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f) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha has another anubhavam of this nAma - He derives
the meaning that keSavah signifies One who torments His enemies - based on
the root kliS - vibAdhane - to torment, to distress, and the uNAdi sutra
(kliSeran lo lopaSca). kliSnAti, kliSyate vA anena iti keSavah.
g) Two more interpretations by SrI satyadevo VasishTha: kam refers to water
and to sukham: kam = jalam or sukham;
1. He who has the Adhipatyam over water (oceans etc. ) is keSavah - jalam
tamIshTa aiSvarya bhAvAya nayati iti keSah (kam + Isah); or,
2. He who has control over the sukham (aihika as well as Amushmika) of
the jIva-s.
h) In the explanation under nAma 23, the interpretation of the nAma based on
His destroying keSi has been covered. This is also explicitly the subject of the
next nAma.
nAma 655. keizha keSi keSi-hA keSi hA
a) He who killed the asura by name keSi.
b) He who directs agni, sUrya, indra, vAyu etc. in their functions.
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).
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