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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 615
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ स्वक्षाय नमः।
विवेचन:
ज्याचे नेत्र अत्यंत सुंदर, शुभ आणि करुणामय आहेत, तो स्वक्षः. त्याची दृष्टी भक्तांना आश्वासन, प्रेम आणि कृपा देते. कमलनयन आणि सौम्य दर्शनाचे हे सुंदर वर्णन आहे.
अर्थ:
ज्याचे डोळे सुंदर आहेत.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Svakshaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *su* (beautiful) + *aksha* (eye); "He of the Beautiful Eyes" - His divine eyes are supremely beautiful, filled with wisdom, compassion, and divine fire that simultaneously illumines and consumes all darkness.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Sva* = own/excellent and *aksha* = eye. Vishnu's eyes are supremely beautiful (*su-aksha*) — the most beautiful eyes in all creation, radiating both infinite compassion and divine wisdom. The word *Svaksha* also carries the sense of having eyes that are entirely self-luminous — seeing by their own divine light rather than by borrowed illumination. **Spiritual Interpretation
Vishnu's divine gaze is a common theme in *Bhakti* literature — poets have written ecstatically about the glance (*kataksha*) of Vishnu (particularly Krishna) that liberates souls. The *Kataksha-Mukti* (liberation through the glance) is a recurring theme — one compassionate glance from Vishnu's *Svaksha* eyes is said to be sufficient to transform the devotee's entire life. **Puranic Reference
The Bhagavata Purana (3.28.32): *"The yogi should contemplate the Lord's eyes — beautiful as the newly bloomed lotus, ever moving with grace — until the mind becomes fully absorbed in this divine vision."* This meditation instruction makes Vishnu's *Svaksha* the primary object of yogic contemplation.