Kirtan Guide

Śrī Tulasī-parikramā-gīti

by Śrīla Chandraśekhar Āchārya
    • namo namaḥ tulasī mahārāṇī
    • vṛnde mahārāṇī namo namaḥ
    • O Tulasī Mahārāṇī, O Vṛndā Devī, I offer my obeisance unto you again and again.

  • 1
    • namo re namo re mā̐iyā namo nārāyaṇī
    • O Nārāyaṇī, I offer my obeisance unto you again and again.

  • 2
    • yā̐ko daraśe paraśe agha-nāśa hoi
    • mahimā veda-purāṇe vākhāni
    • By seeing or touching you, all sins are destroyed. Your glories are sung in the Vedas and Purāṇas.

  • 3
    • yā̐ko patra mañjarī komala
    • śrī-pati-charaṇa-kamale lepaṭāni
    • Your leaves and soft mañjarīs are twined around the lotus feet of Lakṣmī’s Lord.

  • 4
    • dhanya tulasī pūraṇa tapa kiye
    • śrī-śālagrāma-mahā-pāṭarāṇī
    • O fortunate Tulasī, by your performance of austerity you have become Śrī Śālagrām’s worshippable consort.

  • 5
    • dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, ārati
    • phulanā kiye varakhā varakhāni
    • You shower mercy upon one who offers you incense, lamps, foods, worship, and flowers.

  • 6
    • chhāppānna bhoga, chhatriśa vyañjana
    • vinā tulasī prabhu eka nāhi māni
    • The Lord does not accept even one of fifty-six grain offerings or thirty-six vegetable offerings without tulasī leaves.

  • 7
    • śiva śuka nārada ā-ura brahmādika
    • ḍhu̐ḍata phirata mahā-muni jñānī
    • Śiva, Śukadev, Nārad, Brahmā, the other demigods, and the great learned sages all circumambulate you.

  • 8
    • chandraśekhara māiyā, terā yaśa gāoye
    • bhakati dāna dījiye mahārāṇī
    • O Tulasī Mahārāṇī, Chandraśekhar sings your glories. Give him the gift of devotion.