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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 143
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ भोक्त्रे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सर्व अर्पणांचा, यज्ञांचा आणि भक्तिभावाचा स्वीकारकर्ता आहे, तो भोक्ता. भक्त प्रेमाने अर्पण केलेले तो सहज स्वीकारतो. कर्मफळांचा साक्षी आणि यज्ञफळांचा परम भोक्ता तोच आहे.
अर्थ:
अनुभवांचा आस्वाद घेणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Bhoktre Namah।
Simple Meaning:
- From *bhuj* (to eat, to experience, to enjoy); "The Supreme Enjoyer and Experiencer" — in the ultimate sense, He is the only true enjoyer; all experience in creation is ultimately His experience
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Gītā (5.29)<br> ‘"Bhoktāraṃ yajña-tapasāṃ sarva-loka-maheśvaram / suhṛdaṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntim ṛcchati"‘ — "Knowing Me as the Enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all worlds, the friend of all beings — one attains peace." This is the Gītā's most direct commentary on this name. Viṣṇu as Bhoktā is the supreme Experiencer of all existence — not in a selfish or consuming sense but in the sense that all of creation is His ‘līlā’ (divine play), all of which He experiences with infinite delight. **The paradox of divine enjoyment<br> The Lord as Bhoktā enjoys everything — beauty, devotion, sacrifice, the love of His devotees — while remaining untouched by need or desire. His enjoyment is not born of lack (as human enjoyment is) but is the natural expression of infinite bliss overflowing. This is the difference between ‘bhoktṛtva’ (the quality of being an enjoyer) in a bound being (who enjoys because they need) and in the Lord (who enjoys because He IS joy).