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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.32
রাম রামেতি রামেতি রমে রামে মনোরমে ।
সহস্রনামভিস্তুল্যং রামনাম বরাননে ॥ ৩২ ॥
rāma rāmeti rāmeti
rame rāme manorame
sahasra-nāmabhis tulyaṁ
rāma-nāma varānane
“[Lord Śiva addressed his wife, Durgā:] ‘O Varānanā, I chant the holy name of Rāma, Rāma, Rāma and thus enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of Rāmacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Viṣṇu.’
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Lord Śiva tells his wife, Durgā, that he chants “Rāma, Rāma, Rāma” and enjoys this beautiful sound.
The holy name of Rāmacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Viṣṇu.
This statement appears in the Bṛhad-viṣṇu-sahasranāma-stotra in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī. From there He went to Kāmakoṣṭhī-purī and later arrived at southern Mathurā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”, “holy name”, “names of”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When you chant Rāma’s name, how attentively do you hear its beautiful sound?
Chant “Rāma, Rāma, Rāma” slowly and listen to each utterance.
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