GLORIES OF LORD RAMA (RAMACANDRA) FROM SCRIPTURES!
(1) SRI DASAVATARA STOTRAM, BY SRILA JAYADEVA GOSWAMI:
vitarasi diksu rane dik-pati-kamaniyam
dasa-mukha-mauli-balim ramaniyam
kesava dhrta-rama-sarira jaya jagadisa hare
“O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who haze assumed the form of Ramacandra! All glories to You! In the battle of Lanka You destroy the ten-headed demon Ravana and distribute his heads as a delightful offering to the presiding deities of the ten directions, headed by Indira. This action was long desired by all of them, who were much harassed by this monster.”
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(2) PADMA PURANA (LORD SIVA ABOUT RAMA NAMA):
rama rameti rameti
rame rame manorame
sahasra-namabhis tulyam
rama-nama varanane
‘Lord Siva addressed his wife Durga as Varanana and explained, “I chant the holy name of Rama, Rama, Rama and thus enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of Ramacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Visnu.”’
(3) PADMA PURANA SATA-NAMA-STOTRA:
visnor ekaikam namapi sarva-vedadhikam matam
tadrk-nama sahasrena rama-nama-samam smrtam
“Chanting one name of Vishnu gives more benefit than studying all the Vedas, and one name of Rama is equal to a thousand names (sahasra-nama) of Vishnu.”
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(4) BRAHMANDA PURANA:
sahasra-namnam punyanam trir avrttya tu yat phalam
ekavrttya tu krishnasya namaikam tat prayacchati
If one utters shri-krishna-nama once, one obtains the same result that comes from chanting the pure visnu-sahasranama three times.
(A thousand names of Vishnu equals one name of Rama, and three thousand names of Vishnu – that is to say, three names of Rama – equals one name of Krishna. chanting Krishna’s name once gives the same result as chanting Rama’s name three times.)
(5) CAITANYA CARITAMRUTA. (MADHYA 9.29):
ramante yogino ‘nante
satyanande cid-atmani
iti rama-padenasau
param brahmabhidhiyate
The Supreme Absolute Truth is called Rama because the transcendentalists take pleasure in the unlimited true pleasure of spiritual existence.
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LORD RAMA’S PARAMPARA OF APPEARANCE
SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM (9TH CANTO):
(1) Shukadeva Goswami said: The son of Maharaja Khatvanga was Dirghabahu, and his son was the celebrated Maharaja Raghu. From Maharaja Raghu came Aja, and from Aja was born the great personality Maharaja Dasharatha. Being prayed for by the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth Himself, directly appeared with His expansion and expansions of the expansion. Their holy names were Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. These celebrated incarnations thus appeared in four forms as the sons of Maharaja Dasharatha.
(2) Shukadeva Goswami said: Thereafter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Ramachandra, accepted an acharya and performed sacrifices [yajnas] with opulent paraphernalia. Thus He Himself worshiped Himself, for He is the Supreme Lord of all demigods.
(Why Rama had Single wife, but Krishna had 16,108 wives? READ HERE!)
Lord Ramachandra gave the entire east to the hota priest, the entire south to the brahma priest, the west to the adhvaryu priest, and the north to the udgata priest, the reciter of the Sama Veda. In this way, He donated His kingdom.
Thereafter, thinking that because the brahmanas have no material desires they should possess the entire world, Lord Ramachandra delivered the land between the east, west, north and south to the acharya.
After thus giving everything in charity to the brahmanas, Lord Ramachandra retained only His personal garments and ornaments, and similarly the Queen, mother Sita, was left with only her nose ring, and nothing else.
Hope you felt bliss in reading the GLORIES OF LORD RAMA (RAMACANDRA) FROM SCRIPTURES!
Let Lord Ramacandra bless all of you.
(Why Rama killed Bali (Vali) from behind a tree against dharma? READ HERE!)