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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ पुरुसत्तमाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो श्रेष्ठांतील श्रेष्ठ, महानांतील महान आहे, तो पुरुसत्तमः. सर्व महापुरुषांमध्ये पूर्णत्वाने श्रेष्ठ ठरणारा तोच परम पुरुष आहे. आदर्श, परिपूर्णता आणि आध्यात्मिक महानतेचे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
पुरुषांमध्ये सर्वश्रेष्ठ.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Purusattamaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From puru + sattama (best among the good, the noblest); "The Noblest and Best Among All" - the most excellent person among all excellent persons; the very pinnacle of all that is good and noble.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 15 is titled "Puruṣottama Yoga" - the yoga of the Supreme Person. **Interpretation<br> Puru means beings/persons; sattama means best, supreme. Among all conscious beings, Viṣṇu is the ultimate, supreme Person (Puruṣottama). **Mythological Story<br> The Gītā teaches about three puruṣas (persons): 1) Kṣara Puruṣa - all perishable beings (our bodies, all changing phenomena), 2) Akṣara Puruṣa - the imperishable witness (our eternal soul, unchanging consciousness), 3) Puruṣottama - the Supreme Person beyond both (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu). When Arjuna asked "How are You beyond both?" Kṛṣṇa explained: "The perishable beings perish; the imperishable soul is eternal but individual and limited. I am Puruṣottama - the Supreme Person who contains all perishable beings and all imperishable souls within Myself, yet transcends both." Imagine: all bodies are like waves (kṣara), all souls are like currents (akṣara), but Viṣṇu is the ocean (puruṣottama) containing waves and currents while being more than both. For devotees, this means: don't settle for body-identification (kṣara) or even soul-identification (akṣara); realize union with puruṣottama - the Supreme Person in whom we exist.