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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 704
शब्द:
Simple Meaning:
From *shoora* (brave, heroic) + *sena* (army); "He Whose Army Is Composed of Heroes" - the commander of the cosmic host of the righteous; all truly brave and noble beings are the soldiers of His divine army.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Shoora* = hero/brave and *sena* = army. Vishnu as Shoorasena commands an army of divine heroes — the gods (*Suras*), the *Gandharvas*, the liberated souls (*Muktas*), and devotees — all aligned with divine order. He is also the ruler of the Shurasena kingdom (the region of Mathura, closely associated with Krishna). **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The divine army (*Deva-sena*) represents the forces of light, knowledge, virtue, and dharma that are eternally mobilized under Vishnu's command against the forces of darkness. On the inner spiritual level, the devotee's own virtues — courage, discrimination, devotion, and detachment — form the divine army under Vishnu-Shoorasena's cosmic command. **Puranic Reference<br> The Mahabharata is the supreme narrative of Shoorasena — the great war at Kurukshetra being literally a cosmic battle between dharma (under Vishnu-Krishna's guidance) and adharma (represented by Duryodhana's forces). The entire structure of the Pandava army aligned behind Krishna is the mythological expression of Vishnu as Shoorasena.
विवेचन:
ज्याची सेना शूर, धैर्यवान आणि धर्मरक्षक आहे, तो शूरसेनः. दैवी शक्तींचे आणि समर्थ सहकाऱ्यांचे नेतृत्व करणारा तोच आहे. त्याच्या संरक्षणात निर्भयता आणि विजय नांदतात.
अर्थ:
शूरवीर राजा
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Shurasenaya Namah।