varaShA ritu raghupati bhagati tulasii sAli sudAsu, rAma nAma bara barana juga sAvana bhAdava mAsa.. Meaning: O tulasi (dAsa) bhakti of rAma is the rainy season, for the dAsas of rAma who are the paddy (of the shAli variety), the two excellent syllables, "rA" and "ma" are the sAvana (shrAvaNa) and bhAdava (bhAdrapada) months. Purport of this shloka (from the rAmacharita mAnasa of gosvAmii tulasii daasa) is the following: Just as paddy develops in its conducive season, rainy season (varSha R^itu, which is composed of the shrAvaNa and bhAdrapada months), the dAsas of rAma develop in the "rA" and "ma" syllables, which are akin to the shrAvaNa and bhAdrapada months of the (conducive) season of rAma bhakti. The greatness of rAma nAma is indescribable even by the greatest sAdhus and yogis. If we were to identify bhaarata with something, the rAma nAma can be one. The learned say that it is the essence of veda, upaniShad, purANa, Agama etc. repetition...