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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ वीरघ्ने नमः।
विवेचन:
जो पराक्रमी दुष्टांचा नाश करतो, तो वीरहा. अहंकार, अत्याचार आणि दुराग्रह यांचा अंत करून तो धर्माचे रक्षण करतो. त्याची शक्ती केवळ युद्धात नव्हे, तर अधर्मनाशात प्रकट होते.
अर्थ:
अधर्मी वीरांचा नाश करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Viraghne Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *veera* (hero, mighty one) + *haa* (slayer); "He Who Slays the Great Heroes of Evil" — the destroyer of mighty demonic heroes; no power of evil, however great, can withstand Him.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Two interpretations<br> (1) ‘Vīrahā’ as destroyer of demon-heroes: Viṣṇu is the slayer of the mightiest cosmic opponents — Hiraṇyākṣa, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Rāvaṇa, Kaṃsa, Narakāsura, Mahābali — beings of immense power and courage who had turned their heroism against dharma. His destruction of these ‘vīras’ is not merely combat but cosmic surgery — removing the most potent concentrations of adharmic energy from the cosmic body. (2) ‘Vīrahā’ as remover of the inner hero-ego: At the psychological level, the "vīra" that Viṣṇu destroys is the soul's own inflated sense of self-sufficiency — the heroic ego that imagines it can conquer existence on its own terms, without surrendering to the Lord. This inner demon is the subtlest and most deeply rooted of all — and Viṣṇu as Vīrahā dissolves it through the gift of grace and surrender.