तुलसीपत्रविच्छेदं शालग्रामे करोति यः । तस्य जन्मान्तरे कान्ते स्त्रीविच्छेदो भविष्यति
Whoever breaks a Tulasī leaf on a Śālagrāma stone, in his next birth, O beautiful one, will experience separation from his wife.
तुलसीपत्रविच्छेदं शङ्खे यो हि करोति च । भार्याहीनो भवेत्सोऽपि रोगी च सप्तजन्मसु
Whoever breaks a Tulasī leaf on a conch, he too will be without a wife and diseased for seven lifetimes.
शालग्रामं च तुलसीं शङ्खं चैकत्र एव च । यो रक्षति महाज्ञानी स भवेच्छ्रीहरेः प्रियः
Whoever preserves together the Śālagrāma, Tulasī, and conch, that great knower becomes dear to Śrī Hari.
सकृदेव हि यो यस्यां वीर्याधानं करोति च । तद्विच्छेदे तस्य दुःखं भवेदेव परस्परम्
If even once someone deposits semen in a woman, then separation from her brings mutual suffering.
त्वं प्रिया शङ्खचूडस्य चैकमन्वन्तरावधि । शङ्खेन सार्धं त्वद्भेदः केवलं दुःखदस्तथा
You are dear to Śaṅkhacūḍa for the duration of one manvantara; separation from you with the conch brings only sorrow.
इत्युक्त्वा श्रीहरिस्तां च विरराम च नारद । सा च देहं परित्यज्य दिव्यरूपं विधाय च
Having spoken thus, Śrī Hari became silent, O Nārada; and she, abandoning her body, assumed a divine form.
यथा श्रीश्च तथा सा चाप्युवास हरिवक्षसि । स जगाम तया सार्धं वैकुण्ठं कमलापतिः
Just as Śrī herself, so too did she dwell upon Hari's chest; the Lord of Lakṣmī went to Vaikuṇṭha together with her.
लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती गङ्गा तुलसी चापि नारद । हरेः प्रियाश्चतस्रश्च बभूवुरीश्वरस्य च
Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Gaṅgā, and Tulasī, O Nārada, these four became the beloveds of Hari, the Lord.
सद्यस्तद्देहजाता च बभूव गण्डकी नदी । ईश्वरः सोऽपि शैलश्च तत्तीरे पुण्यदो नृणाम्
Immediately, from that body, the river Gaṇḍakī was born; and the Lord himself became a mountain on its bank, bestowing merit upon people.
कुर्वन्ति तत्र कीटाश्च शिलां बहुविधां मुने । जले पतन्ति या याश्च फलदास्ताश्च निश्चितम्
There, O sage, worms create many kinds of stones; those that fall into the water are certainly fruitful.
स्थलस्थाः पिङ्गला ज्ञेयाश्चोपतापाद्रवेरिति । इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
Those on land are to be known as tawny and, due to affliction, as impure; thus everything has been told—what more do you wish to hear?
तुलसीपूजाविधिवर्णनम् नारद उवाच तुलसी च यदा पूज्या कृता नारायणप्रिया । अस्याः पूजाविधानं च स्तोत्रं च वद साम्प्रतम्
Description of the method of worship of Tulasī. Nārada said: When Tulasī, beloved of Nārāyaṇa, is to be worshipped, tell me now the method of her worship and her hymn.
केन पूजा कृता केन स्तुता प्रथमतो मुने । तत्र पूज्या सा बभूव केन वा वद मामहो
By whom was she first worshipped, by whom first praised, O sage? Tell me by whom she became worthy of worship.
सूत उवाच नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुङ्गवः । कथां कथितुमारेभे पुण्यां पापहरां पराम्
Sūta said: Hearing Nārada's words, the best of sages smiled and began to tell the most auspicious and sin-destroying story.
श्रीनारायण उवाच हरिः संपूज्य तुलसीं रेमे च रमया सह । रमासमानसौभाग्यां चकार गौरवेण च
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hari, having worshipped Tulasī, enjoyed himself with Ramā; he honored her, whose fortune was equal to Ramā's.
सेहे च लक्ष्मीर्गङ्गा च तस्याश्च नवसङ्गमम् । सौभाग्यगौरवं कोपात्ते न सेहे सरस्वती
Lakṣmī and Gaṅgā endured her new union, but Sarasvatī, out of anger, could not bear her fortune and honor.
सा तां जघान कलहे मानिनी हरिसन्निधौ । व्रीडया चापमानेन सान्तर्धानं चकार ह
She, proud, struck her in conflict in the presence of Hari; out of shame and humiliation, she vanished.
सर्वसिद्धेश्वरी देवी ज्ञानिनां सिद्धियोगिनी । जगामादर्शनं कोपात्सर्वत्र च हरेरहो
The Goddess, sovereign of all powers and bestower of yogic perfection to the wise, disappeared everywhere from Hari, out of anger.
हरिर्न दृष्ट्वा तुलसीं बोधयित्वा सरस्वतीम् । तदनुज्ञां गहीत्वा च जगाम तुलसीवनम्
Hari, not seeing Tulasī, instructed Sarasvatī; then, taking her permission, he went to the grove of Tulasī.
तत्र गत्वा च सुस्नातो हरिः स तुलसीं सतीम् । पूजयामास तां ध्यात्वा स्तोत्रं भक्त्या चकार ह
There, having arrived and bathed well, Hari worshipped the virtuous Tulasī, meditated upon her, and composed a hymn with devotion.
लक्ष्मीमायाकामवाणीबीजपूर्वं दशाक्षरम् । वृन्दावनीति ङेऽन्तं च वह्निजायान्तमेव च
With the ten-syllable mantra beginning with Lakṣmī, Māyā, Kāma, and Vāṇī, ending with 'Vṛndāvanī' and 'born of fire'.
अनेन कल्पतरुणा मन्त्रराजेन नारद । पूजयेद्यो विधानेन सर्वसिद्धिं लभेद् ध्रुवम्
With this wish-fulfilling, royal mantra, O Nārada, whoever worships properly will surely attain all accomplishments.
घृतदीपेन धूपेन सिन्दूरचन्दनेन च । नैवेद्येन च पुष्पेण चोपचारेण नारद
With ghee lamps, incense, vermilion, sandalwood, offerings, flowers, and proper service, O Nārada.
हरिस्तोत्रेण तुष्टा सा चाविर्भूता महीरुहात् । प्रसन्ना चरणाम्भोजे जगाम शरणं शुभा
Satisfied by Hari's hymn, she appeared from the tree, gracious, and approached his lotus feet for refuge.
वरं तस्यै ददौ विष्णुः सर्वपूज्या भवेरिति । अहं त्वां धारयिष्यामि सुरूपां मूर्ध्नि वक्षसि
Viṣṇu granted her a boon: 'You shall be worshipped by all; I will bear you, beautiful, upon my head and chest.'
सर्वे त्वां धारयिष्यन्ति स्वमूर्ध्नि च सुरादयः । इत्युक्त्वा तां गृहीत्वा च प्रययौ स्वालयं विभुः
All the gods will bear you upon their own heads; having spoken thus and taken her, the Lord departed to his abode.
नारद उवाच किं ध्यानं स्तवनं किं वा किं वा पूजाविधानकम् । तुलस्याश्च महाभाग तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
Nārada said: 'What meditation, hymn, or worship method is there for Tulasī, O blessed one? Please explain it to me.'
श्रीनारायण उवाच अन्तर्हितायां तस्यां च हरिर्वृन्दावने तदा । तस्याश्चक्रे स्तुतिं गत्वा तुलसीं विरहातुरः
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: 'When she was hidden, Hari, in Vṛndāvana, went and composed a hymn, afflicted by separation from Tulasī.'
श्रीभगवानुवाच वृन्दरूपाश्च वृक्षाश्च यदैकत्र भवन्ति च । विदुर्बुधास्तेन वृन्दां मत्प्रियां तां भजाम्यहम्
The Blessed Lord said: 'Wherever trees in the form of Vṛndā are found together, the wise know that Vṛndā, my beloved, is worshipped there by me.'
पुरा बभूव या देवी त्वादौ वृन्दावने वने । तेन वृन्दावनी ख्याता सौभाग्या तां भजाम्यहम्
The goddess who once existed in the forest of Vṛndāvana at the beginning—therefore she is famed as Vṛndāvanī, fortunate; I worship her.