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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 556
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ पुष्कराक्षाय नमः।
विवेचन:
ज्याचे नेत्र कमलासारखे सुंदर, कोमल आणि शांत आहेत, तो पुष्कराक्षः. त्याची कृपादृष्टी भक्तांच्या मनातील अशांतता शांत करते. सौंदर्य आणि करुणा यांच्या संगतीतले हे अतिशय मोहक नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
कमळासारखे डोळे असलेला.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Pushkarakshaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Repeated from name 40; "The Lotus-Eyed One" - its reappearance is a loving return to one of His most beautiful attributes; the lotus eyes that gaze with infinite compassion upon all beings.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Devotional significance<br> The lotus (‘puṣkara/padma’) is the supreme symbol of beauty, purity, and divine grace in the Indian aesthetic tradition. Lotus eyes suggest eyes that are wide, luminous, compassionate, and utterly beautiful — eyes that, when they fall upon a devotee, cannot help but grant liberation. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa (3.28.13) describes the Lord's lotus eyes in the context of yogic meditation: the contemplative yogi is instructed to fix the inner gaze on the Lord's lotus face with lotus eyes as a step in ascending through progressively refined levels of meditation. **Additional depth at this repetition<br> The repetition of Pushkaraaksha at this point in the Sahasranama (name 557 versus name 40) emphasizes that this quality of divine, compassionate vision is fundamental to Vishnu's nature at all levels — from His most transcendent to His most immanent forms. Every avatar, every divine form, every manifestation shares this quality of lotus-eyed compassion. Please refer to the detailed explanation at name 40, with the additional note that in the Sri Vaishnava tradition, meditation on Vishnu's lotus eyes is considered the primary entry point for the mind entering the ocean of divine grace.