Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram - Dasasloki Gunotkarsha 5/10
Eṣa me sarvadharmāṇāṁ... (Nama-Sankirtana as Highest Dharma) Dasasloki Gunotkarsha of Bhagawan Vishnu by Bheeshmacharya Exploring the Bheeshma-Yudhishthira Samvaada एष मे सर्वधर्माणां धर्मोऽधिकतमो मतः । यदद्भक्त्या पुण्डरीकाक्षं स्तवैरर्चेन्नरः सदा ॥ e ṣ a me sarvadharmā ṇ ā ṁ dharmo'dhikatamo mata ḥ | yadbhaktyā pu ṇḍ arīkāk ṣ a ṁ stavairarcennara ḥ sadā || Summary of the Meaning (Tatparya) Of all the various righteous paths and religious duties prescribed in the scriptures, this particular practice is considered by me to be the supreme, absolute highest Dharma: that a human being, with intense and unswerving devotion, should always praise and worship the lotus-eyed Bhagawan Narayana through hymns of His names. Bheeshmacharya here delivers his final, definitive judgment on Yudhishthira's question regarding the highest Dharma. Word-by-Word Meaning (Pada-Artha) · एषः (E ṣ a ḥ ): This (path of singing the thousa...