KESHAVAADI NAMAS : INTROUCTION PART 1

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what is the significance of KESHAVA AADI, 24 rupas of Lord?

Vijaya Dasaru says : AnaMda AnaMda matte paramnaMda AnaMda Anandana kaMdq enaMdadde vEdavriMda A modalu shakarAMtha varnagalella swAmiyAda vishnuvina nAma veMu tiliavage Ananda Ananda matte paramAnanda

One who knows that all the varnas beginning from 'A' and ending with 'xa' are all the names of Vishnu and can visualize His glory with every syllables that one utter, such a person will be in total

ecstacy again an again.

With this in mind, one has to perform all nitya karmas. It implies that these karmas would naturally be directed at fostering such interest in knowing about the Lord. So while doing achamana, the 24 names of the Lord are said in the right order with the appropriate gestures indicating the presence of the Lord in these parts of the body, and His supreme control on all the abhmani devatas who have been placed in these parts to do the respective kriyas. This then leads to understanding the benefaction that the abhimani devatas are doing on the countless jivas.

The 24 roopas of the Lord have a similar form with variations in the aayudhas that are held in the hands. Making all possible permutation combinations of these four aayudhas result in the 24 roopas of the Lord. All forms of the Lord have similar attributes but for specific functions specific roopas have been enumerated in the shastras. It enables the devotee to focus on the particular form and associated attributes. Here also one can observe God's benevolent nature. As with all things in creation the Lord due to His benevolence on the countless jivas and for their upliftment takes various forms and performs different karyas with different roopas. So exploring them within our limited abilities is one's bouden duties.

What's the merit we will get if we do activities like snana, sandhya vandane etc...Without the knowledge that Sri Hari is doing all the karmas within us? It'll become useless like doing homa in the ashes. Having true knowledge & doing activities like sandhya vandana, japa, tapa, homa etc... as per dharma shastras will bring

special merits.

Acharya Madhva quotes Chathurvedashikha in his
Brahmasoothrabhashya to say that the roopas or forms of the Lord could be grouped into the Vyuharoopas like Vasudeva, Ten forms such as Mathsya, hundred forms such as Narayana, a thousand forms such as Vishva, a very large number of forms (Amitha) such as Para, an infinite forms (anantha) such as Aja.

The various rupas mentioned in the various avatar as, 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.

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.

The 14 Lokas

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 various
aMtaryAmi rUpa-s. (svagata beda vivarjitha concept).

oMdu guNadoLaganaMta guNagaLu
oMdu rUpadoLihavu lOkaga
LoMdu rUpadi dharisi tadgata padhARthadoLahorage
bAMdaLadavOliddu bahu pesa
riMda karesuta pURNaj~nyAnA
naMdamaya paripari vihArava mADi mADisuva……………HKAS_03-31

(meaning by Sri SGP char)

ParamAtma’s has endless and boundless supremacy in guNa,

Rupa an kriya posses infite virtuous qulitiea. In one particular guNa there are many guNa-s an each guna is complete by itself. If we meditate on any one of His guNa, among those happiness, knowledge, strength, beauty and other guNa-s are all complete by themselves and many in numbers. In one rupa He has manu rupas-s and in one type of kriya there are many kriya-s. this is His amazing strength. He has the capability to cause surprising incients/events not occure in the past.