Wednesday, April 15, 2009

shrIrAma rAma rAmeti

The popular sloka "श्रीराम राम रामेति" has some interesting observations I learned recently:

1st line goes--
श्रीराम राम रामेति रमे रमे मानोरमे |

2nd line goes (as we all have known)---
सहस्रनाम तत्तुल्यं राम नामा वरानने
Meaning... तत् + तुल्यम = that + equivalent to

Interesting observation to say it instead like---
सहस्रनाम तुल्यम राम नामा वरानने
OR

So when combined with "सहस्रनाम", do we need the "tat"?

I think we do.