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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ अक्षराय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अविनाशी, शाश्वत आणि नित्य आहे, तो अक्षरम्. जग बदलत असले तरी त्याचे सत्यस्वरूप बदलत नाही. परब्रह्माच्या अचल, अखंड अस्तित्वाचे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Aksharaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *a* + *kshara* (imperishable); "He Who Is the Imperishable" - simultaneously the perishable (previous name) and the imperishable, He transcends the very distinction between the two.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Akshara* means imperishable (*a* = not, *kshara* = that which perishes). Vishnu as Akshara is absolutely indestructible — beyond dissolution, beyond death, beyond all transformation. *Akshara* also means "syllable" — specifically the primordial syllable *AUM* which is imperishable and from which all creation emerges. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The Bhagavad Gita (15.16-17) makes a crucial philosophical distinction: the *Kshara* (perishable) encompasses all individual beings; the *Akshara* (imperishable) is the transcendent unmanifest; but beyond both is the *Purushottama* (Vishnu) who permeates and transcends both. Thus Vishnu IS the Akshara and also transcends it — making this name both accurate and pointing beyond itself. The Katha Upanishad (2.15): *"The goal which all the Vedas declare, which all austerities aim at, and which men desire when they lead the life of continence — that goal I will briefly declare to you: it is AUM (the Akshara)."* Vishnu as Akshara is this primordial syllable of eternity. **Puranic Reference<br> The Yoga Vasishtha's extensive meditation on the *Akshara Brahman* identifies this imperishable reality with Vishnu — the ever-present witness-consciousness that remains unchanged through the birth and death of countless universes.