Tulasi

[Guest guest]

Sri Tulasi-kirtana

 

1

namo namah tulasi! krsna-preyasi

radha-krsna-seva pabo ei abhilasi

2

je tomara sarana loy, tara vancha purna hoy

krpa kori' koro tare brndavana-basi

 

3

mor ei abhilas, bilas kunje dio vas

nayane heribo sada jugala-rupa-rasi

 

4

ei nivedana dharo, sakhir anugata koro

seva-adhikara diye koro nija dasi

 

5

dina krsna-dase koy, ei jena mora hoy

sri-radha-govinda-preme sada jena bhasi

 

(1) O Tulasi, beloved of Krsna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is

to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.

(2) Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy

on him, you make him a resident of Vrndavana.

(3) My desire is that you will also grant me a residence in the pleasure groves

of Sri Vrndavana-dhama. Thus, within my vision I will always behold the

beautiful pastimes of Radha and Krsna.

(4) I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give

me the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.

(5) This very fallen and lowly servant of Krsna prays, " May I always swim in the

love of Sri Radha and Govinda.

Being himself an eternal resident of Vrindavana, Srila Prabhupada naturally

wanted his followers to gain entrance into Vrindavana, and therefore he

introduced the worship of Tulasi-devi in ISKCON. Every morning, all over the

world, ISKCON devotees gather around Tulasi-devi at 5 a.m. and sing that bhajan.

 

Sri Tulasi Pranama

 

vrndayai tulasi-devyai

priyayai kesavasya ca

krsna-bhakti-prade devi

satyavatyai namo namah

 

vrndayai--unto Vrnda; tulasi-devyai--unto Tulasi-devi; priyayai-- who is dear;

kesavasya--to Lord Kesava; ca-and; krsna-bhakti-- devotional service to Lord

Krsna, prade--who bestows; devi--O goddess; satya-vatyai--unto Satyavati; namah

namah--repeated obeisances.

 

I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrnda, Srimati Tulasi-devi, who is very dear

to Lord Kesava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Krsna and

possess the highest truth.

 

Sri Tulasi Pradaksina Mantra

 

yani kani ca papani

brahma-hatyadikani ca

tani tani pranasyanti

pradaksinah pade pade

 

yani kani--whatever; ca--and; papani--sins; brahma-hatya--killing of a brahmana;

adikani--and so on; ca--also, tani tani--all of them; pranasyanti--are

destroyed; pradaksinah--(by) the circumambulation (of Tulasi-devi); pade

pade--at every step.

 

By the circumambulation of Srimati Tulasi-devi all the sins that one may have

committed are destroyed at every step, even the sin of killing a brahmana.

 

Sri Tulasi-arati

by Candrasekhara Kavi