Kirtan Guide

Śrī Tulasī-parikramā-gīti

by Śrīla Chandraśekhara Kavi
    • namo namaḥ tulasī mahārāṇī,
    • vṛnde mahārāṇī namo namaḥ
    • O Tulasī Mahārāṇī, O Vṛnda Devī, I offer my obeisances unto you again and again.

  • 1
    • namo re namo re māiyā namo nārāyaṇi
    • O Nārāyaṇi I offer you my obeisances again and again.

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

  • 3
    • jāko patra, mañjarī komala
    • śrī-pati-charaṇa-kamale lapaṭāni
    • dhanya tulasi, pūraṇa tapa kiye,
    • śrī-śālagrāma-mahā-pāṭarāṇī
    • Your leaves and soft mañjarīs are entwined at the lotus feet of Lord Nārāyaṇa. O Tulasī by your performance of austerity you have become the worshipful consort of Śrī Śālagrām Śila.

  • 4
    • dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, āroti,
    • phulanā kiye varakhā varakhāni
    • chāppānna bhoga, chatriśa vyañjana,
    • vinā tulasī prabhu eka nāhi māni
    • You shower your mercy upon anyone who offers you incense, lamp, foodstuffs, worship and flowers. The Lord does not accept even one of fifty-six food offerings or thirty-six curries offered without Tulasī leaves.

  • 5
    • śiva-śuka-nārada, āur brahmādiko,
    • ḍhuḍata phirata mahā-muni jñānī
    • chandraśekhara māiyā, terā jaśa gāoye
    • bhakati-dāna dījiye mahārāṇi
    • Lord Shiva, Śukadeva Goswāmī, Nārada Muni, all the demigods headed by Lord Brahmā, the mystics and great munis are all circumambulating you. O Tulasī Mahārāṇī, thus Chandraśekhara sings of your glories. Please bestow upon him the gift of devotion.