Rama Naama Mitaayi....

I'd like to share a beautiful song composed by Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba about the greatness of Rama Nama. (Raga - Dhanyasi , Thalam - Adhi)

Lyrics:

Raama Naamamanu mitaayi idhigo randi bhakthulaara

Bhoomilo Doruku Ee mitaayi koni thini Paamarulai Chedi pOvaku randi

Raama Naamamanu mitaayi idhigo randi bhakthulaara

Veda Saaramanu Godhuma pindilo Veda vaakyamanu ksheeramey pOsi

Andhamaina Peddha baanduva theesi Aadhi munulu deeni baaguga kalipiri

Raama Naamamanu mitaayi idhigo randi bhakthulaara

Nibaddhi yanu kanda chekkara thecchi Subuddhi anu aavu neyyey vesi

Apaddhamani yeti malinamu theesi Aadhi munulu deeni baaguga kalipiri

Raama Naamamanu mitaayi idhigo randi bhakthulaara

Randi Bhakthulaara Konandi Bhakthulaara !

Meanings:

Come O devotees! Take the sweet of Raama Naama ! This sweet is available on this earth, get it and eat it. Don’t waste your time as ignorant people. Be aware!

Swami explains how this Sweet of “Rama Nama” was prepared. The Essence of all Vedas are added as Wheat flour, the Veda vakyams such as “thathwamasi” and “aham brahmaasmi” are added as Milk in huge vessel and thoroughly mixed by sages like Valmiki ! Adding Discipline as rock candy and Intelligence as cow ghee, removing all the impurities (sins and evil qualities), this sweet of Rama Nama has been prepared. Come Devotees, Take this sweet of Rama Nama!

Sri Sathya Sai Geethamulu - Rama Namamanu Mitaayi by Bhavadhaarini

Every other mantra in Hindu scriptures have their own names. Rama Nama is the only Mantra that is called ‘Taraka Mantra’. The word ‘taraka’ means the one that helps us cross. It helps us cross the ocean of ‘samsara’. It helps us cross the cycles of birth and death. If it is chanted as 'Rama', then it is a Nama. If it is chanted 'Ram', then it is a Mantra. 

Our ancient Sages and Rishis have also glorified the Rama Nama. Rama Nama gets exactly the same importance in Saguna Upasana (worshipping the Absolute Truth as a Being with a form) as does the Pranava ('Om') Mantra in Nirguna Upasana (worshipping the Absolute Truth as formless). 

Rishi Manu shows that the Rama Nama has links to all the other mantras that ever exist. In Syavana Smriti (Syavana is the name of a rishi), Syavana says that the Rama Nama is the essence of all the Vedas, Shastras, Itihasas and Puranas. Sage Vasishta meditated on the Rama Nama for quite a long time. Hence he wanted to name the Almighty with the same Mantra that he had chanted. In the philosophy of the Yoga, 'Ra' is considered the 'Mooladhara' (the point of origin of the power of Kundalini) and 'Ma' is the 'Sahasrara' (the destination). Hence, when the Rama Nama is chanted in the right tone and manner, the serpent power rises and hits the head or the 'kapala' Thus, by merely chanting the Rama Nama, one can become a Yogi.  

Sri Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal, Kabir, Samartha Ramadas, Thiyagaraja, Bhadrachala Ramadas, Papa Ramdas, Bhagavan Yogiramsuratkumar and innumerable saints in the recent past have advocated the Rama Nama and also showed how the Rama Nama can perform miracles. Sri Ramakrishna initiated Swami Vivekananda into the holy 'Rama' Nama. It is the power of that Divine Name that made him establish this Universal Religion of Brotherhood all over the world.

Let us have this holy Rama Nama in our tongue always ! Jai Sitaram ! Jai Sairam!