Mahaprasad.

Mahā prasada-jananī

Sarva-saubhagya vardhinī

Ādhi-vyādhi-bhava-nityām

Tulasi tvam namostute.

Mahāprasāda-jananī

O Mother who gives birth to Mahāprasāda

Tulasī is not merely an herb or sacred plant; she is the womb of sanctity in the ritual life of a devotee.

No offering to Vishnu, Rama, or Krishnais considered complete without her presence. Food becomes prasāda only when touched by devotion, and devotion is crowned when adorned by tulasi leaves

She is thus called Mahāprasāda-jananī—

the one who transforms the ordinary into the divine.

Just as a mother purifies and nourishes life, Tulasī purifies offerings, actions, and intentions.

Through her, the Lord accepts us, even when our devotion is imperfect.

Sarva-saubhāgya-vardhinī

She who increases all auspiciousness

Here, saubhāgya does not merely mean wealth or prosperity.

It means:

the fortune of right understanding

the grace of timely wisdom

the blessing of steadfast devotion

Tulasī brings harmony into the home where she is worshipped.

She quietly aligns human life with ṛta—cosmic order.

A household with Tulasī is said to be guarded by dharma itself.

She does not shout her blessings; she silently multiplies them.

Ādhi-vyādhi-bhava-nityā

She who removes mental suffering, physical illness, and existential bondage

This line is profound.

Ādhi – mental afflictions: anxiety, sorrow, restlessness

Vyadhi– bodily illness

Bhava– the deeper suffering of repeated birth, fear, and impermanence

Tulasī heals on all three planes:

1. Mind – through serenity and devotion

2. Body – through her medicinal potency

3. Soul – through remembrance of Narayana

Her fragrance itself is said to displease yama and delight Viṣṇu.

Thus, she stands as a bridge between health, holiness, and liberation.

Tulasī tvāṁ namāstute

O Tulasī, I bow to You

The prayer ends not with demand, but with surrender.

The devotee does not say, “Give me this.”

Instead, they say, “I bow.”

This bow is acknowledgment:

that grace flows downward

that humility precedes blessing

that the smallest leaf can carry the greatest truth

Tulasī Devī is believed to be Vṛndā Devī, eternal servant and beloved of Lord Viṣṇu.

Her rootedness teaches steadfastness,

her upward growth teaches aspiration,

O Tulasī, gentle mother of grace,

From your green leaves the heavens taste

What mortal hands could never make—

Food becomes faith when You awake.

You stand in courtyards, silent, still,

Yet turn the tide of human will;

Where you are worshipped, day by day,

Misfortune quietly walks away.

You grow where prayers are softly said,

Where lamps are lit, where tears are shed;

Rooted in earth, your gaze is high,

A living bridge to Vaikuṇṭha sky.

You soothe the mind from ādhi’s pain,

Ease the flesh where vyādhi reigns;

And deeper still, with sacred breath,

You free the soul from bhava—death.

No gold you ask, no fragrant bloom,

Only a heart with space to room

The Name that rests upon your leaf—

Govinda, shelter of belief.

O Tulasī, in dust I bow,

Teach me surrender—here and now;

Let my small life, like yours, be true:

To stand, to serve, to point to You.

Tulasī tvāṁ namāstute. 

her fragrance teaches subtle influence,

and her leaves teach offering without loss.

She is devotion made visible.

This śloka is not just praise—it is a daily philosophy:

Let my actions become prasāda

Let my life grow in auspiciousness

Let my suffering be softened by remembrance

Let my ego bow like a leaf at Your feet

In saluting Tulasī, one salutes bhakti itself.