CC Madhya 9.32 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 32

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 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).

Madhya-līlā 9.31 - Madhya-līlā 9.33