কৃষ্ণ অবতারিতে আচার্য প্রতিজ্ঞা করিযা কৃষ্ণপূজা করে তুলসীগংগাজল দিযা
कृष्ण अवतारिते आचार्य प्रतिज्ञा करिया कृष्णपूजा करे तुलसीगंगाजल दिया
kṛṣṇa avatārite ācārya pratijñā kariyā kṛṣṇa-pūjā kare tulasī-gaṅgājala diyā
Synonyms
kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; avatārite—to cause His advent; ācārya—Advaita Ācārya; pratijñā—promise; kariyā—making; kṛṣṇa-pūjā—worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kare—does; tulasī—tulasī leaves; gaṅgā-jala diyā—with Gaṅgā-jala, the water of the Ganges..
Translation
With this consideration, Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, promising to cause Lord Kṛṣṇa to descend, began to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, with tulasī leaves and water of the Ganges.
Purport
Tulasī leaves and Ganges water, with, if possible, a little pulp of sandalwood, is sufficient paraphernalia to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā:
patraṁ puspaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam
aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bg. 9.26) Following this principle, Advaita Prabhu pleased the Supreme Personality of Godhead with tulasī leaves and water of the Ganges.