ŚRĪ-TULASĪ-ĀRATI
by Candraśekhara Ācārya
by Candraśekhara Ācārya
[1]
namo namaḥ tulasi mahārāṇī,
vṛnde mahārāṇī namo namaḥ
namo re namo re meiyā namo nārāyaṇi
namo namaḥ
[2]
yāṅko daraśe, paraśe agha-nāśai
mahimā veda-purāṇe vākhāni
namo namaḥ
[3]
yāṅko patra, mañjarī komala
śrī-pati-caraṇa-kamale lapaṭāni
namo namaḥ
[4]
dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, āroti
phulanā kiye varakhā varakhāni
namo namaḥ
[5]
dhanya tulasi meiyā, purāṇa tapa kiye
śrī-śālagrāma-mahā-pāṭarāṇī
namo namaḥ
[6]
chāpānna bhoga, chatriśa byañjana,
vinā tulasī prabhu eka nāhi māni
namo namaḥ
[7]
śiva-śuka-nārada, āur brahmādiko
ḍhūrata phirata mahāmuni jñānī
namo namaḥ
[8]
candra-sekhara meiyā, terā yaśo gāoye
bhakati-dāna dījiye mahārāṇī
namo namaḥ
namo namaḥ tulasi mahārāṇī,
vṛnde mahārāṇī namo namaḥ
namo re namo re meiyā namo nārāyaṇi
namo namaḥ
[2]
yāṅko daraśe, paraśe agha-nāśai
mahimā veda-purāṇe vākhāni
namo namaḥ
[3]
yāṅko patra, mañjarī komala
śrī-pati-caraṇa-kamale lapaṭāni
namo namaḥ
[4]
dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, āroti
phulanā kiye varakhā varakhāni
namo namaḥ
[5]
dhanya tulasi meiyā, purāṇa tapa kiye
śrī-śālagrāma-mahā-pāṭarāṇī
namo namaḥ
[6]
chāpānna bhoga, chatriśa byañjana,
vinā tulasī prabhu eka nāhi māni
namo namaḥ
[7]
śiva-śuka-nārada, āur brahmādiko
ḍhūrata phirata mahāmuni jñānī
namo namaḥ
[8]
candra-sekhara meiyā, terā yaśo gāoye
bhakati-dāna dījiye mahārāṇī
namo namaḥ
Worshipable Tulasī Devī, O Vṛndā Devī, obeisances unto thee again and again. All praises, O mother of bhakti. O Nārāyaṇi [energy of Nārāyaṇa], my humble obeisances to thee again and again. Simply by touching or by even seeing Śrī Tulasī-devī, all sins are destroyed. My obeisances to thee again and again, whose magnificence is described in the Vedas and Purāṇas. Your ārati is performed with offerings of incense and lamps, flowers and praises. My obeisances to thee again and again. You have performed long austerities and have become the offering to the Lord's śālagrāma expansion. My obeisances to thee again and again. The Lord does not care for a single one of fifty-six offerings or thirty-six curries offered without a tulasī leaf. Lord Śiva, Śukadeva, Nārada Muni, Brahmā and all others are paying their respects unto thee. Candraśekhara (the author), who is singing your glories, prays, "Please bestow prema-bhakti unto me. My humble obeisances unto thee again and again."