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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 517
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ अम्भोनिधये नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सर्व प्रकारच्या जीवसृष्टीचा आधार आहे, तो अम्भोनिधिः. जलरूप संभाव्यता, जीवनबीज आणि विश्वधारणेची क्षमता त्याच्यात आहे. असीम गहनता आणि जीवनपालनाचे हे नाव सूचक आहे.
अर्थ:
अथांग समुद्र रूप.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Ambhonidhaye Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From ambhas (water, cosmic waters) + nidhi (treasure/treasury); "The Treasure and Treasury of All Cosmic Waters" - all the waters of creation - celestial, earthly, and cosmic - are His treasure; He is the ocean of all oceans.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu reclines on the cosmic ocean; He IS the ocean of existence. **Interpretation<br> Ambhas means water; nidhi means reservoir, treasure, ocean. Viṣṇu is the cosmic ocean containing and sustaining all. **Mythological Story<br> At the end of each cosmic cycle (pralaya), when everything dissolves, what remains? The ambhonidhi - cosmic ocean - with Viṣṇu reclining on Śeṣa-nāga. But this isn't ordinary water; it's the ocean of consciousness, the fluid potential from which all forms crystallize. When Mārkaṇḍeya swam in this ocean during pralaya, exhausted, he realized: "I'm not swimming IN the ambhonidhi; I'm swimming AS a wave OF the ambhonidhi. The ocean is not separate from me." This is the profound teaching: we are not separate beings in the universe-ocean; we are forms of the cosmic ocean itself. The ambhonidhi takes infinite forms - clouds, rivers, tears, sweat, blood, all fluids in all beings - yet remains essentially one. For devotees, contemplating Viṣṇu as ambhonidhi brings fluidity and adaptability - like water that takes any container's shape yet remains water, we can adapt to any circumstance while remaining essentially divine, for we are waves of the divine ocean.