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Raam Naam

A Guru was teaching Vishnu Sahastra Naam to a group of young boys. Guru chanted the Shlok :
Shree Raam Raam Raameti Rame Raame Manorame |
Sahastra Naam Tatulyam Raam Naam Varaanane ||

Then he told the boys: "If you chant Raam Naam 3 times, it is equivalent to chanting the whole Vishnu Sahastra Naam or chanting Lord's Naam 1000 times.

One of the boys could not agree with the teacher. He questioned the teacher "Guru, how can 3 times = 1000 times?
I do not get the logic. How 3 Naam = 1000 Naam?
The smart Guru, a great devotee of Lord Raam spontaneously explained: Lord Shiv says that the name of Lord Raam is the sweetest of all the words and chanting this name would be equivalent to chanting the whole Vishnu Sahastra Naam or thousand names of Vishnu.

Here is the interesting calculation to prove that 3 times chanting of Raam Naam = 1000 times chanting or chanting the whole Vishnu Sahastra Naam.
Take the name Raam. It has two Sanskrit letters RA and MA
RA (2nd consonant in Sanskrit : ya, RA, la, va, sha, sa and ha)
MA (5th consonant in Pa, Pha, Ba, Bha, MA).

Substitute the value of RA and MA as 2 and 5 to make RAAM : 2 X 5 = 10.
So Raam Raam Raam (3 times) = in numbers is 2x5 x 2x5 x 2x5 = 10x10x10 = 1000.
Three times chanting Raam Naam is equivalent to chanting it 1000 times.

The boy was happy with the answer and started learning Vishnu Sahastra Nnaam with full concentration and devotion.
Let us thank the naughty boy and spread this to many friends for their information and chanting Raam Naam at least (1000) times at least both morning and evening .