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    So I finally found the book, and found out how I got the impression about Lord Kesava:

    From the pages just inside Sri Isopanisad:

     

    THE COVER: Beauty, mystery, and unlimited power unite in the form of the Lord, the Isa in Isopanisad. Here He is depicted as Sri Kesava, one of the Visnu expansions of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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    Krsna Book 37

    Killing the KezI Demon and VyomAsura

     

    After being instructed by KaMsa, the demon KezI assumed the form of a terrible horse. He entered the area of VRndAvana with the speed of the mind, his great mane flying and his hooves digging up the earth. He began to whinny and terrify the whole forest. KRSNa saw that the demon was terrifying all the residents of VRndAvana with his whinnying and his tail wheeling in the sky like a big cloud. KRSNa could understand that the horse was challenging Him to fight. The Lord accepted his challenge and stood before the KezI demon, calling him to fight. The horse then ran toward KRSNa, making a horrible sound like a roaring lion, his jaws spread wide open as if to swallow the whole sky. KezI rushed toward the Lord with great speed and tried to trample Him with his legs, which were strong, forceful and as hard as stone. KRSNa, however, immediately caught hold of his legs and thus baffled him. Being somewhat angry, KRSNa began to whirl the horse around. After a few rounds, He contemptuously threw him a hundred yards away, just as GaruDa throws a big snake. Thrown by KRSNa, the horse immediately passed out, but after a little while he regained consciousness and with great anger and force again rushed toward KRSNa with his mouth open. As soon as KezI reached Him, KRSNa pushed His left arm within the horse's mouth, and it looked as though a big snake had entered a hole in the field. The horse felt great pain because the arm of KRSNa felt to him like a hot iron rod. Immediately his teeth fell out. KRSNa's arm within the mouth of the horse at once began to inflate, and KezI's throat choked up. As the great horse suffocated, perspiration appeared on his body, and he threw his legs hither and thither. As his last breath came, his eyeballs bulged in their sockets and he passed stool and urine simultaneously. Thus the vital force of his life expired. When the horse was dead, his mouth became loose, and KRSNa could extract His hand without difficulty. He did not feel any surprise that the KezI demon was killed so easily, but the demigods in the sky were amazed, and out of their great appreciation they offered KRSNa greetings by showering flowers.

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    It appears it may well be Vishnu and Keshava on the Sri Isopanisad:

    Madhya 9.13

    rAma! rAghava! rAma! rAghava! rAma! rAghava! pAhi mAm

    kRSNa! kezava! kRSNa! kezava! kRSNa! kezava! rakSa mAm

     

    rAma--O RAma; rAghava--O descendant of Raghu; pAhi--please protect; mAm--me; kRSNa--O KRSNa; kezava--O killer of KezI; rakSa--protect; mAm--me.

     

    "‘O Lord RAmacandra, descendant of MahArAja Raghu, kindly protect me! O Lord KRSNa, killer of the KezI demon, kindly protect me!'"

    SB 10.1.69p

    As for Kezava, ka means BrahmA, and Iza means Lord Siva. The Personality of Godhead captivates both Lord BrahmA and Lord MahAdeva, or Siva, by His transcendental qualities. Therefore He is called Kezava. This opinion is given by SanAtana GosvAmI in his VaiSNava-toSaNI commentary.

    From The Teachings of Lord Caitanya

    There are innumerable four-handed manifestations in different planets and different places, and they are manifested in DvArakA and MathurA eternally. From the four principal four-handed forms (VAsudeva, SaGkarSaNa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha) there are manifest the principal twenty-four forms called vaibhava-vilAsa, and they are named differently according to the placement of different symbols (conch, mace, lotus and disc) in their hands. The four principal manifestations of KRSNa are found in each planet in the spiritual sky, and these planets are called NArAyaNaloka or VaikuNThaloka. In the VaikuNThaloka He is manifested in the four-handed form of NArAyaNa. From each NArAyaNa the forms of VAsudeva, SaGkarSaNa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are manifested. Thus NArAyaNa is the center, and the four forms of VAsudeva, SaGkarSaNa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha surround the NArAyaNa form. Each of these four forms again expand into three, and these all have different names, beginning with Kezava. These forms are twelve in all, and they are known by different names according to the placement of symbols in their hands.

    As far as the VAsudeva form is concerned, the three expansions manifested from Him are Kezava, NArAyaNa and MAdhava. The three forms of SaGkarSaNa are known as Govinda, ViSNu and SrI MadhusUdana. (It should be noted, however, that this Govinda form is not the same Govinda form that is manifested in VRndAvana as the son of Nanda MahArAja.) Similarly, Pradyumna is also divided into three forms known as Trivikrama, VAmana and SrIdhara; and the three forms of Aniruddha are known as HRSIkeza, PadmanAbha and DAmodara.

    CC Madhya 20.223-239:

    "According to the SiddhArtha-saMhitA there are twenty-four forms of Lord ViSNu. First I shall describe, according to the opinion of that book, the location of the weapons, beginning with the disc.

     

    PURPORT

    The twenty-four forms are (1) VAsudeva, (2) SaGkarSaNa, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Kezava, (6) NArAyaNa, (7) MAdhava, (8) Govinda, (9) ViSNu, (10) MadhusUdana, (11) Trivikrama, (12) VAmana, (13) SrIdhara, (14) HRSIkeza, (15) PadmanAbha, (16) DAmodara, (17) PuruSottama, (18) Acyuta, (19) NRsiMha, (20) JanArdana, (21) Hari, (22) KRSNa, (23) AdhokSaja and (24) Upendra.

     

    "In His lower right hand, Lord VAsudeva holds a club, in the upper right hand a conchshell, in the upper left hand a disc and in the lower left hand a lotus flower. In His lower right hand, SaGkarSaNa holds a club, in His upper right hand a conchshell, in His upper left hand a lotus flower and in His lower left hand a disc.

     

    "Pradyumna holds the disc, conch, club and lotus. Aniruddha holds the disc, club, conch and lotus.

     

    "Thus in the spiritual sky the expansions, headed by VAsudeva, hold weapons in Their own respective order. I am repeating the opinion of the SiddhArtha-saMhitA in describing Them.

     

    "Lord Kezava holds the lotus, conch, disc and club. Lord NArAyaNa holds the conch, lotus, club and disc.

    "Lord MAdhava holds the club, disc, conch and lotus. Lord Govinda holds the disc, club, lotus and conch.

     

    "Lord ViSNu holds the club, lotus, conch and disc. Lord MadhusUdana holds the disc, conch, lotus and club.

     

    "Lord Trivikrama holds the lotus, club, disc and conch. Lord VAmana holds the conch, disc, club and lotus.

     

    "Lord SrIdhara holds the lotus, disc, club and conch. Lord HRSIkeza holds the club, disc, lotus and conch.

     

    "Lord PadmanAbha holds the conch, lotus, disc and club. Lord DAmodara holds the lotus, disc, club and conch."Lord PuruSottama holds the disc, lotus, conch and club. Lord Acyuta holds the club, lotus, disc and conch.

     

    "Lord NRsiMha holds the disc, lotus, club and conch. Lord JanArdana holds the lotus, disc, conch and club.

     

    "SrI Hari holds the conch, disc, lotus and club. Lord SrI KRSNa holds the conch, club, lotus and disc.

     

    "Lord AdhokSaja holds the lotus, club, conch and disc. Lord Upendra holds the conch, club, disc and lotus.

     

    "According to the HayazIrSa-paJcarAtra, there are sixteen personalities. I shall now describe that opinion of how They hold the weapons.

     

    PURPORT

    The sixteen personalities are as follows: (1) VAsudeva, (2) SaGkarSaNa, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Kezava, (6) NArAyaNa, (7) MAdhava, (8) Govinda, (9) ViSNu, (10) MadhusUdana, (11) Trivikrama, (12) VAmana, (13) SrIdhara, (14) HRSIkeza, (15) PadmanAbha and (16) DAmodara.

     

    "Kezava is described differently as holding the lotus, conch, club and disc, and MAdhava is described as holding the disc, club, conch and lotus in His hands.

     

    "According to the HayazIrSa PaJcarAtra, NArAyaNa and others are also presented differently as holding the weapons in different hands.

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    Well. They each refer to Their Lordships Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu. Lord Caitanya is also called Gaura and Gauranga. And Nitai refers to Nityananda Prabhu.

     

    When I was first taught to chant japa, Krishna Katha das told me I could repeat the Panca Tattva mantra after each round when I made the turn at the head bead: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura-bhakta-vrinda.

     

    Lord Caitanya is very merciful, accepting no offences, and chanting His name immediately elevates one to the transcendental plane. I guess the idea was that if there were offences against the mahamantra, this would help keep me on track.

     

    So I added it here, for some unknown reason, perhaps because there are all varieties of seekers on the forum.

     

    But hey, don't worry about me. Weren't you going somewhere?

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    ... Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

     

    Nitai-Gaura

     

    Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

     

    Nityananda-Gauranga

     

    Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

     

    Hare Krishna ...

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    Anonymous,

     

    It is good that you worship God by His name, Allah. Say His name often. But please do not kill us because we know Him by many other names which describe His unlimited qualities and pastimes. He is the same worshipable God.

     

    The prophet Jesus knew Him by other names, and of course, we hear of the 99 names of Allah. Find Allah, the Primal causeless Person, and you will know Krishna, and the Vedas.

     

    gHari

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    <center><A HREF="http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1997_9/0026.html" TARGET=_blank><h3><font color=blue><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~jay540/a1.jpg width=360 height=283 border=0>

     

    The Color of God</h3></font></A> </center>This old usenet article describes the various colours that God exhibits in addition to His original beautiful blue cloud hue.

     

    There is an error in it for the commentaries on the Brahma Samhita are attributed to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whereas he himself had given all the credit for the superexcellent English to his master. I was pleased to see that Bhakta Shab was more attentive and got this right earlier in the thread.

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    <center><A HREF="http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1997_9/0026.html" TARGET=_blank><h3><font color=blue><img src=http://home.earthlink.net/~jay540/a1.jpg width=360 height=283 border=0>

     

    The Color of God</h3></font></A> </center>This old usenet article describes the various colours that God exhibits in addition to His original beautiful blue cloud hue.

     

    There is an error in it for the commentaries on the Brahma Samhita are attributed to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whereas he himself had given all the credit for the superexcellent English to his master. I was pleased to see that Bhakta Shab was more attentive and got this right earlier in the thread.

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