Namo Namah Tulasi Krsna Preyasi (I)
Tulasi Kirtana
(introductory
verse) vṛndāyai
tulasī-devyai priyāyai keśavasya ca viṣṇu-bhakti-prade devī satya vatyai namo namaḥ
Word for word
(Introductory Verse) vṛndāyai --unto Vṛndā; tulasī-devyai --unto Tulasī Devī priyāyai - who is dear; keśavasya --to Lord Keśava; ca--and; kṛṣṇa-bhakti - devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa; prade --who bestows; devi -O goddess; satyavatyai --unto Satyavatī namah ̣ namah ̣--repeated obeisances.
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.
namo
namaḥ tulasī kṛṣṇa-preyasi namo namaḥ rādhā-kṛṣṇa-sevā pābo ei
abilāṣī
Word for word
namo namah ̣-bowing again and again; tulasī -O Tulasī!; kṛṣṇapreyasī -O beloved of Kṛṣṇa!; namo namah ̣-repeated obeisances; rādhākṛṣṇa-sevā -the service of Srī Srī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; pābo -I will obtain; ei -this; abhilāṣī -I am desirous.
O Tulasi, beloved of Krsna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.
ye
tomāra śaraṇa loy, tara vāñchā pūrṇa hoy kṛpā kori' koro tāre vṛndāvana-vāsi
Word for word
ye- whoever; tomāra -your; śaraṇa loy -takes shelter; tāra -his; vāñchā - desires; pūrṇa hoy -are fulfilled; kṛpā koriyā -being merciful; koro -you make; tāre -him; vṛndāvana-vāsī -a resident of Vṛndāvana.
Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on him, you make him a resident of Vrndavana.
mora
ei abhilāṣa, vilāsa kuñje dio vāsa nayana heribo sadā yugala-rūpa-rāśi
Word for word
mora - my; ei -this; abhilās ̣-desire; vilās kuñje -in the pleasure-groves; dio -please give; vās -a residence; nayane -with my eyes; heribo -I will behold; sadā -always; yugala-rūpa-rāśī -the waves of the Divine Couple's beauty.
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.
ei
nivedana dhara, sakhīra anugata koro sevā-adhikāra diye koro nīja dāsī
Word for word
ei nivedana -this request; dharo -please keep; sakhīra -of one of the cowherd damsels; anugata koro -make me a follower; sevā-adhikāra -the privilege of devotional service; diye -bestowing; koro -please make; nija dāsī -your own maidservant.
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.
dīna
kṛṣṇa-dāse koy, ei yena mora hoy śrī-rādhā-govinda-preme sadā yena bhāsi
Word for word
dīna kṛṣṇa-dāse - Dīna Duhkhi Kṛṣṇadāsa; koy -prays; ei -this; yena -just like; mora hoy -is mine; śrīrādhā-govinda-preme -in the ecstatic love for Srī Rādhā and Govinda; sadā -always; yena -just like; bhāsi -swimming.
Dina Duhkhi Krsnadasa prays, ''May I always swim in the love of Sri Radha and Govinda.
* yāni kāni ca pāpāni
brahma-hatyādikāni ca tāni tāni praṇaśyanti
pradakṣiṇaḥ pade pade
Word for word
yāni kāni --whatever; ca--and; pāpāni --sins; brahma-hatya --killing of a brāhmaṇa; ādikāni --and so on; ca--also; tāni tāni --all of them; praṇaśyanti --are destroyed; pradakṣiṇah ̣--(by) the circumambulation (of Tulasī Devī ); pade pade --at every step
* 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.
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.
O Tulasi, beloved of Krsna, I bow before you again and again. My desire is to obtain the service of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.
Whoever takes shelter of you has his wishes fulfilled. Bestowing your mercy on him, you make him a resident of Vrndavana.
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.
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.
Dina Duhkhi Krsnadasa prays, ''May I always swim in the love of Sri Radha and Govinda.
* 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.
Notes
Verse 6 and the introductory verse are not part of the original song. During the performing of the tulasi kirtana, this song is flagged by the introductory verse in the beginning and end of the song, which offering obeisances to Tulasi-devi. At the end of the fifth verse (the end of the original song), the sixth verse is sung when circumambulating Tulasi-Devi. The introductory prayer's third line is originally ' viṣṇu bhakti', although it is commonly chanted as ' kṛṣṇa bhakti.'