Sri Hayagriva Stotram in English

1. Hayagriva Stotram in English 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 | ādhāraṁsarva vidyānāṁhayagrīvam upāsmahe || 1 || 2) svatassiddhaṁśuddhasphaṭikamaṇi bhūbhṛtpratibhaṭaṁ sudhā sadhrīcībhir dhutibhir avadātatribhuvanam | anantaistrayyantair anuvihita heṣā halahalaṁ hatāśeṣāvadyaṁhayavadana mīḍī mahi mahaḥ || 2 || 3) samāhārassāmnāṁ pratipadamṛcāṁdhāma yajuṣāṁ layaḥpratyūhānāṁ lahari vitatirbodhajaladheḥ |

2. 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 dehabhṛtāṁśaraṇyaṁ devaṁhayagrīvam 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 vācāṁnidhe vañcita bhāga dheyaḥ | daityāpanītān dayayaiva bhūyo’pi

3. adhyāpayiṣyo nigamān na cet tvam || 8 || 9) vitarka ḍolāṁvyavadhūya satve bṛhaspatiṁ vartayase yatastvam | tenaiva deva tridaśeśvarāṇām aspṛṣṭa ḍolāyita mādhirājyam || 9 || 10) agnou samiddhārciṣi saptatantoḥ ātasthivān mantramayaṁśarīram | akhaṇḍa sārair haviṣāṁpradānaiḥ āpyāyanaṁvyoma 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 teṣāṁcaramāṁ pratiṣṭāṁ vāgīśvara tvāṁtvadupajña vācaḥ || 12 || 13) mugdhendu niṣyanda vilobha nīyāṁ mūrtiṁtavānanda sudhā prasūtim | vipaścitaścetasi bhāvayante

4. velā mudārāmiva dugdha sindhoḥ || 13 || 14) manogataṁpaśyati yaḥsadā tvāṁ manīṣiṇāṁmānasa rāja haṁsam | svayaṁpurobhāva vivādabhājaḥ kiṁkurvate tasya giro yathārham || 14 || 15) api kṣaṇārdhaṁkalayanti ye tvāṁ āplāvayantaṁviśadair 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 payobhirakṣṇāṁparivāhayanti || 17 || 18) svairānubhāvās tvadadhīna bhāvāḥ samṛddha vīryās tvadanugraheṇa | vipaścito nātha taranti māyāṁ vaihārikīṁmohana piñchikāṁ te || 18 ||

5. 19) prāṅnirmitānāṁtapasāṁvipākāḥ 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 | padadvayīṁte paricin mahe’ntaḥ prabodha rājīvavibhāta sandhyām || 21 || 22) tvat kiṅkarā laṁkaraṇo citānāṁ tvayaiva kalpāntara pālitānām | mañjupraṇādaṁ maṇinūpuraṁ te mañjūṣikāṁveda girāṁpratīmaḥ || 22 || 23) saṁcintayāmi pratibhāda śāsthān saṁdhukṣayantaṁsamaya pradīpān | vijñāna kalpadruma pallavābhaṁ vyākhyāna mudrā madhuraṁ karaṁ te || 23 ||

6. 24) citte karomi sphuritākṣamālaṁ savyetaraṁnātha karaṁtvadīyam | jñānāmṛto dañcana lampaṭānāṁ līlā ghaṭī yantra mivāśritānām || 24 || 25) prabodha sindhoraruṇaiḥprakāśaiḥ 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)

7. tvāṁcintayan tvanmayatāṁ prapannaḥ tvāmudgṛṇan śabda mayena dhāmnā | svāmin samājeṣu samedhiṣīya svacchanda vādāhava baddha śhooraḥ || 29 || 30) nānā vidhānāmagatiḥkalānāṁ na cāpi tīrtheṣu kṛtāvatāraḥ | dhruvaṁtavānātha parigrahāyāḥ navaṁ naval pātramahaṁdayāyāḥ || 30 || 31) akampanīyān yapanīti bhedaiḥ alaṁkṛṣīran hṛdayaṁmadīyam | śaṅkā kalaṅkā pagamojjvalāni tatvāni samyañci tava prasādāt || 31 || 32) vyākhyā mudrāṁ karasarasijaiḥ pustakaṁśaṅka chakre bibhrad bhinnasphaṭika rucire puṇḍarīke niṣaṇṇaḥ | amlānaśrīr amṛta viśadair aṁśubhiḥplāvayan māṁ āvirbhūyā danagha mahimā mānase vāga dheeshaḥ || 32 || 33) vāgartha siddhihetoḥ paṭhata hayagrīva saṁstutiṁbhaktyā | kavitārkika kesariṇā veṅkaṭa nāthena viracitā metām || 33 || Iti Shri Hayagriva Stotram Samaptam.

8. The Sri Hayagriva Stotram ends here.