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किमेकं दैवतं लोके
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Meaning — Line by Line
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Yudhishthira uvacha —
युधिष्ठिर उवाच — किमेकं दैवतं लोके किं वाप्येकं परायणम् । स्तुवन्तः कं कमर्चन्तः प्राप्नुयुर्मानवाः शुभम् ॥ को धर्मः सर्वधर्माणां भवतः परमो मतः । किं जपन्मुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसंसारबन्धनात् ॥
Yudhishthira uvacha — Kimekam daivatam loke kim vapyekam parayanam Stuvantah kam kamarchantah prapnuyurmanavah shubham Ko dharmah sarvadharmanam bhavatah paramo matah Kim japanmuchyate janturjanmasamsarabandhanat
MeaningYudhishthira asked: Who is the one Deity in the world? What is the one supreme refuge? By praising and worshipping whom do human beings attain what is auspicious? Which, in your view, is the highest of all dharmas? And by chanting what is a creature freed from the bondage of birth and worldly existence?
Bhishma uvacha —
भीष्म उवाच — जगत्प्रभुं देवदेवमनन्तं पुरुषोत्तमम् । स्तुवन् नामसहस्रेण पुरुषः सततोत्थितः ॥ एष मे सर्वधर्माणां धर्मोऽधिकतमो मतः । यद्भक्त्या पुण्डरीकाक्षं स्तवैरर्चेन्नरः सदा ॥
Bhishma uvacha — Jagatprabhum devadevamanantam purushottamam Stuvan namasahasrena purushah satatotthitah Esha me sarvadharmanam dharmodhikatamo matah Yadbhaktya pundarikaksham stavairarchennarah sada
MeaningBhishma replied: He who, ever steadfast, praises with the thousand names the Lord of the universe, the God of gods, the infinite Supreme Person — that, I hold, is the highest of all dharmas: that a person should always, with devotion, worship the lotus-eyed Lord (Vishnu) with hymns of praise.
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Origin & History
Source: Vishnu Sahasranamam (opening dialogue), Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva
Author: Sage Veda Vyasa (as spoken by Bhishma)
Period: Itihasa / Mahabharata era
After the great Kurukshetra war, the patriarch Bhishma lay mortally wounded on a bed of arrows, awaiting the auspicious time to leave his body. Yudhishthira approached him with questions on the highest truths. In response to 'Who is the one God, and what frees a being from rebirth?', Bhishma taught the Vishnu Sahasranamam, declaring the praise of Vishnu's thousand names to be the supreme dharma. This dialogue forms its invocation.
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