chitram ram ramyate tam

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Namaste all.

 

In the dhyana-shlokas preceding the text of the Vishnu shasranama, there is a

shloka beginning with "bhUh-pAdau yasya nAbhir .." The fourth line of this

shloka has

"chitram ram ramyate tam ..." What is the meaning of "ram" here?

 

PraNAms to all

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advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk>

wrote:

> Namaste all.

>

> In the dhyana-shlokas preceding the text of the Vishnu shasranama,

there is a shloka beginning with "bhUh-pAdau yasya nAbhir .." The

fourth line of this shloka has

> "chitram ram ramyate tam ..." What is the meaning of "ram" here?

 

Namaste,

 

raMramyate is the Intensive form of ram .

 

http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/mwd_search.html

 

Entry ram

 

Meaning el. 1.A1. (Dha1tup. xx , 23)

Intensi. %{raMramyate} or %{raMramIti} Pa1n2. 7-4 , 85.

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The complete text of Vishnusahasranama, with translation is

available at:

 

http://sanskrit.gde.to/doc_vishhnu/v1000-commentary.txt

 

24.

 

bhUH pAdau yasya nAbhir-viyada-suranila-candra-sUryau cha netre

karNa-vASaH Siro-DyauH mukhamapi dahano yasya vAsteyam abdhiH |

antas-stham yasya viSvam sura-nara-khaga-go-bhogi-gandharva-daityaiH

chitram ramramyate tam tribhuvana-vapusham vishNumIsam namAmi ||

 

[ I bow to Lord vishNu who has the three worlds as His body. The

Earth is His feet, and the sky His navel. Wind is His breath, and the

Sun and the Moon are His eyes. Directions are His ears, and the

Heaven is His head. Fire is His face and ocean His abdomen. In Him is

situated the universe with diverse kinds of Gods, men, birds, cattle,

serpents, gandharvas and daityas (demons)- all sporting in a charming

way. ]

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder