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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 663
शब्द:
Simple Meaning:
Directly, "He Who Is Brahma, the Creator" - He is the source and the true identity of Brahma the creator god; the creative power of Brahma flows from and ultimately is Him.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation
*Brahma* (with a long 'a') is the four-faced creator god. Vishnu as Brahmaa means He Himself contains and expresses the creative principle — He IS the creative intelligence that Brahma embodies. Vishnu and Brahma are not different at the ultimate level — Brahma is Vishnu's creative function personified. **Spiritual Interpretation
The Smriti tradition states: *Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesha — these are the names of the one absolute reality expressing through the three functions of creation, preservation, and dissolution.* Vishnu as Brahmaa means He encompasses all three — He is His own creator, preserver, and dissoluter simultaneously. This non-dual vision sees the apparent trinity as the one Vishnu in three functional modes. **Puranic Reference
The Vishnu Purana (1.2) explicitly states that Vishnu, through His *Rajoguna* (active quality), manifests as Brahma the creator; through His *Sattvaguna* (pure quality), as Vishnu the preserver; and through His *Tamoguna* (dissolving quality), as Shiva the destroyer. Thus Vishnu as Brahmaa is the creative mode of the one supreme reality.
विवेचन:
जो सर्जनशीलतेचे, विस्ताराचे आणि विश्वनिर्मितीचे मूर्त तत्त्व आहे, तो ब्रह्मा. तो सर्व ज्ञानरूप आणि सृष्टिरूप अभिव्यक्तीचा उगम आहे. निर्माणशक्तीच्या आध्यात्मिक अधिष्ठानाचा हा नामभाव आहे.
अर्थ:
“सृष्टीचा निर्माता देव”
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Brahmane Namah।