Shloka 43
Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa
Assembly Hymn of Many Names
(एतन्नामशतं विष्णोर्धर्मराजेन कीर्तितम् | य: पठेच्छृणुयाद् वापि सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते ।।
etannāmaśataṁ viṣṇor dharmarājena kīrtitam | yaḥ paṭhec chṛṇuyād vāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଧର୍ମରାଜ ଵିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ଏହି ଶତନାମ ଘୋଷଣା କରିଛନ୍ତି। ଯେ ଏହା ପାଠ କରେ କିମ୍ବା ଶୁଣେ ମାତ୍ର, ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ। ଏହିପରି ମହାଭାରତର ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବର ରାଜଧର୍ମାନୁଶାସନ ଭାଗରେ ବାସୁଦେବସ୍ତୁତିର ତେତାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Reciting or listening to the hundred names of Viṣṇu, as taught by Dharmarāja, is presented as a powerful devotional practice that purifies moral and spiritual faults (pāpa) and supports a life aligned with dharma.
Vaiśampāyana concludes the chapter by affirming the merit (phala) of the preceding hymn: Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) has recited Viṣṇu’s hundred names, and the narrator states that readers or listeners gain release from sins; the colophon marks the end of the Vāsudeva-stuti chapter within Śānti Parva’s instruction on royal dharma.