Vishnu.Sahasranama.with.the.Bhasya.of.Sankaracharya_text

VISHNU SAHASRANAMA
Bhlshma said :
Bhlshma : one who is the cause of terror to all foes,
external and internal, the promulgator of Moksha-dharma
and other Dharmas, and who is omniscient.
Six questions are asked. The sixth and the last refer-
ring to Japa is answered by the following verse :
4. The man who is ever-engaged in praising, with
the thousand names, the Lord of the Universe, the God of
Gods, the Infinite, and Supreme Purusha (gets beyond
all grief).
The Universe : the movable and the immovable. God
of Gods : God even of Brahmfl and other Gods. Infinite :
unlimited by space, time and substance. Supreme Purusha :
superior to the perishable and the imperishable. (See
Bh. G., 15-18.) Praising : his attributes. Purusha ; because
of his dwelling, (srayana) in the heart (puri), or because of
his fullness. The phrase gets beyond all grief has to be
supplied in the fourth and fifth verses also.
The fourth question is answered by the following :
5. By always worshipping with devotion that im-
perishable Purusha, by meditating on Him, by praising
Him and by bowing down before Him, the worshipper
(gets beyond all grief).
Worshipping : by performing external worship. Always
: at all times. With devotion : entirely given up to
Him. By meditating : worshipping Him internally.
Hymning His praise and prostrating before Him are acts
that form the last part of the worship. The worshipper :
the enjoyer of the fruit of the worship.
Or by worshipping is meant both external and internal
worship. By meditating, by praising and bowing down
are meant, the mental, the verbal, and the physical
worship.