GLORIES OF RAMA NAMA – SOME DETAILS!
Once, during their stay at the jungle, Lakshmana observed a Crow going to a river to drink water, but returned without drinking the water.
Like this, it kept on trying for innumerable times but never drank the water.
(Sri Rama Navami – Fasting, Other details and Story behind it! READ HERE!)
Lakshman could not understand why the crow was doing like this and sought an explanation from Lord Rama.
Rama said:
“This crow is uttering the name of Rama, non-stop. He is afraid he may have to stop uttering the name if he starts drinking water. He is willing to die without water rather than stop chanting the name of Rama.”
Sins are completely washed away by the utterance of all Namas
BUT IT IS ONLY ‘RAMA NAMA’ THAT SHIELDS AGAINST SINS IN THE FUTURE ALSO.
Such is the greatness of RAMA NAMA.
Rama is Maryatha Purushottama that means the Perfect Personality of Self-Control or Lord of Virtue.
In the Vishnu Sahasra Nama (1000 Names of Vishnu), Rama is the 394th name of Vishnu
(Why Rama killed Bali (Vali) from behind a tree against dharma? READ HERE!)
Rama means, BLISSFUL, CHARMING PERSONALITY. In Sanskrit, the word RAMA means CHARMING.
Brahmanda Purana states:
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.”
The purport is that 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.
These are some Glories of Rama Nama.
Let Lord Rama bless all of you!
(GLORIES OF LORD RAMA (RAMACANDRA) FROM SCRIPTURES! READ HERE!)