daughter of Jahnu, i.e. the river Gaṅgā (jahnu:sage Jahnu | kanyā:daughter)
- प्रवाहवत् (pravāhavat)
- like a flowing current (pravāha:current, stream | vat:like)
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Verse 4
हयग्रीव हयग्रीव हयग्रीवेति यो ध्वनिः ।
विशोभते स वैकुण्ठ कवाटोद्घाटनक्षमः ॥ ३ ॥
hayagrīva hayagrīva hayagrīvēti yō dhvaniḥ ।
viśōbhatē sa vaikuṇṭha kavāṭōdghāṭanakṣamaḥ ..3..
That resounding sound which shines forth as "Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva" — that very sound is capable of flinging open the gates of Vaikuṇṭha.
Word by word
- हयग्रीव हयग्रीव हयग्रीव (hayagrīva hayagrīva hayagrīva)
- O Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva (the horse-necked form of Viṣṇu)
- इति यो ध्वनिः (iti yō dhvaniḥ)
- the sound which is thus uttered (iti:thus | yaḥ:which | dhvaniḥ:sound)
- विशोभते (viśōbhatē)
- shines forth resplendently
- सः (saḥ)
- that
- वैकुण्ठ-कवाट-उद्घाटन-क्षमः (vaikuṇṭha-kavāṭa-udghāṭana-kṣamaḥ)
- capable of opening the doors of Vaikuṇṭha (vaikuṇṭha:the abode of Viṣṇu | kavāṭa:door | udghāṭana:opening | kṣamaḥ:capable)
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Verse 5
श्लोकत्रयमिदं पुण्यं हयग्रीवपदाङ्कितम्
वादिराजयतिप्रोक्तं पठतां सम्पदां पदम् ॥ ४ ॥
ślōkatrayamidaṃ puṇyaṃ hayagrīvapadāṅkitam
vādirājayatiprōktaṃ paṭhatāṃ sampadāṃ padam ..4..
This holy set of three verses, marked with the name of Hayagrīva and uttered by the ascetic Vādirāja, becomes an abode of prosperity for those who recite it.
Word by word
- श्लोकत्रयम् (ślōkatrayam)
- set of three verses (ślōka:verse | trayam:triad)
- इदम् (idam)
- this
- पुण्यम् (puṇyam)
- holy, meritorious
- हयग्रीवपदाङ्कितम् (hayagrīvapadāṅkitam)
- marked with the name/word of Hayagrīva (hayagrīva:the horse-necked Lord | pada:name/word | aṅkitam:marked, stamped)
- वादिराजयतिप्रोक्तम् (vādirājayatiprōktam)
- uttered by the ascetic Vādirāja (vādirāja:Vādirāja | yati:ascetic | prōktam:spoken, uttered)
- पठताम् (paṭhatāṃ)
- for those who recite
- सम्पदाम् पदम् (sampadāṃ padam)
- an abode of prosperity (sampadāṃ:of prosperity | padam:abode, place)
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Verse 6
॥ इति श्रीमद्वादिराजपूज्यचरणविरचितं हयग्रीवसम्पदास्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
॥ iti śrīmadvādirājapūjyacharaṇavirachitaṃ hayagrīvasampadāstōtraṃ sampūrṇam ॥
Thus concludes the Hayagriva Sampada Stotra, composed by the venerable Śrī Vādirāja, whose feet are worthy of worship.
Word by word
- इति (iti)
- thus
- श्रीमद्वादिराज (śrīmadvādirāja)
- the illustrious Vādirāja (śrīmat:illustrious, glorious | vādirāja:Vādirāja, name of the saint)
- पूज्यचरण (pūjyacharaṇa)
- whose feet are worthy of worship (pūjya:worthy of worship | charaṇa:feet)
- विरचितम् (virachitam)
- composed
- हयग्रीवसम्पदास्तोत्रम् (hayagrīvasampadāstōtram)
- the hymn of the wealth/glory of Hayagriva (hayagrīva:the horse-necked form of Viṣṇu | sampadā:wealth, prosperity | stōtram:hymn of praise)
- सम्पूर्णम् (sampūrṇam)
- is complete
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