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 The name RAMA composed of seed letters representing the fire God the sun God and the moon god Ra A MA respectively. It is same as Brahama the creative aspect of God visnu his preservative aspect and Siva his disintegrating aspect and the vital breath of the vedas, it is unqualified peerless and a mine of virtues. It is the great spell which Lord Maheswara mutters and which when imparted by him at Kasi leads to emancipation. ( the scriptures maintain that Lord Siva the deity presiding over the holy city of Kasi whispers into the right ear of every creature dying within its boundaries, the name RAMA and thereby brings emancipation to the dying soul.) Itsglory is known to Lord Ganesa who is worshipped before all others as a concession to the name. We read in the puraas how there was a scramble for presedance among the gods, each of whom claimed the first position for himself. They approached Brahma for a ruling. He told them that they should race round the world and that whoever finished the round quicker of all would be accounted the highest. Ganesa who rode on no better animal than a rat  naturally lagged behind. He met on the way the celestial sage Narada, who advised him to scratch the word RAMA on the ground and pace round it. As the word comprised in itself the entire creation. Ganesa did accordingly and was naturally the first to finish the round of the universe. Brahma appreciated this act of Ganesa an conceded his title to precedence over al the other Gods. Since then Ganesa has uninterrupted ly enjoying the right of being worshipped first of all.) Poet Vamiki is acquainted with the glory of the name in as much as he attained to purity by repeating it in the reverse order. (Valmiki was a highway robber and was known by the name Ratakara. Seven seers who fel a victim to his depredation awakened himto the reprehensible ature of his conduct and instructed him to utter the holy name Rama. Completely immersed in sin he was unable to even utter the word. The seers therefore ordered him to repeat the name in reverse order. In course of time he became so fond of repeating the name he ultimately became a pious sage and related the story of Sri RAMA in fine verse.) Hearing from Lord Siva that the verdict that the name is as God as a thousand other names of God. Goddess parvathy dined with her consort after uttering it only once. There is mention in the padmapurana how bhagwan Shankara once invited his consort to join him for dinner. Goddess parvathy however denied on the ground that she had not yet recited the Vishnu sahasranama which she must before breaking fast. Lord Shankara asked her to repeat the name of RAMA instead, as a single utterance of the name was as good as reciting a thousand other names of the Lord. Parvati did accordingly and forthwith joined her Lord for dinner.

The two letters Ra and Ma crown all the letters of the alphabet one spreading like an umbrella and the other resting like a crest jewel. Eg.the letter R of the sanskrit alphabet when immediately preceded by another consonant or the vowel is placed above that letter in the shape of a curved line like a hook turning right and the nasal consonant m when preceded by any other letter is changed into a dot. The curved line standing for the letter r has been poetically compared to an umbrella and the dot substituted for m likened to the crest jewel. Both of which enjoy an exalted position and are superior to all other letters of the alphabet.

Install the luminous gem in the shape of the Divine name RAMA on the threshold of the tongue at the doorway of your mouth if you have light both inside and outside. All those who aspire. To know the mysterious ways of providence are able to comprehend them. There is no other means of salvation.