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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 660
शब्द:
Simple Meaning:
From *dhana* (wealth) + *jaya* (conqueror); "He Who Conquers and Wins All Wealth" - another name for Arjuna (the great archer) but here as a name of Vishnu: He Who wins the supreme wealth - the wealth of liberation and divine knowledge.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Dhana* means wealth and *jaya* means conqueror. Vishnu as Dhananjaya is the one who conquers all forms of wealth — material, intellectual, and spiritual — and yet freely distributes this wealth to devotees. This name is also one of Arjuna's epithets (Arjuna won vast wealth in the Rajasuya sacrifice) — but applied to Vishnu, it takes cosmic dimensions. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The deepest wealth is *moksha* — liberation. Vishnu as Dhananjaya is the one who has conquered all possible wealth including liberation itself — and then distributes it freely to devotees. The Bhagavad Gita's promise of liberation (*moksha*) is Vishnu-Dhananjaya distributing the supreme wealth to all who sincerely seek. In *Yoga* philosophy, *dhana* also refers to the accumulated merit (*punya*) of all lifetimes. Vishnu as Dhananjaya conquers all this accumulated karma and transforms it through grace into the wealth of liberation. **Puranic Reference<br> The Mahabharata presents a beautiful interplay — Arjuna is called Dhananjaya (conqueror of wealth in the human sense) while simultaneously being the charioteer's student, his teacher being Vishnu-Krishna who is the supreme Dhananjaya (conqueror of all cosmic wealth). The Bhagavata Purana (10.68-69) also describes Krishna's conquests that bring divine wealth back to the devotees — each battle a cosmic act of Dhananjaya.
विवेचन:
जो विजयाने खरे धन प्राप्त करतो किंवा दैवी संपत्तीचा स्वामी आहे, तो धनञ्जयः. त्याच्यासाठी धन म्हणजे धर्म, कीर्ती, विजय आणि आत्मवैभव. अंतिम समृद्धी ही दैवीतेत आहे, हे या नावातून समजते.
अर्थ:
“धन जिंकणारा” किंवा “समृद्धी मिळवणारा”
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Dhanamjayaya Namah।