Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram - Dasasloki Gunotkarsha By Bheeshmacharya
A Commentary on the Opening Verses of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama (Bheeshma - Yudhishthira Samvaada) INTRODUCTION The Scene: A Battlefield Dialogue The Great War of Mahabharata has ended. Prince Yudhishthira, though victorious, is mentally depleted, haunted by the suffering and death the war left in its wake. Seeking the "Supreme Path" and the "Supreme Dharma," he approaches the dying grandsire, Bhishma, who lies upon a bed of arrows. At the suggestion of Lord Krishna, Bhishma prepares to impart his final, most precious wisdom: the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama. The entire discourse is built upon six fundamental questions asked by Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva : ❓ 6 Questions, 1 Answer… किमेकं दैवतं लोके किं वाप्येकं परायणम् । स्तुवन्तः कं कमर्चन्तः प्राप्नुयुर्मानवाः शुभम् ॥ को धर्मः सर्वधर्माणां भवतः परमो मतः । किं जपन्मुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसंसारबन्धनात् ॥ kimeka ṃ daivata ṃ loke ki ṃ vāpyeka ṃ parāya ṇ am | stuvanta ḥ ka ṃ ka...