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harivamSa: ka iti brahmaNo nAma (brahmeti samAkhyAta) ISo'ham sarva
dehinAm | AvAm tavA'nge sambhUtau (tavAmSa sambhUtau) tasmAt keSava
nAmavAn || - (harivamSa 3. 88. 48)
The above are words of Siva to bhagavAn - (ka is the name of brahma, and I
am ISa who rules over all the embodied beings. Both of us have been born out
of Thy body, and therefore Thou art known by the name keSava). Thus, the
nAma signifies that brahma and Siva originated from bhagavAn.
d) SrI Samkara gives the additional interpretation that He is the owner of the
keSa-s or rays that emanate from the Sun, the moon, and all the effulgent
objects in the cosmos, and so He is called keSava. He gives the support from
mahAbhArata:
amSavo ye prakASante mamaite keSa sam~jnitAh |
sarvaj~nAh keSavam tasmAt mAm Ahuh dvija-sattamAh ||
(mahA. 12. 328. 43)
(Literally, the above says: "The rays that are emanating from Me are called
keSa-s, and so the learned Brahmins call me by the name keSava").
e) SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives a reference from vishNu purANam, and
narrates that when brahmA with the other deva-s sought the help of Lord
nArayaNa against the terror from asura-s, the Lord plucked two keSa-s (hairs
- one black and one white), and told brahmA that those two hairs will descend
on earth as kRshNa and balarAma, and relieve the earth of the burden of the
demons:
evam sastUyamAnastu bhagavAn parameSvarah |
ujjahArAtmanah keSau sita-kRshNau mahAmune ||
uvAca ca surAnetau mat-keSau vasudhAtale |
avatIrya bhuvo bhAra kleSa hAnim karishyatah ||
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(vishNu purA. 5. 1. 59-60)
(The commentator indicates that the above should be taken just as an
indication by bhagavAn that His hair should be sufficient to take care of the
asura-s, and should not be literally taken to suggest that the two hairs took
incarnation).