Yudishtira & Bheeshma in Vishnu Sahasranamam

Courtesy: Sri.PR.Ramachander

when Yudhistira asks the "kim ekam", etc questions, Bheeshma answers as below.

Bheeshma Uvacha:-

Jagat Prabhum devadevam Anantham Purushottamam,
Stuvan nama Sahasrena, Purusha Sathathothida,                                  9
Tameva charchayan nityam, Bhaktya purushamavyayam,
Dhyayan sthuvan namasyancha yajamanasthameva cha,                              10
Anadi nidhanam vishnum sarva loka Maheswaram
Lokadyaksham stuvannityam Sarva dukkhago bhaved,                               11
Brahmanyam sarva dharmagnam Lokanam keerthi vardhanam,
Lokanatham Mahadbhootham Sarva Bhootha bhavodbhavam                            12
Aeshame sarva dharmanam dharmadhika tamo matha,
Yad bhaktyo pundarikaksham Stuvyr-archanayr-nara sada,                         13
Paramam yo mahatteja, paramam yo mahattapa
Paramam  yo mahad brahma paramam ya parayanam                                  14
Pavithranam Pavithram  yo mangalanam cha mangalam,
Dhaivatham devathanam cha bhootanam yo vya pitha                               15
Yatha sarvani bhoothani bhavandyathi yugagame
Yasmincha pralayam yanthi punareve yuga kshaye                                 16
Tasya Loka pradhanasya Jagannatathasya bhoopathe                              
Vishno nama sahasram me Srunu papa bhayapaham                                  17



Bheeshma 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..

I would teach you without fail,
Of those names with fame.
Which deal of His qualities great,
And which the sages sing,
So that beings of this wide world,
Become happy and great.

Eko vishnu Mahadbhutham  pradag Bhutanyanekasa,
Treem lokan vyapya bhutatma  bhungte viswabhugavyaya                           20

Vishnu  is many ,
But  He is one,
And he divides himself,
And exists in all beings,
That is in three worlds,
And rules all of them,
Without death and decay.