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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ अधोक्षजाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो इंद्रियांच्या आवाक्यापलीकडे असूनही सत्यस्वरूपाने विद्यमान आहे, तो अधोक्षजः. स्थूल ज्ञानाने न कळणारे पण अनुभूतीने जाणवणारे त्याचे तत्त्व अतिशय सूक्ष्म आहे. इंद्रियज्ञानाला नमवून आत्मज्ञान देणारे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
जो इंद्रियांना कळत नाही.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Adhokshajaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *adha* (below) + *aksha* (the senses/axle) + *ja* (born/beyond); "He Who Is Beyond the Perception of the Senses" - the senses fall short (*adha*) of grasping Him; He exists in a dimension that no sensory organ can access.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Adhas' (below, lesser, inferior) + 'Aksha' (eye, sense organ) + 'Ja' (born of, arising from). Vishnu is Adhokshajah — He who cannot be perceived by the downwarddirected senses, who transcends all sensory knowledge. The senses move outward and downward (Adhas) — they grasp objects, colors, sounds, tastes. But Vishnu lies beyond (Adhi — above) the range of all sensory organs. He is known only through grace, inner vision, and the purified intellect. ** Mythological Significance The Bhagavata Purana (1.1.1) begins with a profound salutation: 'Janmadyasya yatah — He from whom all creation springs — He who is Adhokshaja.' The name specifically appears to address the question: 'Why don't we see God?' The answer is — because He is Adhokshaja — beyond the reach of our downward-pointing senses. The stories of great devotees who attained His darshana always involve a transcendence of ordinary sensory experience through meditation, deep love, or grace. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning The Kena Upanishad asks: 'What cannot be seen by the eye, but by which the eye sees — know That as Brahman, not what people worship here.' This is Adhokshajah — the one who enables all perception without being an object of perception. The Vedantic approach of 'Drashta-Drishya viveka' (discrimination between the Seer and the seen) is the practice that leads toward Adhokshaja — when the practitioner discovers the Seer behind all seeing, that is the experience of Vishnu as Adhokshajah. References: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1; Kena Upanishad 1.3-9; Bhagavad Gita 7.24-25; Vishnu Purana 6.7