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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ महावराहाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो वराहावताराने पृथ्वीचा उद्धार करणारा आहे, तो महावराहः. अधोगतीत गेलेल्या भूचे रक्षण करून त्याने धर्माची प्रतिष्ठा केली. भक्तरक्षण आणि पृथ्वीउद्धार यांचे हे अत्यंत प्रभावी नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
वराह अवतार धारण करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Mahavarahaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From mahaa + varaaha (boar); "The Great Cosmic Boar" - a direct reference to the Varaha avatar, where He took the immense form of the cosmic boar to rescue the earth goddess from the depths of the cosmic ocean.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Purāṇic Reference<br> Detailed in Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Bhāgavata Purāṇa, and Varāha Purāṇa (named after this avatāra!). **Mythological Explanation<br> When demon Hiraṇyākṣa dragged Bhūmi Devī (Earth) to the cosmic ocean's bottom, the universe lost its foundation. Viṣṇu assumed Mahāvarāha form - a gigantic boar of cosmic proportions! Diving to ocean depths, the Mahāvarāha's roar shook the universe, killed Hiraṇyākṣa with His tusks, and lifted earth on those same tusks - carrying Her to proper position. The Varāha Purāṇa describes the Mahāvarāha as having body large as mountain, tusks like thunderbolts, eyes blazing like sun and moon! Why boar specifically? Boars naturally dig - just as boar digs earth searching food, the Mahāvarāha "dug" through cosmic ocean searching earth! For devotees feeling their spiritual foundation has "sunk" (lost faith, overwhelmed by materialism, buried under problems), the Mahāvarāha demonstrates: however deep you've sunk, He'll dive deeper to retrieve you! No depth is too deep for the Mahāvarāha's rescue!