The 1,000 names of Vishnu parallel the 1,000 names of Śiva and suggest that Vishnu is equally important and multi-faceted. Bhishma’s final advice to Yudhishthira mirrors the eventual ending of the
Mahabharata itself, which also provides some words for people to say every morning. The cycle of morning and evening represents a miniature version of the larger cycle of rebirth and death.