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Yudhishtira's questions -5



King Yudhishtira's fifth question is  :


Ko dharma: sarva-dharmaanaam bhavata: paramo mata:?

കോ ധര്‍മ: സര്‍വധര്മാണാം ഭവത: പരമോ മത:?

को धर्म: सर्वधर्माणां परमो मत :?

(In your opinion,) of all dharmaas which is the greatest dharma? 


Answer to this question is in the following sloka uttered by Bhishma Pithamaha:

Esha me sarvadharmaanaam dharmodhikathamo matha:
yadbhakthya pundareekaaksham sthavaararchennarassadaa


एष मे सर्वधर्माणां धर्मोधिकतमो मत :
यद्भक्त्या पुण्डरीकाक्षं स्तवैरर्चेन्नरस्सदा 

ഏഷ മേ സര്‌വധര്‌മാണാം ധര്മോധികതമോ മത:
യദ് ഭക്ത്യാ  പുണ്ടാരീകാക്ഷം സ്തവൈരര്‍ചേന്നരസ്സദാ 

Of all the dharmaas, glorifying (by chanting His thousand names)and worshiping (archana) Pundareekaasha with sincere devotion is the greatest dharmam


May Bhagavan's divine names bless us to go beyond the repeated cycles of birth and death!!

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