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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 624
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ उदीर्णाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो महान, उन्नत आणि सर्व मर्यादांपलीकडे विस्तारलेला आहे, तो उदीर्णः. त्याची महिमा साध्या वर्णनापलीकडे जाऊन विराटतेत प्रकट होते. श्रेष्ठ, उंचावलेले आणि दिव्यत्वपूर्ण अस्तित्व यांचे हे द्योतक आहे.
अर्थ:
सर्वश्रेष्ठ स्थानी असलेला.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Udirnaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *ud* (upward) + *eerna* (issued forth, arisen); "He Who Has Arisen Supremely, the Most Exalted" - He Who has arisen above all limitations, transcending all obstacles and all conditioned existence.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Udeerna* means risen above, transcendent, exalted. Vishnu as Udeernah has risen above all creation — He transcends all categories, all limitations, all cosmic structures. While He is immanent (present within all creation), He is simultaneously *Udeerna* (transcendent) — infinitely above and beyond all that exists. **Spiritual Interpretation
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad's famous statement: *"He is greater than the sky, greater than space, greater than the earth, greater than all these beings."* This transcendence is precisely *Udeernah* — Vishnu who has "risen above" all categories of existence while simultaneously pervading all. The tension between immanence and transcendence is one of the great mysteries of theology — Vishnu as Udeernah perfectly embodies this paradox. **Puranic Reference
The Vishnu Purana (1.1.15) describes Vishnu as *Vishvottirna* (transcending the universe) — a quality essentially identical with *Udeernah*. The *Purusha Sukta* of the Rigveda (10.90.3) states that the supreme Purusha (*Vishnu*) transcends the entire universe by ten fingers — a poetic way of expressing that He infinitely exceeds all of creation.