The order and organization of Vishnu Sahasranamastotram

(This text has been reproduced from a commentary on Vishnu Sahasranamam by Narasimhan Krishnamachari)

Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram as printed for chanting purposes consists of three sections:

1. A prolog: which gives the background on why the Stotram was imparted to the great and just Yudhishthira by Bhishma.
2. The thousand names of Vishnu: organised in a poetic format in 107 stanzas, in the anushtup chandas, (a meter with eight syllables in a quarter), with two quarters per line, and two lines per stanza.
3. The phala sruti: or a recounting of the benefits that can accrue by chanting the Stotram.