Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram · Śloka 56

Name 403

धर्मः

dharmah

rāmo virāmo virato mārgo neyo nayo'nayah | vīrah shaktimatām shreshtho dharmo dharmaviduttamah || 56 ||

Śaṅkara

Meaning

सर्वभूतानां धारणात् धर्मः; 'अणुरेष धर्मः' इति श्रुतेः; धर्मैराराध्यत इति वा धर्मः ।

sarvabhūtānāṃ dhāraṇāt dharmaḥ; 'aṇureṣa dharmaḥ' iti śruteḥ; dharmairārādhyata iti vā dharmaḥ |

Read it in place, with the English