Where is the reference about the glory of chanting of Krishna’s name ?
Q) Where is it written that chanting the holy name of Lord Rama one time is equivalent to chanting the one thousand holy names of Lord Vishnu one time ?
And where is written that chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna one time is equivalent to chanting the one thousand holy name of Lord Vishnu three times ?
And where is it written that chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna one time is equivalent to chanting the holy name of Lord Rama three times ?
Chanting of the holy name of Lord Rama once = Chanting of 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu one time.
Chanting of the holy name of Lord Krishna once = Chanting of 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu three times.
Or
Chanting of the holy name of Lord Rama three times.
A) The answers to the above questions are available in the Chaitanya Charithamrutha, Madhya Leela, Chapter-9, in sloka 32 and 33 which are reproduced in the attached sheets.
In the Chaitanya Charithamrutha it is stated that for question No.1 the answer is that it is available in the Brihad-Vishnu-Sahasranaama-Stotra in the Uttara Kaanda of the Padma Purana (72.335 of Padma Purana). (Which is reproduced in the enclosed sheets).
In the Chaitanya Charithamrutha it is stated that for question No.2 the answer is that it is available in the Brahmanda Purana (as is quoted in the Laghu Bhagavatamrutha (1.5.354) by Srila Rupa Goswami. (Which is reproduced in the enclosed sheets).
Madhya-līlā
Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya Leela 9.29
ramante yogino 'nante
satyānande cid-ātmani
iti rāma-padenāsau
paraḿ brahmābhidhīyate
TRANSLATION
"'The Supreme Absolute Truth is called Rāma because the transcendentalists take pleasure in the unlimited true pleasure of spiritual existence.'
PURPORT
This is the eighth verse of the Śata-nāma-stotra of Lord Rāmacandra, which is found in the Padma Purāṇa.
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.30
kṛṣir bhū-vācakaḥ śabdo
ṇaś ca nirvṛti-vācakaḥ
tayor aikyaḿ paraḿ brahma
kṛṣṇa ity abhidhīyate
TRANSLATION
"'The word "kṛṣ" is the attractive feature of the Lord's existence, and "ṇa" means spiritual pleasure. When the verb "kṛṣ" is added to the affix "ṇa," it becomes "Kṛṣṇa," which indicates the Absolute Truth.'
PURPORT
This is a verse from the Mahābhārata (Udyoga-parva 71.4).
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.31
paraḿ brahma dui-nāma samāna ha-ila
punaḥ āra śāstre kichu viśeṣa pāila
TRANSLATION
"As far as the holy names of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa are concerned, they are on an equal level, but for further advancement we receive some specific information from the revealed scriptures.
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.32
rāma rāmeti rāmeti
rame rāme manorame
sahasra-nāmabhis tulyaḿ
rāma-nāma varānane
TRANSLATION
"[Lord Śiva addressed his wife, Durgā:] 'O Varānanā, 'I chant the holy name of Rāma, Rāma, Rāma and thus enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of Rāmacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Viṣṇu.'
PURPORT
This is a verse from the Bṛhad-viṣṇu-sahasranāma-stotra in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa (72.335).
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.33
sahasra-nāmnāḿ puṇyānāḿ
trir-āvṛttyā tu yat phalam
ekāvṛttyā tu kṛṣṇasya
nāmaikaḿ tat prayacchati
TRANSLATION
"'The pious results derived from chanting the thousand holy names of Viṣṇu three times can be attained by only one utterance of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.'
PURPORT
This verse from the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.354), by Rūpa Gosvāmī. Simply by chanting the name of Kṛṣṇa once, one can attain the same results achieved by chanting the holy name of Rāma three times.
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.34
ei vākye kṛṣṇa-nāmera mahimā apāra
tathāpi la-ite nāri, śuna hetu tāra
TRANSLATION
"According to this statement of the śāstras, the glories of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa are unlimited. Still I could not chant His holy name. Please hear the reason for this.
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