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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 418
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ कालाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो काळस्वरूप आहे आणि सर्वांना योग्य वेळी योग्य परिणाम देतो, तो कालः. उत्पत्ती, वाढ, क्षय आणि अंत या सर्वच प्रक्रियांवर त्याचे अधिपत्य असते. न्याय, परिवर्तन आणि अनिवार्य सत्य यांचे हे अत्यंत गूढ स्वरूप आहे.
अर्थ:
काळाचाही काळ.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Kalaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Directly, "He Who Is Time Itself" - all time is His body; past, present, and future are but moments within His infinite being; He is the master of all time and ultimately beyond all time.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Kaala' has multiple profound meanings: time, the black one (the devourer), death, Yama (lord of death), and the absolute (beyond time). Vishnu is Kaalah — He who is the master of all time, who exists beyond time while containing all time within Himself, and who devours all of creation through the jaws of time. He is both the creator of time and the one who will ultimately consume all that time has created. ** Mythological Significance In the Bhagavad Gita's most awe-inspiring moment, when Arjuna sees the Vishwarupa (universal form), Krishna declares: 'Kaalo'smi loka-kshayakrit — I am Time, the destroyer of all worlds.' All the warriors on the battlefield — Drona, Bhishma, Karna — are already consumed in the jaws of Time (Vishnu). Time is shown as mouths swallowing warriors as rivers rush into the ocean. This is the supreme mythological expression of Vishnu as Kaalah. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning The Upanishads distinguish between Kaal-atita Brahman (Brahman beyond time) and Kaal-swaroop Brahman (Brahman as time). Vishnu encompasses both: as the transcendent Absolute, He is Mahakaal (beyond time); as the manifest cosmos, He IS time. The Bhagavata Purana's brilliant cosmology describes Vishnu as the Paramatma who, by His mere glance, sets time in motion at the beginning of each cosmic cycle. Liberation is ultimately liberation from Kaal — and only Vishnu as the master of Kaala can grant that. References: Bhagavad Gita 11.32; Srimad Bhagavatam 3.10.11; Vishnu Purana 1.2; Atharvaveda 19.53 (Kala Sukta)