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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 729
शब्द:
Simple Meaning:
Directly, "What?" - the sacred interrogative; "He Who Is the Divine 'What', the Underlying Reality of All Things" - when one asks "What is this?" about any experience, the deepest answer is: He; He is the *What* behind all existence.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Reference<br> Complements the previous name, asking "What?" rather than "Who?" **Mythological Interpretation<br> If Ka asks "Who?", Kim asks "What?" Together they represent the complete mystery of Vishnu's nature. "Kim" as an interrogative challenges all definitions - What is God? What is Brahman? What is ultimate reality? No answer fully captures Kim. The Upanishads use this method (neti neti - not this, not this) to point toward the indescribable by negating all descriptions. Kim represents this ineffable essence that eludes all categories. Is He personal or impersonal? Transcendent or immanent? One or many? The answer is Kim - beyond such categories. The Kena Upanishad states: "That which speech cannot express but by which speech is expressed - know That to be Brahman, not what people worship here." This is Kim - the mysterious essence beyond human conceptualization. Grammatically, Ka asks about person (who?), Kim asks about thing/nature (what?), suggesting Vishnu transcends even the person/object distinction. For seekers, contemplating Kim generates apophatic awareness - knowing through unknowing. When all concepts fail and only wonder remains, one stands before Kim. This intellectual humility opens intuitive realization - when the questioner merges with Kim, the question dissolves in direct knowledge.
विवेचन:
जो ‘कोण?’ या शोधाचा विषय आहे, तो किम्. तत्त्वचिंतक, ऋषी आणि साधक ज्याचा शोध घेतात, तेच हे परम रहस्य. प्रश्नातून सत्याकडे नेणारे हे चिंतनात्मक नाव आहे.
अर्थ:
प्रश्नार्थक "काय?"
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Kasmai Namah।