Thursday 12 May 2016

Keshava is a name for Shri MahaVishnu, Narayana, that appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama.

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Keshava is a name for Shri MahaVishnu, Narayana, that appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama. Lord Keshava is venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck, or ill omens. His consort is Keerti. According to Adi Sankaracharaya's commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Keshava is the one whose Kesa or hair is long, uncut and beautiful . The lord of creation, preservation, and dissolution. The one who destroyed the asura or demon Kesi in the Krishna avatar. It also means the one who is endowed with the rays of light spreading within the orbit of the sun. The one who is himself the Three ; Kah - Brahma, Ah - Vishnu, Isa - Shiva. (the one who is endowed with divine powers of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
According to the Padma Purana the name refers to Krishna's long, beautiful looking unshorn hair. Or The one with beautiful long hear.
As per Bhagawat Gita , it means the Killer of the Keśī demon . In the Bhagawat Gita, Arjuna uses the name Keshava for Lord Krishna a number of times, referring to him as the 'Killer of the Kesi demon' : "I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I see only causes of misfortune, O Kesava, killer of the Keśī demon. (Bhagawat Gita)
The demon Kesi, in the form of a horse, was sent by Kamsa to kill Krishna but was overpowered and slain (Vishnu Purana).
Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Om Namo Narayana ~ Om Namah Shivaya!

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