Sri Tulasi Pranama Lyrics — Tulasi Prayer and Song
Daily Meditations
Śrī Tulasī Praṇāma
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Read Sri Tulasi Pranama from Krishna Meditations, with Sanskrit / Bengali transliteration and an English rendition by Kalakantha das.
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Original lyrics · Sanskrit / Bengali transliteration
vṛndāyai tulasī-devyai priyāyai keśavasya ca viṣṇu-bhakti-prade devī satya vatyai namo namaḥ
1) namo namaḥ tulasī kṛṣṇa-preyasi namo namaḥ rādhā-kṛṣṇa-sevā pābo ei abhilāṣī
2) ye tomāra śaraṇa loy, tara vāñchā pūrṇa hoy kṛpā kori’ koro tāre vṛndāvana-vāsi
3) mora ei abhilāṣa, vilāsa kuñje dio vāsa nayane heribo sadā yugala-rūpa-rāśi
4) ei nivedana dharo, sakhīra anugata koro sevā-adhikāra diye koro nīja dāsī
5) dīna kṛṣṇa-dāse koy, ei yena mora hoy śrī-rādhā-govinda-preme sadā yena bhāsi
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmā-hatyādikāni ca tāni tāni praṇaśyanti pradakṣiṇaḥ pade pade
English rendition
I bow to Tulasī Devī. She is precious to the Lord. She bestows the truth of bhakti. I bow down to her once more.
1) I bow down to you, Tulasī, Krishna’s dearest devotee, I bow down to you. Please engage me in the service of Their Lordships Rādhā and Krishna.
2) With your shelter one can realize any wish that may come to mind. One can even live in Vraja, since you are so very, very kind.
3) Please grant me a residence in Śri Vrindavan’s pleasure groves. Rādhā-Krishna’s pastimes there will always be mine to behold.
4) Please make me a follower of Vraja’s gopīs and, as well, with the privilege of bhakti, a maidservant of yourself.
5) Krishna’s fallen servant prays for blessings so that I may swim forever in the bliss of love for Śri Śri Rādhā Govinda.
Any karma one may reap, even if one killed a priest, circling Tulasī clears away with every step that one completes.