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COMMENTATOR'S BENEDICTORY VERSES
 
Om Adoration to Krishna whose nature is Sat, Chit
and Ananda, who performs his functions without effort,
who is cognised by the Vedanta, who is the Guru, and who
is the witness of Buddhi.
 
2. I adore the sage Krishnadvaipayana Vyasa devoted
to the welfare of all beings, who is to the Vedas as the sun
is to the lotus and who is the fountain of self-control, etc.
 
3. The admirable hymn containing the thousand
names of the Supreme Person, who has thousands of forms,
thousands of eyes, faces, feet and arms, is now being com-
mented upon for the sake of overcoming birth, decay, etc.
Sri Vaisampayana said:
 
1. Hearing all the Dharmas in their entirety and
those sacred acts that destroy sins, in various ways,
Yudhishthira again addressed the son of Santanu
(Bhishma).
 
Vaisampayana said to Janamejaya.
 
Dharmas are those that lead to prosperity and Moksha
as defined by the Vedas. Addressed: as he was of opinion
that he had not been taught the means of attaining all the
desired ends of man, that are easy to follow and mighty in
their results.
 
Yudhishthira said:
 
2. Who is the One Deity in the world? What is the
sole and Supreme Goal? Whom should men praise and
worship to attain good?