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Sri Ketu Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Sri Ketu Ashtottara Shatanamavali
  1. Om Ketave Namah
  2. Om Sthoolashirase Namah
  3. Om Shiromaatraaya Namah
  4. Om Dhvajaakritaye Namah
  5. Om Navamagrahaaya Namah
  6. Om Simhaakaasureesambhootaaya Namah
  7. Om Mahaabheetikaraaya Namah
  8. Om Chatravarnaaya Namah
  9. Om Pingalaakshaya Namah
  10. Om Saphaladhoomrasankaashaaya Namah ||10||
  11. Om Teekshanadamshtraaya Namah
  12. Om Mahaarogaaya Namah
  13. Om Raktanetraaya Namah
  14. Om Chitrakaarine Namah
  15. Om Teevrakopaaya Namah
  16. Om Mahaasuraaya Namah
  17. Om Krodhanidhaye Namah
  18. Om Paapakantakaaya Namah
  19. Om Chhaayaagrahaaya Namah
  20. Om Antyagrahaaya Namah ||20||
  21. Om Mahaasheershaayanamah
  22. Om Sooryaaraye Namah
  23. Om Pushpavadgraahine Namah
  24. Om Varadahastaaya Namah
  25. Om Gadaapaanaye Namah
  26. Om Chitrashubhradharaaya Namah
  27. Om Chitrarathaaya Namah
  28. Om Chitradhvajapataakaaya Namah
  29. Om Kulutthabhakshakaaya Namah
  30. Om Vaidooryaabharanaaya Namah ||30||
  31. Om Utpaatajanakaaya Namah
  32. Om Shikhinendakaaya Namah
  33. Om Shukamitraaya Namah
  34. Om Mandasakhaaya Namah
  35. Om Antarvedeeshvaraaya Namah
  36. Om Jaimineegotrajaaya Namah
  37. Om Chitraguptaatmane Namah
  38. Om Dakshinaabhimukhaaya Namah
  39. Om Ghanavarnaaya Namah
  40. Om Ghoraaya Namah ||40||
  41. Om Mukundavarapradaaya Namah
  42. Om Mahaasurakulodbhavaaya Namah
  43. Om Lambadehaaya Namah
  44. Om Shikhine Namah
  45. Om Utpaataroopadharaaya Namah
  46. Om Mrityuputraaya Namah
  47. Om Kaalaagnisannibhaaya Namah
  48. Om Narapeethakaaya Namah
  49. Om Sarvopadravakaarakaaya Namah
  50. Om Vyaadhinaashakaraaya Namah ||50||
  51. Om Analaaya Namah
  52. Om Grahanakaarine Namah
  53. Om Chitraprasootaaya Namah
  54. Om Adrishyaaya Namah
  55. Om Apasavyaprachaarine Namah
  56. Om Navamepaadaaya Namah
  57. Om Uparaagagocharaaya Namah
  58. Om Panchameshokadaaya Namah
  59. Om Purushakarmane Namah
  60. Om Tureeyasthesukhapradaaya Namah ||60||
  61. Om Triteeyevairadaaya Namah
  62. Om Paapagrahaaya Namah
  63. Om Spotakaarakaaya Namah
  64. Om Praananaathaaya Namah
  65. Om Panchameshramakaraaya Namah
  66. Om Dviteeyesphrutavatrpadaaya Namah
  67. Om Vishaakulita Vaktraaya Namah
  68. Om Kaamaroopine Namah
  69. Om Chaturthemaatrinaashakaaya Namah
  70. Om Navamepitrinaashakaaya Namah ||70||
  71. Om Antevairapradaaya Namah
  72. Om Simhadamshaaya Namah
  73. Om Satye Anritavate Namah
  74. Om Sutaanandanabandhakaaya Namah
  75. Om Sarpaakshijaataaya Namah
  76. Om Karmaraashyudbhavaaya Namah
  77. Om Upaantekeertidaaya Namah
  78. Om Saptamekalahapradaaya Namah
  79. Om Oordhvamoordajaaya Namah
  80. Om Anangaaya Namah ||80||
  81. Om Ashtamevyaadhikartre Namah
  82. Om Dhanebahusukhapradaaya Namah
  83. Om Jananerogadaaya Namah
  84. Om Grihottamsaaya Namah
  85. Om Asheshajanapoojitaaya Namah
  86. Om Paapadrishtaye Namah
  87. Om Khecharaaya Namah
  88. Om Shaambhavaaya Namah
  89. Om Nataaya Namah
  90. Om Shaashvataaya Namah ||90||
  91. Om Shubhaashubhaphalapradaaya Namah
  92. Om Sudhaapaayine Namah
  93. Om Dhoomraaya Namah
  94. Om Simhaasanaaya Namah
  95. Om Raveendudyutishamanaaya Namah
  96. Om Ajitaaya Namah
  97. Om Vichitrakapolasyandanaaya Namah
  98. Om Bhaktavatsalaaya Namah
  99. Om Karaalavadanaaya Namah
  100. Om Raktalochanaaya Namah ||100||
  101. Om Pingalaakshaaya Namah
  102. Om Vidaahakaaya Namah
  103. Om Bhaktarakshakaaya Namah
  104. Om Bhaktaabheeshtaphalapradaaya Namah
  105. Om Ketumoortaye Namah
  106. Om Kapilaakshaaya Namah
  107. Om Kaalaagnisannibhaaya Namah
  108. Om Himagarbhaaya Namah ||108||

|| Iti Shree Ketu Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali Samaptaha ||

Meaning

Ketu Ashtottara Shatanamavali gives the 108 names of Ketu, ninth and last in the navagraha list. It opens Om Ketave Namah, Om Sthulashirase Namah, Om Dhvajakrutaye Namah. That third name is the one to hold on to: dhvaja is a banner and akriti is form, so Ketu is being called the one shaped like a flag. He is the southern lunar node, a chaya graha with no body of his own.

Significance

The word ketu is older than the graha. In early Sanskrit it means a banner, a bright sign, a comet, anything that appears in the sky and is read as a mark. Dhvajakruti keeps that older sense alive inside the namavali, which is why the flag turns up in his iconography and on temple banners rather than as a later decoration. The Puranic half of the story is the other one: when Vishnu severed Svarbhanu after he drank the amrita, the head became Rahu and the trunk became Ketu, so the two are halves of one asura and sit permanently opposite each other in the chart, one hundred and eighty degrees apart. Jyotisha then reads Ketu as moksha karaka, the graha of detachment, of endings, of what a person is finished with rather than what they are chasing. That last reading belongs to jyotisha, not to the Puranas, and it is worth keeping the two apart. In the Vimshottari scheme Ketu holds Ashwini, Magha and Mula, and his dasha runs seven years. Tradition holds that Ketu is approached calmly. The names do not ask him to go away; they name him for what he is.

How and when to chant

Ketu is almost always recited with Rahu, and the reason is that the two nodes are a single axis, so parihara for one alone is considered incomplete. Tuesday is the common day, and rahu kala on the chosen day is the usual window. Light a lamp, keep a coconut, dark cloth and dark flowers. Where families follow the navagraha grain correspondences, horse gram, huruli in Kannada, is the grain given to Ketu. Some temples take a small flag or dhvaja as the offering, following the meaning of his name. For those who travel for navagraha parihara, Keezhperumpallam in Tamil Nadu is the Ketu sthala and is normally visited on the same trip as Thirunageswaram for Rahu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Ketu in the navagraha?
Ketu is the southern lunar node, the ninth and last of the navagraha and one of the two chaya grahas. He has no physical body. In the Puranic account he is the trunk of the asura Svarbhanu, left behind when Vishnu severed the head that became Rahu after the amrita had already been drunk.
What does Dhvajakruti mean and why is Ketu shown as a banner?
Dhvaja is a banner and akriti is form, so Dhvajakruti means the one shaped like a flag. The word ketu itself meant banner, bright sign or comet in older Sanskrit, long before it named a graha. The flag in his iconography comes from the name, not the other way round.
When should the Ketu namavali be recited?
Tuesday is the common day, and rahu kala on that day is the usual window since Rahu and Ketu are worked together. Check the day panchanga, because rahu kala shifts hour by weekday. Some households keep it on eclipse days as well, when both nodes are in view.
Should Rahu and Ketu be recited together?
Usually yes. They are the two ends of one axis and are always exactly opposite each other in a chart, so tradition treats parihara for one alone as incomplete. Temple parihara is done for the pair too. Reciting the Rahu namavali and then the Ketu namavali in one sitting is the ordinary practice.
Which nakshatras belong to Ketu and how long is his dasha?
In the Vimshottari scheme Ketu holds Ashwini, Magha and Mula, and the Ketu mahadasha runs seven years, the shortest of the nine. People often take up this namavali when a Ketu dasha or bhukti is running. What that period means for your chart is a jyotishi question, not a stotra one.
What is offered to Ketu?
A lamp, a coconut, dark cloth and dark flowers are the common set. Where families follow navagraha grain correspondences, horse gram, huruli in Kannada, is Ketu's grain. Some temples accept a small flag as an offering, following the meaning of his name. The lamp and the 108 names are the part that is never skipped.
Is Ketu an inauspicious graha?
Tradition is more careful than that. Jyotisha calls Ketu moksha karaka, the graha of detachment and of things coming to an end, which is uncomfortable rather than simply bad. The namavali does not ask him to leave; it names him. Treating any graha as an enemy is not how the navagraha texts approach them.
Can the Ketu namavali be recited at home without a priest?
Yes. It is a list of names framed with Om and namah, so no initiation is needed and anyone in the household can recite it. A purohit is called for a navagraha homa or a temple archana with sankalpa in the family name. For daily or weekly recitation at home, a lamp and the names are enough.

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