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The ''Hayagriva Upanishad'' has 20 verses and is divided into two chapters. It is narrated as a sermon by the god [[Brahma]] to sage [[Narada]]. The text opens with an invocation to the god [[Vishnu]], [[Indra]], [[Garuda]], the [[Sun]], and [[Brihaspati]] are also invoked for welfare of all.<ref name="translation2">{{cite web | url=http://www.celextel.org/upanishads/atharva_veda/hayagriva.html | title=Hayagriva Upanishad | publisher=Vedanta Spiritual Library | accessdate=14 January 2015 | author=P.R.Ramachander}}</ref><ref name="Nair20082">{{cite book|author=Shantha N. Nair|title=Echoes of Ancient Indian Wisdom|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Pustak Mahal|isbn=978-81-223-1020-7|pages=387–8}}</ref>

The ''Hayagriva Upanishad'' has 20 verses and is divided into two chapters. It is narrated as a sermon by the god [[Brahma]] to sage [[Narada]]. The text opens with an invocation to the god [[Vishnu]], [[Indra]], [[Garuda]], the [[Sun]], and [[Brihaspati]] are also invoked for welfare of all.<ref name="translation2">{{cite web | url=http://www.celextel.org/upanishads/atharva_veda/hayagriva.html | title=Hayagriva Upanishad | publisher=Vedanta Spiritual Library | accessdate=14 January 2015 | author=P.R.Ramachander}}</ref><ref name="Nair20082">{{cite book|author=Shantha N. Nair|title=Echoes of Ancient Indian Wisdom|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Pustak Mahal|isbn=978-81-223-1020-7|pages=387–8}}</ref>

Narada asks Brahma to grant him the knowledge of ''[[Brahman]]'', which saves one from sins and grants spiritual and material wealth. Brahma declares that one who "masters" the [[mantra]]s of [[Hayagriva]] learns the wisdom of the scriptures [[Śruti|Shruti]]s ("heard knowledge"), [[Smriti]]s (memorized knowledge), [[Itihasa]]s (Hindu epics, literally "history"), and [[Puranas]] and is bestowed with wealth. Brahma then starts narrating the various mantras that are used in Hayagriva's worship.<ref name="translation2" /><ref name="Nair20082" />

Narada asks Brahma to grant him the knowledge of ''[[Brahman]]'', which saves one from sins and grants adhyatmik and material wealth. Brahma declares that one who "masters" the [[mantra]]s of [[Hayagriva]] learns the wisdom of the scriptures [[Śruti|Shruti]]s ("heard knowledge"), [[Smriti]]s (memorized knowledge), [[Itihasa]]s (Hindu epics, literally "history"), and [[Puranas]] and is bestowed with wealth. Brahma then starts narrating the various mantras that are used in Hayagriva's worship.<ref name="translation2" /><ref name="Nair20082" />

The first mantra salutes Hayagriva as Vishnu, the ruler of knowledge. He is praised beyond the material universe and as a saviour. The second mantra identifies Hayagriva as the manifestation of the three [[Vedas]] — [[Rigveda]], [[Yajurveda]] and [[Samaveda]] — and [[Om]]. He is, asserts the text, the symbol of all Vedas, the teacher of everything. Hayagriva is described to be radiant like the moon and holds a [[shankha]] (conch), [[Sudarshana chakra|chakra]] (discus) and a book in his three hands, while the fourth makes the ''maha-[[mudra]]'' hand gesture. The 29-syllabled mantra (''Om srim hlaum om namo bhagavate hayagrivaya vishnave mahyam medham prajnam prayaccha svaha'') and 28-syllable mantra (''Om srim hrim aim aim aim klim klim sauh sauh hrim om namo bhagavate hayagrivaya mahyam medham prajnam prayaccha svaha'') are then told, ending the first chapter.<ref name="translation2" /><ref name="Nair20082" />

The first mantra salutes Hayagriva as Vishnu, the ruler of knowledge. He is praised beyond the material universe and as a saviour. The second mantra identifies Hayagriva as the manifestation of the three [[Vedas]] — [[Rigveda]], [[Yajurveda]] and [[Samaveda]] — and [[Om]]. He is, asserts the text, the symbol of all Vedas, the teacher of everything. Hayagriva is described to be radiant like the moon and holds a [[shankha]] (conch), [[Sudarshana chakra|chakra]] (discus) and a book in his three hands, while the fourth makes the ''maha-[[mudra]]'' hand gesture. The 29-syllabled mantra (''Om srim hlaum om namo bhagavate hayagrivaya vishnave mahyam medham prajnam prayaccha svaha'') and 28-syllable mantra (''Om srim hrim aim aim aim klim klim sauh sauh hrim om namo bhagavate hayagrivaya mahyam medham prajnam prayaccha svaha'') are then told, ending the first chapter.<ref name="translation2" /><ref name="Nair20082" />

The second chapter begins with Brahma telling about the one-syllable mantra (''bija'') of Hayagriva: ''Lhoum''.<ref name="translation2" /><ref name="Nair20082" /> The mantra ''Amritam kuru kuru svaha'', asserts the text, grants control over words, wealth and the eight [[siddhi]]s. Another mantra ''Lhoum sakala-samrajyena siddhim kuru kuru svaha'' through which, claims the text, in life the reciter gains pleasures and after death, salvation. This helps one realize the true spiritual meanings of the Vedic maxims ([[Mahāvākyas|Mahavakya]]):

The second chapter begins with Brahma telling about the one-syllable mantra (''bija'') of Hayagriva: ''Lhoum''.<ref name="translation2" /><ref name="Nair20082" /> The mantra ''Amritam kuru kuru svaha'', asserts the text, grants control over words, wealth and the eight [[siddhi]]s. Another mantra ''Lhoum sakala-samrajyena siddhim kuru kuru svaha'' through which, claims the text, in life the reciter gains pleasures and after death, salvation. This helps one realize the true adhyatmik meanings of the Vedic maxims ([[Mahāvākyas|Mahavakya]]):

*''Prajnanam Brahma'' (Brahman is [[Prajna (Vedic)|wisdom]]),

*''Prajnanam Brahma'' (Brahman is [[Prajna (Vedic)|wisdom]]),

*''Tat tvam asi'' (You are that)",

*''Tat tvam asi'' (You are that)",