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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ जीवाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सर्व जीवांत क्षेत्रज्ञरूपाने कार्य करतो, तो जीवः. प्राण, चेतना आणि अनुभूती यांचे सूक्ष्म अधिष्ठान त्याच्यात आहे. जीवस्वरूपातही परमात्म्याचीच एक झलक आहे, हे हे नाव शिकवते.
अर्थ:
सर्व प्राण्यांमधील चैतन्य (जीव) रूप.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Jivaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From jeev (to live); "He Who Is the Life Principle, the Individual Soul" - He is the life within all lives; the jiva (individual soul) at its core is nothing but a reflection of His own divine life.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Brahma Sūtra: "jīvo brahmaiva nāparaḥ" (the individual soul is indeed Brahman, not different). **Interpretation<br> Jīva means living being, individual soul, life principle. Viṣṇu is both the Supreme Soul (Paramātmā) and the essential life in all individual souls (jīvātmā). **Mythological Story<br> When King Citraketu's son died, the devastated father asked Sage Aṅgirā: "What is this jīva that was here and now is gone?" The sage temporarily revived the child's soul and asked it questions. The soul explained: "I am jīva - the life principle that inhabits many bodies across countless births. I was your son temporarily, but I am eternally a spark of the Supreme Jīva (Viṣṇu). Individual jīvas are like gold ornaments - appearing different (ring, necklace, bracelet) but essentially one substance (gold). Similarly, we appear as different beings but are essentially one Jīva (Viṣṇu's consciousness) experiencing itself through infinite forms." The Upaniṣadic teaching "tat tvam asi" means: you (the individual jīva) are That (the Supreme Jīva). The wave thinks it's separate from the ocean, but it IS ocean experiencing itself as wave-form. Realizing Viṣṇu as the one Jīva in all beings dissolves the illusion of separation.