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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ विमुक्तात्मने नमः।
विवेचन:
जो नित्य मुक्त आहे आणि बंधनांच्या पलीकडे आहे, तो विमुक्तात्मा. माया, कर्म, जन्म आणि मृत्यू यांच्या स्पर्शापासून तो सदैव मुक्त असतो. मुक्तीचे खरे स्वरूप समजून देणारे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
जो स्वरूपानेच मुक्त आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Vimuktatmane Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *vimukta* (fully liberated, completely freed) + *atma* (self); "He Whose Self Is Completely and Perfectly Liberated" - He was never bound and is eternally free; the very principle of liberation itself.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Vi' (completely) + 'Mukta' (liberated, freed) + 'Atma' (Self/Soul). Vishnu is Vimuktaatmaa — He whose very nature is absolute freedom. Unlike souls (jivas) who are bound by maya, karma, and the cycles of birth and death, Vishnu's Atman is eternally, intrinsically, completely free. He is not liberated by effort — He is freedom itself. ** Mythological Significance The Vaikuntha-parana episodes in the Bhagavata show that even Vishnu's abode (Vaikuntham) is a realm of complete freedom — devoid of the three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas) that bind creation. When Vishnu appears in this world through Avatars, He does so freely — not driven by karma but by compassion. As the Gita says: 'My birth and action are divine — one who knows this is freed from rebirth.' ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning This name is of profound importance in Vedanta. The Upanishads repeatedly affirm that Brahman is Nitya-mukta (eternally free), Nitya-shuddha (eternally pure), Nitya-buddha (eternally awakened). Vishnu as Vimuktaatmaa is this absolute freedom. The spiritual path is not a journey toward a freedom that Vishnu has and we don't — it is the removal of the illusion that we are bound. At the deepest level, our Atman is also Vimuktaatmaa — identical with Vishnu. 📖 References: Bhagavad Gita 4.9; Mandukya Upanishad 7; Taittiriya Upanishad 3.10.5; Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.24