Text 32

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rāma rāmeti rāmeti
rame rāme manorame
sahasra-nāmabhis tulyaṁ
rāma-nāma varānane

Synonyms

rama—Rāma; rama—Rāma; iti—thus; rama—Rāma; iti—thus; rame—I enjoy; rame—in the holy name of Rāma; manah-rame—most beautiful; sahasra-namabhih—with the one thousand names; tulyam—equal; rama-nama—the holy name of Rāma; vara-ānane—O lovely-faced woman. 

Translation

“ ‘Lord Śiva addressed his wife Durgā as Varānanā and explained, “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.”‘ 

Purport

This is a verse from the Bṛhad-viṣṇu-sahasranāma-stotra in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa (72.335). 

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