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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 527
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ नन्दनाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो इतरांना आनंदित करतो, तो नन्दनः. भक्तांच्या हृदयात प्रेम, आशा आणि समाधान भरविणारा तोच आहे. त्याच्या कृपेने जीवनात उत्साह आणि मंगलता वाढते.
अर्थ:
सर्वांना प्रसन्न करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Nandanaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From nand (to rejoice, to be happy, to delight); "He Who Brings Joy and Delight to All" - the divine source of all joy; His very existence causes all beings around Him to overflow with delight.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Nandana* means one who makes others happy, who brings delight. Vishnu as Nandana is the cosmic joy-bringer — His presence, His names, His stories, and His divine grace bring profound joy to all who encounter them. He is the eternal source of *Ananda* (bliss) expressed outwardly as the delight He creates in all beings. **Spiritual Interpretation
The name is intimately connected with the divine joy (*Brahmananda*) that is Vishnu's own nature. As the Taittiriya Upanishad declares — *Ananda* is the innermost self, the *Anandamaya Kosha* — and Vishnu as Nandana is this bliss expressed as the joy that radiates from His being into all of creation. *Nandana* is also the name of Indra's divine garden in heaven — suggesting that wherever Vishnu is present, that place becomes like heaven (*Nandana-vana* — garden of delight). **Puranic Reference
The Bhagavata Purana particularly celebrates Vishnu (Krishna) as Nandana — the one whose mere presence turned the simple village of Vrindavana into a paradise. The cowherd Nanda's household (Krishna's foster father) was considered the most blessed home in all creation — because the divine Nandana Himself grew up there.