Candraśekhara Kavi
(1)
namo namaḥ tulasi mahārāṇī,
vṛnde mahārāṇī namo namaḥ
namo re namo re meiyā namo nārāyaṇi
O Tulasī Mahārāṇī! O Vṛndā! O mother of devotion! O Nārāyaṇi, I offer my obeisances to you again and again.
(2)
jāko daraśe, paraśe agha-nāśa-i
mahimā beda-purāṇe bākhāni
By seeing you or even by touching you, all sins are destroyed. Your glories are described in the Vedas and Purāṇas.
(3)
jāko patra, mañjarī komala
śrī-pati-caraṇa-kamale lapaṭāni
dhanya tulasi meiyā, purāṇa tapa kiye,
śrī-śālagrāma-mahā-pāṭarāṇī
Your leaves and soft mañjarīs are entwined at the lotus feet of Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Lakṣmī. O blessed mother Tulasī, you performed successful austerities and have thus become the chief consort and queen of Śrī Śālagrāma-śilā.
(4)
dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, ārati,
phulanā kiye varakhā varakhāni
chāppānna bhoga, chatriśa byañjana,
binā tulasī prabhu eka nāhi māni
You engladden and shower your rain of mercy upon one who offers you some incense, a ghee lamp, naivedya, and ārati . The Lord does not care for even one of fifty-six varieties of cooked food or thirty-six different curries offered without tulasī leaves.
(5)
śiva-śuka-nārada, āur brahmādiko,
ḍhūrata phirata mahā-muni jñānī
candrasekhara meiyā, terā jaśa gāowe
bhakati-dāna dījiye mahārāṇī
Lord Śiva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Devarṣi Nārada, and all the jñānīs and great munis, headed by Lord Brahmā, are circumambulating you. O mother! O Mahārāṇī, Candraśekhara thus sings your glories. Please bestow upon him the gift of pure devotion.
