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from: Dr Kalayanraman's site
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In the Ramapurva Tapaneeya Upanishad, the various meanings of <b>the word Rama</b> are explained as follows: "Raajate vaa maheem sthitah san iti Raamah" that is, he who is on the earth and fulfills the deires of his devotees and is hailed as a king, is Rama. In other words, when Sacchidanand or Mahavishnu or Shrihari incarnated in the home of Dasharatha in the family of Raghu, He was named Rama. At whose hands, Rakshasas are destroyed, He is Rama. Or He who renders the Rakshasas powerless in His human form, is Rama. By his ideal behaviour, He guides kings in the way of Dharma. The utterance of His name results in the attainment of the way of Jnana. He grants Vairagya when He is meditated upon. He grants prosperity when his image is worshipped. For these reasons did His name become famous on the earth as Rama. The Vedas say that in fact yogis dwell (Sanskrit: Ram-) in the endless, ever-joyous, self-absorbed Brahma state, and so Parabrahma Universal Soul (Paramatma) is itself described as the Rama state. Thus, although Brahma is self-absorbed, non-dual, undivided and devoid of the five-elemental body, it manifests as a conscious body in order to fulfil the Bhaktas' desires. For love of the Bhaktas, the Nirakar (formless) Brahma assumes Narakaar (human form). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]73257[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Something somewhat related to this.
(Don't be upset if I get the following wrong, I only hear this stuff when the shloka is played, and the translation is from long ago when my dad explained it to me. So in the meantime I could have got it waaaay wrong - please consult someone else.)
Parvati asks her husband Shiva how to worship Mahavishnu. In the Vishnu Sahasranamam, he tells her the whole Sahasranamam. Near the end of it, Parvati asks Shiva that since it is so long, whether there is a shorter way to express all that is in it. (Of course Parvati internally knows all this - Mahavishnu is her own brother. But with this, it is set down for the benefit of all: all Devas, Asuras, all creatures.)
And so, close to the end of the Sahasranamam you can hear Shiva answering her -
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Sri RAma RAma RAmeti, Rame RAme Manorame"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(The bit before the comma) is the essence, Shiva tells Parvati: <b>"Sri Rama Rama Rama"</b> is all you need. With it you have covered the whole of the Vishnu Sahasranamam. (But of course, saying the whole of it is also very good.)
(As for the bit after the comma in the blockquote above, it is Shiva talking to Parvati: he is addressing her fondly, calling her Rame, RAme, and Manorame. It's like darling, dear, dearest. Also I think Rame RAme are Parvati's names just like Krishni is her name also - her being Vishnu's sister and all. Meanwhile Lakshmi is called RamA, as wife of RAma.)
<b>CORRECTED in the above:</b> I initially had the bold bit as "Sri Rama Rama", it's supposed to be "Sri Rama Rama Rama" because the Rameti is "Rama + iti". *sorry* Though I don't think the exact number here matters: saying it a million times is even better than saying it three times, for instance <!--emo&
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<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Sep 17 2007, 07:39 PM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Sep 17 2007, 07:39 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->
from: Dr Kalayanraman's site
[...]
In the Ramapurva Tapaneeya Upanishad, the various meanings of <b>the word Rama</b> are explained as follows: "Raajate vaa maheem sthitah san iti Raamah" that is, he who is on the earth and fulfills the deires of his devotees and is hailed as a king, is Rama. In other words, when Sacchidanand or Mahavishnu or Shrihari incarnated in the home of Dasharatha in the family of Raghu, He was named Rama. At whose hands, Rakshasas are destroyed, He is Rama. Or He who renders the Rakshasas powerless in His human form, is Rama. By his ideal behaviour, He guides kings in the way of Dharma. The utterance of His name results in the attainment of the way of Jnana. He grants Vairagya when He is meditated upon. He grants prosperity when his image is worshipped. For these reasons did His name become famous on the earth as Rama. The Vedas say that in fact yogis dwell (Sanskrit: Ram-) in the endless, ever-joyous, self-absorbed Brahma state, and so Parabrahma Universal Soul (Paramatma) is itself described as the Rama state. Thus, although Brahma is self-absorbed, non-dual, undivided and devoid of the five-elemental body, it manifests as a conscious body in order to fulfil the Bhaktas' desires. For love of the Bhaktas, the Nirakar (formless) Brahma assumes Narakaar (human form). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]73257[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Something somewhat related to this.
(Don't be upset if I get the following wrong, I only hear this stuff when the shloka is played, and the translation is from long ago when my dad explained it to me. So in the meantime I could have got it waaaay wrong - please consult someone else.)
Parvati asks her husband Shiva how to worship Mahavishnu. In the Vishnu Sahasranamam, he tells her the whole Sahasranamam. Near the end of it, Parvati asks Shiva that since it is so long, whether there is a shorter way to express all that is in it. (Of course Parvati internally knows all this - Mahavishnu is her own brother. But with this, it is set down for the benefit of all: all Devas, Asuras, all creatures.)
And so, close to the end of the Sahasranamam you can hear Shiva answering her -
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Sri RAma RAma RAmeti, Rame RAme Manorame"<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(The bit before the comma) is the essence, Shiva tells Parvati: <b>"Sri Rama Rama Rama"</b> is all you need. With it you have covered the whole of the Vishnu Sahasranamam. (But of course, saying the whole of it is also very good.)
(As for the bit after the comma in the blockquote above, it is Shiva talking to Parvati: he is addressing her fondly, calling her Rame, RAme, and Manorame. It's like darling, dear, dearest. Also I think Rame RAme are Parvati's names just like Krishni is her name also - her being Vishnu's sister and all. Meanwhile Lakshmi is called RamA, as wife of RAma.)
<b>CORRECTED in the above:</b> I initially had the bold bit as "Sri Rama Rama", it's supposed to be "Sri Rama Rama Rama" because the Rameti is "Rama + iti". *sorry* Though I don't think the exact number here matters: saying it a million times is even better than saying it three times, for instance <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->