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a grammatical rule - "keSAdvo'nyatarasyAm" iti praSamsAyAm vah (SrI
BhaTTar). SrI aNNa'ngarAcArya svAmi nicely translates the nAma in tamizh
as "kuzhal azhagar".
Under nAma 23, SrI BhaTTar adds that by implication, this nAma indicates
that the Lord is possessed of qualities like supremacy and loveliness which are
all His own by nature. He possesses curly locks of hair, which are sublime, soft
and blue (praSasta - snigdha - nIla - kuTila - kuntalah).
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri adds to this anubhavam further. In His incarnation
as nRsimha, the beauty of His Lion's hair (piDari mayir in tamizh) was
exceptionally beautiful. MArIca has described Lord rAma's hair as "SikhI
kanaka mAlayA" - beautiful like a golden garland. The gopi-s describe Him as
"kuTila kuntalam komalAnanam - One with curly locks of hair and lotus-like
face. SrI Samkara bhAshyam is "abhirUpAh keSAh yasya sah keSavah" - "His
hair's beauty is compatible with His divya ma'ngala rUpam" - black, curly,
consistent, just indescribably beautiful.
NammAzhvAr describes the beauty of the keSam of bhagavAn as well as its
fragrance in 7. 7. 9 - tiruvAimozhi:
koLginRa kOLiruLaic cugirndiTTa kozhum SuruLin
uL koNDa nIla nan-nUl tazhai kol? anRu . . .
"I thought may be the darkness of His hair can be compared to the thread
made out of the darkness that results at the time of pralaya kAlam; but no,
this is not a good enough comparison - there is no comparison. The comforting
fragrance of tulasi that emanates from His kuzhal has completely stolen my
AtmA, and only I can feel it and feel about it".
b) vAnti gandhayanti iti vAh gandhavantah keSAh yasya iti keSavah (based on
the root vA - gatigandhanayoh)- He who has fragrant keSa. We just saw
nammAzhvAr's reference in the previous para to the fragrance of tulasi
emanating from His kuzhal.
c) bhagavAn is called keSava because ka - brahmA, and ISa - Siva, originated
from His body. SrI Sankara and SrI BhaTTar quote the following from
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