What is Sri Tulasi Arati?

Sri Tulasi Arati is the prayer offered daily to Srimati Tulasi Devi, the most dear of Lord Krishna's devotees, glorifying her as the giver of love for Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.

Why do devotees worship Tulasi Devi every day?

Because she is a pure devotee of Krishna in the form of a sacred plant. Her worship — circumambulation, offering water, lighting a lamp — is a guaranteed path to attain Krishna's love.

When is Tulasi Arati performed?

Every morning after Mangal Arati and Guruvandana, before sunrise. Many devotees also offer evening prayers to Tulasi Devi.

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Tulsi Aarti

Prayers to Srimati Tulasi Maharani

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Sri Tulasi Pranama Mantra

Sanskrit:

vṛndāyai tulasī-devyai priyāyai keśavasya ca viṣṇu-bhakti-prade devī satya vatyai namo namaḥ

Translation:

I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrinda, Srimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Kesava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Krishna and you possess the highest truth.

Sri Tulasi-Aarti

Sanskrit:

(1)
namo namah tulasi krishna-preyasi namo namah radha-krishna-seva pabo ei abilashi

(2)
ye tomara sarana loy, tara vancha purna hoy kripa kori' koro tare vrindavana-vasi

(3)
mora ei abhilasha, vilasa kunje dio vasa nayana heribo sada yugala-rupa-rasi

(4)
ei nivedana dhara, sakhira anugata koro seva-adhikara diye koro nija dasi

(5)
dina krishna-dase koy, ei yena mora hoy sri-radha-govinda-preme sada yena bhasi

Translation:

(1) 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.

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

(3) 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.

(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) This very fallen and lowly servant of Krsna prays, "May I always swim in the love of Sri Radha and Govinda.

Sri Tulasi Pradakshina Mantra

Sanskrit:

yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahma-hatyādikāni ca tāni tāni praṇaśyanti pradakṣiṇaḥ pade pade

Translation:

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.

Mantra for Collecting Leaves

Sanskrit:

tulasy armṛta-janmāsi sadā tvaṁ keśava-priya keśavārthaṁ cinomi tvāṁ varadā bhava śobhane

About Tulasi Devi

Srimati Tulasi Devi is the most sacred plant in Vaishnava tradition, very dear to Lord Krishna. Tulasi leaves are offered to the lotus feet of the Lord and offered in His food preparations. Devotees circumambulate the Tulasi plant daily and offer prayers for devotional service.

Spiritual Significance

Sri Tulasi Devi is not an ordinary plant — she is an eternal associate of Sri Krishna who appears in this world as Vrinda Devi's expansion. Her daily worship guarantees attainment of pure devotion and a place at Krishna's lotus feet.

Scriptural Source & Tradition

Padma Purana and Skanda Purana extensively glorify Tulasi worship. Srila Sanatana Goswami's Hari-bhakti-vilasa codifies the daily standards for Tulasi seva. ISKCON follows this standard worldwide.

Commentary from the Acharyas

Srila Prabhupada placed enormous emphasis on Tulasi worship, calling Her 'the queen of devotion'. He instructed that no offering to Krishna is complete without a Tulasi leaf, and that those who serve Tulasi Devi receive His mercy automatically.

When to Sing / Chant

Every day after Mangal Arati and Sri Sri Gurvashtakam, on Ekadasi, Kartik (Damodar) month, and before any major puja.

Benefits for the Devotee

Pleases Krishna directly (He cannot resist any offering containing Tulasi), grants prema-bhakti as Tulasi Devi's special boon, removes anarthas, sanctifies the home where She is worshipped, and qualifies one for residence in Vrindavan.

Gratitude to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

We offer our humble obeisances at the lotus feet of our founder-acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, without whose causeless mercy the priceless prayers, bhajans and sacred literature of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition would have remained inaccessible to most of the world. By his herculean preaching efforts, his unparalleled translations and his founding of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), the holy names, pastimes and instructions of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are today chanted in every town and village.

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to the Vaishnava acharyas in the disciplic succession.