PARATATVAM OF LORD VISHNU AS DECLARED BY SRI BHISHMACHARYA

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Priya Bhagawadbanduuvullara,

JAISHRIMANNARAYANA

Wish you all a very happy, prosperous new year 2002

In continuation to our supporting material from various sources for

Paratatva Nirnayam Sri Bhishmacharya's declaration to a query from Sri

Yudhistir on the same subject is best for consideration based on the

following

He lived longest in his dynasty overseeing many generations, many

situations, many wars

He had a boon for Swatchanda maranam (Death can be had as per his wish)

His declaration is made in his last moments on the bed of arrows in the

form of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stothram

etc.

 

Following is the question by Yudhistir

Kimekam daivatam loke kim vapyekam parayanam

stuvantahkam kam archantah prapnuyur manavah subham

etc.................etc...........

 

"In this universe who is the one Divinity (at whose command all beings

function)? What is that one Supreme Status which one should seek to

attain? Who is that Divinity by praising whom and by worshipping whom a

man attains the good?

Which according to you is that highest form of Dharma (capable of

bestowing salvation and prosperity on man) ? What is that by uttering or

reciting which any living being can attain freedom from the cycle of

births and deaths ?"

 

SriBhismacharya replies:

Jagatprabhum devadevam anantam purushottamam

Stuvan namasahasrena purusah satatotthitaha

etc..................etc......

" He will be free from all sorrows who always praises 'the Sahasranama

(thousand names) that All-pervading Being who is the master of the

worlds, who is supreme over all Devas and who is the Supreme spirit

 

That worshipper will be free from all sorrows who devoutly worships and

meditates on that Undecaying Being, as also praises Him and makes

prostrations to Him

 

He will be free from all sorrows who always sings the praise of

Vishnu(the all pervading Being), who is free from the six changes

beginning with origin and ending with death, and who is the master and

over-seer of all the worlds.

 

He is the Protector of Brahma and the Veda, He is the knower of all

Dharmas. He is the enhancer of the reputation of all beings. He is the

supreme Brahman, Out of Him all beings and the whole of Samsara have

come out

 

To adore the Lotus-eyed One always with hymns of praise recited with

devotion - I consider this to be superior to all other forms of Dharma

 

He is the supreme light of consciousness. He is the supreme controller

of everything. He is the supreme All-pervading Being. He is the

support of everything

 

He is the sanctifier of even what is most sacred. He is the most

auspicious among auspicious beings, He is the Lord of all divinities.

He, the undecaying, is the father of all beings

 

He is the One from whom all beings come into existence at the beginning

of a cycle of time, and He is also the One into whom they all dissolve

at the end of the cycle.

 

Hear from me the Hymn that is constituted of a 'thousand names' of that

Vishnu who is the master of the universe, who is the subject of

discourse of all scriptures, and who is the eraser of all sins and the

fear of Samsara

 

I am giving for the benefit of all, those names of His which are

far-famed, which are indicative of His attribuites, and which find a

place in the exalted hymns of the Rishis "

 

The above is far more than enough to set aside any doubts on the

Paratatva Nirnayam

 

P.S. Still if any human being is having even an iota/Lota of doubt , he

still can totally go by the above till alternative arrangements are made

to support anything contrary to the above in view of the uncertainities

of life as seen by everybody day in and day out.

 

SARVAPARADHAMULATO

 

RAMAKRISHNA RAMANUJA DASAN