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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ वृद्धात्मने नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अत्यंत प्राचीन आणि सनातन आत्मस्वरूपाचा आहे, तो वृद्धात्मा. सर्व काळांपूर्वीही तोच होता आणि सर्वांनंतरही तोच राहील. प्राचीनता आणि नित्यत्व यांचे एकत्र दर्शन या नावात होते.
अर्थ:
जो अत्यंत प्राचीन आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Vriddhatmane Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *vriddha* (ancient, grown, exalted) + *atma* (self); "He Whose Self Is Ancient and Exalted Beyond All" - the most ancient of ancient beings, His self having existed before time itself began.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu's ātman is the oldest - existing before time itself began. **Interpretation<br> Vṛddha means old, ancient, grown; ātmā means self, soul. Vṛddhātmā is the most ancient Self. **Mythological Story<br> How old is the Vṛddhātmā? Before the first creation, the Vṛddhātmā already existed! The Puruṣa Sūkta describes: "sa bhūmim̐ viśvato vṛtvā" (having pervaded the universe in all directions). When? Before time existed! The Vṛddhātmā is not old in the sense of being aged/decrepit but old in the sense of being primordial/original. Every other being has a beginning - even Brahmā (creator) was born from lotus. But the Vṛddhātmā has no beginning - He is anādi (beginningless). When sages speak of purāṇas (ancient stories), how ancient? Millions of years old. But the Vṛddhātmā existed before those events occurred! He's older than the oldest stories, more ancient than the most ancient scriptures, more primordial than the first moment of creation. Yet paradoxically, the Vṛddhātmā is also eternally young (nitya-yauvana) - ancient without decay! For devotees, the Vṛddhātmā teaches: your true Self (ātman) is not the young or aging body-mind but the ancient Vṛddhātmā's own nature - beginningless, ageless consciousness. The practice: meditation - "This body is 30, 50, or 80 years old. But I (the witness) am the Vṛddhātmā - ageless awareness that existed before this body's birth and will exist after its death."