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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 528
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ नन्दाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो स्वतःमध्ये पूर्ण, निरपेक्ष आणि आनंदमय आहे, तो नन्दः. त्याचे सुख बाह्य विषयांवर अवलंबून नसून आत्मस्वरूपातच नांदते. अखंड अंतःसमाधानाचे हे दैवी प्रतीक आहे.
अर्थ:
जो सर्व समृद्धीने युक्त आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Nandaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From nanda (bliss, prosperity, joy, the name of Krishna's foster father); "He Who Is Bliss and Prosperity Itself" - deeply associated with His Krishna avatar and the village of Nanda; He is the very personification of joyful, domestic divine love.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Nanda* means bliss, joy, or happiness. While *Nandana* (528) refers to the joy Vishnu creates in others, *Nanda* refers to the joy that IS Vishnu's own nature. He is not merely happy — He is *Ananda* (divine bliss) itself. His inner state is one of eternal, unchanging, self-sufficient joy that needs nothing external to complete it. **Spiritual Interpretation
The Taittiriya Upanishad (2.5): *"He who knows Brahman as real (*Satyam*), as knowledge (*Jnanam*), and as infinite (*Anantam*) — he attains all desires."* This *Brahma-Ananda* is the inner Nanda of Vishnu — the bliss that is His very being. The Bhagavad Gita's vision of the *sthita-prajna* (one of steady wisdom) who is *Aatmaraama* (delighting in the Self alone) is the human approximation of Vishnu's eternal Nanda-state. **Puranic Reference
Nanda is also the name of Krishna's beloved foster father — the chief of the cowherds in Vrindavana — and the affectionate connection between the name and the divine child (Krishna/Vishnu) is one of the most tender relationships in the entire Bhagavata Purana. "Nanda's son" (*Nandana*) is Krishna, and the bliss (*Nanda*) of that household was the divine child Himself — a beautiful play on these interconnected names.