Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Hrishikesha

हृषीकेश · hṛṣīkeśa

Lord of the senses

The narrator's name for Krishna as charioteer. In the old image the senses are horses and the chariot is the body, so the master of the senses is holding the reins.

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Bhagavad Gita 1.15 · Bhagavad Gita 1.21 · Bhagavad Gita 1.24 · Bhagavad Gita 2.9 · Bhagavad Gita 2.10 · Bhagavad Gita 11.36 · Bhagavad Gita 18.1