Tulasi Aarti

I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrinda, Srimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Kesava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Lord Vishnu, and you are the embodiment of all truth.

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

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

My desire is that you will also give me a residence in the pleasure groves of Sri Vrindavana-dhama. Thus within my vision 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 maidservant.

This is the prayer of the lowly Krishna dasa: may I always float in the love of Sri Sri Radha and Govinda.

O Tulasi, you were born from nectar, and you are always dear to Kesava. For Kesava's sake I gather your leaves; O auspicious one, please grant your benediction.

By circumambulating Srimati Tulasi Devi, all sins one may have committed — including the killing of a brahmana — are destroyed at every step.