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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 521
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ अजाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अजन्मा आहे, ज्याचा कधी जन्म होत नाही, तो अजः. तो काळ, देह आणि जन्ममरणाच्या नियमांपलीकडे आहे. अवतार घेत असला तरी तो जन्मबंधनाने बांधला जात नाही.
अर्थ:
प्रलय काळीही जो असतो.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Ajaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Repeated for the third time (names 95, 205); "The Unborn" - appearing three times in the sahasranama, this name hammers home the fundamental truth: He was never born and will never die; He is eternally self-existent.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Bhagavad Gītā 2.20 and 4.6 - "ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṁ purāṇo" (unborn, eternal, everlasting, primeval). **Interpretation<br> Aja means unborn, never created. Though Viṣṇu takes births as avatāras, His essential nature is aja - eternally unborn, uncreated, without origin. **Mythological Story<br> When Kṛṣṇa appeared in Kaṁsa's prison, He manifested first in His divine four-armed form with complete ornaments and weapons - demonstrating "I am aja, not truly born but appearing." He instructed Vasudeva: "I am showing you My true unborn form. Now I will become a 'baby' out of līlā (divine play), not necessity." This resolved the paradox: how can the unborn be born? Answer: the aja doesn't actually take birth - He appears to be born. Like an actor who "becomes" Hamlet without actually being Hamlet, Viṣṇu "becomes" Kṛṣṇa without actually being born. The Gītā clarifies: "ajo'pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro'pi san, prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā" (Though unborn and imperishable, though Lord of beings, I manifest through My own yogamāyā). For devotees, understanding the aja nature means: birth and death are surface appearances; underneath flows the unborn eternal reality. You too are aja in essence - your body is born, but your ātman is unborn, like Viṣṇu.