Text 33] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 307
TEXT 32
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rama rameti rameti
rame rame manorame
sahasra-namabhis tulyam
rama-nadma varanane
SYNONYMS
rama—Rama; rama—Rama; iti—thus; rama—Rama; iti—thus; rame—| enjoy;
rame—in the holy name of Rama; manah-rame—most beautiful; sahasra-
namabhih—with the one thousand names; tulyam—equal; rama-naéma—the holy
name of Rama; vara-anane—O lovely-faced woman.
TRANSLATION
“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.’
PURPORT
This is a verse from the Brhad-visnu-sahasrandma-stotra (72.335) in the Uttara-
khanda of the Padma Purana.
TEXT 33
ARAAATS WATTS FHatTeNl | Ws Fay |
SETS BG FRI AMCUF’ GS AAHAS |) oe |
sahasra-namnam punyanam
trir-dvrttyd tu yat phalam
ekavrttya tu krsnasya
namaikam tat prayacchati
SYNONYMS
sahasra-namnam—of one thousand names; punyandm—holy; trih-avrttya —by
thrice chanting; tu—but; yat—which; phalam—result; eka-dvrttya—by one
repetition; tu—but; krsnasya—of Lord Krsna; néma—holy name; ekam—only
one; tat—that result; prayacchati—gives.
