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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ बृहद्रूपाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो विशाल, विराट आणि अवाढव्य रूपधारी आहे, तो बृहद्रूपः. त्याच्या विश्वरूपात सर्व लोक, जीव आणि दिशा सामावलेल्या आहेत. विराटतेच्या अनुभूतीने जीवाला स्वतःची मर्यादा समजते.
अर्थ:
ज्याचे रूप महाविशाल आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Brihadrupaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From brihad (vast, immense) + roopa (form); "He of Immeasurably Vast Form" - the Cosmic Form (Vishvaroopa) that encompasses all of existence.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> The Viśvarūpa (universal form) shown to Arjuna demonstrates Bṛhadrūpa nature. **Interpretation<br> Bṛhat means vast, immense, great; rūpa means form. Bṛhadrūpa has cosmic magnitude. **Mythological Story<br> When Kṛṣṇa revealed Viśvarūpa to Arjuna, the Bṛhadrūpa manifested: "divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā, yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ" (If the light of a thousand suns were to blaze forth all at once in the sky, that might resemble the radiance of that exalted Being). The Bṛhadrūpa contained: all beings (past, present, future), all worlds (material and spiritual), all time (eternity visible simultaneously), all space (infinite expanse), all possibilities (everything that is, was, or could be). This wasn't metaphor but literal cosmic form! When Vāmana grew to Trivikrama, the Bṛhadrūpa expanded from dwarf to covering universe in two steps. Brahmā flying upward for thousands of years couldn't find the top of the Bṛhadrūpa. The teaching: while Viṣṇu graciously appears in accessible forms (baby Kṛṣṇa, charioteer), His true Bṛhadrūpa exceeds all imagination. For devotees, contemplating Bṛhadrūpa brings: humility (we're infinitesimal within infinite form), wonder (the vastness is awe-inspiring), and security (we're held within that protective vastness). The practice: meditation - visualize yourself as tiny point of light within the Bṛhadrūpa's infinite cosmic body. Feel simultaneously small (humility) and safe (held within vastness).