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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 168
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ मधवे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो मधाप्रमाणे गोड, सुखद आणि हृदयाला प्रिय वाटतो, तो मधुः. त्याचे नाम, रूप, लीला आणि स्मरण भक्तांना अमृततुल्य अनुभव देतात. परम करुणा आणि प्रेममाधुर्याचे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
मधासारखा मधुर.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Madhave Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *madhu* (honey, sweetness, the spring); "He Who Is Sweetness Itself" — His presence, His grace, His love are sweeter than all honey; contact with Him fills the soul with divine sweetness
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Madhu* means honey, sweetness, or anything delightful. Vishnu as Madhu is the supreme sweetness — the divine bliss (*ananda*) that is the innermost nature of Brahman. All sweetness in the world — the taste of honey, the joy of love, the beauty of music — are faint reflections of His infinite sweetness. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The Taittiriya Upanishad (2.7): *"Raso vai sah"* — "Verily He is rasa (sweetness/essence)." And: *"Esha hy eva anandayati"* — "He alone makes one joyful." This rasa, this sweetness, is Madhu — Vishnu as the divine nectar. The term *Madhava* (another name of Vishnu/Krishna) comes from this root — He who is the bearer of divine sweetness. **Puranic Reference<br> In the Bhagavata Purana, the devotional relationship with Krishna (Vishnu) — particularly the *madhurya bhava* (the devotional mood of sweetness/divine love) — is the highest form of devotion. Radha and the Gopis are said to experience Vishnu's Madhu quality most intensely — intoxicated by the divine sweetness that Krishna embodies.