Powerful Invocation to Sage Agastya

 

This powerful invocation to Sage Agastya was composed by Gajaraj Swamigal. This small verse contains the very essence of Sage Agastya and his work.

In Vazhipaadu Sage Agastya says, he is ‘born’ of the ‘fire’ from the third eye of Divine Mother. As we all know Divine Mother or Adhi Para Shakti is the primordial energy. The very first manifestation of creation. He (Sage Agastya) who emanates from that fire (of expression or the initial duality of creation) is the primordial soul. He is the representation of all the souls in the world.

That is the meaning behind the first line of the hymn above:

The One who is manifest as the foremost in the letter ‘Aa’

Now, what does the second line, “The Sage, who is the highest among the living beings manifested in the letter ‘U’ stand for? This line declares that Sage Agastya is the highest or the ‘foremost’ among the manifested! He precedes the trinity themselves!

The third line of the hymn reads, “Dispelling the illusion of life as the letter ‘Ma,’ tells us that in following the path shown by him; by surrendering to him, the ultimate truth is revealed to us – by dispelling the ‘illusion’ that is creation itself!

Gajaraj Swamigal ends the hymn with, “That sacred feet of Agasthiyar, let us touch every day.” In doing so, he reminds us that we must hold on to those sacred feet of Appa Agastya who is the manifestation of the primordial energy in creation and who ultimately is our one refuge in dispelling the illusion of creation itself!

Brother Venkatesh Kiran also gives a beautiful explanation to this hymn:

“AUM is the primordial sound which is one of the parameters along with bindu the primordial light, which is the cause for creation. This is the combined energy of both symbolic male and female energies, the representation of Shiva and Shakti.

After the male and female energies of Shiva and Shakti came together, Agasthiyar Appa was the first to be manifested from the symbolic third eye or the creative, or fire center of Shiva and Shakti. So Shiva and Shakti as Aum resides in Appa and vice versa. So, Appa is the manifested form of unmanifest Aum. So worshipping Appa is the same as worshipping that primordial sound Aum.”

So, with this invocation you are invoking the primordial being, the Absolute himself through Sage Agastya. You can find this powerful invocation to Sage Agastya on YouTube titled ‘Invoke Sage Agastya’s Grace through this powerful Sri Agastya Mantra’ composed by Gajaraj Swamigal. It is sung by both Chi. Rohith Rajesh and Smt. Aparna Rajesh. 

Agastya Muni

(Gajaraj Swamigal)

AUM[1]

The One who is manifest as the foremost in the letter ‘Aa’

The Sage, who is the highest among the living beings manifested in the letter ‘U’

Dispelling the illusion of life as the letter ‘Ma’

That sacred feet of Agasthiyar

Let us touch every day.

Agasthiya Munivar

(Gajaraj Swamigal)

‘Agara’maai ezhuthinil aagiya mudhalvanin

‘Ugara’maai uyirgalil uyarndha munivanaai

‘Magara’maam pirappenum maayaiyai neekki

Arul pagarndha Agathiyan padham niththam pattruvom.

 

அகஸ்திய முனிவர்

(கஜராஜ் ஸ்வாமிகள்)

அகரமாய் எழுத்தினில் ஆகிய முதல்வனின்,

உகரமாய் உயிர்களில் உயர்ந்த முனிவனாய்,

மகரமாம் பிறப்பெனும் மாயையை நீக்கி,

அருள் பகர்ந்த அகத்தியன் பாதம்[2] நித்தம் பற்றுவோம்.

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[1] AUM: The cosmic word that contains the vibration of creation, preservation, and destruction. Aa in Tamil is ‘Agara’ and represents the vibration that brings about the creation of the universe; U (pronounced as ‘oo’) is ‘Ugara’ signifies the vibration that preserves creation and M is ‘Magara’ represents the destructive vibration. The word AUM is thus the beginning and the end. Through it the universe comes into manifestation and through it everything returns to the Absolute or the infinite spirit. AUM is universal to all Indian languages however, how each syllable is pronounced in its expanded form is based on that particular language. In the Hindu pantheon of Gods, these three attributes of creation, preservation and destruction are personified in the Trinity viz. Trinity Brahma, the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer.

[2] It is unclear whether he meant padham (பதம்) or paadham (பாதம்). Both make sense. We have chosen the more easily understood ‘Paadham’ for this version.