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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 443
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ क्षामाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो कधीही अभावग्रस्त होत नाही, तो क्षामः. त्याच्या स्वरूपात कमतरता, न्यूनता किंवा अपूर्णता नाही. स्वयंपूर्ण, संपन्न आणि निर्लेप अशा दैवी पूर्णतेचे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
जो प्रलय काळी सर्व काही कमी करतो.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Kshamaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *kshaama* (diminished, thin, the one who causes diminishment); "He Who Diminishes All at the End" - at the time of cosmic dissolution, He diminishes and withdraws all of creation back into Himself.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation Note the difference from Kshamah (443): 'Kshaamah' (with a long 'aa') comes from the root 'Kshii' meaning to destroy, diminish, reduce to nothing. Lord Vishnu as Kshaamah is the cosmic force of dissolution — He who causes the universe to dissolve back into the unmanifest at the time of Pralaya (cosmic dissolution). He reduces even the greatest mountains to atoms. ** Mythological Significance In the Mahapralaya (Great Dissolution), all creation — from Brahma down to the tiniest creature — is reabsorbed into Vishnu's infinite being. The Bhagavatam describes how at the end of Brahma's day, fire emerges from Lord Vishnu's mouth (as Samvartaka fire) and burns the three worlds. In His Rudra aspect at dissolution, He is Kshaamah — the diminisher of all existence. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning Kshaamah holds a profound spiritual teaching: even the greatest empires, philosophies, and egos must ultimately dissolve into the ocean of the Absolute. This name asks the devotee to practice voluntary ego-dissolution (ahamkara-kshaya) — to willingly reduce the false self into the ocean of divine consciousness, rather than waiting for cosmic dissolution to do it forcibly. 📖 References: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.4 (Pralaya description); Bhagavad Gita 11.25-26; Vishnu Purana 6.3; Katha Upanishad 2.2.13