The mother does not turn away the child and does not refuse to give the child the orange just because the child does not know how to pronounce the word. The child does not know how to pronounce the word “orange” and so asks for “ange”. There is an analogy of a mother to whom a child goes and asks for an orange. Others might feel that they do not know the correct Sanskrit pronunciation, and do not want to chant incorrectly. As long as we have the box, we can open it whenever we get the key of knowledge later. But learning the chanting of prayers even without knowing the meaning is a worthwhile act, and can be compared to finding a box of treasure without the key. Some might say that they do not understand the meaning of the Sanskrit words, and therefore do not feel comfortable chanting them. It is said that you cannot comprehend the Paramatma with the human mind alone, even if you spend all your life trying! Given this infinite nature of the Paramatma, who is not governed or constrained by any of the physical laws as we know them, the choice of a thousand names of Vishnu by Bhishma should be recognized as a representation of some of his better known qualities that are repeatedly described in our great epics. Why were these 1008 names of Lord Vishnu chosen?ĭoes the Lord get absolutely defined by these one thousand names? The Vedas affirm that God is neither accessible to words nor to mind. The other eleven being Brahma, Narada, Siva, Subramanya, Kapila, Manu, Prahlada, Janaka, Bali, Suka and Yama. It is relevant to mention that Bhishma was acknowledged to be one of the twelve most knowledgeable people. Yudhishtira, the eldest of the Pandavas, was desperately looking for the answers to matters relating to Dharma and Karma. Lord Sri Krishna, who understood Yudhistira’s uneasy mind, guided him to Bhishma to learn insight in to this precious knowledge. The legend would have it that at the end of the epic Mahabharata war, Bhishmacharya was awaiting the sacred hour to depart from his physical body unto the lotus feet of the Lord.
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