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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 153
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ प्रांशवे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो उन्नत, विशाल आणि महान स्वरूप धारण करणारा आहे, तो प्रांशुः. वामनरूपातून विराट त्रिविक्रम झालेल्या परमेश्वराची आठवण हे नाव करून देते. लघुत्वात लपलेले विराटत्व ही त्याचीच लीला आहे.
अर्थ:
प्रथम, सुरुवातीचा, आद्य.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Pramshave Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *pramshu* (tall, lofty, elevated); "The Supremely Tall and Lofty One" — contrasting beautifully with the previous name Vamana (dwarf), this shows He is both the smallest and the tallest, encompassing all dimensions
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Complement to Vāmanaḥ (152)<br> The placement of Prāṃśuḥ immediately after Vāmanaḥ is one of the Sahasranāma's most profound theological juxtapositions. Vāmana = the Dwarf (apparently small, humble). Prāṃśuḥ = the Lofty (supremely tall, elevated). Together they declare: the same Lord who appeared as a dwarf IS the one of supreme cosmic stature. The Trivikrama expansion — from Vāmana to the cosmic form that measured all the worlds — is the mythological narrative of this theological truth: the Dwarf and the Lofty One are the same Being. **Deeper meaning<br> Prāṃśuḥ also means "supremely elevated" in a spiritual sense — He who is at the very pinnacle of all existence, the highest of the high, the summit of the cosmic hierarchy. No being in any world looks down upon Viṣṇu — He is always the highest, always the loftiest, always ‘prāṃśu’.