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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 565
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ सहिष्णवे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो द्वंद्व, क्लेश आणि जीवांच्या अपरिपक्वतेला शांतपणे सहन करतो, तो सहिष्णुः. त्याच्या क्षमाशीलतेत करुणा आणि अनुग्रह दडलेला असतो. सहनशीलता आणि दयाळूपणाचे हे उच्च प्रतीक आहे.
अर्थ:
अपराधांना क्षमा करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Sahishnave Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Repeated from name 144; "The Supremely Patient and Enduring One" - returning here to remind us that through the entire vast saga of creation, His patience and endurance have never wavered.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**The divine forbearance<br> ‘Sahiṣṇu’ comes from ‘sah’ — to endure, to be patient. Viṣṇu as Sahiṣṇuḥ is the one who bears the weight of all creation — all its beauty AND all its ugliness, all its devotion AND all its defiance — with infinite patience. He endures the insults of the proud, the forgetfulness of the negligent, and the deliberate provocations of the wicked with a cosmic equanimity that no human patience can match. **Mythological dimension<br> The story of Hiraṇyakaśipu is the supreme illustration of this name. For long cosmic ages, this demon tortured his own devotee-son Prahlāda, desecrated Viṣṇu's name, and conducted himself with complete adharma — and the Lord waited, with infinite Sahiṣṇutā (patience), until the precise moment when intervention would achieve the greatest good. His patience is not passivity — it is the patience of infinite wisdom, knowing exactly when to act and when to wait. **Devotional application<br> The Bhāgavata Purāṇa (11.2.46) lists ‘titikṣā’ (forbearance) as an essential quality of the devotee — one that is modeled on and inspired by the Lord's own Sahiṣṇutā. The devotee who learns to endure difficulties with equanimity is imitating Viṣṇu as Sahiṣṇuḥ. **Additional depth at this repetition<br> At this point in the Sahasranama, *Sahishnu* appears in a cluster of names dealing with Vishnu's transcendent equanimity — His capacity to bear all things while remaining perfectly undisturbed. The repetition here emphasizes that this quality of infinite patience is not merely one attribute among many but is woven into the very fabric of Vishnu's cosmic sustaining function. Without *Sahishnutva* (infinite patience), the role of cosmic sustainer (*Vishnu* = preserver) would be impossible. Please refer to name 144's detailed explanation.