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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ गहनाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अतिशय गूढ, अगम्य आणि गहन आहे, तो गहनः. त्याचे तत्त्व साध्या बुद्धीला सहज समजत नाही; त्यासाठी अंतर्मुखता आवश्यक असते. अनंतता आणि सूक्ष्मता यांमुळे त्याचे स्वरूप अत्यंत गूढ आहे.
अर्थ:
ज्याचे स्वरूप समजण्यास कठीण आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Gahanaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *gahana* (deep, impenetrable, unfathomable); "The Utterly Unfathomable One" - His depths cannot be plumbed by any being; He is more mysterious and impenetrable than the deepest ocean or the densest forest.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Gahana' means deep, dense, impenetrable, unfathomable. Vishnu is Gahanah — He whose nature, depths, and divine mystery cannot be fully grasped by the finite human intellect. Even the greatest sages and scriptures approach His nature only partially. He is like an infinite ocean — the more you enter, the deeper it becomes. ** Mythological Significance When Lord Vishnu showed His Vishwarupa (Universal Form) to Arjuna (Gita Ch. 11), Arjuna could not sustain the vision — it was too vast, too inscrutable, too overwhelming. He begged Vishnu to return to His gentle four-armed form. The Bhagavata Purana narrates how even Brahma, who emerged from Vishnu's navellotus, could not comprehend Vishnu's full nature. After trying to fathom His depths, Brahma offered prayers acknowledging his own inability to understand the inscrutable Lord. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning The Kena Upanishad famously says: 'That which is not thought by the mind but by which the mind thinks — know That alone as Brahman.' Vishnu as Gahanah is beyond all mental categories, beyond all concepts. The Neti-Neti ('not this, not this') method of Vedanta is the only approach to this unfathomable depth. The Bhagavad Gita confirms: 'Neither the gods nor the great sages know My origin' — He remains eternally Gahanah, even to the highest beings. References: Bhagavad Gita 10.2; Kena Upanishad 1.3-9; Srimad Bhagavatam 10.87 (Shrutigita prayers); Vishnu Purana 6.7