Clarification needed on Vishnu SahasraNaamam

[Guest guest]

Hari:,

 

My pranaams to all respected members of the Group.

 

I was wondering if someone could please explain to me the actual

intended meaning of these verses

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In the Padma Purana it its mentioned:

visnor ekaika namapi, sarva vedadhikam matam

tadrk nama sahasrena, rama nama samasmrtam

 

" Each Name of Lord Vishnu is greater and more potent than the entire

Vedas combined together, and Lord Rama's Name alone is more superior

that a thousand Names of Lord Vishnu

 

 

In the Brahmanda Purana it is stated:

 

sahasra-namnam punyanam, trir-avrttya tu yat phalam;

ekavrttya tu krishnasya, namaikam tat prayacchati.

 

" And the pious results (punya) achieved by chanting the thousand holy

names of Vishnu (Vishnu-sahasra-nama-stotram) three times or (by

deduction) the Holy Name of Rama thrice can be attained by only one

utterance of the Holy Name of Krishna. "

 

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I am unable to understand the intention of the translation provided.

 

And as a result I often hear people saying that saying Krishna one

time is the same as same Ram 3 times.

 

My question is. Is it ok to make such conclusions based on the two

verses? Does the translation need to be taken in a numeric sense?

If it is to be taken in a mathematical sense, then it is hard to

comprehend as Shri Vishnu Sahasra Naam itself has the name Krishna in

there several times i believe.

 

Please enlighten me.

 

dasoham

Deepak

[Guest guest]

SwAmin, Acoording to adiyEn's knowledge:-

One Rama nAma = 1000 VishNu nAmas. So utterence of SrI

RAma nAma once is equal to reciting SrI VishNu

sahasranAmam once.

dAsan

Anbil SrInivAsan

 

 

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