Sri Vishnu sahasranama stotra, which is the most widely known, is a Garland of the thousand names of Lord Maha Vishnu occurs in the great epic “Maha Bharatha”, strung in to a beautiful stotra by the legendary Rishi Veda Vyasa, acknowledged as one of the greatest exponents of the Vedic wisdome. in the shanti parva, that we will find the Vishnu Sahasranama Stotra, which Bheeshma prescribes to King Yudhisthira about the Supreme God and the highest duties & code of human life. The first 13 stanzas are the dialog between Yudhisthira and Bheeshma. The next three stanzas are the customary Dhyana verses.