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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ विश्वभुजे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो संपूर्ण विश्वाचे पालनपोषण करणारा आहे, तो विश्वभुक्. तो सर्वांना जीवन, अन्न, साधने आणि रक्षण देतो. विश्वातील प्रत्येक गोष्टीला आवश्यक पोषण देणारा हा दैवी पालनकर्ता आहे.
अर्थ:
जगाचा सांभाळ (आणि संहार) करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Vishvabhuje Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From vishva + bhuk (enjoyer, consumer, experiencer); "He Who Experiences and Consumes the Universe" - the ultimate experiencer for whom the entire cosmos exists as an object of divine awareness and enjoyment.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Bhagavad Gītā 5.29 - "bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasām" (the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities). **Interpretation<br> Viśva means universe; bhuk means enjoyer, consumer, experiencer. Viśvabhuk experiences all that exists. **Mythological Story<br> The profound teaching: when "you" enjoy food, who truly enjoys? The Viśvabhuk experiencing through your taste-buds. When you enjoy music, the Viśvabhuk hears through your ears. When you enjoy beauty, the Viśvabhuk sees through your eyes. The Gītā reveals: "ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśritaḥ" (I, becoming the digestive fire in living beings' bodies). The Viśvabhuk doesn't just enable your enjoyment - He IS the actual enjoyer, experiencing through infinite forms simultaneously. This creates a beautiful paradox: we think "I enjoy," creating ego-ownership and inevitable disappointment (pleasure fades, becomes pain). But when recognized as the Viśvabhuk enjoying through us, enjoyment transforms into worship - offering experiences back to the true enjoyer. When Kṛṣṇa's devotees offered Him food, they weren't feeding someone who needs food but recognizing: "You're the actual enjoyer; we're instruments of enjoyment." For devotees, this teaching liberates: stop claiming ownership of experiences ("my pleasure," "my pain") and recognize - the Viśvabhuk experiences through this body-mind. The practice: before eating, offer food mentally: "O Viśvabhuk, enjoy this through my senses." Then eating becomes sacred act, not ego-gratification.