Tulasi-arati Kirtana
vrindayai tulasi-devyai
priyayai keshavasya cha
vishnu-bhakti-prade devi
satyavatyai namo namaha
Translation
“I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrinda, Shrimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Krishna. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Krishna and possess the highest truth.”
namo namah tulasi krishna-preyasi namo namaha
radha-krishna-seva pabo ei abhilashi
ye tomara sharana loy, tara vancha purna hoy
kripa kori’ koro tare brindavana-basi
mor ei abhilash bilas kunje dio vas
nayane heribo sada jugala-rupa-rashi
ei nivedana dharo sakhir anugata koro
seva-adhikara diye koro nija dasi
dina krishna-dase koy ei jena mora hoy
shri-radha-govinda-preme sada jena bhasi
Translation
O Tulasi, beloved of Krishna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.
Whoever takes shelter of you has their wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on him, you make him a resident of Vrindavana in the spiritual world.
My desire is that you will also grant me a residence in the pleasure groves of Shri Vrindavana-dhama. Thus, within my heart I will always behold the beautiful pastimes of Radha and Krishna.
I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give me the privilege of devotional service and make me your own assistant.
This very fallen and lowly servant of Krishna prays, “May I always be absorbed in the love of Sri Radha and Govinda.”
Devotees circumambulate the Tulasi plant while singing the following prayer:
yani kani cha papani
brahma-hatyadikani cha
tani tani pranashyanti
pradakshina pade pade
“By worshiping Shrimati Tulasi Devi any bad qualities we may have are destroyed at every step.”