श्री
विश्नुसह्स्रनामस्तोत्रम्[1]
Background
and the beginning
The Legend
would have it that at the end of the Epic Mahabharata war, Bhishmacharya was
waiting for the sacred hour to depart from his physical body unto the lotus
feet of the Lord.
Yudhishtira,
the eldest of the Pandavas, was desperately looking for the answers to matters
relating to Dharma and Karma. Lord Krishna, who understood Yudhishtira’s uneasy
mind, guided him to Bhishma to learn insight in to this precious knowledge. As
directed by the Lord, he meets Yudhishtira. Yudhishtira presented
युधिष्टर उवाच्
किमेकं दैवतम् लोके किं वाप्येकं परायनम्
WHO IS THE GREATEST LORD OF
THE WORLD?
WHO IS THE ONE REFUGE OF ALL?
स्तुवन्तः कं कमर्चन्तः प्राप्नुय्र्मानवाः शुबम् II
BY GLORIFYING WHOM, CAN
ATTAIN PEACE AND PROSPERITY?
BY WORSHIPPING WHOME CAN MAN
REACH AUSPICOUSNESS?
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को दर्मः सर्वधर्माणां भवतः परमो मतः
WHAT
IS, IN YOUR OPINION THE GREATEST DHARMA?
किं जपन्मुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसम्सारबन्तनात् II
BY DOING JAPA OF WHAT, CAN CREATURE GO
BEYOND THE BONDS AND CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH?
THEN BHISHMA RECITES 1000 NAMES OF LORD VISHNU AS
THE SOLUTION TO ALL THE QUESTIONS.
कोमच्चा/Komacha
05 Nov 2019
