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Yasya smarana mathrena janma samsara bandhanath,
Vimuchayate nama tasmai vishnave prabha vishnave.
Bow I before Him,
The all-powerful Vishnu,
The mere thought of whom.
Releases one forever,
Of the ties of birth and life.
Bow I before the all powerful Vishnu.
Shrutva dharmaneshena pavanani cha sarvasha,
Yudhishthirah santhanavam punerav abhya-bhashata.
Sri Vaisampayana said:
After hearing a lot,
About Dharma that carries life,
And of those methods great,
That removes sins from ones life,
For ever and to cleanse,
Yudhishtra asked again,
Bheeshma, the abode of everlasting peace.
Yudhishthira uvacha
Kimekam daivatham loke, kim vapyegam parayanam,
Sthuvantha kam kamarchanda prapnyur manava shubham.
Ko dharma sarva dharmanam paramo matha,
Kim japan muchyathe jandur janma samsara bhandanat.
Yudhishthira asked:
In this wide world, Oh Grandpa,
Which is that one God,
Who is the only shelter?
Who is He whom,
Beings worship and pray,
And get salvation great?
Who is He who should oft,
Be worshipped with love?
Which Dharma is so great,
There is none greater?
And which is to be oft chanted,
To get free.
From these bondage of life, cruel?
Bhishma uvacha
Jagat prabhum devadevam anantham purushottamam,
Stuvan nama sahasrena, purusha sathathothida.
Tameva charchayan nityam, bhaktya purushamavyayam,
Dhyayan sthuvan namasyancha yajamanasthameva cha.
Anadi nidhanam vishnum sarva loka maheswaram,
Lokadyaksham stuvannityam sarva dukkhago bhaved.
Brahmanyam sarva dharmagnam lokanam keerthi vardhanam,
Lokanatham mahadbhootham sarva bhootha bhavodbhavam.
Aeshame sarva dharmanam dharmadhika tamo matha,
Yad bhaktyo pundarikaksham stuvyr-archanayr-nara sada.
Paramam yo mahatteja paramam yo mahattapa,
Paramam yo mahad brahma paramam ya parayanam.
Pavithranam pavithram yo mangalanam cha mangalam,
Dhaivatham devathanam cha bhootanam yo vya pitha.
Yatha sarvani bhoothani bhavandyathi yugagame,
Yasmincha pralayam yanthi punareve yuga kshaye.
Tasya loka pradhanasya jagannatathasya bhoopathe,
Vishno nama sahasram me srunu papa bhayapaham.
Yani namani gounani vikhyatani mahatmanah,
Rishibhih parigeetani tani vakshyami bhootaye.
Bhishma replied:
That purusha with endless devotion,
Who chants the thousand names,
Of He who is the lord of the Universe,
Of He who is the God of Gods,
Of He who is limitless,
Would get free,
From these bondage of life, cruel
He who also worships and prays,
Daily without break,
That Purusha who does not change,
That Vishnu who does not end or begin,
That God who is the lord of all worlds,
And Him, who presides over the universe,
Would loose without fail,
All the miseries in this life.
Chanting the praises,
Worshipping and singing,
With devotion great,
Of the lotus eyed one,
Who is partial to the Vedas,
Who is the only one, who knows the dharma,
Who increases the fame,
Of those who live in this world,
Who is the master of the universe,
Who is the truth among all those who has life,
And who decides the life of all living,
Is the dharma that is great.
That which is the greatest light,
That which is the greatest penance,
That which is the greatest brahmam,
Is the greatest shelter that I know.
Please hear from me,
The thousand holy names,
Which wash away all sins,
Of Him who is purest of the pure,
Of That which is holiest of holies,
Of Him who is God among Gods,
Of That father who lives Without death,
Among all that lives in this world,
Of Him whom all the souls,
Were born at the start of the world,
Of Him in whom, all that lives,
Will disappear at the end of the world,
And of that the chief of all this world,
Who bears the burden of this world.