Shloka 15
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)
यमराजने कहा--देवताओ और महर्षियो! मैंने आपलोगोंके मुखसे दिव्य एवं मनोरम कथा सुनी है, अब आपलोग चित्रगुप्तका तथा मेरा भी प्रिय भाषण सुनिये ।।
yamāraja uvāca—devatāḥ maharṣayaś ca! mayā yuṣmākaṁ mukhataḥ divyāṁ manoramāṁ ca kathāṁ śrutā; idānīṁ yuṣmābhiḥ citraguptasya mama ca priyaṁ bhāṣaṇaṁ śrūyatām. rahasyaṁ dharmasaṁyuktaṁ śakyaṁ śrotuṁ maharṣibhiḥ; śraddadhānena martyena ātmano hitam icchatā api etat śravaṇīyam.
阎摩说道：“诸天与大圣仙啊！我亲从你们口中听闻了神圣而悦人的叙述。如今请听那既为吉多罗古波多所珍爱、亦为我所喜的言辞。这是一门与达摩相应的秘密教诲——大圣仙皆可聆听；而凡间有信心、求自身真实福祉之人，也应当听闻。”
यम उवाच
Educational Q&A
That a dharma-grounded ‘secret’ instruction is not merely for exalted sages; any faithful person who genuinely seeks their own welfare should listen to and internalize it—implying that ethical truth is universally relevant when approached with śraddhā.
Yama addresses the assembled gods and great seers, acknowledging he has heard their divine account, and then announces that he will deliver a discourse dear to himself and Citragupta—introducing an authoritative moral teaching connected with dharma.