Shree Vaisham pãyana uvacha: Shruthvã dharmãna sé s héna pãvananicha sarvashaha Yudhishtara shanthanavam punarévãbya bashatha Vaisampay ana, the narrator to Dhritrast ra says: Yudhishthira, as a righteous man ("dharamana") of spiritual inclination, with the mortal integrity (" paavanaani") of a careful mortal, asks ("b haashatha") Bhishma ("shaantanavam ") quite an interesting set of questions which are ty pical queries which the heart of s eekers will always ask. This is how we find the “Thousand Names of Lord Vishnu” introduced in the immortal classic of the Hindus, the M ahaabaarata.įor the eradication of all obstructions, I meditate (" dhyayeth") on Vishnu, who is wearing ("d haram") a white ("shukla") cloth ("ambara"), who is of t he color ("varnam") of the moon ("sashi"), who has four (" chatur") arms ("bhujam"), and who has a placid expression (" prasanna") on His face ("vadanam"). Yudhishthira, the righteous, asked six questions, Bheeshma, the constant devotee of Krishna, the gigantic Man of Action, calmly answered them all. The Vishnu Sah asranaama was composed by Sri Veda Vyaas, thea author of the Puraanas, and we meet this great chant in his classical work, t he M ahaabaarata, Prince Yudhisthira, the eldest of the p andavas, at the end of the war app roached Bheeshma Pitaamaha, when the mighty grandsire of the Kuru family was lying on the bed of arrows, unconquered and in conquerable, awaiting the scared hour of his departure to the feet of the lord. We shall here follow closely Sankara’s commentary and also draw our material from the Puranic literature that has an endless st ore of app eal to t he hearts of all devotees. Earning the grace of th the teacher and the blessings of the Lord Vishnu, Sri sankara inaugurated an incomparable revival movement of the decadent culture of the 7 century Hinduism. Govindaacharya, satisfied with the proficiency of the student blessed him and set him on the road of service and action. He accomplished his great task and the very first work of the Upanishadic commentator, sankara, the greatst Hindu missionary of the 7 th century, t hus came to see the light of the day. Govindapa Acharya tested sankara by ordering him to write an exhaustive commentary (Bhaashya) upon the Vishnu Sahasranaama. A t t he end of his short but intense st udy, sankara, the insp ired missionary, wanting to fulfill his glorious work, craved from the blessings of his teacher. Acharya sankara reached the feet of his Guru, Sri Govindapaachaarya, and on the bank of Narmada, the Nambootiri-boy from kaaladi got initiated into the secrets of t he Mahaavaakyas. Krishnamachari: Vishnu Sahasranama means the “Thousand Names of Vishnu.” T his narrative is based upon the commentary of Shankaracharya. Vishnu Sahasranamam (Meanings: based upon the commentary of Shankaracharya) Meanings: Courtesy: Sanskrit script courtesy: Shri.
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