Question related to SrI vishNu sahsranAmam write-up.

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Dear Devotees:

I got the following question from Rohit Iyer, for which I do not have an

authentic explanation. Can anyone who has some insight into this share their

thoughts in the list? Short of repeating what I have included in the original

write-up, namely that green color induces a sense of peace in our mind, I do not

have an authentic response to give to SrI Rohit Iyer. I would apprecaite any

input.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

Rohit Iyer <iyer_rohit wrote: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:50:47 -0800

(PST)

Rohit Iyer

Re: SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 69 - Part 4.

Narasimhan Krishnamachari ,

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Dear srI Narasimhan Krishnamachari,

 

Thank you for the excellent information.

 

I have one question regarding this quote you mentioned

:-

 

 

varNaSca me harih SreshThah tasmAd harir-iti smRtah

|| (mahA. SAnti. 343.39)

"My superior complexion is green, and therefore I am

called Hari".

 

What is the singinficance of the color green to Lord

Hari? Why does he say his superior complexion is

green?

 

Thank you,

 

- rohit

 

 

--- Narasimhan Krishnamachari

wrote:

>

> SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 69 - keSi-hA

> and harih.

>

>

> 655. keSi-hA - a) He who killed the asura by name

> keSi.

> b) He who directs agni, sUrya, indra, vAyu etc. in

> their functions.

>

> Om keSighne namah.

>

> a) keSi-nAmAnam asuram hatavAn iti keSi-hA. kamsa

> sent the asura keSi

> to destroy child kRshNa, and keSi who took the form

> of a horse to

> destroy kRshNa was destroyed by kRshNa. The

> references in tiruppAvai

> to "mA vAi kINDAn", and in 2nd tiruvantAdi to

> "kUndal vAi KINDAn" are

> to this incident.

>

> b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha takes the meaning of the

> root hA- to go, and

> derives his interpretation for the nAma based on the

> Rg-vedic

> description of keSi referring to agni, vAyu, and

> sUrya (see the mantra

> below. KeSi is one who has keSa or hair. smoke is

> the "hair" of the

> fire; the rays of sUrya are the keSa-s of sUrya;

> indra (lightning) is

> the keSi which is not seen - the reference to dadRSe

> na rUpam in the

> mantra (Ralph Griffith translates this as referring

> to vAyu instead of

> indra in his traslation); These are explained in

> Yaska's niruktam in

> detail (12-24,25).

>

> The Rg-vedic mantra he quotes in support is:

>

> trayah keSina RtuthA vicakshate samvatsare vapata

> eka eshAm |

> viSvameko abhicashTe SacIbhirdhrAjirekasya dadRSe

> na rUpam ||

> (1.144.44)

>

> Thus, in this interpretation, bhagavAn is called

> keSi-hA because He

> directs agni, sUrya, indra, or vAyu perform their

> functions.

>

> SrI vAsishTha has given several other

> interpretations for this nAma

> (e.g., keSi referring generically to a horse, keSi

> referring to AtmA,

> heart, etc.), which are not being covered here.

> Those interested can

> refer to his original vyAkhyAna in samskRt, with

> translation in hindi.

>

> 656. harih - a) The Green-hued.

> b) He Who removes the distress of His

> devotees

> c) He Who wards off samsAra with its

> cause from His

> devotees.

> d) The Destroyer of the Universe at the

> time of pralaya.

>

>

> Om haraye namah.

>

> a) The term hara refers to green color. BhagavAn's

> words from mahA

> bhArata are given in support by SrI BhaTTar:

>

> iDopahUtam …….

> varNaSca me harih SreshThah tasmAd harir-iti smRtah

> || (mahA. SAnti.

> 343.39)

>

> "My superior complexion is green, and therefore I am

> called Hari".

>

> One is reminded of the familiar pASuram "paccai

> mA-malai pOl mEni…)

> (tirumAlai 2).

>

> b) SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya gives the interpretation

> "ArtigaLai harippavar"

> - He who removes the distress of His devotees.

>

> c) (samsAram) harati iti harih - He who wards off

> samsAra with its

> cause from His devotees is harih (SrI Samkara).

> Alternatively, pApAnAm

> harati iti harih - He who wards off the sins of His

> devotees.

>

> d) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha extends the anubhavam to

> include bhagavAn's

> destruction of the world at the time of pralaya, and

> His destruction of

> the darkness in our minds always.

>

> The dharma cakram writer observes that the sight of

> green gives a

> feeling of peace to the mind; the thought of Hari,

> the green-hued One,

> similarly gives peace to the mind. The "hari nAma"

> is chanted whenever

> one starts anything auspicious, and this is to

> remove all obstacles and

> sins that may be committed in the process. SrI

> rAdhAkRshNa SAstri

> notes that in kali santaraNa Upanishad, the

> repetition of the 16 nAma-s

> in the following familiar chant is prescribed for

> the removal of all

> sins caused by kali.

>

> hare rAma hare rAma rAma rAma hare hare |

> hare kRshNa hare kRshNa kRshNa kRshNa hare hare

> || (kali santaraNa

> upa. 6.2)

>

> -dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

>

>

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radhe govinda

namo narayana

hari hari

 

dear rohit prabhu, bhaagavatas ( and anna),

adiyal shall try to answer the question to my limited knowledge and i'm sure

other bhaktas will have better explanations.

 

as we all know one meaning of hari is green as was stated: -

 

varNaSca me harih SreshThah tasmAd harir-iti smRtah

|| (mahA. SAnti. 343.39)

"My superior complexion is green, and therefore I am

called Hari".

 

the reason why kanna says that his superior complexion is green is as

follows.

 

as we all know, blue is always associated with kannan's thirumeni,

nilothbalatalashyamam, nila megha shyamalan and the list goes on. so much so

that i'm sure that most bhaagavatas will get reminded of our sweet krishna

whenever we see the color blue, be it the grand ocean or the limitless sky

or a small blue flower in a meadow. he manifests himself in all, great and

small.

but the color blue immediately brings kaarmegha kannan to our mind.our

beautiful nila meni maayavan,our mannavan.

 

and now to krishna's haldini shakthi, srimathi radharani. our thaayar, our

pirati. as we all know, radhe is always identified as the one with the

golden complexion. her beauty is matchless and her skin is of a breathtaking

mixture of sunshine yellow and golden hue. so much so that i'm sure that

when a bhaagavata's gaze settles on the moon or a golden creeper or a small

yellow flower in that same meadow next to our sweet small blue flower, at

once that bhaagavata will remember our radhika. so i guess it's no surprise

that when one reads poetry on our radhekrishna, they are described as the

moon and the sky, the golden creeper entwining a tree etc.

 

if all bhaagavatas will remember, when we were all in kindergarten, we all

used to play with paints. and our teachers taught us all how when we mix 2

different colors, we will gain a new 3rd color. for example when we mix red

and yellow we get orange.

 

so it is adiyal's humble guess that bhagavan too indulged in a bit of

painting. ))

 

ergo, if we take radhe krishna in a small math/paint equation, we would

have them like this :--

 

krishna (blue) + radha (yellow)= hari (green)

 

hari is the nama which also shows the union of radhekrishna. she is the

golden one and he the dark one...yet both are the same one. so it is

adiyal's guess that krishna says that his superior complexion is green,hari,

for it is a state and color where radhe is united with shyam. rather than

blue or black as we usually say is our madhavan's complexion.

 

so adiyal guess, that besides getting reminded of kanna and radhika when we

see the color blue and yellow, now we shall also get reminded of them 2

together when we see the color green... on earth, the grass the trees etc.

)) isn't it so sweet of them to make it soooo easy for us to remember them

wherever we look? everywhere. the earth, the sky, the ocean everything echos

radhekrishna radhekrishna radhekrishna.

 

so where is the question of us not having time to think of radheshyam in our

busy lives, when all that surrounds us is radheshyam and it is us who refuse

to acknowledge them. to remember them.

 

with lottsa krishna premai

kalaivani

radhe shyam

radhe krishna

radhe govinda

namo venkateshaya

hari hari hari

 

p.s adiyal don't have any hard evidence from the vedas to back this up. if

i've said anything wrong, please pardon me and correct me.

 

>Narasimhan Krishnamachari <champakam

>bhakti-list

>Question related to SrI vishNu sahsranAmam write-up.

>Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:28:11 -0800 (PST)

>

>

> Dear Devotees:

>I got the following question from Rohit Iyer, for which I do not have an

>authentic explanation. Can anyone who has some insight into this share

>their thoughts in the list? Short of repeating what I have included in the

>original write-up, namely that green color induces a sense of peace in our

>mind, I do not have an authentic response to give to SrI Rohit Iyer. I

>would apprecaite any input.

>-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

> Rohit Iyer <> wrote: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:50:47 -0800 (PST)

>Rohit Iyer

>Re: SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 69 - Part 4.

>Narasimhan Krishnamachari ,

>bhakti-list

>

>Dear srI Narasimhan Krishnamachari,

>

>Thank you for the excellent information.

>

>I have one question regarding this quote you mentioned

>:-

>

>

>

>What is the singinficance of the color green to Lord

>Hari? Why does he say his superior complexion is

>green?

>

>Thank you,

>

>- rohit

>

>

 

 

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Dear Sri Kalaivani Retnavellu,

 

Very nice explanation.

I am very inspired by your deep sense of devotion to

Lord Hari. Both blue and green are my favorite colors!

 

All the more reasons to sing the glory of RadheKrsna!

 

Jaya Radhekrsna!

Jaya Sita Rama!

 

- rohit

 

 

--- kalaivani retnavellu

<kalaivani4krishna wrote:

> radhe govinda

> namo narayana

> hari hari

>

> dear rohit prabhu, bhaagavatas ( and anna),

> adiyal shall try to answer the question to my

> limited knowledge and i'm sure

> other bhaktas will have better explanations.