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Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha!Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha!Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya!Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha!
SRI RAMA NAVAMI
Glory & Significance of RAMA NAMA
Majority of people in India knows about the story of Lord Sri Rama, the epicRamayana, and Lord Hanuman (the greatest devotee of Lord Sri Rama). But only a few knows the significance of Rama Nama. To talk about Lord Sri Ramaand the significance of Rama Nama perhaps Lord Hanuman is the most competent person. In this regard a small but sincere attempt is being made toshare the information collected from various sources about the significance of Rama Nama.
Who is this Rama?
! Ramanthe Sarve Janaah Gunaih Asmin Ithi Ramah!! Ramayatheethi Ramah! (Ramayatha ithi Ramah)! Ramante yogino-nanthe brahmanande chidatmani!Rama is one of the names of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu in Vishnu Sahasra Nama.Sloka No.43 of Vishnu Sahasra Nama Sthothram describes Rama as,Ramo Viraamo Virajo Margo Neyo Nayo-anayaHVeerah Shaktimataam Shresshtah Dharmo DharmaviduttamahThe meaning of the above Sanskrit versions is that Rama is the one who keepsthe entire living beings happy, the one in whose memory yogis always revel (takepleasure) in the bliss of Brahman. He is the one who is omniscient and full of bliss. He is the place of final rest for all deserving souls. He is the one beforewhom, all else becomes pale and insignificant. He is the one who has no desires
 
 for enjoyment or any luxuries. He is the lord who creates path to the devotees toreach the zones of liberation and immortality.He is the one who wishes to do anything for the devotees. He conducts monitorsand leads everybody in this world. He is the one who cannot be felled byanybody. He is valiant and is the one who strikes terror into the hearts of the evildoers. He is the greatest, the supreme most and the invincible. He is the foremost among the celestials and is the most valiant among the brave. He isthe dharma and his very nature is dharma and his incarnation is for the purposeof dharma.He is the embodiment of dharma and protector of dharma. He is the foremost and greatest among the knower of dharma.
! Ramo Vigrahavaan Dharmah!It 
means Rama is an epitome, a personification, a manifestation of Dharma. Ramais the very embodiment of righteousness. It was as if righteousness itself hadincarnated on earth. Dharma and Rama are inseparable.It is said that when sage Valmiki was asked to write Ramayana he asks sage
Narada “is there any person among the human beings who has all the sixteenvirtues” and that person was none other th
an Lord Sri Rama.Mythologically Rama was the seventh Avathara of Sri Maha Vishnu in the list of Dasa Avatharas. In Venkatesa Suprabhatham the very first sloka refers to LordSri Rama
“Kausalya Supraja Rama”
 As per the words of two great sages Vasishta and Viswamithra it is said that the four epic brothers Rama, Lakshmana, Bharatha and Sathrughna are the four forms of Vedas that have incarnated in the Treta Yuga to impart the most precious message to the mankind and to set an ideal world. Lord Sri Rama hasbeen symbolized as the wisdom of Vedas. In fact the four brothers haveestablished an ideal world called Rama Rajya and have preached and practicedmany principles which have relevance even today.
What is the significance of the word Rama?
It is said that Rama Nama has come into existence much before the birth of LordSri Rama. It is said that the word Rama is divided into syllables Ra + Aa + Ma;Ra means Rudra; Aa means Brahma; Ma means Vishnu and the confluence of thethree trinal lords Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara is Rama.The word Rama is a confluence of two letters Ra + Ma. It is believed and saidthat these two letters are Jivaakshara (life giving letters) carved out of the most significant Mantras the Narayana Astakshari and Shiva Panchakshari. The letterRa is carved out of Narayana Astakshari (Om! Namo! Narayanaya!) and theletter Ma is carved out of Shiva Panchakshari (Om! Namah Shivaya!).
 
These two letters called life giving letters, the soul of these two powerfulMantras are put together to form the taraka Mantra Rama. Without these twoletters, these manthras become ineffective. Any one chanting this tarakamanthra is equivalent to worshipping both Lord Sri Maha Vishnu and Lord Shiva.
What is significance of Rama Nama?
Rama Nama is given the same importance as that of a pranava manthra OM that has links to all the other Manthras that ever exist. Rama Nama is an essence of all the Vedas, Shastras, Ithihasas and Puranas. One of the Saptha Rishis, SageVasista meditated on Rama Nama for quite a long time that motivated him tosuggest King Dasaratha to christen the Almighty with the manthra (Rama) that he had chanted.
 
The word Rama has the triple power of destroying sins, conferring peace, anddispelling ignorance. When you utter the word "RAM", you first open the mouthwith the sound "Ra". All your sins go out when your mouth is open. When youutter "M" by closing the mouth, the entry is barred against the sins that havegone out.Rama is not just a name. It is a Mantra, the only Mantra that is called TarakaMantra. Taraka Mantra means the one that helps us to cross the ocean of Samsara and free us from the bondage cycle of birth and death. If it is chantedas Rama it is a name, if it is chanted as Ram it is a Mantra, if it is chanted withaddition of the word Sri (Sri Rama, Sri Ram) power of Goddess Sita is added toit.It is called as the family Manthra of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva himself tells GoddessParvathi about the significance of Rama Nama and suggests her also to recitethe same all the time. Lord Shankara, knowing the sweetness of it, initiated hisbeloved Parvathi to it. He tells her,Sree Rama Rama Ramethi Rame Raame ManorameSahasranama Tat Thul-yam Rama Nama Varanane
(
Phala Stuthi of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Sthothram
)
It is only Rama Nama which is equal to a thousand names of Vishnu. Perhaps theabove sloka indicates that chanting of Rama once is equal to 10 times chantingof Vishnu, chanting of Rama twice is equal to 100 times (10 x10) chanting of Vishnu and chanting of Rama thrice is equal to 1000 times (10 x 10 x10) chantingof Vishnu. Thus the effect of chanting Rama Nama gets multiplied in geometricalprogression. It is believed and said that Lord Shiva always keeps meditating onthis Taraka Manthra.It is the most favourite manthra of all the deities and by chanting, one gets thebenefit of invoking all the 33 crores of devathas. There are many instances inhistory where mere chanting of Rama Nama has resolved many miseries.
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