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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 440
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ नक्षत्रनेमये नमः।
विवेचन:
जो नक्षत्रचक्राचा मध्यबिंदू, धुरी किंवा आधार आहे, तो नक्षत्रनेमिः. कालगती, आकाशव्यवस्था आणि विश्वचक्र त्याच्या सूक्ष्म नियमानुसार फिरते. तो तारकासमूहांना आधार देणारा अदृश्य केंद्रबिंदू आहे.
अर्थ:
नक्षत्रांचा आधार.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Nakshatranemaye Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *nakshatra* (star/constellation) + *nemi* (rim of a wheel); "He Who Is the Rim of the Wheel of Stars" - the stars and constellations revolve around Him like the rim of a cosmic wheel; He is the hub of the stellar universe.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Nakshatra' means stars or lunar asterisms (the 27 nakshatras). 'Nemi' means the rim, felloe, or hub of a wheel. Lord Vishnu is Nakshatranemir — the central hub around which the entire wheel of the stellar cosmos rotates. Just as a chariot wheel revolves around its fixed axle, all stars, planets and constellations orbit around Vishnu as their innermost support. ** Mythological Significance In the Vishnu Purana, the cosmos is described as a great wheel (chakra) with Dhruva (Pole Star) at the center — and Vishnu as the unchanging principle behind even Dhruva. The Bhagavata Purana describes Vishnu as Jyotirnemi — the luminous hub of the cosmic wheel. The 27 nakshatras, through which the Moon passes monthly, are all considered Vishnu's cosmic timepiece. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning Astronomically, the ancient rishis understood the precession of equinoxes and the orbital mechanics of the heavens. Spiritually, this name tells us that all of creation — from the grandest galaxy to the tiniest atom — moves around the unchanging, still center of Divine Consciousness. Vishnu is that still center: the Sakshi (witness), the Unmoved Mover. 📖 References: Vishnu Purana 2.8-12; Srimad Bhagavatam 5.20-23; Atharva Veda 19.7 (Nakshatra Sukta); Bhagavad Gita 10.21 ('I am the Moon among stars')