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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 662
शब्द:
Simple Meaning:
From *brahman* + *krit* (doer/maker); "He Who Creates and Performs Brahmic Acts" - He Whose actions are always *brahmic* in nature - pure, sacred, and aligned with the highest divine principles.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Brahma* = sacred absolute reality or the creator god, and *krit* = doer/maker. Vishnu as Brahmakrit is both: (a) The one who performs all actions in the spirit of Brahman — all His acts are sacred, purposeful, and aligned with the highest truth (b) The creator of Brahma — the four-faced creator god is Himself a creation of Vishnu, born from the lotus at Vishnu's navel **Spiritual Interpretation
The Bhagavad Gita (4.24) describes the state where action, the instrument of action, the material, the fire, and the actor are all Brahman — *Brahmaarpana, Brahma havir, Brahmaagnau, Brahmanahutam*. Vishnu as Brahmakrit performs all cosmic actions in this spirit of absolute Brahman-consciousness — every act is simultaneously the absolute acting through and as itself. **Puranic Reference
The Bhagavata Purana (3.8-9) narrates in beautiful detail how Vishnu created Brahma from the lotus growing from His navel — thus making Vishnu the *Brahma-krit* (maker of Brahma). This establishes the ontological hierarchy — Vishnu is prior to and the creator of the creator himself.
विवेचन:
जो ब्रह्मविद्येला प्रवृत्त करणारा, ब्रह्मकार्यात गुंतलेला किंवा सृष्टीरूप ब्रह्माची व्यवस्था करणारा आहे, तो ब्रह्मकृत्. तो ज्ञानरूप जगाच्या निर्मितीमागील सक्रिय तत्त्व आहे. शास्त्र, विचार आणि निर्मिती यांना आधार देणारे हे दैवी नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
“ब्रह्माने निर्माण केलेला” किंवा “ब्रह्मकृत कार्य करणारा”
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Brahmakrite Namah।