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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ महाशृङ्गाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो मत्स्यावतारात महान शिंगयुक्त स्वरूपाने प्रकट झाला, तो महाशृंगः. प्रलयकाळात धर्मरक्षण आणि वेदरक्षणासाठी त्याने हे रूप धारण केले. संकटकाळात रक्षण करणाऱ्या दैवी शक्तीची ही स्मृती आहे.
अर्थ:
मत्स्य अवतारातील मोठे शिंग असलेला.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Mahashringaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From mahaa + shringa (great horn/peak); "He of the Great Horn or Great Mountain Peak" - a reference to His Matsya (fish) avatar, where He appeared with a great horn to guide Manu's boat; or the great peak of divine reality.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Purāṇic Reference<br> Bhāgavata Purāṇa describes Varāha's mighty horn lifting earth and Matsya's horn towing the boat. **Mythological Explanation<br> Śṛṅga means horn, peak, summit. The Mahāśṛṅga's horn appears in two major avatāras: **As Varāha**: When earth sank to ocean bottom, Varāha-Viṣṇu dove deep, killed demon Hiraṇyākṣa, and lifted earth on His mighty horn! That horn represented supportive strength. **As Matsya**: When cosmic flood approached, Matsya-Viṣṇu's horn provided attachment point for the rope towing King Satyavrata's boat through the deluge. That horn represented guiding protection. Symbolically, the Mahāśṛṅga's horn represents: strength to lift what's fallen (Varāha raising sunken earth = God lifts fallen souls), and guidance through overwhelming crisis (Matsya towing boat through flood = God guides through life's overwhelming difficulties). For devotees feeling sunken in degradation or drowning in crisis, the Mahāśṛṅga offers His horn - grab hold and be lifted/guided to safety!