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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 635
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ कुम्भाय नमः।
विवेचन:
ज्यात सर्व काही सामावते, असा तो कुम्भः. विश्वातील विविध तत्त्वांना धारण करणारा विशाल आध्यात्मिक घट म्हणजे तो. धारणशक्ती, पूर्णता आणि पोषण यांची ही प्रतिमा आहे.
अर्थ:
ज्याच्यात सर्व काही सामावलेले आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Kumbhaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *kumbha* (pot, the water jar, the cosmic vessel); "He Who Is the Cosmic Vessel" - He contains all of creation within Himself as a pot contains water; the infinite vessel from whose fullness all abundance flows.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Kumbha* = pot or vessel. Vishnu as Kumbha is the supreme cosmic vessel — the container in which all of creation is held. Every creature, every world, every dimension of existence is contained within the "pot" of Vishnu's divine consciousness. The *Kumbha* is also the vessel of the *Amrita* (divine nectar) — Vishnu as Kumbha is the vessel of immortal divine grace. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The *Kumbha Mela* (the great festival of the sacred pot) celebrates the myth of the *Amrita Kumbha* — the pot of immortal nectar churned from the cosmic ocean. Vishnu as Kumbha is the divine vessel that contains this cosmic nectar — His grace is the immortal substance that all spiritual seekers are ultimately seeking. **Puranic Reference<br> The Bhagavata Purana (8.5-9) narrates the churning of the cosmic ocean (*Samudra-Manthan*) — the production of *Amrita* in the divine *Kumbha* (pot). Vishnu as Dhanvantari emerged bearing this sacred *Kumbha* — making Vishnu literally the divine vessel of the nectar of immortality.