4 - Tulasi Arati

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.