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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ स्वाभाव्याय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो स्वतःच्या शाश्वत स्वरूपातच स्थित आहे, तो स्वाभाव्यः. त्याची दिव्यता कोणत्याही बाह्य कारणावर अवलंबून नसते. स्वतःच्या नित्य धर्मात आणि परमस्वभावात स्थिर असणारे हे त्याचे रूप आहे.
अर्थ:
जो स्वभावतःच सिद्ध आणि शुद्ध आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Svabhavyaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From svaabhaava (self-nature, innate character) + ya (suited to); "He Who Is in Perfect Accord With His Own Divine Nature" - He always acts in perfect harmony with His own absolute nature; He never contradicts or departs from what He essentially is.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu's existence is svābhāvika - natural, self-evident, not caused by anything. **Interpretation<br> Sva means self; bhāva means existence, nature. Svābhāvya means self-existent, natural, not created or caused by anything external. **Mythological Story<br> When young Śvetaketu returned from gurukula proud of his learning, his father Uddālaka asked: "Did you learn that by knowing which all else is known?" Śvetaketu was puzzled. Uddālaka explained through the famous teaching: "Sat-eva somya idam agra āsīt" (In the beginning was Sat/Being alone). This Sat is svābhāvya - self-existent, not created. Everything else is created, dependent, conditional. Viṣṇu as Sat is svābhāvya - His existence doesn't depend on anything; everything else's existence depends on Him. A pot's existence depends on clay, but clay's existence doesn't depend on pot-ness. Similarly, the universe's existence depends on Viṣṇu, but Viṣṇu's existence depends on nothing - it's svābhāvya (natural, self-evident). For devotees, this resolves the question "Who created God?" - the svābhāvya is uncreated, eternally self-existent. Trying to find cause for the causeless is logical error. The first cause, by definition, is uncaused - svābhāvya.