War · Departure · XIX. Avatāra Synthesis · Draupadī

Verse 163

अमेयात्मा जगत्स्वामी वाग्मी चैद्यशिरोहरः ।द्रौपदीरचितस्तोत्रः केशवः पुरुषोत्तमः॥

amēyātmā jagatsvāmī vāgmī chaidyaśirōharaḥ ·draupadīrachitastōtraḥ kēśavaḥ puruṣōttamaḥ

The Names in This Verse (7)

774 ameyātmā

of immeasurable Self

775 jagatsvāmī

lord of the universe

776 vāgmī

the eloquent — he whose speech is the Veda itself

777 caidyaśiroharaḥ

who removed the head of the Caidya (Śiśupāla)

778 draupadīracitastotrah

he for whom Draupadī composed her stuti

779 keśavaḥ

Keśava — he who slew the demon Keśin

First of Draupadī's 24 names

S.B.G 10.37.1-16

Keśava ('slayer of the horse-demon Keśī' or 'lord of beautiful hair') is explicitly earned by killing Keśī; Nārada visits immediately after to confirm this achievement as the prelude to Kaṃsa's death.

780 puruṣottamaḥ

the highest Puruṣa, supreme Person

Second of Draupadī's 24 names

B.G 15.18

The fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā culminates in the title 'Puruṣottama'—the Supreme Person who transcends both the perishable world and the imperishable Brahman; Kṛṣṇa identifies himself as this.