Tulsi Mata Chalisa honours the sacred basil plant through the layered story of Tulsi and Vrinda. The hymn connects her with Vishnu, Shaligram, fidelity, transformation, and the devotional life of the household courtyard.
All two opening dohas, forty main stanzas, and two closing dohas from the stored source appear here. Each complete lyric unit remains unnumbered and has one matching English meaning.
Quick Facts
Tulsi Mata Chalisa Lyrics in English
Read the complete source-linked devotional sequence in simple Roman script.
Opening Dohas
Jay jay tulasi bhagavati satyavati sukhadani
Namo namo hari preyasi Shri vrinda gun khani
Shri hari shish birajini dehu amar var amb
Janahit he vrindavani ab na karahu vilamb
Tulsi Mata Chalisa
Dhany dhany Shri tulasi mata mahima agam sada shruti gata
Hari ke pranahu se tum pyari harihin hetu kinho tap bhari
Jab prasann hari darshan dinhyo tab kar jori vinay us kinhyo
He bhagavant kant mam hohu din jani jani chhadahu chhohu
Suni lakshmi tulasi ki bani dinho shrap kop man ani
Us ayogy var mangan hari hohu vitap tum jad tanu dhari
Suni tulasi hin shrapyo tehin thama karahu vas tuhu nichan dhama
Diyo vachan hari tab tatkala sunahu sumukhi jani hohu bihala
Samay pai vhau rau pati tora pujihau as vachan sat mora
Tab gokul mah gop sudama tasu bhai tulasi tu bama
Krishn ras lila ke mahi radhe shakyo prem lakhi nahi
Diyo shrap tulasih tatkala nar lokahi tum janmahu bala
Yo gop vah danav raja shangkh chud namak shir taja
Tulasi bhai tasu ki nari param sati gun rup agari
As dvai kalp bit jab gayau kalp tritiy janm tab bhayau
Vrinda nam bhayo tulasi ko asur jalandhar nam pati ko
Kari ati dvand atul baladhama linha shankar se sangram
Jab nij sainy sahit shiv hare marahi na tab har harihi pukare
Pativrata vrinda thi nari kou na sake patihi sanhari
Tab jalandhar hi bhesh banai vrinda dhig hari pahuchyo jai
Shiv hit lahi kari kapat prasanga kiyo satitv dharm tohi bhanga
Bhayo jalandhar kar sanhara suni ur shok upara
Tihi kshan diyo kapat hari tari lakhi vrinda duhkh gira uchari
Jalandhar jas hatyo abhita soi ravan tas harihi sita
As prastar sam hriday tumhara dharm khandi mam patihi sanhara
Yahi karan lahi shrap hamara hove tanu pashan tumhara
Suni hari turatahi vachan uchare diyo shrap bina vichare
Lakhyo na nij karatuti pati ko chhalan chahyo jab paravati ko
Jadamati tuhu as ho jadarupa jag mah tulasi vitap anupa
Dhagv rup ham shaligrama nadi gandaki bich lalama
Jo tulasi dal hamahi chadh ihain sab sukh bhogi param pad paihai
Binu tulasi hari jalat sharira atishay uthat shish ur pira
Jo tulasi dal hari shir dharat so sahasr ghat amrit darat
Tulasi hari man ranyjani hari rog dosh duhkh bhanjani hari
Prem sahit hari bhajan nirantar tulasi radha men nahi antar
Vyanjan ho chhappanahu prakara binu tulasi dal na harihi pyara
Sakal tirth tulasi taru chhahi lahat mukti jan sanshay nahi
Kavi sundar ik hari gun gavat tulasihi nikat sahasagun pavat
Basat nikat durbasa dhama jo prayas te purv lalama
Path karahi jo nit nar nari hohi sukh bhashahi tripurari
Closing Dohas
Tulasi chalisa padhahi tulasi taru grah dhari
Dipadan kari putr phal pavahi bandhyahu nari
Sakal duhkh daridr hari har hvai param prasann
Manas chalis rachyo jag mahan tulasidas
Tulsi Mata Chalisa Meaning in English
Opening Dohas Meaning
Victory to truth-giving Tulsi, beloved of Hari and treasure-house of Vrinda’s virtues.
The prayer asks the immortal Vrindavani who rests upon Hari’s head to bless people without delay.
Chalisa Meaning
Blessed Tulsi Mata possesses a greatness that scripture continually sings yet cannot fully measure.
She is dearer to Hari than life itself and undertakes severe austerity out of love for him.
When Hari appears, pleased with her devotion, she folds her hands and speaks her request.
Knowing her helplessness, she asks the Lord to become her beloved and not abandon her.
Lakshmi hears Tulsi’s words and, moved by anger, pronounces a curse.
She declares the request unsuitable and says Tulsi will take a rooted plant body.
Tulsi answers with a curse of her own, telling Lakshmi to dwell in a lowly place.
Hari immediately intervenes, asking the gracious one not to be overwhelmed by grief.
He promises that at the proper time she will receive a husband and that his word is true.
The story then identifies Tulsi in Gokul as the beloved companion of the cowherd Sudama.
Radha cannot bear the love she sees during Krishna’s rasa play.
She at once curses Tulsi to be born as a girl in the human world.
Sudama likewise takes birth as the powerful demon king named Shankhachuda.
Tulsi becomes his wife, renowned for exceptional fidelity, virtue, and beauty.
After two cosmic cycles pass in this way, a third birth begins.
Tulsi is now called Vrinda, and her husband is the asura Jalandhara.
Jalandhara, filled with unmatched strength, enters a great conflict with Shiva.
When Shiva’s forces cannot defeat him, the gods call upon Hari for help.
Vrinda’s fidelity protects her husband so completely that no one can destroy him.
Hari assumes Jalandhara’s appearance and approaches Vrinda.
For Shiva’s purpose, the deception breaks the spiritual protection created by her fidelity.
Jalandhara is then killed, and the news fills Vrinda’s heart with overwhelming grief.
Recognizing Hari’s deception, the sorrowing Vrinda speaks a curse.
She foretells that Hari will suffer separation from Sita through Ravana, as she has suffered.
She condemns his stone-like heart for breaking her dharma and causing her husband’s death.
Therefore, she says, his body will take the form of stone.
Hari replies that her curse was spoken before she understood the full course of events.
He points to Jalandhara’s own deception when he attempted to approach Parvati.
Tulsi will nevertheless take a unique plant form honoured throughout the world.
Hari will dwell as Shaligram stone in the sacred Gandaki River.
Those who offer Tulsi leaves to him are promised happiness and the highest spiritual destination.
The hymn says Hari longs intensely when sacred water or offerings lack Tulsi.
Placing a Tulsi leaf upon Hari is praised as equal to pouring a thousand vessels of nectar.
Tulsi delights Hari’s heart and is remembered as a remover of illness, faults, and sorrow.
Continuous loving worship of Hari reveals no separation between Tulsi and Radha in devotion.
Even a feast of fifty-six dishes is considered incomplete for Hari without a Tulsi leaf.
All pilgrimage places are imagined beneath Tulsi’s shade, where devotees seek liberation.
A poet singing Hari’s qualities near Tulsi is said to receive the merit of praise many times over.
The source locates the poet near the sacred region associated with Durvasa, east of Prayag.
Shiva is cited as saying that women and men who read this regularly receive happiness.
Closing Dohas Meaning
A household that keeps Tulsi, reads the Chalisa, and offers a lamp seeks family blessings and continuity.
The final doha asks Hari and Hara to remove sorrow and poverty and records the forty-verse composition.
Tulsi Mata Chalisa: Vrinda, Vishnu, and the Sacred Plant
Tulsi is both a living plant cared for in many Hindu homes and a Goddess remembered through the stories of Vrinda. The Chalisa joins botanical presence, household discipline, and Vishnu devotion.
Its narrative includes difficult episodes of curse, deception, loss, and transformation. The result is the enduring devotional pairing of Tulsi leaves with Vishnu and Shaligram worship.
Main Themes in the Tulsi Mata Chalisa
Fidelity gives Vrinda extraordinary strength, while grief and moral protest remain central to her voice rather than being erased.
Transformation turns suffering into continuing sacred presence: Tulsi becomes a plant of worship and Vishnu is remembered in Shaligram stone.
How to Read the Tulsi Mata Chalisa
Read the story as a sequence; the individual meanings clarify changes of identity across Tulsi, Vrinda, Sudama, Shankhachuda, and Jalandhara.
During Kartik or Tulsi Vivah, the Chalisa may accompany simple lamp offering and respectful care for the living plant.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The hymn presents Vrinda as a sacred identity and birth within Tulsi Mata’s extended story.
Vrinda’s curse and Hari’s response lead to his presence as Shaligram stone and her presence as the Tulsi plant.
The source describes Tulsi as deeply beloved of Hari and treats an offering of her leaves as especially precious.
Follow the narrative in order and treat care for the Tulsi plant, cleanliness, and gratitude as part of the devotional setting.
