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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ वषट्काराय नमः।
विवेचन:
यज्ञकर्मात ‘वषट्’ या उच्चाराने ज्याला आहुती अर्पण केली जाते, तो वषट्कार. यज्ञ, मंत्र, आहुती आणि त्याचा स्वीकारकर्ता ही सर्व तत्त्वे त्याच्यात एकरूप होतात. तोच यज्ञस्वरूप, पूजास्वरूप आणि देवतांना पोहोचणाऱ्या अर्पणाचा अधिष्ठाता आहे.
अर्थ:
ज्याच्यासाठी यज्ञात आहुती दिली जाते.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Vashatkaraya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *vashat* (a sacred exclamation used in Vedic rituals) + *kaara* (maker/cause); "He For Whom the Vashat Call Is Made" or "He Who Controls All Through His Divine Will" — the one toward whom all ritual invocations are ultimately directed.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Ritual and philosophical significance<br> In Vedic yajña, the ‘hotṛ’ priest utters ‘"vaṣaṭ"‘ at the moment of pouring the oblation into the fire, consecrating it for the deity. This sacred syllable is not merely a word — it is a vibration that connects the earthly act of sacrifice with the divine recipient. Viṣṇu as Vaṣaṭkāraḥ is the living reality behind this sacred exclamation. All sacrifice, all sacred utterance, all mantra — their power ultimately derives from and flows toward Him. **Connection to Oṃkāra<br> Just as Oṃ is the sound-body of Brahman (Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad), Vaṣaṭ is the sacrificial sound-body of Viṣṇu. The Bhagavad Gītā (9.16) states: ‘"Ahaṃ kraturahaṃ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham / mantro'ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṃ hutam"‘ — "I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the ancestral offering, I am the herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering." Vaṣaṭkāraḥ captures precisely this: the Lord is the sacred exclamation itself.