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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 91
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ संवत्सराय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो काळस्वरूपाने सर्वांना व्यापून राहतो, तो संवत्सरः. ऋतू, महिने, दिवस आणि कालचक्र यांचे नियमन त्याच्या अधीन असते. जीवनातील परिवर्तन आणि प्रगतीच्या गतीचा आधार तोच आहे.
अर्थ:
काळ स्वरूप.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Samvatsaraya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *sam* (fully) + *vatsara* (year, time); "He Who Is the Year, the Cycle of Time Itself" — the full cycle of time — days, months, seasons, years — is His very body; He is time's complete revolution.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Time as Viṣṇu<br> In the Indian cosmological tradition, time (‘kāla’) is not an abstract backdrop against which events occur — it is a living reality, ultimately identical with the Lord. Viṣṇu as Saṃvatsaraḥ is the year-cycle — the complete cycle of creation and return. The Bhagavad Gītā (10.30): ‘"Māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'ham"‘ — "Among months I am Mārgaśīrṣa"; and (10.33): ‘"Dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca / aham evākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṃ viśvato-mukhaḥ"‘ — "I am inexhaustible Time." As Saṃvatsaraḥ, Viṣṇu IS the year — every sunrise, every season, every moment of the annual cycle is His temporal body.