24 Keshavaadi rupagala varnane- Keshava, Narayana- 2

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Source:

Taken from different books

1. Main source: haridAsaru kanDhante KeshavAdhi rUpagala varNane

SampAdakaru- Sri. dhIraNNa Vaidya, Source: TantrasAra sangraha by Jagatguru Sri Madhwacharya

Publisher: Jagatguru Sri Madhvacharya mUla mahasamsthana shrI Raghavendra Swamigalu Matha, Mantralaya

 

2. Vishnu sahasranama published by Achara Vichara (English magazine) (Pejawar matha, Chennai)

 

3. Vishnu sahasranama with meanings in Sanskrit & English according to Tatvasara commentary in sanskrit of Brihati sahasram by Sri Paada Rao published by Sri Sri Madhava Theertharu Moola Maha Samsthana.

 

Chaturvimshati-mûrtibheda-stotram by shrI vAdiraja theertharu

http://www.dvaita.net/pdf/stotra/vadiraja/chaturvimshati.pdf

 

 

 

Acknowledgement: Our thanks to Smt Pramodini & Sri Venkatesh Mutalik who provided us with 24 rupagaLu picture & book (above source)

 

 

oMdu guNadoLaganaMta guNagaLu oMdu rUpadoLihavu lOkagaLoMdu rUpadi dharisi tadgata padhArthadoLahoragebAMdaLadavOliddu bahu pesariMda karesuta pUrNaj~nyAnA

naMdamaya paripari vihArava mADi mADisuva……………HKS_03-31

 

Source: http://dvaita.info/pipermail/dvaita-list_dvaita.info/2005-March/000522.html

 

ParamAtma's has endless and boundless supremacy in guNa, rUpa and kriyaposesses infinite virtuous qualities. In one particular guNa there aremany guNa-s and each guna is complete by itself. If we meditate on any

one of His guNa, among those happiness, knowledge, strength, beauty andother guNa-s are all complete by themselves and many in numbers. In onerUpa He has many rUpas-s and in one type of kriya there are manykriya-s. This is His amazing strength. He has the capability to cause

surprising incidents/events not occurred in the past. There is no difference between the function of one part of His body withthe other. Any part of His body can perform any function He so desires.He can see with his ears, walk on his hands, smell with his foot etc..

He is Himself present in His aMtaryAmi rUpa-s and His biMba rUpa-s. shrIhari is complete in all respects thus – svagatbhEdavivarjita. He isexclusively knowledgeable and ever happy. He has names of differentsounds and words and known by those suitably related names.

The entire body of ParamAtma and every other part such as His nails andhair are exorbitantly filled with infinite virtuous qualities. There isno defect in any part.

 

http://www.tatvavada.org/keshavadiroopa/number5.pdf

 

 

1. Keshava

The Lord who nominates (and controls) every one including Brahma.

 

adharaM daxiNaM hastamArabhyairava pradaxiNam.h ||

mUrtibhedhAn.h harervaxye bhava baMdhavimuktaye ||

shrImatpaMkajashaMkhacharagadayA saMbhUShite keshave || (srImadvAdirAjayati kR^ita chatuviMshati stotra)

 

 

chaturviMshati mUrtInAM tantrasAroktamArgataH |

chihnAni vachmi tadbhAryAstAstu mAnAMta rodhitAH ||

shaMkhachakragadApadmadharo naH keshavo.avatu ||

shrIkeshavasya mahilA shrIdevi svastaye.astume (shrIsumatIMdra thIrtha kR^ita)

 

 

(Meaning of Keshava from Vishnu Sahasranama)

kashcha Ishashcha ke tayoH shavaH yasmAt.h saH keshavaHGiver of name & fame to the creator - Brahma & the Goddess of wealth.

kaM brahmANaM IshaM rudraM cha vartayatIti keshavaH ||

The Lord initiates four faced Brahma & Rudra into their respective activities of creation & destruction for which reason he is known as keshavaH

 

('Tatvasara' commentary on Brihatee sahasraM)

kaH - chaturmukhabrahma, IshaH- rudraH, tau vartayati- pravartayati iti keshavaH | 'Kah' denotes four faced Brahma & 'IshaH' stands for Siva. Because the Lord

activates them (into their functions), He is hailed as keshavaHkaM sukhaM | IH laxmIH | shaM shreyaH | ka~ncha Ishcha sha~ncha keshAni sukhalaxmIshreyAMsi | tAni vAti gamayati iti vA vartayati iti vA vahati iti

vA vaH || keshavaH

Secures happiness, wealth & welfare, abides in these & also sustains them.

 

 

 

Chaturvimshati keshava rupa to be meditated during Sandhya, Devarapuja, homAdhigalu:

 

OM keshavAya namaH- shanka chakra gadA padma

 

niyamaka rUpa: keshava

ramArupa : shrI

niyAmaka: brahma-rUdrAdhyarige

 

tatva-*Abhimani devatha*: avyakta - ramA

gAyathri- varNa Abhimani devatha*: ta- agni

ahAra- Abhimani devatha: anna- chandra

 

 

dwAdashAkshara keshava rupa

 

niyamaka rUpa: keshava

 

nakshatra- rAshi: ashvini- meshA

mAsa: mArgashira

Ruthu: hemanta

paksha: sukla, lalATanAma

nADi: iDa

nityakarmagaLu: nature's impure excretions of the body like urine [mala mUthra visarjane]

AkArarupa varNa: shvetha

pApanAshana: brahma hatya

 

Songs: Ishaninna charana bhajane Aseyinda mAduvEnu dosha rAsi nAshamAdO SrishaKESHAVA (1) ***

O Lord ! I worship Your feet with love & devotion. You are the controller of this universe. O Lord of Lakshmi devi ! You are the destroyer of the demon called Kesi & so You are known as Keshava. May you destroy the mountainous pile of my sins.

 

 

 

 

2. nArAyana

one without any blemish whatsoever.

 

shaMkhAMbhojagadAsudarshanadhare nArAyaNe sarvadA || (srImadvAdirAjayati kR^ita chatuviMshati stotra)

 

padmagadAchakrashaNkhadharo nArAyaNo.ava tAt.h|

nArAyaNasya mahiShI laxmI syAdvaradA mama || (srI sumatIMdratIrtha kR^ita)

 

 

(Meaning of Narayana from Vishnu Sahasranama)

 

sarvajIvajaDabhinnaH iti naH, sadaiva bhinnaH iti nAH, sarvadoShaxayAt.h raH, sarvopexayA adhikaxayakAritvAt.h rAH, bhaktAnAM doShAn.h yApayatIti yaH, sarvadoShaviruddhaguNarUpatvAt.h naH | nAH, rA, ya, NaH ||

 

The Lord bears the name nArAyaNaH because He is completely different from all sentient beings & inert matter; He is free from all blemishes, much more than other 'faultless' beings; He removes the impediment of ignorance in His devotees; He is full of all auspicious qualities, each of which is in its complete measure & forms His very nature (svarupa).

 

 

('Tatvasara' commentary on Brihatee sahasraM)

narANAM idaM nArAM annabalAdi dAtR^itvena tadAshrayatvAt.h---nArAyaNaH

Supplier of food & strength etc...Respository thereof

 

 

 

Chaturvimshati nArAyana rupa to be meditated during Sandhya, Devarapuje, homAdhigalu:

 

OM nArAyanAya namaH- padma, chakra, gadA, padma

 

 

niyamaka rUpa: nArAyanA

ramArupa : lakshmi

tatva- *Abhimani devatha* : mahatatva-- brahma, vAyu, saraswathi, bharathi

gAyathri- varNa Abhimani devatha : tsa- prajapathi

ahAra- *Abhimani devatha* : paramAnna- bhArathi

 

 

 

 

dwAdashAkshara nArAyana rupa

 

niyamaka rUpa: nArAyanA

nakshatra- rAshi: bharaNi- meShA

mAsa: puShya

paksha: shukla, udayamadhya

nADi: piNgaLa

Ruthu: hemanta

nityakarmagaLu: while taking medicine (auShadha sEvisuvAga)

AkArarUpa varNa: shvetha

pApanAshana: gohatya

 

 

Songs: sharanU hokkenayya yenna maranasamayadallininna charana smarane karunisayyaNARAYANA (2) ***

 

 

O Narayana. I take refuge in you. The shAshtras proclaim that one should always remember Lord Narayana & especially so at the time of departing from this world. Our next birth depends on our thoughts during the last moment of our life. Therefore, I beg You to grace me with Your remembrance at the time of my death. You are full of auspicious qualities & devoid of all defects. Hence, You are known as Narayana. You are the refuge of Sri Lakshmi herself. What then need be said of a mere mortal like me? Therefore, You are my only refuge.

 

 

NOTE: The various rupas mentioned in the various avataras, Vyuhas and the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama are " different " via the strength of Vishesha.

For example, the same namas mentioned in the Dashavataras such as Vamana/Trivikrama and Narasimha and Sri Krishna are " different " from those mentioned in the 24 Keshavadi Namas.

 

 

Also for example, the sankarshana, aniruddha, pradyumna, vasudeva and narayana rupas are " different " from the same names mentioned in the 24 Keshavadi Namas. These are " distinguished " where the color of specific rupas are sometimes mentioned to enable one to make out that it is the pancha vyuha vs. the 24 vyuha etc etc.

And within the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama itself, there are multiple repetitions, which are " different " as well.

While doing the Kalasha puja where we invoke the 51 matrikas rupas , the 24 keshavadi rupas, the 10 avatara rupas, the 4 vAsudevadi rupas (Vasudeva, Pradhyumna, Sankarshana, Anirudha), the 4 vishvAdi (Vishwa, tejasa, pragnyA, turya) rupas and the 4 Atmadi (atma, antaraatma, paramathma, jnAnAthma) rupas along with Vedavyasa, dattatreya and Simshumara rupas as being repetitive!

Paramathma has neither birth nor death; neither growth nor decline and is devoid of all limitations and blemishes. He has hands and legs, head and eyes and other limbs everywhere. Our eyes can see only but cannot hear, smell, taste and so on, but there is no difference between Himself and

various parts of His body like limbs, nails, hair etc nor His variousaMtaryAmi rUpa-s. (svagata beda vivarjitha concept). shrI Jagannatha dAsaru in his Magnus opus Harikathamruthasaara, 2nd chapter, 8th, 9th verse....

 

jagavanellava nirmisuva nAlmoganoLage tAniddu salahuvagaganakeshanoLiddu samharisuvanu lOkagaLaswagata bhedavivarjitanu sarvaga sadAnaMdaikadehanu

bagebageya nAmadali karesuta bhakutarannu poreva

Obbanali niMtAduvanu hari

mattobbanali noDuvanu,beduva nobbanali nIDuvavanu mAtADuvanu beragAgi abbarada heddaivaniva mattobbaranu lekkisanu lokadoLabbane tA bAdhya bAdhakanAha nirbhita

In the feet, via JayaMta (pAdAbhimani), as dAmOdara rUpi ParamAtma, Hedoes the function of movement or standing and gives the feeling to the

jIva that he is doing this activity. In the eyes via sUrya (nEtrAbhimAni), as madhusUsadana rUpi ParamAtma Hedoes the function of sight i.e. He sees and makes us see.In the hands as daxaprajapati (hastAbhimAni), as padmanAbha rUpi

ParamAtma He does the function of accepting or giving gifts.

Similarly, all functions are carried out by the body with the help of Paramathma itself. Paramathma is capable of carrying out impossible & extra ordinary tasks.

There is neither real difference between Him and His various forms, attributes and actions nor among themselves.

 

bhAratIramaNamukhyaprANA.ntargata shrii kR^iShNArpanamastu

 

 

 

-- *shriishaH sharaNam.h*mama svAmI harirnityaMsarvasya patireva cha*xemaM vidhAsyati sa no bhagavAn.h tryadhIshaH | trAtAsmadIyavimR^ishenakiyAnihArthaH*sarvAdhAraH, sarvakAraH, sarvaprerakaH, sarvasattApradaH,

sarvashabdavAchyaH, sarvAchintyaH, sarvakarmakartA, sarvakarmapUjyaH, sarvakarmasAxI,sarvadevAdivandyaHviShNuH sarvottamaH, anantaguNapUrNaH, doShadUraH, svatantraH, sarvasvAmI,sarvasR^iShTyAdikartA, sarvAntaryamI, sarvavyAptaH, mama anantopakArakaH,

sa eva gurudevatAntargataH san.h pApAdi nAshayati, bhaktiGYAnAdi anugR^iNAtitaddAsohaM, nAhaM svatantraH na mama kArakANi, sarvANi taddattAnyeva, sarvaMtasmin.h samarpyatepUrNaH preShThaH paraH svAmI vyAptaH kartA upakArakaH | raxatyeva tadIyaM

mAM karmArchyo gurudevagaHsarvarige preraka sarvakartabhoktasarvatradali vyApta sarvashabda vAchasarvaguNa paripUrNa sarvadoShadUrasarvaGYAnagamya sarvashakta mUrtisarvesha cheluva gopAlaviThalareya

sarvAntariyAmi sarvabauma namo