VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 47- Courtesy ARUN

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(47) Hrisheekesah –Master of senses(Hrishikas)In the Puranic

literature the meaning of the term is `close-cropped' or `One who

has coiled up his locks of hair' (Hrissheeka+Eesa). The

term `Hrisheeka' is an absolute one now, and it means the " sense

organs " . The Aatman, the self as Consciousness is the one who gives

light to all sense organs and, therefore, it is the lord of all

sense organs. This lord is Vishnu.

 

The obsolete word Hrisheeka also means the `rays' or that which

gives the joy'. Thus the term Hrisheekas can mean " the Lord of the

rays " : the sun and moon. This way interpreted, commentators point

out that the term Hrisheekesah means He who has Himself becomes the

Sun and the Moon.

 

In His manifestation as the Sun and the Moon, the Lord Himself whips

the world to wakeful activities and sends the world to sleep and

rest. Thus Hrisheekesa in its deeper significance, is, to all

contemplative hearts, the Lord, who becomes Himself the world,

exhausts Himself in His activities, and ultimately packs His toys

and goes to rest at the time of dissolution.