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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 525
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ प्रमोदनाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो स्वतः आनंदस्वरूप आहे आणि इतरांनाही आनंद देतो, तो प्रमोदनः. त्याच्या स्मरणाने अंतःकरणात निर्मळ प्रसन्नता उत्पन्न होते. भक्तांच्या जीवनात मंगलमय हर्ष फुलविणारे हे स्वरूप आहे.
अर्थ:
भक्तांना आनंद देणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Pramodanaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From pra + moda (joy, delight, pleasure) + na (causing); "He Who Causes Great Delight and Joy" - His presence, His grace, His leela (divine play) fills all beings with an irrepressible, overflowing joy.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Viṣṇu's presence brings joy; His līlās delight all beings. **Interpretation<br> Pramoda means great joy, delight; na at the end indicates the agent. Pramodana is the delighter - one who creates pramoda (supreme joy) in others. **Mythological Story<br> When Kṛṣṇa played His flute in Vṛndāvana, the effect was pramodana (universal delight): cows stopped eating to listen, rivers paused their flow, trees bent toward the sound, peacocks danced, even Yamunā's waves moved rhythmically. The Gopis forgot everything - household duties, social propriety, even their own identities - lost in pramoda. But this wasn't mere musical pleasure; it was ānanda (divine bliss) manifesting as sound. After Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana, the Gopis experienced viraha (separation), which deepened into even greater pramoda through remembrance. This teaches: the pramodana gives joy in presence and deeper joy in absence through memory. For devotees, Viṣṇu is pramodana - not because He entertains like a performer, but because His very essence is ānanda (bliss), and contact with Him in any form - vision, thought, worship, service - naturally produces pramoda. The one who IS joy naturally creates joy, like the sun that IS light naturally illuminates.