TULASI Prayers

(1) Mantra for bathing Tulasi

govinda-vallabhàm devim
bhakti-caitanya-kärinim
snäpayämi jagad-dhätrim
visnu-bhakti-pradäyinäm

“O Devi, beloved of Govinda, you awaken the consciousness towards the

service of the Lord and bestow krsna-bhakti. I bathe you, O tulasi, who are the
mother of the universe.”

Above mantra to be uttered while offering water to Sri Tulasi.

(2) Mantra for picking tulasi leaves

tulasy amrta janmäsi

sadä tvam kesava-priyä
kesavärthe vicinvämi
varadä bhava sobhane

“O tulasi of effulgent beauty, you have been produced from nectar during the
churning of the milk ocean. You are always dear to Lord Kesava. I pick your leaves
only for the worship of Sri Krsna. May you bestow upon me the benediction that my
worship of Krsna will obtain success.”

Above mantra to be uttered while picking the leaves of Sri Tulasi.

(3) To beg forgiveness after picking leaves/manjaries

cayanod-bhava dhukham cha

yad hrdi tava vartate
tat ksamasva jagan maatha
vrnda devi namo stu te

”O Tulasi-devi, I offer my respectful obeisances unto you. Kindly forgive me if I have

caused you pain by picking your leaves and manjaris, O mother of the universe.”
(4) Mantra for circumambulating tulasi

yäni käni ca päpäni

brahma-hatyädikäni ca
tat sarvam vilayam yäti
tulasi! tvat pradaksinät

“O tulasi-devi, by circumambulating you all types of sins are driven away,

including the killing of a brähmana. One should recite this mantra while
circumambulating tulasi four times.

(5) Mantra for offering obeisances unto tulasi

vrndäyai tulasi-devyai
priyäyai kesavasya ca
krsna-bhakti-prade devi!
satyavatyai namo namah

“O Vrnndä-devi, O tulasi-devi ! You are very dear to Lord Kesava. O Devi

Satyavati, you bestow krsna-bhakti. I offer repeated obeisances unto you.”

(6) Song when circumambulating Tulasi

Jaya radhe jaya krsna Jaya vrndavana

Sri govinda gopinatha Madana mohana

“All glories to Sri Radha and Krsna and the divine forest of Vrinda Devi. All glories
to Sri Govinda, Gopinatha and Madana-Mohana.”

(7) Mantra when offering Tulasi leaves to Lord Krishna

Etat Tulasi Patram Klim Krishnaya Namaha

Do not pluck tulasi leaves after dark, nor at any time on Dvadasi-tithi (the day following
Ekadasi). Even if the tulasi leaves have become dry because they were cut on the previous
day or in the morning, they may still be used in Deity worship.