ब्रह्मात्रिरविसवितृभार्गवा ऋषयः । गायत्रीत्रिष्टुबनुष्टुप् छन्दांसि । श्रीमान् हयग्रीवः परमात्मा देवतेति । ह्लौमिति बीजम् । सोऽहमिति शक्तिः । ह्लूमिति कीलकम् । भोगमोक्षयोर्विनियोगः । अकारोकारमकारैरङ्गन्यासः । ध्यानम् । शङ्खचक्रमहामुद्रापुस्तकाढ्यं चतुर्भुजम् । सम्पूर्णचन्द्रसंकाशं हयग्रीवमुपास्महे ॥ ओं श्रीमिति द्वे अक्षरे । ह्लौमित्येकाक्षरम् । ओं नमो भगवत इति सप्ताक्षराणि । हयग्रीवायेति पञ्चाक्षराणि । विष्णव इति त्र्यक्षराणि । मह्यं मेधां प्रज्ञामिति षडक्षराणि , प्रयच्छ स्वाहेति पञ्चाक्षराणि । हयग्रीवस्य तुरीयो भवति
brahmātriravisavitṛbhārgavā ṛṣayaḥ | gāyatrītriṣṭubanuṣṭup chandāṃsi | śrīmān hayagrīvaḥ paramātmā devateti | hlaumiti bījam | so'hamiti śaktiḥ | hlūmiti kīlakam | bhogamokṣayorviniyogaḥ | akārokāramakārairaṅganyāsaḥ | dhyānam | śaṅkhacakramahāmudrāpustakāḍhyaṃ caturbhujam | sampūrṇacandrasaṃkāśaṃ hayagrīvamupāsmahe || oṃ śrīmiti dve akṣare | hlaumityekākṣaram | oṃ namo bhagavata iti saptākṣarāṇi | hayagrīvāyeti pañcākṣarāṇi | viṣṇava iti tryakṣarāṇi | mahyaṃ medhāṃ prajñāmiti ṣaḍakṣarāṇi , prayaccha svāheti pañcākṣarāṇi | hayagrīvasya turīyo bhavati
«The sages are Brahmā, Atri, Ravi, Savitṛ, Bhārgava; the meters are gāyatrī, triṣṭubh, anuṣṭubh; the deity is "glorious Hayagrīva, the Supreme Self"; the seed is "hlaum"; the power is "so'ham"; the pin is "hlūm"; the application is to enjoyment and liberation; the placing on the limbs is with the syllables "a", "u", "m". Contemplation: "We worship Hayagrīva, rich with conch, discus, the great seal, and a book, four-armed, resembling the full moon"».
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The viniyoga, “application,” of the mantra is given: the list of what must be known before repeating it — sage, meter, deity, seed, power, pin. This list is obligatory in mantra-śāstra, and it is worth saying why. It is the passport of the mantra: it indicates where it comes from (the sage), in what meter it is composed, to whom it is addressed, and how it is used.
The detail about kīlaka, “the pin,” is curious: this is the name for the syllable by which the mantra is “pinned,” that is, fixed in place. But the main thing in this passage is the dhyāna, “contemplation,” and it is worth examining the form part by part. In the four hands: conch, discus, mahā-mudrā, and a book.
The conch and discus are the usual emblems of Viṣṇu; and their presence here shows that Hayagrīva is Him, not a separate deity. Pustaka, “a book,” is a sign of learning and, among the emblems in Viṣṇu’s hands, is found only with this form. Mahā-mudrā is the gesture of teaching — fingers joined, as one depicts a speaking preceptor.
That is, in the four hands authority and teaching are joined: two hands from Viṣṇu, two from a teacher. Add, too, what the Vaiṣṇava side says about the contemplation of a form, which is confirmed here. Its rule was cited reading Varāha (5.32) and (5.40): the form is taken from scripture, not composed; and hence such descriptions are given with detail — what is in which hand, what color, what it resembles.
Here a single likeness is given: sampūrṇa-candra-saṃkāśam, “resembling the full moon” — that is, white and cool, as befits the form of learning.