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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 233
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ वह्नये नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अग्निरूप आहे, तो वह्निः. यज्ञ, तप, तेज, शुद्धी आणि रूपांतरण या सर्वांचा आधार अग्नितत्त्व असून त्याचा अधिपती तोच आहे. मनातील मलिनता जाळून टाकणाऱ्या शुद्धीशक्तीचे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
अग्नी रूपाने हविर्भाग घेणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Vahnaye Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From vah (to carry, to bear); "The Divine Fire, the Carrier" - He is Agni (the sacred fire) in His essential form, the purifying fire that carries oblations to the gods and sustains all warmth and light.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu as Agni (fire element) and as the carrier of sacrificial offerings to gods. **Interpretation<br> Vahni has dual meanings: fire and carrier. Viṣṇu is both the sacred fire and what carries offerings upward. **Mythological Story<br> When Vedic sacrifices (yajñas) are performed, oblations offered into Agni (fire) are said to reach the gods. But who carries these offerings? The Vahni - fire as Viṣṇu's aspect. The Gītā reveals: "ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśritaḥ" (I, becoming the digestive fire in living beings' bodies). The Vahni has multiple forms: 1) Sacrificial fire (yajñāgni) carrying offerings, 2) Digestive fire (jāṭharāgni) transforming food, 3) Knowledge fire (jñānāgni) burning ignorance, 4) Time fire (kālāgni) consuming all at dissolution. When Khāṇḍava forest needed burning (to help Indra), Agni couldn't do it alone - he needed Kṛṣṇa (the Vahni Himself) to be present. This shows: all fires are aspects of the one Vahni. Fire has unique properties symbolizing Viṣṇu: rises upward (aspiring toward higher), transforms what it touches (purifying power), self-luminous (self-evident truth), requires fuel but not soiled by it (engaging world without contamination). For devotees, understanding Vahni transforms daily fire interactions: lighting a lamp becomes invoking Viṣṇu's light-aspect, cooking becomes offering to digestive Vahni, digesting food becomes Vahni-pūjā. The practice: before eating, visualize the Vahni (digestive fire) in your stomach as a sacred fire-altar, and offering food becomes yajña.