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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 388
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ ध्रुवाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अढळ, स्थिर आणि नित्य सत्य आहे, तो ध्रुवः. जगातील सर्व परिवर्तनांमध्येही त्याचे अस्तित्व अविचल राहते. विश्वास, स्थैर्य आणि नित्यत्व यांचा हा महान आधार आहे.
अर्थ:
सदैव अचल असणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Dhruvaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *dhruva* (the fixed, the immovable, the Pole Star); "The Immovable Pole Star of Existence" - like Dhruva the Pole Star around which all stars revolve, He is the fixed cosmic center around which all of creation turns.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Dhruva' means fixed, steady, permanent, immovable — the Pole Star (Dhruva Tara) is named for this quality. Vishnu is Dhruvah — He who is absolutely unchanging while all creation revolves around Him. Amid the endless flux of birth, death, creation, and dissolution, Vishnu alone remains constant — the eternal, immovable Ground of Being. ** Mythological Significance The story of Dhruva in the Bhagavata Purana carries a beautiful irony: the young boy Dhruva, whose name means 'fixed,' went to the forest to find and hold onto Vishnu. After intense penance, Vishnu granted Dhruva His darshan and then declared: 'Go and rule your kingdom; at the end of your life I shall give you a position more fixed than all — you shall be the Pole Star.' Dhruva became Dhruva Tara — because he held onto Dhruva (Vishnu), the Unchanging. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning Philosophically, Vishnu as Dhruvah is the Kutastha — the anvil upon which all change occurs, yet which itself never changes. The Gita (15.17) speaks of the Purushottama — beyond the perishable (Kshara) and the imperishable (Akshara) — who is the true Dhruva. All yogic practice aims at discovering this inner Dhruvah — the unchanging Self behind the constantly changing body, mind, and ego. The Pole Star of consciousness. References: Bhagavad Gita 15.16-18; Srimad Bhagavatam 4.8-9 (Dhruva story); Katha Upanishad 2.2.13; Vishnu Purana 4.9