rÄma rÄmeti rÄmeti
rame rÄme manorame
sahasra-nÄmabhis tulyaá¹
rÄma-nÄma varÄnane

 rÄma - RÄma; rÄma - RÄma; iti - thus; rÄma - RÄma; iti - thus; rame - I enjoy; rÄme - in the holy name of RÄma; manaḥ-rame - most beautiful; sahasra-nÄmabhiḥ - with the one thousand names; tulyam - equal; rÄma-nÄma - the holy name of RÄma; vara-Änane - O lovely-faced woman.


Text

“[Lord Åšiva addressed his wife, DurgÄ:] ‘O VarÄnanÄ, I chant the holy name of RÄma, RÄma, RÄma and thus enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of RÄmacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Viṣṇu.’

Purport

This is a verse from the Bá¹›had-viṣṇu-sahasranÄma-stotra in the Uttara-khaṇá¸a of the Padma PurÄṇa (72.335).