What can I say about the wonderful glories of Tulasi?

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HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/226,227) What can I say about the wonderful glories of Tulasi? Her fallen leaves, her rotten leaves and her water, even if fallen (mixed with her mud?) is purifying. If even a minute quantity of the mud which has emanated from the Tulasi root has been placed on one's head, all of one's sins are removed. Although Tulasi is so glorious (and her leaves are so purifying), still Vaisnavas never eat Tulasi leaves without first offering them to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. The Benefits of Rendering Service To Srimati Tulasi Devi Oh Tulasi, you previously appeared in this world due to the demigods. The

demigods and demons together worship you. Please remove all of my sins. I pay my obeisances unto you. FOOTNOTE Just by looking at you (Tulasi), all sins become removed. Just by touching you, one's body becomes pure. By praying to her, all diseases practically become removed. If one waters her or makes her wet, the fear of Yamaraja (death personified) is destroyed. Just by planting or transplanting, one achieves nearness to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If someone offers Tulasi at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, she awards liberation and devotion to Him, therefore I pay my humble obeisances to such a wonderful Tulasidevi. If someone daily goes around Tulasi and pays obeisances to her, there is no more sin to be destroyed in him. In Kali-yuga, Lord Sri Kesava, after giving up thousands of places of pilgrimage and holy days, He resides in the forest of Tulasidevi. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/126,127 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni) Any person who daily sees Tulasi, touches Tulasi, chants Tulasi's prayers, meditates on Tulasi, pays obeisances to her, hears about her, transplants and worships her, he achieves all auspiciousness. Any person who does these nine kinds of service goes to the abode of the Supreme Lord Hari and remains there eternally. In Kali-yuga, Tulasidevi burns up all of a person's sins who bathes

her, gives her in charity, meditates on her, eats her leaves, worships Lord Sri Kesava with her, transplants her or sings her glories. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/133 from SKANDA PURANA, KASI KHANDA Yamaraja instructs his messengers) Oh messengers, anybody who is decorated with Tulasi wood or chants her name, always protects a Tulasi forest, you should give up bringing such persons to my abode. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/139,140 from PADMA PURANA) Oh best of the Vaisyas, seeing Narmada, taking bath in the Ganges, and touching Tulasi leaves are equally meritorious. If somebody plants, protects, waters, sees or touches Tulasi, then that person's sins acquired by body, mind

and words are burnt into ashes. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/145 from PADMA PURANA, KARTIKA MAHATMYA) In any house where Tulasi Maharani is very carefully protected and watered, the messengers of Yamaraja give up that house from a distance. As the daughter of Janaka, Sri Sitadevi, is very dear to Lord Rama, the master of the three worlds, similarly, Tulasidevi, who purifies all of the planets, is very dear to Him. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/157 from GARUDA PURANA) Oh king of the birds (Garuda), anyone who has planted a garden of Tulasi, either in the forest or in the house, I truthfully say that he has won the seven planetary systems. (HARI BHAKTI

VILASA 9/161 from BRHAN NARADIYA PURANA) As by chanting the name of Ganges, one becomes free from all kinds of worldly sins, if someone chants the name of Tulasi or chants the glories of Lord Hari with devotion, he gets the same merit. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/165 from BRHAN NARADIYA PURANA conversation between Yamaraja and Bhagiratha) Anybody who removes the straw or dirt from the root of Tulasidevi, as many as he has removed, that many sinful reactions of killing brahmanas will be removed from him without a doubt. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/170 from BRHAN NARADIYA PURANA) Those people who have fallen in the midst of this material world, among them worship of Tulasi is very

rare, the association of real saintly persons is very rare, and real devotion to Lord Hari is also very rare. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/183,186 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni) Oh best among the brahmanas, in anybody's house or on his body, if the mud from Tulasi is available, they are not just men, but they are equal to the demigods. Oh best among the sages, in anyone's house, if there is the clay of Tulasi, Tulasi wood, and Tulasi leaves available, that house is certainly a place of Lord Visnu. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/189) Any person who puts on tilaka from the mud or clay from the root of Tulasi, mud from the lotus feet

of Sri Vaisnava, and mud from the Ganges is said to be equal to the form of Lord Sri Visnu. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/191 from PRAHLADA SAMHITA and VISNU DHARMOTTARA) Leaves of Tulasi, flowers of Tulasi, fruits of Tulasi, branches of Tulasi, bark of Tulasi, sprout of Tulasi, blossom or bud of Tulasi, and clay of Tulasi are all completely purified. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/199 from SKANDA PURANA, AGASTYA SAMHITA, conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni) Any person who makes a beautiful japamala or neck beads out of Tulasi wood and uses them, if he does not perform any worship to Lord Sri Visnu, all of his activities become unlimitedly resultful. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/200 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni) If anyone daily has Tulasi leaves on his navel, in his mouth, on his head, or on both of his ears, what is the use of him going to the places of pilgrimage in this world? (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/202 from SKANDA PURANA) If any Vaisnava in this world becomes a liar or becomes degraded from his own asrama, if he has a Tulasi leaf on his head, he can alone purify the three worlds. Srila Sanatana Gosvami gives his Digdarsani-tika commentary on this verse, stating that if Vaisnavas wear articles which have been offered to the Supreme Lord, then one may question how a

Vaisnava can wear something which has not been offered to the Supreme Lord. In answer to this, it can be stated that only a lying or cheating "Vaisnava" can do such a thing because they are all hypocrites and not real Vaisnavas. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/213,214 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Vasistha and King Mandhata) Even if a most sinful hunter eats a Tulasi leaf and dies afterwards, whatever sins he has in his body turn into ashes. As whitish and blackish water (Ganges and Yamuna water) remove all kinds of sins, in the very same way, white (green) and black Tulasis removes all kinds of sins, and if he eats these leaves (after offering them to Lord Krsna), all of his desires are perfectly achieved. (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/218 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Vasistha and King Mandhata) Any person, in his young age commits thousands of sins but later on eats a Tulasi leaf, he becomes free from all sins. This narration was heard previously near Lord Sri Hari. KIM CITRAM ASYAH PATITAM TULASYA DALAM JALAM VA PATITAM PUNITE LAGNADI BHALA STHALAM ALAVALA MRTSNAPI KRTSNA AGHA VINASANAYA SRIMAT TULASYAH PATRASYA MAHATMYAM YADYAPI DRSAM TATHAPI VAISNAVES TAN NA GRAHYAM KRSNARPANAM VINA

 

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