Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Sriman Lakshmi Narasimhan, With respect to "srirAma...varAnanE",it doesn't matter whether I recite the entire two lines/conversation(I'm invoking the name Srirama thrice) or just say "Srirama" thrice,because Srirama(one who delights the mind)name is equivalent/comparable(thulyam) to chanting sahasra nAma. That is the meaning of "Ishvara uvAca". This is like "prapatti" a short cut rather than the circuitous and arduous bhakthi yOga. Nobody denies the fact that it will be much more delightful to the mind when one knows the hidden philosophical meanings and chants with perfection. Since I have been interacting with Sri Soundararajan for quite sometime and since(due to the desire to chant and for the Lord)he wanted to correct himeslf,he threw the question in the list otherwise he would not have. Your post seemed a bit negative(discouraging tone)and you had also mentioned that women and sudras were not supposed to recite anything of this sort(kO Dharma: sarvaDharmAnAm bhavatha: paramO matha: | kim japan muchyathE janthur(all beings) janma samsAra banDhanAth ||)and hence I replied. Hope this clarifies. AzhvAr EmperumAnAr JIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai
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