Tulasi Arati Kirtan by H.G. Kripamoya Das

Song Name: Namo Namah Tulasi Krsna Preyasi (I)

Official Name: Tulasi Kirtana

Author: Krsna Dasa

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(introductory verse)

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 abilāṣī

(2)

ye tomāra śaraṇa loy, tara vāñchā pūrṇa hoy

kṛpā kori' koro tāre vṛndāvana-vāsi

(3)

mora ei abhilāṣa, vilāsa kuñje dio vāsa

nayana heribo sadā yugala-rūpa-rāśi

(4)

ei nivedana dhara, 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

(6)*

yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahma-hatyādikāni ca

tāni tāni praṇaśyanti pradakṣiṇaḥ pade pade

TRANSLATION

Introductory verse: I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrnda, Srimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Kesava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Visnu and possess the highest truth.

1) O Tulasi, beloved of Krsna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.

2) Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on him, you make him a resident of Vrndavana.

3) My desire is that you will also grant me a residence in the pleasure groves of Sri Vrndavana-dhama. Thus, within my vision I will always behold the beautiful pastimes of Radha and Krsna.

4) 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 maidservant.

5) Dina Duhkhi Krsnadasa prays, ''May I always swim in the love of Sri Radha and Govinda.

6)* By the circumambulation of Srimati Tulasi Devi all the sins that one may have committed are destroyed at every step, even the sin of killing a brahmana.