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CC Madhya 9.32

Bengali

রাম রামেতি রামেতি রমে রামে মনোরমে ।
সহস্রনামভিস্তুল্যং রামনাম বরাননে ॥ ৩২ ॥

Text

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

Synonyms

rāma — Rāma; rāma — Rāma; iti — thus; rāma — Rāma; iti — thus; rame — I enjoy; rāme — in the holy name of Rāma; manaḥ-rame — most beautiful; sahasra-nāmabhiḥ — with the one thousand names; tulyam — equal; rāma-nāma — the holy name of Rāma; vara-ānane — O lovely-faced woman.

Translation

“[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.’

Purport

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