Sri Vrindadevi Ashtakam

[ Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Vrinda Devi (Tulasi Devi) ]



Text One



gangeya-campeya-tadid-vinindi-

rocih-pravaha-snapitatma-vrinde

bandhuka-bandhu-dyuti-divya-vaso
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



You are bathed by streams of splendour that rebuke gold, lightning, and the campaka flower. Your splendid garments are friend to the bandhuka flower. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Two



bimbadharoditvara-manda-hasya-

nasagra-mukta-dyuti-dipitasye

vicitra-ratnabharana-sriyadhye
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



Your face is splendid with a pearl decorating the tip of Your nose and a wonderful gentle smile on your bimba-fruit lips. You are decorated with wonderful jewel ornaments. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Three



samasta-vaikuntha-siromanau sri-

krishnasya vrindavana-dhanya-dhamni

dattadhikare vrsabhanu-putrya
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



Vrishabhanu's daughter Radha made you guardian of Krishna's opulent and auspicious abode of Vrindavana, the crest jewel of all Vaikuntha planets. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Four



tvad-ajnaya pallava-puspa-bhrnga-

mrgadibhir madhava-keli-kunjah

madhv-adibhir bhanti vibhusyamana
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



By Your order the groves where Madhava enjoys pastimes are splendidly decorated with blossoming flowers, bumble-bees, deer, honey and other things. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Five



tvadiya-dutyena nikunja-yunor

atyutkayoh keli-vilasa-siddhih

tvat-saubhagam kena nirucyatam tad
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



Because you became their messenger the eager and youthful divine couple enjoyed the perfection of transcendental pastimes in the forest. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Six



rasabhilaso vasatis ca vrinda-

vane tvad-isanghra-saroja-seva

labhya ca pumsam krpaya tavaiva
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



By your mercy the people attain residence in Vrindavana, the desire to serve your masters' lotus feet, and the desire to assist in the rasa dance. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Seven



tvam kirtyase satvata-tantra-vidbhir

lilabhidhana kila krishna-saktih

tavaiva murtis tulasi nri-loke
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



They who are learned in the Satvata-tantra glorify you. You are Krishna's pastime-potency. The tulasi plant is your form in the world of men. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Eight



bhaktya vihina aparadha-laksaih

ksiptas ca kamadi-taranga-madhye

krpamayi tvam saranam prapanna
vrinde namas te caranaravindam



O merciful one, they who have no devotion and they whom millions of offenses have thrown into the waves of lust and other vices take shelter of you. O Vrinda, I bow to your lotus feet.



Text Nine



vrindastakam yah srnuyat pathed va

vrindavanadhisa-padabja-bhrngah

sa prapya vrindavana-nitya-vasam
tat-prema-sevam labhate krtarthah



A person who is like a bumble bee at the lotus feet of Vrindavana's king and queen, and who reads or hears this Vrindastaka, will eternally reside in Vrindavana and attain loving service to the divine couple.