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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 58
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ लोहिताक्षाय नमः।
विवेचन:
ज्याचे नेत्र लालसर तेजाने युक्त आहेत, तो लोहिताक्षः. धर्मसंरक्षणासाठी त्याची दृष्टी कधी कोमल, तर कधी प्रखर होते. त्याच्या नेत्रांत करुणा आणि सामर्थ्य दोन्ही एकत्र झळकतात.
अर्थ:
लालसर तेजस्वी डोळे असलेला.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Lohitakshaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *lohita* (red, copper-colored) + *aksha* (eye); "The Red-Eyed One" — His eyes have a reddish luster, indicating divine power, compassion, and the fire of cosmic knowledge
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Mythological significance<br> The reddish eyes of Viṣṇu carry multiple layers of meaning. Physiologically, red eyes in Sanskrit literature often indicate a state of deep emotion — divine wrath, intense compassion, or the heat of yogic power (‘tejas’). The Narasiṃha form is most powerfully associated with this name — the man-lion's eyes blazing red with the fury of divine protection. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa (7.8.19–20) describes Narasiṃha's eyes as "terrible like the sun at the time of cosmic dissolution," blazing with an intensity that none could behold directly. **Devotional dimension<br> In the iconographic tradition, Viṣṇu's eyes are also described as lotus-shaped (‘Puṣkarākṣa’, name 40) and as red-tinged like the inside of a lotus petal or like red gems. This redness is the color of ‘karuṇā’ — compassion that burns to protect. When those eyes fall upon a devotee in distress, the redness is the color of divine love made fierce in defense.