Raama Naama Mahima.

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Namaskara to all Haribhaktaas.

The kali age or the dark age is preferred very much by the jnanis to be born on

the earth since the very chanting of the hallowed names of the Lord will ensure

inexplicable merits compared to the other three ages. The name of Sri Raama

stands

foremost in all the holy names of the Lord. Since recently in India the name of

the lord was uttered frequently every day while sneezing , coughing,in distress,

etc. Unofrtunately , the wonderful practice has been gradually been substituted

by less

impportant and useless utterances. Especially in the southern part of this

country almost all people used to say ada Raamaa at all times but now the

practice is gradually vanishing. Chattrapati Shivaji who dreamt a Hindu paadshah

paadhsahi empire

was very much influenced by Saint Samarth Raamdaas and enforced the system of

saying Jayaramjeeki every day instead of insipid goodmorning,Hi,hello,etc. on

meeting one another. (Sri Raaghavendra Sripadangalavaru is supposed to have met

this great

saint during his sojourn at Maharashtra). Rayaru knew that in the future days to

come chanting the entire Ramayana or even the chapters 4 - 9 of the MBTN of

Srimadaachaaaryaru (which highlight the Rama Charita) was going to be impossible

and he

composed the Raamacharitramanjari (11 verses) which acrues the devotee the merit

of chanting the whole Ramayana but even that has now been difficult for most of

the people who presuppose to be very busy in their daily hectic schedule and

have to

settle down for atleast chanting Sri Raamaa naamaa. Even if not possible always

atleast for 3times only.

Lord Rudra says to his wife Parvati devi,

Sri Raama Raama Raameti Rame Raame Manorame

Sahasra naamataatulyam Raama naama varaanane.

The chanting of Sri Raama thrice is equal to chanting theentire Vishnu

Sahasranaamaa. Shri T.S. Raghavendran ( a scion of the Tamaraparani family) had

given the explanation for the same.

In the word Raamaa we find only two letters ra and ma.

In the devarnagari script Ra is the 2nd letter (ya,ra,la,va)

Ma is the 5th letter(pa,pha,ba,bha,ma)

So Raama is equal to ra x ma = 2 x 5 = 10

So chanting the name thrice tantamounts to 10 x 10 x 10 = 1000.

Hence, we find that numerically also the words of Lord Rudra is perfectly true.

On this Raama Navami day let alll sing,praise,chant,write,dance,meditate and

hear the Holy name of the Lord.

Sri Purandara daasaru gives a different version of the nectarine name of the

Lord:

Raaama Naama paayasaage Krishna naama sakkare

Vittala Naama tuppava kalasi bayali chapparisiro.........

 

Yours in the Service of Sri Harih.

Dr.B.Basker.

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Balakrishnan Basker [bbasker]

Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:41 PM

; Madhuker Balakrishnan

Re: Raama Naama Mahima.

 

Namaskara to all Haribhaktaas.

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In the word Raamaa we find only two letters ra and ma.

 

......However, one look at the book - rAmashabdaratnamAla, by shrI

satyaparAyaNa tIrtharu of UttarAdi mutt, convinces one that just this couple

of letters can convey thousands of meanings - all pointing out to the good

old Lord rAma. Starting from 'yoginAm ramante iti rAmaH', the author gives

so many meanings - it is impossible for a layman like me to even remember.

 

and then there is this 'rudravyAkhyAna' of shrI satyadharma tIrtharu. The

'namaka chamaka' or 'Sri rudram', a popular stotra among smArtAs, has been

shown to refer to Lord Sri Rama. For ex- the word 'trayambakam' - which

otherwise refers to Rudra devaru - is interpreted as 'one who had three

mothers' (this is a loose translation. pl. pardon) - which is Sri Rama. The

whole book is full of such excellent interpretations.

 

Both the above mentioned books are published by the Sri Uttaradi mutt,

Bangalore.

 

shrI rAmachandrAya namaH

 

Krishna

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Hari bhaktas also may remember here the meaning explained by none other than Sri

Purandara Dasa in his song 'Raama enna erada aksharada mahimeyu paamararu taa

yellavu ballireyya'

He explains that 'raa' means the destroyer of the sins located (not sure whether

this is the exact word) in the flesh and 'maa' is like the kavacha which will

not allow the ousted sins to come back to you.

 

I hope this is the right meaning . But a nice day and occassion to remember

and ponder on this song. So also, this reminds of another song by the greatest

of all Daasas

'Raama Mantra ve japiso ye munuja' which confirms that mere recital of the name

is sure to take us across the cycle of life and death.

 

 

 

>

> nAham kartA hariH kartA tatpUjA karmachaakhilam.h|

> taThaapi matkR^itaa pUja tatprasaadhEna naanyaThaa|

> tadbhakti tadphalam.h mahyam.h tatprasaadaat.h punaH punaH |

> karmanyaasO harAvevam.h vishNOsthR^iptikaraH sadhA ||

>

> " I am not the doer, shri Hari is the doer, all the actions that I do are His

worship. Even then, the worship I do is through His grace and not otherwise.

That devotion and the fruits of the actions that come to me are due to His

recurring grace "

> If one always practices to do actions with a dedicated spirit to Hari, in this

way, it pleases Vishnu.

> --- Quoted by Sri madhvAchArya in GitA tAtparya

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear Shri Krishna .

What you had said is right. I just wanted to stress the importance of stressing

the names of the Lord . Sri Madhaacahhaaryaru had clearly said that each name of

the Sahasranaamaa had one hundred meanings. I heard that the previous pontiff of

Uttaradhi Matha His Holiness Sri Sathyapramodaru once had explained the hundred

meanings of Sri Raaammaa(I was not blessed enough to hear the same). But all

these theories have now been slightly out of the ken of the people and hence

atleast the chanting of the name of Sri Rama atleast three times a day is utmost

beneficial.

 

Regards.

Basker/