Shree Ram

When we say 'Rama' (Śrī Rāma), then it means we are talking about the most perfect incarnation of God or God himself in human form as a Young charming prince of Ayodhya or the Supreme Personality of the godhead.

Madhvacharya says — "Ram literally means the supreme bliss, Ram means the 'Brahman' (the absolute, the supreme element) as well as Ishwara (the god with form) Both". In simple words, Ram is the supreme cosmic spirit, all-pervading,

the embodiment of all souls and thus the ultimate consciousness. And as Ishwara ( denoted by Shri Ram the qualified Brahman with infinite attributes i.e. Śrī Rāma with form), he is mine of infinite auspicious qualities, the original source of supreme bliss,

the original cause of all the causes, the supreme refuge of all Jivas (individual souls) and hence the subject of worship for all Jivas. Thus, Ishwara Shri Ram is Parambrahman endowed with infinite auspicious qualities.

Shri Ram (Ishwara, supreme personality, the consort of Sita) is one and Jivas are many, Shri Ram is self-dependent and all Jivas are dependent.

The triad of Ishvara along with the universe and the sentient beings is Brahman (the supreme, the absolute), which signifies the completeness of existence.

Since Ishwara is the subject of worship for all Jivas, to be loved most, so Ram as the Lord of Ayodhya,

the supreme personality unto whom one should take refuge should be the subject of worship by all, and the main focus here. In the whole world, people know about Lord Rama, the prince of Ayodhya (a place in India) and his saga 'Ramayana'.

Shri Rama is on the lips of every man, woman, child in the sacred land of Bharatvarsha (India), not only because he is God himself but most prominently as an ideal hero,

the role model for everyone in true sense and hence he is popularly known as Maryada Purushottama (the best among men).

Lord Rama is the supreme Purusa, the supreme personality of godhead eulogized by all Vedic-scriptures in one voice.

In words of Vedavatar Shrimad Valmiki Ramayana — Shri Ram is the sun of sun (Maha-Surya), the fire of fire, the god of god, the supreme unchanging element, perfect, omniscient, omnipresent, incorporeal, supremely independent,

the ruler of even those who govern all, Prabhoh-Prabhu, the eternal Maha-Vishnu, the supreme Paratpar (higher than the highest) Brahman. So everything exists in Sri Ram, and Sri Ram pervades everything.

He is Ishwara as well as Brahman itself. 'Rama' means Brahman, and 'Ram' means Ishwara.

Lord Rāma is known as Purushottama which means the best of men or the Supreme Purusa (personality). Śrī Rāma, the perfect Avatar (incarnation) of the Supreme omnipresent God, is an all-time favourite among Hindu deities.

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