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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 59
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ प्रतर्दनाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो अधर्म, अहंकार आणि दुष्ट प्रवृत्तींचा नाश करणारा आहे, तो प्रतर्दनः. अन्याय वाढला की तो त्याचे छेदन करून धर्माची पुनर्स्थापना करतो. संहारही कल्याणासाठी असतो, हे या नावातून समजते.
अर्थ:
दुष्टांचा नाश करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Pratardanaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
- From *pra* + *tardana* (destroyer, piercer); "The Great Destroyer of Evil" — He Who pierces through and destroys all that is wicked, unjust, or opposed to cosmic order
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Layers of meaning<br> (1) At the cosmic level, Pratardanaḥ is the Lord who destroys the cosmic forces of adharma — the great asuras, the forces of chaos and untruth. (2) At the personal spiritual level, He destroys the three-fold obstruction (‘āvaraṇa-vikṣepa-mala’) — the veiling power of ignorance, the tossing power of desire, and the impurity of the mind — that prevents the soul from recognizing its own divine nature. (3) In the Upaniṣadic sense, the Kaṭha Upaniṣad (2.3.15) uses the image of the Lord as the one who "cuts" the knot of the heart: ‘"Bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiś chidyante sarva-saṃśayāḥ"‘ — when the Lord is known, the heart-knot is cut and all doubts perish.