THE MEANING OF THE WORD NARAYANA

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" OM NAMO BHAGAVATHE VASUDEVAYA "

 

Friends,

 

In my last E-mail, I had explained about chanting of " NARAYANA " manthra

and about the benefits and effects one derives from mere chanting

without BHAKTHI, by telling the story of AJAMILA and how he attained

VAIKUNTA.

 

Here, I would like to explain the meaning of the word " NARAYAN " . This

word can be split into two as NARA + AYANA. As per the Sanskrit

dictionary , NARA means ADMI in Hindi and a male or man or Hero or even

Husband. AYAN means PLACE OF REFUGE. Sometimes it is also used to mean

MIRROR, Hence NARAYAN means THE REFUGE OF NARA OR MAN Or if we take the

word to mean MIRROR, it means the reflection of self or NARAYAN together

means ones soul's reflection.

 

What a beautiful word is " NARAYANA " .

 

Let us all chant together " OM NAMO NARAYANAYA "

 

Regards to one an all.

 

P.R.RADHAKRISHNAN