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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 651
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ कामदेवाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सर्वांना प्रिय, आकर्षक आणि प्रेममय आहे, तो कामदेवः. भक्तांची परम अभिलाषा, प्रेमाचा केंद्रबिंदू आणि हृदयाचा अधिपती तोच आहे. आध्यात्मिक प्रेमाची सर्वोच्च अनुभूती देणारे हे नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
प्रेम आणि इच्छेचा देव
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Kamadevaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *kaama* (love, desire, beauty) + *deva* (divine); "The Divine God of Love and Beauty" - He is the supreme *Kamadeva*, whose beauty surpasses even that of the love deity; to behold Him is to experience divine love in its most complete form.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Kama* = desire/love and *Deva* = god. Vishnu as Kamadeva is the supreme divine *Kama* — the highest form of love and desire that is divine rather than merely sensual. The *Kama* of Vishnu is the divine *Prema* (divine love) — the highest form of the creative impulse that underlies all existence. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The Bhagavad Gita (7.11): *"I am the desire that is not contrary to dharma."* Vishnu is the divine *Kama* — the sacred longing that draws all souls toward their divine source. This is distinguished from worldly *Kama* (selfish desire) — Vishnu's *Kama* is the magnetic pull of the soul toward God, described in *Bhakti* literature as the most beautiful and fulfilling of all experiences. **Puranic Reference<br> Pradyumna — the avatar of Kama born as Krishna's son — represents this divine *Kamadeva* principle. The Bhagavata Purana (10.55) narrates how after the original Kama was burned by Shiva's third eye, his divine essence found refuge in Vishnu and was reborn as Pradyumna — demonstrating that divine love (*Kama*) is not destroyed but sublimated and reborn in higher form.