[ Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Vrinda Devi (Tulasi Devi) ]
Text One
gangeya-campeya-tadid-vinindi-
rocih-pravaha-snapitatma-vrinde
bandhuka-bandhu-dyuti-divya-vaso
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
You are bathed by streams of splendour that rebuke gold, lightning, and the campaka flower. Your splendid garments are friend to the bandhuka flower. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Two
bimbadharoditvara-manda-hasya-
nasagra-mukta-dyuti-dipitasye
vicitra-ratnabharana-sriyadhye
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
Your face is splendid with a pearl decorating the tip of Your nose and a wonderful gentle smile on your bimba-fruit lips. You are decorated with wonderful jewel ornaments. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Three
samasta-vaikuntha-siromanau sri-
krishnasya vrindavana-dhanya-dhamni
dattadhikare vrsabhanu-putrya
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
Vrishabhanu’s daughter Radha made you guardian of Krishna’s opulent and auspicious abode of Vrindavana, the crest jewel of all Vaikuntha planets. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Four
tvad-ajnaya pallava-puspa-bhrnga-
mrgadibhir madhava-keli-kunjah
madhv-adibhir bhanti vibhusyamana
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
By Your order the groves where Madhava enjoys pastimes are splendidly decorated with blossoming flowers, bumble-bees, deer, honey and other things. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Five
tvadiya-dutyena nikunja-yunor
atyutkayoh keli-vilasa-siddhih
tvat-saubhagam kena nirucyatam tad
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
Because you became their messenger the eager and youthful divine couple enjoyed the perfection of transcendental pastimes in the forest. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Six
rasabhilaso vasatis ca vrinda-
vane tvad-isanghra-saroja-seva
labhya ca pumsam krpaya tavaiva
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
By your mercy the people attain residence in Vrindavana, the desire to serve your masters’ lotus feet, and the desire to assist in the rasa dance. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Seven
tvam kirtyase satvata-tantra-vidbhir
lilabhidhana kila krishna-saktih
tavaiva murtis tulasi nri-loke
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
They who are learned in the Satvata-tantra glorify you. You are Krishna’s pastime-potency. The tulasi plant is your form in the world of men. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Eight
bhaktya vihina aparadha-laksaih
ksiptas ca kamadi-taranga-madhye
krpamayi tvam saranam prapanna
vrinde namas te caranaravindam
O merciful one, they who have no devotion and they whom millions of offenses have thrown into the waves of lust and other vices take shelter of you. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.
Text Nine
vrindastakam yah srnuyat pathed va
vrindavanadhisa-padabja-bhrngah
sa prapya vrindavana-nitya-vasam
tat-prema-sevam labhate krtarthah
A person who is like a bumble bee at the lotus feet of Vrindavana’s king and queen, and who reads or hears this Vrindastaka, will eternally reside in Vrindavana and attain loving service to the divine couple.
