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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ स्थानदाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो प्रत्येकाला योग्य ते स्थान, अवस्था आणि फल देतो, तो स्थानदः. जीवांच्या कर्मानुसार त्यांना उचित प्राप्ती मिळवून देणारा तो न्यायी अधिपती आहे. दैवी नियोजनातील समतोल या नावातून प्रकट होतो.
अर्थ:
योग्य स्थान देणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Sthanadaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *sthaana* (place/position/state) + *da* (giver); "He Who Grants All Beings Their Rightful Place and State" - He assigns to each being its appropriate position in the cosmic order according to its nature and karma.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Sthana' (place, position, abode, status) + 'Da' (giver). Vishnu is Sthaanadah — the one who grants all positions, all places, and all status to all beings. It is Vishnu who gives Brahma his creative position, Indra his lordship of heaven, the sun its place in the sky, each soul its body and world. Without His will, no being occupies its place in the cosmic order. ** Mythological Significance The Bhagavata Purana narrates how after the Samudra Manthan (churning of the ocean), when the demons and gods received various gifts — the nectar of immortality, Lakshmi, Parijata, etc. — it was Vishnu who orchestrated the distribution. Indra regained his heaven, the gods regained their positions — all because of Vishnu's grace. The story of Dhruva is another example: Vishnu granted the young devotee the eternal position of the Pole Star — a cosmic Sthaana that endures through all yugas. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning Spiritually, Sthaanadah refers to Vishnu giving the soul its ultimate position (paramapada) in His own divine abode — Vaikuntham. The highest Sthana He grants is liberation (moksha). The Bhagavad Gita (8.21) describes this as the supreme abode: 'That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by sun or moon or fire — having gone there, they return not.' This is the greatest Sthaana that Vishnu as Sthaanadah bestows on His liberated devotees. References: Bhagavad Gita 8.21; Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.20-23 (Dhruva's position); Vishnu Purana 1.9; Rig Veda 1.22.20