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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ अन्तकाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अंत करणारा, मृत्युरूप किंवा समाप्ती घडविणारा आहे, तो अन्तकः. जेव्हा काल पूर्ण होतो, तेव्हा तोच जगाच्या एका अवस्थेचा शेवट करतो. संहारही नव्या सुरुवातीसाठी असतो, हे या नावातून समजते.
अर्थ:
प्रलय काळी सर्वांचा अंत करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Antakaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From anta (end) + ka (one who causes); "He Who Causes the End of All Things" - at the time of cosmic dissolution, He draws all back to their end; the great concluder of all individual and cosmic stories.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu as Kāla (time) brings end to all things; He is also death's end. **Interpretation<br> Antaka means end, terminator, death. Viṣṇu brings endings - to cosmic cycles, to life, to suffering, even to death itself. **Mythological Story<br> When Mārkaṇḍeya reached his destined age of death, Yama (death-god) arrived to take him. But Mārkaṇḍeya clung to the Śivaliṅga, refusing to leave. When Yama tried to force him using his noose, it accidentally fell on the liṅga. Śiva emerged enraged and destroyed Yama - but who can destroy death? However, Viṣṇu appeared and revived Yama, explaining: "I am Antaka - the end of even death. Death thinks he's final, but I am the antaka who ends death itself for devotees." For mortals, Yama is antaka (ender); but for Yama, Viṣṇu is antaka. This creates a profound teaching: everything has an end, but Viṣṇu is the end of endings - the final termination point beyond which nothing can go. For devotees, reaching Viṣṇu means no more cycles, no more rebirths, no more deaths - the antaka has ended the endless cycle. The fear of death dissolves when we realize that the antaka (ender) we fear is not final; the true Antaka (Viṣṇu) ends fear itself by granting immortality.