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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 588
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ स्रष्ट्रे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सर्व सृष्टीचा निर्माता आहे, तो स्रष्टा. भौतिक, सूक्ष्म, मानसिक आणि आध्यात्मिक अशा सर्व स्तरांवरील उत्पत्ती त्याच्यामुळे घडते. निर्मितीच्या महान कर्तृत्वाचे हे मूलभूत नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
पुन्हा पुन्हा सृष्टी निर्माण करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Srashtre Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From sraj (to create, to emit); "The Supreme Creator" - the original act of creation flows from Him; He is the cosmic creator par excellence, the divine artist whose creation is the universe.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Shrashtaa* means creator — from the root *sraj* (to create, to flow forth). While Brahma is the secondary creator (executing the creative design), Vishnu as Shrashtaa is the primary creative intelligence from whom Brahma's creative power derives. He is the ultimate source of all creative activity in the cosmos. **Spiritual Interpretation
The Taittiriya Upanishad (3.1): *"That from which all these beings arise, by which once arisen they live, into which on departing they enter — seek to know that — that is Brahman."* Vishnu as Shrashtaa is this creative source (*Brahman*) — the *Srishti-karta* (creator of creation) in the absolute sense. **Puranic Reference
The Vishnu Purana (1.4) describes Vishnu's creative process — through His sankalpa (divine will), He stirs prakriti (primal nature), from which evolves the cosmic ego, then the elements, then the world. Even Brahma's creative activity is sustained and guided by Vishnu as Shrashtaa — the ultimate author of the cosmic script.