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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 499
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ शरीरभूतभृते नमः।
विवेचन:
जो शरीरांची उत्पत्ती ज्या प्रकृतीतून झाली तिचे पोषण करतो, तो शरीरभूतभृत्. देहधारी जीवांच्या जीवनरचनेला आधार देणारी शक्ती त्याच्यात आहे. जीवनाच्या स्थूल आधारामागील सूक्ष्म पोषक तत्त्व म्हणजे तो.
अर्थ:
शरीर रूपातील भूतांचे पोषण करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Sharirabhutabhrite Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *shareera* (body) + *bhoota* (elements/beings) + *bhrit* (bearer/sustainer); "He Who Sustains All Bodies and All Elemental Beings" - the divine nourisher who maintains the body of every being made of the five great elements throughout creation.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Shareera* = body, *bhoota* = the five great elements (*pancha-mahabhoota* — earth, water, fire, air, space), and *bhrit* = bearer/supporter. Vishnu is the cosmic support of all five elements from which all physical bodies (human, animal, divine, and cosmic) are formed. Without His sustaining power, the elements would dissolve into chaos. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The Taittiriya Upanishad's *Panchakoshas* (five sheaths of the self) — *Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya, Anandamaya* — rest ultimately on Vishnu as their innermost ground. Vishnu as Shareera-Bhootabhrit is the divine support that holds together the entire architecture of embodied existence. **Puranic Reference<br> The Bhagavata Purana (2.1.24-36) contains a beautiful meditation on the cosmic form of Vishnu — where the entire universe is His body (*Virat-Purusha*), with specific elements corresponding to specific divine body parts. The earth is His feet, water His belly, fire His face, air His breath, and space His head — making Vishnu literally the *Shareera-Bhootabhrit* of the universal body.