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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ यज्ञाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो स्वतः यज्ञस्वरूप आहे, तो यज्ञः. अर्पण, मंत्र, होम, देवता आणि त्याचा स्वीकारकर्ता — हे सर्व तत्त्व त्याच्यात एकरूप असतात. सर्वश्रेष्ठ समर्पण आणि विश्वकल्याणाची भावना म्हणजेच त्याचे यज्ञरूप.
अर्थ:
जो स्वतः यज्ञ आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Yajnaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Directly, "He Who Is the Sacred Sacrifice Itself" - the inner meaning of all yajna is Vishnu; He is both the act of sacrifice and its ultimate goal; all worship in all forms is ultimately offered to and is Him.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Yajna' is the Sanskrit word for sacred sacrifice or worship — the Vedic ritual of offering into the sacred fire. But here, Vishnu is not merely the recipient of yajna — He IS the yajna. The Vedas declare: 'Yajno vai Vishnuh' — Vishnu is yajna. He is both the performer, the performance, the oblation, the fire, the result, and the one to whom all is offered. ** Mythological Significance In the Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 10), when the wives of the yajna-performing brahmanas gave food to Krishna and the cowherd boys (ignoring the prescribed ritual recipients), it was because they recognized Krishna as the very essence of all yajna. The brahmanas who initially refused were performing the outer ritual but missing the inner yajna — Vishnu Himself. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 4) has an extended meditation on yajna: Vishnu as Brahman is the fire, the offering is Brahman, the act is Brahman, the result is Brahman. 'Brahmarpanam Brahma Havir' — this ultimate yajna is the offering of the ego-self (jivatman) into the fire of the Supreme (Paramatman). The entire sadhana of a devotee is thus one continuous yajna offered to Vishnu. 📖 References: Bhagavad Gita 4.24; Taittiriya Samhita 1.7.4 ('Yajno vai Vishnuh'); Srimad Bhagavatam 10.23 (wives of brahmanas); Rig Veda 1.22.16