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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 15
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ साक्षिणे नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सर्वकाही पाहतो पण कोणत्याही कर्माने बांधला जात नाही, तो साक्षी. तो सर्वांच्या कृती, भावना, विचार आणि प्रेरणा जाणून असतो. निर्लेप राहून सर्व अनुभवांचा जाणकार असलेले तत्त्व म्हणजे परमसाक्षी.
अर्थ:
सर्व कर्मांचा प्रत्यक्ष पाहणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Sakshine Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *sa* (with) + *aksha* (eye/sense); "The Eternal Witness" — He observes all actions, thoughts, and events across all time and space without interference, the pure witnessing awareness behind all experience
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Upaniṣadic significance
The Sākṣī doctrine is central to Advaita Vedānta. Consciousness, in its purest form, is the Witness — aware of all experience but identified with none. The ‘jīva’ mistakes itself for the actor; the Paramātmā is eternally the Witness. The Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (6.11): ‘"Eko devaḥ sarvabhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ sarvavyāpī sarvabhūtāntarātmā / karmādhyakṣaḥ sarvabhūtādhivāsaḥ sākṣī cetā kevalo nirguṇaś ca"‘ — "The one God hidden in all beings, all-pervading, the inner Self of all, the overseer of karma, the witness, the pure consciousness, one alone, free from qualities." **Karma and justice
As Sākṣī, Viṣṇu witnesses every act of every being in every lifetime. The doctrine of karma rests on this: because the Lord is the eternal Witness, no action goes unregistered. Yet His witnessing is not judicial in a harsh sense — it is the compassionate awareness that holds space for every soul's journey toward its ultimate liberation.