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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ हिरण्यगर्भाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सृष्टीचा तेजस्वी गर्भ आणि आद्य बीजरूप आहे, तो हिरण्यगर्भः. सर्व विश्वप्रकटीकरण त्याच्या सूक्ष्म तेजस्वी बीजातून उगम पावते. निर्मितीच्या आदिचैतन्याचा हा अतिशय महत्त्वाचा भाव आहे.
अर्थ:
ब्रह्मांडाचे सुवर्ण केंद्र.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Hiranyagarbhaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Repeated from name 70; "The Golden Womb" - appearing again, this name deepens the understanding of His role as the cosmic creative intelligence from which all of existence hatches like a golden egg.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Hiranya' means gold (the color of divine light and wisdom). 'Garbha' means womb, embryo, interior. Vishnu is Hiranyagarbhah — the Golden Womb of creation, the cosmic intelligence (Mahat-tattva) that contains the seed of all universes within itself. Before the visible universe manifests, it exists as a divine potential within the luminous Hiranyagarbha — the first cosmic expression of Vishnu. ** Mythological Significance The Rig Veda's Hiranyagarbha Sukta (10.121) is the most ancient hymn about this name: 'Hiranyagarbhah samavartatagre — In the beginning was the Golden Womb.' This womb or cosmic egg (Brahmanda) floated on the primordial waters for a divine year, then split — its upper half became the sky, its lower half became the earth. Brahma was born from within this golden egg, which is why he is called Hiranyagarbha. But Vishnu is the source of this golden egg — He is the greater Hiranyagarbha. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning In Yoga philosophy, Hiranyagarbha is the subtle body of the entire cosmos — the sum total of all individual subtle bodies (sukshma shariras). Vishnu as Hiranyagarbha is the cosmic Taijasa (dream-state consciousness) — the luminous intelligence that holds the universe as a dream within itself. The practice of Hiranyagarbha dhyana (meditation on the golden luminous Self) leads the meditator from individual consciousness to cosmic consciousness — from Jiva to Vishnu. References: Rig Veda 10.121 (Hiranyagarbha Sukta); Srimad Bhagavatam 3.8-9; Bhagavad Gita 14.4; Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1