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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ जगतहेतवे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो संसारसागरातून पार नेणारा सेतू आहे, तो जगतः सेतुः. तो विभक्ततेला जोडतो, अस्थिरतेतून स्थैर्याकडे नेतो आणि मोक्षमार्ग खुला करतो. जीव आणि परमसत्य यांतील दुवा म्हणून हे नाव अत्यंत महत्त्वाचे आहे.
अर्थ:
जगाला तारून नेणारा पूल.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Jagatahetave Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From jagat (world/universe) + setu (bridge); "The Bridge Across the World" - He Who connects the mortal to the immortal, the finite to the infinite.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu connects heaven and earth, spiritual and material, divine and human. **Interpretation<br> Jagat means world; setu means bridge, causeway, connection. The cosmic connector. **Mythological Story<br> The most famous setu (bridge) is Rāma-setu (Adam's Bridge) built across ocean to Lanka. But who enabled its construction? Rāma (Viṣṇu's avatāra) as Jagataḥ-setu! That physical bridge symbolized Viṣṇu's role as cosmic bridge: connecting mortal (vānara army) with immortal (Rāma's divinity), connecting dharma's restoration (killing Rāvaṇa) with cosmic order. More profoundly, the Jagataḥ-setu bridges: earth and heaven (bringing divine down, lifting humans up), matter and spirit (consciousness in matter), jīva and Brahman (individual and universal). Without this bridge, the two realms would remain separate, unreachable. For devotees, Viṣṇu as Jagataḥ-setu is crucial: we cannot cross the "ocean" of saṁsāra through own effort alone (too vast, too deep). We need the Jagataḥ-setu - divine grace building the bridge we can cross. The practice: during meditation, visualize yourself standing on material shore of saṁsāra (worldly life), seeing spiritual shore of mokṣa (liberation) far across turbulent waters. The Jagataḥ-setu (Viṣṇu) extends as bridge. Walk that bridge through devotion, each step moving from material to spiritual.