दाहकाले भवेन्मुक्तिः कोटिपापायुतस्य च । गंगांभसाभिषेकेण यांति पुण्यानि पुण्यताम्
At the time of burning, there is liberation, even for one with millions and tens of millions of sins; by bathing with Ganga water, merits become most meritorious.
तुलसीकाष्ठमिश्राणि यांति दारूणि पुण्यताम् । तुलसीकाष्ठसंमिश्रा यावत्प्रज्वलते चिता
Logs mixed with Tulasi wood become supremely meritorious; as long as the funeral pyre burns with Tulasi wood mixed in,
दह्यंति तस्य पापानि कल्पकोटिकृतानि वै । दह्यमानं नरं दृष्ट्वा तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना
The sins committed over millions of kalpas are burned away; seeing a man being burned with Tulasi wood,
नयंति तं विष्णुदूता न च वै यमकिंकराः । जन्मकोटिसहस्रैस्तु मुक्तो याति जनार्दनम्
The messengers of Vishnu take him, and not the servants of Yama; he is liberated from thousands of millions of births and attains Janardana.
दह्यंते ये नरा लोके तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । तान्विमानस्थितान्देवाः क्षिपंति कुसुमांजलिम्
Those men who are burned in this world with Tulasi wood as fuel—the gods, standing in their aerial chariots, shower handfuls of flowers upon them.
नृत्यंत्यप्सरसः सर्वा गीतं गायंति गायकाः । जायंते वीक्ष्य तं विष्णुः संतुष्टः शंभुना सह
All the apsaras dance, the singers sing songs; seeing him, Vishnu is pleased together with Shambhu.
गृहीत्वा तं करे शौरिर्गृहं नीत्वास्य चांगतः । मार्जयेत्सर्वपापानि पश्यतां त्रिदिवौकसाम्
Having taken it in his hand, Śauri leads it home and, touching his body with it, removes all sins in the sight of the dwellers of heaven.
महोत्सवं कारयित्वा जयशब्दपुरःसरम् । ज्वलते यत्र चाज्येन तुलसीकाष्ठपावकः
Having arranged a great festival, with cries of victory at the forefront, where the fire of Tulasī wood blazes with ghee.
अग्न्यगारे श्मशाने वा दह्यते पातकं नृणाम् । होमं कुर्वंति ये विप्रास्तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । सिक्ते सिक्ते तिले वापि अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्
In the fire chamber or in the cremation ground, the sin of men is burned; those brāhmaṇas who perform homa with Tulasī wood fire, whether with sprinkled sesame or not, obtain the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
यो ददाति हरेर्धूपं तुलसीकाष्ठसंभवम् । शतक्रतुसमं पुण्यं लभते गोशतं फलम्
Whoever offers incense to Hari made from Tulasī wood attains merit equal to a hundred sacrifices of Indra and the fruit of giving a hundred cows.
नैवेद्यं पच्यते यस्तु तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । मेरुतुल्यं भवेद्दत्तं तदन्नं केशवस्य हि
He who cooks food as an offering with Tulasī wood fire—such food given to Keśava is equal to Mount Meru in value.
तुलसीपावकेनाथ यो दीपं कुरुते हरेः । दीपलक्षसहस्राणां पुण्यं स लभते फलम्
And whoever lights a lamp for Hari with Tulasī wood fire attains the merit of a hundred thousand lamps.
न तेन सदृशो लोके वैष्णवो भुवि दृश्यते । यः प्रयच्छति कृष्णस्य तुलसीकाष्ठचंदनम्
No Vaiṣṇava is seen on earth equal to him who offers Tulasī wood sandal to Kṛṣṇa.
स जायते कृपापात्रं विष्णोर्वाडवसत्तम
He becomes an object of Viṣṇu’s compassion, O best of horses.
तुलसीदारुजातेन चंदनेन कलौ हरिम् । विलिप्य भक्तितो नित्यं रमते हरिसन्निधौ
By anointing Hari daily with sandal made from Tulasī wood, with devotion, one delights in the presence of Hari.
तुलसीपंकलिप्तांगः कुरुते विष्णुपूजनम् । पूजाशतदिनैकाह्ना लभ्यते गोशतं फलम्
He who worships Viṣṇu with his body anointed with Tulasī paste obtains in one day the fruit of a hundred days of worship—a hundred cows.
विलेपार्थे तु कृष्णस्य तुलसीकाष्ठचंदनम् । मंदिरे तिष्ठते यावत्तावत्पुण्यफलं शृणु
As long as Tulasī wood sandal for Kṛṣṇa’s anointing remains in the temple, listen to the merit obtained.
तिलप्रस्थाष्टकं दत्वा यत्पुण्यं प्राप्नुयान्नरः । तत्फलं जायते पुंसां प्रसादाच्चक्रपाणिनः
The merit a man obtains by giving eight measures of sesame is the same fruit granted by the grace of the discus-bearing Lord.
यो ददाति पितॄणां तु पिंडे तुलसिसंभवम् । दलं संजायते तृप्तिः पत्रे पत्रे शताब्दिका
Whoever offers to the ancestors a ball made with Tulasī attains satisfaction for them for a hundred years with each leaf.
तुलसीमूलमृत्स्नैव स्नानं कुर्याद्विशेषतः । तेन तीर्थे कृतं स्नानं यावच्चांगे च मृत्तिका
One should especially bathe with earth from the root of Tulasī; as long as that clay remains on the body, it is as if one has bathed at a sacred ford.
तदीय यातु मंजर्या पूजनं च करोति यः । नानापुष्पैः कृता पूजा यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ
Whoever performs worship with its inflorescence, that worship made with various flowers endures as long as the moon and sun.
यस्मिन्गृहेऽवतिष्ठेत तुलसी वृक्षवाटिका । दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाच्चैव ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकम् । तत्सर्वं विलयं याति दर्शनेनैव नारद
In whatever house there is a Tulasī grove, by seeing or touching it, all sins such as Brahmin-murder are destroyed, O Nārada, merely by seeing it.
महादेव उवाच- अथान्यत्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकाग्रमानसः । न कस्यापि च कथितं शृणु देवर्षिसत्तम
Mahādeva said: Now I will tell you something else; listen with focused mind. This has not been told to anyone—hear it, O best of divine sages.
यत्र यत्र गृहे ग्रामे वने वा तुलसी भवेत् । तत्र तत्र जगत्स्वामी प्रीतात्मा च वसेद्धरिः
Wherever there is Tulasī—in a house, village, or forest—there the Lord of the universe, Hari, dwells with a pleased heart.
गृहे तस्मिन्न दारिद्र्यं नायोगो बंधुसंभवः । न दुःखं न भयं रोगस्तुलसी यत्र तिष्ठति
In that house where Tulasi is present, there is no poverty, no misfortune arising from relatives, no sorrow, no fear, and no disease.
सर्वत्र तुलसी पुण्या पुण्यक्षेत्रे विशेषतः । संनिधौ तस्य देवस्य रोपणात्पृथिवीतले
Tulasi is sacred everywhere, but especially so in holy places; when she is planted in the presence of that deity upon the earth—
तेषां विष्णुपदं नित्यं तुलस्यारोपणे कृते । उत्पादान्दारुणान्रोगान्दुर्निमित्तान्यनेकशः । तुलस्याभ्यर्चिते भक्त्या हंत शांतिकरो हरिः
For those who plant Tulasi, the abode of Vishnu is ever attained; severe diseases and countless inauspicious omens arise, but when Tulasi is worshipped with devotion, Hari brings peace.
तुलसीगंधमाघ्राय यत्र गच्छति मारुतः । दिशो दश च ताः पूता भूतग्रामश्चतुर्विधः
Wherever the wind carries the fragrance of Tulasi, all ten directions are purified, along with the four kinds of beings.
यस्मिन्गृहे मुनिश्रेष्ठ तुलसीमूलमृत्तिका । सर्वदा तत्र तिष्ठंति देवताश्च शिवो हरिः
O best of sages, in whatever house there is earth from the root of Tulasi, there always dwell the deities, Shiva, and Hari.
तुलसीवनजा छाया यत्र यत्र भवेद्दिवज । तर्पणं कुरुते तत्र पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्
Wherever there is the shade of a Tulasi grove, there the offering made to the ancestors becomes inexhaustible.