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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 708
शब्द:
Simple Meaning:
From *bhoota* (all beings) + *aavaasa* (dwelling place, home); "He Who Is the Dwelling Place and Home of All Beings" - all beings live within Him as their ultimate home; He is the cosmic house in which the entire creation resides.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Explanation<br> *Bhoota* = living beings/elements and *avaasa* = dwelling place. Vishnu as Bhootavaasa is the cosmic home of all beings — all creatures exist within Him as their ultimate ground, their final shelter, and their eternal dwelling. This is the *Vasudeva* principle expressed in terms of shelter and abode. **Spiritual Interpretation<br> The Bhagavad Gita (9.4-5): *"By Me, in My unmanifest form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings exist in Me, but I do not exist in them... And yet all beings do not dwell in Me."* This apparent paradox — beings dwelling in Vishnu yet Vishnu transcending them — is the mystery of Bhootavaasa. He is the dwelling of all, yet remains untouched by what dwells in Him, like space that contains all things without being affected by them. **Puranic Reference<br> The Vishnu Purana (1.2) uses the analogy of a lamp and its light — all beings live within Vishnu's light (*bhoota-avaasa*) just as moths live within a lamp's circle of illumination. The Bhagavata Purana describes Vishnu's infinite body as the ultimate cosmic home that contains all worlds within it.
विवेचन:
जो पंचमहाभूतांचा आणि सर्व जीवांचा आश्रय आहे, तो भूतावासः. सर्व तत्त्वे त्याच्यात वास करतात आणि त्याच्यापासून कार्य करतात. सृष्टीच्या रचनात्मक घटकांना धारण करणारा तोच मूलाधार आहे.
अर्थ:
प्राण्यांचा वासस्थान
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Bhutavasaya Namah।