Name Glory
Dear ladies and gentlemen, you all would know that there is a concept of four ages in Sanatan Dharma, these ages are- Satyayuga, Tretayuga, Dwaparayuga and Kaliyuga. The great saint of Bhakti period Goswami ji has mentioned various rituals and fruits of the four ages in 'Ramcharitmanas', which is as follows-
कृतजुग त्रेताँ द्वापर पूजा मख अरु जोग। जो गति होइ सो कलि हरि नाम ते पावहिं लोग॥
That is, the same path that is attained by worship, sacrifice and yoga in Satya Yuga, Treta and Dwapara is attained by people in Kali Yuga only by the name of God. Let us say again –
कृतजुग सब जोगी बिग्यानी। करि हरि ध्यान तरहिं भव प्रानी॥ त्रेताँ बिबिध जग्य नर करहीं। प्रभुहि समर्पि कर्म भव तरहीं॥
That is, everyone is a yogi and a scientist in Satyayuga. By meditating on Hari, all beings cross the ocean. In Treta, people perform many types of yagya and by surrendering all their deeds to the Lord, they cross the Bhavsagar.
द्वापर करि रघुपति पद पूजा। नर भव तरहिं उपाय न दूजा॥ कलिजुग केवल हरि गुन गाहा। गावत नर पावहिं भव थाहा॥
That is, by worshiping the feet of Shri Raghunathji in Dwapar, humans cross the world, there is no other way, and in Kaliyuga, only by singing the praises of Shri Hari, humans reach the bottom of the ocean.
कलिजुग जोग न जग्य न ग्याना। एक अधार राम गुन गाना॥ सब भरोस तजि जो भज रामहि। प्रेम समेत गाव गुन ग्रामहि॥ सोइ भव तर कछु संसय नाहीं। नाम प्रताप प्रगट कलि माहीं॥ कलि कर एक पुनीत प्रतापा। मानस पुन्य होहिं नहिं पापा॥
That is, there is neither yoga and yajna nor knowledge in Kaliyuga. The praise of Shri Ramji is the only basis. Therefore, abandoning all faith, one who worships Shri Ramji and sings his praises with love. He gets wet from the Bhavsagar, there is no doubt about it. The glory of the name is visible in Kaliyuga. There is a holy pratap (glory) of Kaliyug that there are mental virtues, but there are no (mental) sins.
Kaliyuga has been considered the worst among the four yugas, because everyone who is free from self-religion will take shelter of hypocrisy, but the greatness and divinity of Kaliyuga is that even an ordinary person can easily attain God without doing any difficult ritual-penance. Is. In Satyayuga there is excess of sattva guna in man, in Tretayuga there is harmony of Rajogun with excess of sattva, in Dwapar there is excess of Rajoguna, equality of Sattva and Tama and in Kaliyuga “Tamas is very Rajogun thora”. Kali Prabhav Virodh Chahun Ora” means excess of Tamogun, more Tamogun and more antagonism, this is said to be the symptom of all the four ages.
In this context, Goswami Tulsi Das ji's opinion is कलिजुग सम जुग आन नहिं जौं नर कर बिस्वास। गाइ राम गुन गन बिमल भव तर बिनहिं प्रयास॥ That is, if man believes, then there is no other age like Kaliyuga, (because) in this age, by singing the pure virtues of Shri Ramji, man swims through the ocean of the world without effort. In the Nagarkhand of Skanda Purana, Shri Shiv ji says to Mother Parvati ji in the context of the glory of Ram's name -
रामेति व्यक्षरजपः सर्वपापनोदकः। गच्छस्तिष्ठज्यानो वा मनुजो रामकीर्तनात्॥
इह निवर्तितो याति चान्ते हरिगणो भवेत्। रामेति द्वयक्षरो मंत्रो मंत्रकोटिशताधिकः॥
द्वयक्षरो मंत्रराजोsयं भवत्यधिनिषूदकः। रामचंद्रेति रामेति रामेति समुदाहृतः॥
द्वयक्षरो मंत्रराजोsयं सर्वकार्यकरो भुवि। देवा अपि प्रगायन्ति रामनाम गुणाकरं॥
तस्मात् त्वमपि देवेशि रामनाम सदा वद। राम नाम जपेद् यो वै मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बषै॥
That is, these two letters 'Ram' are the destroyer of all sins, while walking, standing or sleeping, whoever chants the name of Ram, becomes a councilor of Lord Hari in the world. These two letters 'Ram' are more important than innumerable mantras.‘राम’ यह दो अक्षर असंख्य मंत्रों से भी अधिक महत्वकारी है।
Ramchandra, Ram-Ram, this two-syllable mantra, when pronounced in this way, makes all the works of the earth successful. Therefore, O Parvati! You also always chant the name of Ram, it destroys all (past and present subtle and gross) sins.
It is said in Brahma and Hiranyagarbha Samhita of Narada Pancharatra respectively-
श्रीरामेति परं जाप्यं तारकं ब्रह्मसंज्ञकम्। ब्रह्हत्यादिपापघ्नमिति वेदविदो विदुः॥ श्रीरामेति परं मंत्रं तदेव परमं पदम्। तदेव तारकं विद्धि जन्ममृत्युभयापहम्॥
That is, such a post of Ram is called Tarak Brahma, this mantra is the destroyer of heinous sins like Brahmahatyadi, it has been said by the knowers of the Vedas. The name of Shri Ram is the ultimate mantra and the supreme position, whereas the fear of birth and death is destructive, know it as Tarakabrahma. In Shri Mad Bhagwat Purana Shri Shukdev ji says to Parikshit ji-
यथागदं वीर्यतममुपयुक्तं यदृच्छया। अजानतोsप्यात्मगुणं कुर्य्यान्मंत्रोsप्युदाहृतः॥
That is, just as nectar, a powerful drug divinely, shows its effect even if consumed unknowingly, in the same way, chanting the name of Shri Ram unknowingly also removes the sorrows of the world.
The glory of Ram's name cannot be glorified by Shesh who has hundreds of faces and even Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and speech, specially the Nirguna and Saguna devotee poets of the medieval period kept the glory of the name in the public mind through folk languages. Goddesses and gentlemen, the various quotes above are of name glory, what happens in the name article, both our chanting and writing goes on. The glory of name writing has come in “Anand Ramayana, Manorahkand, Seventh Sarga”, where Vishnudas tells his Guru the method to please Shri Ram ji “Raghavasya Tushtidam ki Vadaswa Tat”. After that the Guru named 'Ramdas' says -
लेखनीयं रामनामशतानि नव प्रत्यहम्। अथवाsअष्टोत्तरशतं पूजनीयं सविस्तरम्॥
That is, a person who desires the love of Sri Rama should write nine hundred or one hundred and eight Rama Naam every day and worship him with devotion.
Again, in the same verse it is said, “Japat shat gunam punyam ramanampralekhane” meaning that there is a hundred times more merit in writing the name of Rama than in chanting.