# Cc. Madhya 20.237 ## Text > hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātre kahe ṣola-jana > tāra mate kahi ebe cakrādi-dhāraṇa ## Synonyms *hayaśīrṣa*-*pañcarātre*—the revealed scripture named the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra; *kahe*—says; *ṣola*-*jana*—sixteen personalities; *tāra* *mate*—according to this opinion; *kahi*—I shall describe; *ebe*—now; *cakra*-*ādi*-*dhāraṇa*—the holding of weapons, beginning with the disc. ## Translation **"According to the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra, there are sixteen personalities. I shall now describe that opinion of how They hold the weapons.** ## Purport The sixteen personalities are as follows: (1) Vāsudeva, (2) Saṅkarṣaṇa, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Keśava, (6) Nārāyaṇa, (7) Mādhava, (B) Govinda, (9) Viṣṇu, (10) Madhusūdana, (11) Trivikrama, (12) Vāmana, (13) Śrīdhara, (14) Hṛṣīkeśa, (15) Padmanābha, (16) Dāmodara.