[sv-poetry] Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 12: NaamAs from 11 to 20.
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• June 20, 2002
ChithrabhAnu Samvathsaram, UttharAyaNam ,GrIshma Ruthu , Aani 6 ,(Mithuna Maasam ) , Sukla Paksha Dasami , ChithrA Nakshathram , Sri Sudarsana BhagavAn's Thirunakshathram . SrI: NamO VenkatEsAya Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri : Let us reflect today on the Eleventh naamA of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam : 11.(PraNavam) KesavAya Nama: ************************* 12.(PraNavam) Devaaya Nama: 13.(PraNavam) MadhusoodhanAya Nama: 14.(PraNavam) AmruthAya Nama: 15.(Pranavam) MaadhavAya Nama: 16.(PraNavam) KrishNAya Nama: 17.(PraNavam) SrIharayE Nama: 18.(PraNavam) Jn~Ana PanjarAya Nama: 19.(PraNavam) SrIvathsa VakshasE Nama: 20.(PraNavam) SarvEsAya Nama: The 11th Naamam: (PraNavam) KesavAya Nama: ******************************************* Meaning of KesavaNaamam: ************************* KESAVA MEANS (1) THE DISPELLER OF DISTRESS IN THE WORLD AND (2) THE ONE WHO HAS SOFT, CURLY , SHINING BLUE LOCKS OF HAIR (3) ONE WHO DESTROYED THE ASURAN BY THE NAME KESI. Additional Comments: ********************* 1) "Naarasimha Vapu: SrImAn KESAVA: PurushOtthama:" thunders SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam. It is the 23rd SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam."Kesava" naamam is made up of "Kesa" with a suffix "Va" added to it for grammatical correctness according to Swamy ParAsara Bhattar. Our Lord's hair(Kesa:) is known for its natural curliness , softness and exquisite bluish-black color. Niruktham defines the Kesava Naamam this way: " Prasastha neela-kEsathvAth Kesava: Parikeerthitha: ( because of His celebrated blue locks of hair ,He is well known as Kesavan). 2) " ThrilOkAthmA ThrilOkEsa: KESAVA: KesihA Hari" is another SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam passage ,where Kesava Naamam appears again as the 654th Naamam. Niruktham defines the Kesava Naamam this time with reference to BrahmA and Sivan arising out of Sriman NaarAyaNan's body : "BrahmEsayO: svAngajathvAth Kesava: Parikeerthitha:" A well known Hari Vamsa SlOkam is quoted by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar in this context: Ka ithi BrahmaNO nAma IsOham Sarva dEhinAm aavAm TavAngE sambhoothou tasmAth Kesava nAmavAn ( Lord Siva describes to Sriman NaarAyaNaa the origin of the Kesava Naamam this way: " Ka is BrahmA's name; I am Isa , who rules over all the embodied beings with the command of You , the sarvalOka SaraNyan.Both of us (BrahmA and I) have been born out of Thy body and therfore Thou art known by the name of Kesavan"). The combination of Ka+Isa gives the name , "Kesava". 3) Kesavaaya Nama: is the first of the 12 NaamAs that a SrI VaishNavan utters , when adorning the 12 PuNDrams as VaishNava LakshaNam every day to remind him of the Lord's sacred feet . The PunDra SthAnam for Kesavan is the Forehead . His color is golden and He presides over the Eastern direction.His weapon is Sudarsanam /Chakram: "Chathuscchakram namasyAmi Kesavam Kanaka-prabham" is the salutation as we wear the ThirumaNN on our foreheads. Kesava Moorthy adorns four chakrAyudham in His Four hands. 4) After Aachmanam , we touch twelve parts of our body with five right hand fingers . The first of them (anga nyAsam) is the touching of the right cheek (Kannam) with the right thumb and the salutation at that time is " (PraNavam) KesavAya Nama:" . Kesava Naamam takes precedence among the 12 salutations to the Lord. 5) In the KesavAdhi TarpaNam during the SandhyA worship, the first salutation is " (PraNavam) Kesavam TarpayAmi". 6) The importance of Kesava Naamam among the Twelve names of the Lord is pointed out by Swamy NammAzhwAr in ThiruvAimozhi's Panniru Naamap Paattu : KESAVAN tamar keezh mEl yemarEzhuezhu piRappum maasatirithu peRRu nammudai vaazhvu vaaykkinRavA Isanen karu-mANikkam yenn sEnkOlakkaNNan viNNOr Naayakan YempirAnammAn NaarAyaNanAlE --ThiruvAimozhi: 2.7.1 (Meaning according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy): " My Lord , Cool like the blue gemstone , beautiful doyen of Nitya-Sooris , the Lord with red (lotus) eyes , NaarAyaNa , has made all , in my line, KesavA's servants. What a fine achievement for me , that I had never dreamt of, that seven generations previous, seven including me and seven succeeding , have all been transformed into true VishNavAs.( The twelve names from Kesava to DaamOdhara are the names of the Urdhva PuNDrAs to be adorned by every SrI VaishNava . They are the insignia of a true VaishNava. Thus the designation of the Lord's men/BhAgavathAs ( Kesavan Tamar)is inseparably associated with this simple practise of adorning the upper torso with 12 nAmams , each corrsponding to one name of the Lord)". 7) In the 7th ThiruppAvai Paasuram , Andal chides one of her beautiful friends , who is a leader of Her ghOshti (Naayaka PeNN PILLai) for not getting out of bed to open the front door although she is wide awake: "Naayaka PeNN PiLLAi NaarAyaNan Moorthy KESAVANAIP-Paadavum nee kEttO kidatthiyO tEsamudayAi ! thiRavElOrempAvAi" 8) In Her NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi paasuram (NTM), Andal prays to Manmathan to assign Her to the Lord of ThiruvEnkatam : "(Ananga dEvA!) VeyyathOr Tazhal umizh Chakkarakkai VenkatavaRkkennai vidhikkiRRiyE "--NTM: 1.1 ( Oh ManmathA ! Please assign me to SrI VenkatanATan of Thirumalai adorning the fire-spitting Sudarsanam on His upper right hand ). " Vitthakan VenkatavANan yennum ViLakkinil puhavennai vidhikkiRRiyE" --NTM :1.2 (Oh ManmathA! Please bless me to enter into the Lamp of the MaayAvi, VenkatEsan of the Seven Hills ) " Kesava Nambiyai kaal pidippAL yennum ippErenakku aruL kaNDAi--NTM: 1.8 ( Oh ManmathA! Please bless me with the boon of pressing the sacred feet of Kesava Moorthy standing on top of the Seven Hills !) Thus in this First decad of NTM , Our Andal reveals the identity of VenkatanAthan, the Lord of Saptha Giri as the One with the dark blue tresses , who removes the distress (SamsAric afflictions) of all and who killed the asuran named Kesi during KrishNAvathAram and thus became known as Kesava Moorthy. (PraNavam) KesavAya Nama: SrI Venkata KesavAya Nama: Srimad Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ------------------------ Yahoo! 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