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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 125

भक्तिमान्‌ यः सदोत्थाय शुचिस्तद्गतमानस: । सहसतं वासुदेवस्य नाम्नामेतत्‌ प्रकीर्तयेत्‌

bhaktimān yaḥ sadotthāya śucis tadgatamānasaḥ | sahasraṁ vāsudevasya nāmnām etat prakīrtayet ||

जो भक्तिमान पुरुष नित्य प्रातः उठकर स्नानादि से शुद्ध होकर, मन को उसी में लगाकर, वासुदेव के इन सहस्र नामों का विधिपूर्वक कीर्तन/पाठ करता है—वह महान् यश और लोक-प्रतिष्ठा पाता है, अचल समृद्धि प्राप्त करता है और परम कल्याण को पहुँचता है। उसके लिए कहीं भय नहीं रहता; वह वीर्य और तेज पाता है तथा आरोग्य, कान्ति, बल, रूप और सर्वगुणों से सम्पन्न हो जाता है।

भक्तिमान्devout, possessing devotion
भक्तिमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्तिमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
उत्थायhaving risen (gotten up)
उत्थाय:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
शुचिःpure, clean
शुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तद्गतमानसःwhose mind is fixed on Him
तद्गतमानसः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतद्गतमानस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहस्रशतम्a thousand (names) / the set of a thousand
सहस्रशतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्रशत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वासुदेवस्यof Vāsudeva
वासुदेवस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
नाम्नाम्of the names
नाम्नाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रकीर्तयेत्should recite/proclaim
प्रकीर्तयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-कीर्त्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
V
Vāsudeva-sahasranāma (the thousand names)

Educational Q&A

Steady devotion expressed through disciplined morning purity and focused remembrance, culminating in the recitation of Vāsudeva’s thousand names, is presented as a powerful dhārmic practice that yields inner fearlessness and comprehensive well-being—ethical excellence, vitality, and stable prosperity.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by praising the practice of chanting the Vāsudeva-sahasranāma, describing the qualities of the practitioner and the fruits that follow from such devoted recitation.