श्रीमहेश्वरेणापि ।एतत्सर्वमभिप्रेत्य 'एष मे सर्वधर्माणां धर्मोऽधिकतमो मतः' इत्याधिक्यमुक्तम् ।'किमेकं दैवतम्' इत्यारभ्य 'किं जपन्मुच्यते जन्तुः' इति षट्प्रश्नेषु 'यतः सर्वाणि' इति प्रश्नोत्तराभ्यां यद्ब्रह्मोक्तं तद्विश्वशब्देनोच्यत इति व्याख्यातं विश्वम् ।तत्किमित्याकाङ्क्षायामाह—विष्णुः इति ।तथा च ऋग्वेदे—'आ यो जानन्तो नाम चिद्विवक्तन महस्ते विष्णो सुमतिं भजामहे' इत्यादिवाक्यैर्विष्णोः नामसंकीर्तनेन सम्यग्ज्ञानप्राप्तिर्विहिता ।वेवेष्टि व्याप्नोतीति विष्णुः ।विषेर्व्याप्त्यभिधायिनो नुक्प्रत्ययान्तस्य रूपम् ।देशकालवस्तुपरिच्छेदशून्य इत्यर्थः ।'अन्तर्बहिश्च तत्सर्वं व्याप्य नारायणः स्थितः' इत्यादिश्रुतेः ।विशतेर्वा नुक्प्रत्ययस्य रूपं विष्णुरिति ।
In plain words
Even glorious Maheśvara, keeping all this in mind, declared the supreme preeminence of this practice, stating: 'This I consider to be the greatest of all dharmas.' Among the six questions beginning with 'What is the sole deity?' and 'By chanting what does a creature attain liberation?', the Brahman indicated by the question and answer 'From which all beings...' has been explained under the name 'Viśva'. When the question naturally arises as to what 'Viśva' refers to, the text answers: 'Viṣṇu.' Accordingly, the Ṛgveda enjoins the attainment of supreme wisdom through the chanting of Viṣṇu's names, in passages such as: 'O you who know, declare even the name; O Viṣṇu, we seek your grace.' Viṣṇu means the one who pervades. The word is formed from the root 'viṣ', which denotes pervasiveness, combined with the 'nuk' affix. This signifies that He is completely free from any limitation of space, time, or object, as confirmed by the Vedic text: 'Pervading everything inside and outside, Nārāyaṇa stands.' Alternatively, the name Viṣṇu can also be derived from the root 'viś' with the same affix.
Close to the Sanskrit
Even by glorious Maheśvara, having intended all this, the superiority has been stated: 'This is considered by me the highest dharma among all dharmas.' Starting from the six questions 'What is the one deity?' up to 'By chanting what does a creature become liberated?', through the question and answer 'From which all...', the Brahman that was spoken is designated by the word 'Viśva'—thus Viśva has been explained. When the expectation arises as to what that is, he says: 'Viṣṇu'. And similarly in the Ṛgveda, by such passages as 'O knowing ones, speak out even the name, we seek the supreme grace of you, O Viṣṇu', the attainment of complete knowledge through the chanting of the names of Viṣṇu has been prescribed. 'He who pervades' is Viṣṇu. It is the form of the word derived from the root 'viṣ', which expresses pervasiveness, with the nuk affix. The meaning is that he is devoid of limitations of space, time, and object, because of the shruti text: 'Having pervaded all that is inside and outside, Nārāyaṇa stands.' Or Viṣṇu is the form of the affix nuk from the root 'viś'.