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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 323
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ अपां निधये नमः।
विवेचन:
जो जलाचा अथांग साठा, समुद्रासारखा महान आश्रय आहे, तो अपांनिधिः. जीवनाचे मूळ घटक असलेले जलही त्याच्या अधीन आहे. गांभीर्य, आधार आणि पोषणशक्ती यांचे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
जलाचा साठा (समुद्र).
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Apam Nidhaye Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *apaam* (of the waters) + *nidhi* (treasure/treasury); "The Treasure-House of All the Cosmic Waters" - the divine source from which all waters - cosmic, celestial, and earthly - flow; the primordial ocean in its essence.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu reclines on the cosmic ocean, which is also His own form. **Interpretation<br> Apām means of waters; nidhi means treasure, repository, ocean. Apāṁ-nidhi is the water-reservoir. **Mythological Story<br> Water symbolism is profound in Viṣṇu theology: The cosmic ocean (Kṣīrasāgara) upon which Viṣṇu reclines isn't separate from Him - it IS Him! The Apāṁ-nidhi is both the ocean and the one reclining on it. When Samudra Manthana occurred (ocean-churning), what was churned? The Apāṁ-nidhi's body! All treasures emerging (Lakṣmī, Kaustubha, Uccaiḥśravas, etc.) were the Apāṁ-nidhi's wealth being distributed. When Gaṅgā descended from heaven, flowing from Viṣṇu's feet, she's the Apāṁ-nidhi's grace flowing downward to purify earth. All waters - oceans, rivers, lakes, rain, wells, even water in your glass - are the Apāṁ-nidhi in distributed form. Water's unique properties reflect the Apāṁ-nidhi: formless (adapts to any container), life-giving (nothing lives without water), purifying (washes away dirt), universal solvent (dissolves most substances). For devotees, this teaching transforms water-interaction: bathing becomes immersion in the Apāṁ-nidhi, drinking becomes consuming the Apāṁ-nidhi, swimming becomes playing in the Apāṁ-nidhi. The practice: before drinking water, pause briefly - "I'm about to drink the Apāṁ-nidhi (Viṣṇu in liquid form). May it purify me internally as it quenches physical thirst."