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Namo Namah Tulasi Maharani

Śrī Tulasī-ārati — by Candraśekhara Kavi

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namo namaḥ tulasi mahārāṇī, vṛnde mahārāṇī namo namaḥ namo re namo re meiyā namo nārāyaṇi

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namo namaḥ—I offer my obeisances to you again and again; tulasi mahārāṇi—O Tulasī Mahārāṇī!; vṛnde—O Vṛndā!; mahārāṇi—O grand Queen!; namo namaḥ—I offer my obeisances to you again and again; namo re—my obeisances unto you!; namo re—my obeisances unto you!; meiyā—O mother!; namo nārāyaṇi—O Nārāyaṇī, wife of Lord Nārāyaṇa!

Translation

O Tulasī Mahārāṇī! O Vṛndā! O mother of devotion! O Nārāyaṇi, I offer my obeisances to you again and again.

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jāko daraśe, paraśe agha-nāśa-i mahimā beda-purāṇe bākhāni

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yāṅko daraśe—whoever sees you; paraśe—or touches you; agha-nāśa-i—all sins are destroyed; mahimā—your glories; veda-purāṇe—in the Vedas and Purāṇas; vākhāni—are described

Translation

One who sees you or even touches you has all his sins destroyed. The Vedas and Purāṇas describe your glories.

3

jāko patra, mañjarī komala śrī-pati-caraṇa-kamale lapaṭāni dhanya tulasi meiyā, purāṇa tapa kiye, śrī-śālagrāma-mahā-pāṭarāṇī

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yāṅko—whose; patra—leaves; mañjarī komala—and soft mañjarīs; śrī-pati—of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the husband of Lakṣmī; caraṇa-kamale—at the lotus feet; lapaṭāni—are entwined; dhanya tulasi meiyā—O blessed mother Tulasī!; pūraṇa—you successfully completed; tapa kiye—performing austerities; śrī-śālagrāma—of Śrī śālagrāma-śīlā; mahā-pāṭarāṇī—and have thus become the chief consort and queen

Translation

Your leaves and soft new blossoms are entwined at the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Lakṣmī. O blessed mother Tulasī, you performed successful austerities and have thus become the chief consort and queen of Śrī Śālagrāma-śilā.

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dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, ārati, phulanā kiye varakhā varakhāni chāppānna bhoga, chatriśa byañjana, binā tulasī prabhu eka nāhi māni

Word for word

dhūpa—incense; dīpa—a ghee lamp; naivedya—edibles; ārati—the ārati ceremony; phulanā kiye—offering to you; varakhā—you shower; varakhāni—your rain of mercy; chāppānna bhoga—the fifty six varieties of cooked food; chatriśa byañjana—or the thirty six different curries; vinā tulasī—without tulasī leaves; prabhu—the Lord; eka nāhi māni—does not care for even one of them

Translation

You engladden and shower your rain of mercy upon one who offers you some incense, a ghee lamp, edibles, and ārati. The Lord does not care for even one of fifty-six varieties of cooked food or thirty-six different curries offered without tulasī leaves.

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śiva-śuka-nārada, āur brahmādiko, ḍhūrata phirata mahā-muni jñānī candrasekhara meiyā, terā jaśa gāowe bhakati-dāna dījiye mahārāṇī

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śiva-śuka-nārada—Lord Śiva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Devarṣi Nārada; aur—and; brahmādiko—demigods headed by Lord Brahmā; ḍh rata phirata—are circumambulating you; mahā-muni jñānī—and all the wise jñānīs and great munis; candraśekhara—this Candraśekhara; meiyā—O mother!; terā yaśa—your glories; gāowe—thus sings; bhakati-dāna—the gift of pure devotion; dijiye—please bestow upon me; mahārāṇi—O Mahārāṇī!

Translation

Lord Śiva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Devarṣi Nārada, and all the jñānīs and great munis, headed by Lord Brahmā, are circumambulating you. O mother! O Mahārāṇī, Candraśekhara thus sings your glories. Please bestow upon him the gift of pure devotion.

About Namo Namah Tulasi Maharani

Candrasekhara Kavi's Sri Tulasi-arati, sung during the evening worship of the Tulasi plant, honoring her as queen among Krishna's devotees and requesting the shelter of her feet.

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Namo Namah Tulasi Maharani was composed by Candrasekhara Kavi. It appears in Songs of Vaishnava Acaryas.

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O Tulasī Mahārāṇī! O Vṛndā! O mother of devotion! O Nārāyaṇi, I offer my obeisances to you again and again.

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