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Chapter 15

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नारायण उवाच ।। धर्मध्वजस्य पत्नी च माधवीति च विश्रुता।। नृपेण सार्द्धं सा रागाद्रेमे वै गन्धमादने ।। १ ।। शय्यां रतिकरींकृत्वा पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिता ।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गी पुष्पचन्दनवायुना ।। २ ।। स्त्रीरत्नमतिचार्वंगी रत्नभूषणभूषिता ।। कामुकी रसिकश्रेष्ठा रसिकेशेन संगता ।। ३ ।। सुरताद्विरतिर्नासीत्तयोः सुरतविज्ञयोः ।। गतं वर्षशतं दैवं नाजानीतां दिवानिशम्।।४।। ततो रजस्वलां प्राप्य सुरताद्विरराम सः ।। कामुकी सुन्दरी किंचिन्न च तृप्तिं जगाम सा ।।५।। दधार गर्भं सा सद्यो देवाब्दशतकं सती ।। श्रीगर्भा श्रीयुता सा च संबभूव दिनेदिने ।। ६ ।। शुभक्षणे शुभदिने शुभयोगेन संयुते ।। शुभलग्ने शुभांशे च शुभस्वामिगृहान्विते ।। ७ ।। कार्तिकीपूर्णिमायां च सितवारे च पद्मजे ।। सुषाव सा च पद्मांशां पद्मिनीं सुमनोहराम् ।। ८ ।। पादपद्मयुगे चैव पद्मरागविराजिताम् ।। राजराजेश्वरीं लक्ष्मीं सर्वावयवसुन्दरीम् ।। ९ ।। राजलक्ष्मीलक्ष्मयुक्तां राजलक्ष्म्यधिदेवताम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यां शरत्पङ्कजलोचनाम् ।। 2.15.१० ।। पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठीं च पश्यन्तीं सस्मितां गृहम् ।। हस्तपादतलारक्तां निम्ननाभिं मनोरमाम् ।। ११ ।। तदधस्त्रिवलीयुक्तां वृत्तवल्गुनितम्बिनीम्।। शीते सुखोष्णसर्वांगीं ग्रीष्मे च सुखशीतलाम् ।। १२ ।। श्यामां सुकेशीं रुचिरां न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलाम् ।। श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभां सुन्दरीष्वेकसुन्दरीम् ।। १३ ।। नरा नार्य्यश्च तां दृष्ट्वा तुलनां दातुमक्षमाः ।। तेन नाम्ना च तुलसीं तां वदन्ति पुराविदः ।। १४ ।। सा च भूमिष्ठमात्रेण योग्या स्त्रीप्रकृतिर्यथा ।। सर्वैर्निषिद्धा तपसे जगाम बदरीवनम् ।। १५ ।। तत्र दैवाब्दलक्षं च चकार परमं तपः ।। मम नारायणः स्वामी भवितेति विनिश्चिता ।। १६ ।। ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपाः शीते तोयस्था सा च सुन्दरी ।। प्रकाशस्था वृष्टिधारां सहन्ती च दिवानिशम् ।। ।। १७ ।। विंशत्सहस्रवर्षं च फलतोयाशना च सा ।। त्रिंशच्छतसहस्राब्दं पत्राहारा तपस्विनी ।। १८ ।। चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राब्दं वाय्वाहारा कृशोदरी।। ततो दशसहस्राब्दं निराहारा बभूव सा।।१९।। निर्लक्ष्यां चैकपादस्थां दृष्ट्वा तां कमलोद्भवः।। समाययौ वरं दातुं परं बदरिकाश्रमम् ।। 2.15.२० ।। चतुर्मुखं च सा दृष्ट्वा प्राणंसीद्धंसवाहनम् ।। तामुवाच जगत्कर्ता विधाता जगतामपि ।। २१ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। वरं वृणुष्व तुलसि यत्ते मनसि वाञ्छितम् ।। हरिभक्तिं च मुक्तिं वाऽप्यजरामरतामपि ।। २२ ।। तुलस्युवाच ।। शृणु तात प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्मे मनसि वाञ्छितम् ।। सर्वज्ञस्यापि पुरतः का लज्जा मम साम्प्रतम् ।। २३ ।। अहं च तुलसी गोपी गोलोकेऽहं स्थिता पुरा ।। कृष्णप्रिया किङ्करी च तदंशा तत्सखी प्रिया ।। २४ ।। गोविन्देन सहासक्तामतृप्तां मां च मूर्च्छिताम् ।। रासेश्वरी समागत्य चापश्यद्रासमण्डले।।२५।। गोविन्दं भर्त्सयामास मां शशाप रुषाऽन्विता।। याहि त्वं मानवीं योनिमित्येवं च पितामह।।२६।। मामुवाच स गोविन्दो मदंशं त्वं चतुर्भुजम् ।। लभिष्यसि तपस्तप्त्वा भारते ब्रह्मणो वरात् ।। २७ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवेशोऽप्यन्तर्धानमवाप सः ।। देव्या भिया तनुं त्यक्त्वा लब्धं जन्म मया भुवि ।। २८ ।। अहं नारायणं कान्तं शान्तं सुन्दविग्रहम् ।। साम्प्रतं लब्धुमिच्छामि वरमेवं च देहि मे ।। २९ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सुदामा नाम गोपश्च श्रीकृष्णाङ्गसमुद्भवः ।। तदंशश्चातितेजस्वी चालभज्जन्म भारते ।। 2.15.३० ।। साम्प्रतं राधिकाशापाद्दनुवंशसमुद्भवः ।। शङ्खचूड इति ख्यातस्त्रैलाक्ये न च तत्परः ।। ३१ ।। गोलोके त्वां पुरा दृष्ट्वा कामोन्मथितमानसः ।। विलंघितुं न शक्नोति राधिकायाः प्रभावतः ।। ३२ ।। स च जातिस्मरस्तप्त्वा त्वां ललाभ वरेण च ।। जातिस्मरा तु त्वमपि सर्वं जानासि सुन्दरि ।। ३३ ।। अधुना तस्य पत्नी च भव भाविनि शोभने ।। पश्चान्नारायणं कान्तं शान्तमेव लभिष्यसि ।। ३४ ।। शापान्नारायणस्यैव कलया दैवयोगतः ।। प्राप्नोषि वृक्षरूपं तं त्वं पूता विश्वपावनी ।। ३५ ।। प्रधाना सर्वपुष्पाणां विष्णुप्राणाधिका भवेत् ।। त्वया विना च सर्वेषां पूजा च विफला भवेत् ।।३६।। वृन्दावने वृक्षरूपा नाम्ना वृन्दावनीति च ।। त्वत्पत्रैर्गोपिका गोपाः पूजयिष्यन्ति माधवम्।।३७।। वृक्षाधिदेवीरूपेण सार्द्धं कृष्णेन सन्ततम्।। विहरिष्यसि गोपेन स्वच्छन्दं मद्वरेण च।।३८।। इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा सस्मिता हृष्टमानसा।। प्रणनाम च धातारं तं च किंचिदुवाच ह।।३९।। तुलत्युवाच।। यथा मे द्विभुजे कृष्णे वाञ्छा च श्यामसुन्दरे।। सत्यं ब्रवीमि हे तात न तथा च चतुर्भुजे।।2.15.४०।। अतृप्ताऽहं च गोविन्दे दैवाच्छृङ्गारभंगतः ।। गोविन्दस्यैव वचनात्प्रार्थयामि चतुर्भुजम्।।४१।। तत्प्रसादेन गोविन्दं पुनरेव सुदुर्लभम् ।। ध्रुवमेव लभिष्यामि राधा भीतिं प्रमोचय ।। ४२ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गृहाण राधिकामन्त्रं ददे वै षोडशाक्षरम् ।। तस्याश्च प्राणतुल्या त्वं मद्वरेण भविष्यसि।।४३।। शृंगारं युवयोर्गोप्यमाज्ञास्यति च राधिका ।। राधासमा त्वं सुभगा गोविन्दस्य भविष्यसि ।। ४४ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा दत्त्वा च देव्यै तत्षोडशाक्षरम् ।। मन्त्रं तस्यै जगद्धाता स्तोत्रं च कवचं परम् ।। ४५ ।। सर्वं पूजाविधानं च पुरश्चर्याविधिक्रमम् ।। परं शुभाशिषं कृत्वा सोऽन्तर्द्धानमवाप ह ।। ४६ ।। सा च ब्रह्मोपदेशेन पुण्ये बदरिकाश्रमे ।। जजाप परमं मन्त्रं यदिष्टं पूर्वजन्मनः ।। ४७ ।। दिव्यं द्वादशवर्षं च पूजां चैव चकार सा ।। बभूव सिद्धा सा देवी तत्प्रत्यादेशमाप च ।। ४८ ।। सिद्धे तपसि मन्त्रे च वरं प्राप्य यथेप्सितम् ।। बुभुजे च महाभागं यद्विश्वेषु सुदुर्लभम् ।। ४९ ।। प्रसन्नमानसा देवी तत्याज तपसः क्लमम् ।। सिद्धे फले नराणां च दुःखं च सुखमुत्तमम् ।। 2.15.५० ।। भुक्त्वा पीत्वा च सन्तुष्टा शयनं च चकार सा ।। तल्पे मनोरमे तत्र पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिते ।। ५१ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे तुलस्युपाख्याने तुलसीवरप्रदानं नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः।।१५।।

nārāyaṇa uvāca || dharmadhvajasya patnī ca mādhavīti ca viśrutā|| nṛpeṇa sārddhaṃ sā rāgādreme vai gandhamādane || 1 || śayyāṃ ratikarīṃkṛtvā puṣpacandanacarcitā || candanokṣitasarvāṅgī puṣpacandanavāyunā || 2 || strīratnamaticārvaṃgī ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā || kāmukī rasikaśreṣṭhā rasikeśena saṃgatā || 3 || suratādviratirnāsīttayoḥ suratavijñayoḥ || gataṃ varṣaśataṃ daivaṃ nājānītāṃ divāniśam||4|| tato rajasvalāṃ prāpya suratādvirarāma saḥ || kāmukī sundarī kiṃcinna ca tṛptiṃ jagāma sā ||5|| dadhāra garbhaṃ sā sadyo devābdaśatakaṃ satī || śrīgarbhā śrīyutā sā ca saṃbabhūva dinedine || 6 || śubhakṣaṇe śubhadine śubhayogena saṃyute || śubhalagne śubhāṃśe ca śubhasvāmigṛhānvite || 7 || kārtikīpūrṇimāyāṃ ca sitavāre ca padmaje || suṣāva sā ca padmāṃśāṃ padminīṃ sumanoharām || 8 || pādapadmayuge caiva padmarāgavirājitām || rājarājeśvarīṃ lakṣmīṃ sarvāvayavasundarīm || 9 || rājalakṣmīlakṣmayuktāṃ rājalakṣmyadhidevatām || śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyāṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanām || 2.15.10 || pakvabimbādharoṣṭhīṃ ca paśyantīṃ sasmitāṃ gṛham || hastapādatalāraktāṃ nimnanābhiṃ manoramām || 11 || tadadhastrivalīyuktāṃ vṛttavalgunitambinīm|| śīte sukhoṣṇasarvāṃgīṃ grīṣme ca sukhaśītalām || 12 || śyāmāṃ sukeśīṃ rucirāṃ nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalām || śvetacampakavarṇābhāṃ sundarīṣvekasundarīm || 13 || narā nāryyaśca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tulanāṃ dātumakṣamāḥ || tena nāmnā ca tulasīṃ tāṃ vadanti purāvidaḥ || 14 || sā ca bhūmiṣṭhamātreṇa yogyā strīprakṛtiryathā || sarvairniṣiddhā tapase jagāma badarīvanam || 15 || tatra daivābdalakṣaṃ ca cakāra paramaṃ tapaḥ || mama nārāyaṇaḥ svāmī bhaviteti viniścitā || 16 || grīṣme pañcatapāḥ śīte toyasthā sā ca sundarī || prakāśasthā vṛṣṭidhārāṃ sahantī ca divāniśam || || 17 || viṃśatsahasravarṣaṃ ca phalatoyāśanā ca sā || triṃśacchatasahasrābdaṃ patrāhārā tapasvinī || 18 || catvāriṃśatsahasrābdaṃ vāyvāhārā kṛśodarī|| tato daśasahasrābdaṃ nirāhārā babhūva sā||19|| nirlakṣyāṃ caikapādasthāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kamalodbhavaḥ|| samāyayau varaṃ dātuṃ paraṃ badarikāśramam || 2.15.20 || caturmukhaṃ ca sā dṛṣṭvā prāṇaṃsīddhaṃsavāhanam || tāmuvāca jagatkartā vidhātā jagatāmapi || 21 || brahmovāca || varaṃ vṛṇuṣva tulasi yatte manasi vāñchitam || haribhaktiṃ ca muktiṃ vā'pyajarāmaratāmapi || 22 || tulasyuvāca || śṛṇu tāta pravakṣyāmi yanme manasi vāñchitam || sarvajñasyāpi purataḥ kā lajjā mama sāmpratam || 23 || ahaṃ ca tulasī gopī goloke'haṃ sthitā purā || kṛṣṇapriyā kiṅkarī ca tadaṃśā tatsakhī priyā || 24 || govindena sahāsaktāmatṛptāṃ māṃ ca mūrcchitām || rāseśvarī samāgatya cāpaśyadrāsamaṇḍale||25|| govindaṃ bhartsayāmāsa māṃ śaśāpa ruṣā'nvitā|| yāhi tvaṃ mānavīṃ yonimityevaṃ ca pitāmaha||26|| māmuvāca sa govindo madaṃśaṃ tvaṃ caturbhujam || labhiṣyasi tapastaptvā bhārate brahmaṇo varāt || 27 || ityevamuktvā deveśo'pyantardhānamavāpa saḥ || devyā bhiyā tanuṃ tyaktvā labdhaṃ janma mayā bhuvi || 28 || ahaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ kāntaṃ śāntaṃ sundavigraham || sāmprataṃ labdhumicchāmi varamevaṃ ca dehi me || 29 || brahmovāca || sudāmā nāma gopaśca śrīkṛṣṇāṅgasamudbhavaḥ || tadaṃśaścātitejasvī cālabhajjanma bhārate || 2.15.30 || sāmprataṃ rādhikāśāpāddanuvaṃśasamudbhavaḥ || śaṅkhacūḍa iti khyātastrailākye na ca tatparaḥ || 31 || goloke tvāṃ purā dṛṣṭvā kāmonmathitamānasaḥ || vilaṃghituṃ na śaknoti rādhikāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ || 32 || sa ca jātismarastaptvā tvāṃ lalābha vareṇa ca || jātismarā tu tvamapi sarvaṃ jānāsi sundari || 33 || adhunā tasya patnī ca bhava bhāvini śobhane || paścānnārāyaṇaṃ kāntaṃ śāntameva labhiṣyasi || 34 || śāpānnārāyaṇasyaiva kalayā daivayogataḥ || prāpnoṣi vṛkṣarūpaṃ taṃ tvaṃ pūtā viśvapāvanī || 35 || pradhānā sarvapuṣpāṇāṃ viṣṇuprāṇādhikā bhavet || tvayā vinā ca sarveṣāṃ pūjā ca viphalā bhavet ||36|| vṛndāvane vṛkṣarūpā nāmnā vṛndāvanīti ca || tvatpatrairgopikā gopāḥ pūjayiṣyanti mādhavam||37|| vṛkṣādhidevīrūpeṇa sārddhaṃ kṛṣṇena santatam|| vihariṣyasi gopena svacchandaṃ madvareṇa ca||38|| ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sasmitā hṛṣṭamānasā|| praṇanāma ca dhātāraṃ taṃ ca kiṃciduvāca ha||39|| tulatyuvāca|| yathā me dvibhuje kṛṣṇe vāñchā ca śyāmasundare|| satyaṃ bravīmi he tāta na tathā ca caturbhuje||2.15.40|| atṛptā'haṃ ca govinde daivācchṛṅgārabhaṃgataḥ || govindasyaiva vacanātprārthayāmi caturbhujam||41|| tatprasādena govindaṃ punareva sudurlabham || dhruvameva labhiṣyāmi rādhā bhītiṃ pramocaya || 42 || brahmovāca || gṛhāṇa rādhikāmantraṃ dade vai ṣoḍaśākṣaram || tasyāśca prāṇatulyā tvaṃ madvareṇa bhaviṣyasi||43|| śṛṃgāraṃ yuvayorgopyamājñāsyati ca rādhikā || rādhāsamā tvaṃ subhagā govindasya bhaviṣyasi || 44 || ityevamuktvā dattvā ca devyai tatṣoḍaśākṣaram || mantraṃ tasyai jagaddhātā stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ param || 45 || sarvaṃ pūjāvidhānaṃ ca puraścaryāvidhikramam || paraṃ śubhāśiṣaṃ kṛtvā so'ntarddhānamavāpa ha || 46 || sā ca brahmopadeśena puṇye badarikāśrame || jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ yadiṣṭaṃ pūrvajanmanaḥ || 47 || divyaṃ dvādaśavarṣaṃ ca pūjāṃ caiva cakāra sā || babhūva siddhā sā devī tatpratyādeśamāpa ca || 48 || siddhe tapasi mantre ca varaṃ prāpya yathepsitam || bubhuje ca mahābhāgaṃ yadviśveṣu sudurlabham || 49 || prasannamānasā devī tatyāja tapasaḥ klamam || siddhe phale narāṇāṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ca sukhamuttamam || 2.15.50 || bhuktvā pītvā ca santuṣṭā śayanaṃ ca cakāra sā || talpe manorame tatra puṣpacandanacarcite || 51 || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe dvitīye prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde tulasyupākhyāne tulasīvarapradānaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ||15||

English translation

The story relating to the birth of Tulasi tT J ^' q f g tni Narayana said—The wife of kind Dharmadhvaja was known as Madhavl and was enjoying the company of her husband with pleasure at the Gandhamadana mountain. She always enjoyed the company of her husband, decorating herself with all the ornaments, applying sandal-paste all over her limbs and arranging the beds with flowers and sandal-paste, gelling adorned with all the ornaments. They always got themselves engaged in love-sports and were never separated from each other.

Thus a period of hundred divine years passed, while they enjoyed each other's company, they could not remain conscious of the day and night.

rim TRT WrmfsrnTT tt: i Thereafter the king became conscious and freed himself from the worldly pleasures, but the damsel was not satisfied. Thereafter the chaste lady conceived for the divine hundred years.

Because of her conceiving a ray of Laksmi entered in her womb and her glory went on increasing day by day.

m m ■gmrtFmfn 6 w Thereafter in an auspicious occasion and auspicious lagna, a daughter was bom to her from the rays of LaksmT and was known by the name of Padminl. Both her feet were imprinted with auspicious signs including the lotuses. All her limbs were quite beautiful and she looked like the supreme goddess Laksmi.

She had all the signs of royal grace and she looked like Laksmi herself Her face resembled that of the full moon of the winter season, the eyes resembled the lotus flowers of the winter season and the lips resembled the ripe wood- apples. While wearing a smile on her face, she was looking around her palace. The soles of the feet and the palms of the girl were red and the navel was quite deep.

TTt It It She wore three lines over the belly and she had the round breasts which looked quite beautiful; all her limbs remained warm to provide pleasure during the winter season while during the summer, her limbs remained cool. She always looked like a damsel of sixteen years. Her beautiful hair was so thick that it appeared as if the snakes had surrounded the banyan tree. She had a yellowish complexion and the people were unable to compare her beauty while looking at her. Therefore the wise people gave her the name of Tulasl. As soon as she appeared on earth she looked like the goddess Prakrti herself. She went to perform tapas in Badrikasrama much against the wishes of the people.

She desired that she should have Narayana as her husband. With this resolve in her mind she performed tapas for a lakh of divine years.

She used to have five types of fire around her during the summer. Sometimes she remained in water and during the rainy season she performed tapas under the open sky bearing the force of the rain water. Thus she performed the tapas.

For twenty years she lived only on faiit and water. Thereafter for thirty years she lived on tree leaves and for forty years she lived only by inhaling air. For ten thousand years the tender- waisted damsel performed lapas without taking any food.

Thereafter she performed tapas standing on one leg. Finding her so performing iapas, Brahma arrived in Badrikasrama.

Me was mounted on a goose having four anns and tour heads. She bowed in reverence before Brahma. Thereafter BrahiTuf, the creator of the world, told her.

Brahma said—“O TulasT, you ask for any boon you want to achieve like the devotion of the lord, salvation or becoming immortal. You ask any thing you want.” Tulasi said—O respectable one, I disclose the desire of my mind before you which you kindly listen to. You know everything. Therefore why should I feel shy before you?

In the earlier times I was a cowherdesses named Tulasi and was the beloved of lord Krsna.

I was his beloved as well as his servant.

srMqmRT Rt?IWR wsl^i Once when I was dancing with lord Govinda, I became passionate and before getting satisfaction I fainted. At that point of time Radha the great goddess arrived there and she saw everything.

Getting annoyed she denounced the lord Govinda and pronounced a curse on me to be bom in a human family.

O grandfather, at that point of time lord Govinda told me that by performing tapas in Bharata I would achieve a boon from Brahma in order to seek four~armed Visnii as my husband.

Thus speaking, the lord disappeared and terrified from of goddess Radhika my life came to an end. I have been reborn on the earth.

am desirous of getting lord Narayana as my husband who is peaceful and has a beautiful body. You kindly grant me this boon.” Brahma said—cowherd named Sudama who was bom of the ray of lord Krsna has been born on earth. He happens to be quite illustrious.

Trmnr f ifdchi i: i Now, by the curse of Radhika, he is born in the race of demons by the name of Saitikhacuda, No one can equal him in the world.

He became passionate in the Goloka while looking at you but he could not transgress the rules because of the influence of Radhika.

IT ^ 'Jlird'TJTtRIWI rRWT f tgTrfcT it 4 ynifw O beautiful one, he is well aware of the happenings of the earlier birth. Therefore by performing tapas he has already got you as a boon. Because of your belonging to the same base you also know him.

Therefore, O beautiful one, you accept him as your husband and thereafter you will achieve the peaceful and glorious lord Narayana.

As a move of the destiny, you will remain on the earth in the form of a tree with the curse of Narayana and will purify the entire universe.

You will be considered to be the best of all the flowers and lord Visnii will treat you dearer than his life. Without you, the adoration of lord Visnu will be considered to be of no consequence.

Because of your taking to the form of a tree in Vrndavana and the cowherds and cowherdesscs will adore lord Krsna offering your leaves.

Because of being the goddess of the trees, you will keep company with lord Krsna and because of my boon you will enjoy the company of that Hearing this she smiled and with a delightful mind she offered her salutation to Brahma and said to him.

TulasI said—0 respectable one, I am speakijig out the truth. The type of devotion I have in the two-armed dark complexioned Krsna, I could never have for the four-armed Visnu.

As a move of destiny I could not derive full satisfaction from the company of lord Krsna but I am praying for the four-armed Visnu only on his By your grace I shall surely get the company of lord Krsna. But you kindly relieve me of the fear of Radhika.

Brahma said—I bestow on you the sixteen letter mantra of Radhika, You receive it.

Because of the influence of that mantra and by the grace of my boon, you will become dearer to him than his life. Radhika herself will permit you both to decorate yourself in seclusion and you will become the beloved of lord Govinda like Thus speaking Brahma the creator of the universe bestowed the knowledge of the sixteen latter mantra, the stotra and the best of kavaca to Thereafter the entire method of adoration, the performing of all the rites in due consequence and the showering of his blessing on her, Brahma disappeared. Thereafter TulasI, as per the advice of Brahma reached the sacred place of and started reciting the mantra known to her in her earlier birth.

Therefore she also getting satisfied with food i and drinks, enjoyed the bed with fragrant flowers and sandal-paste.

She attained success after performing tapas for twelve years. Thereafter, she received the divine After meeting with success in the performing of tapas and the reciting of mantra, she achieved the desired boon which bestows the merit which is otherwise difficult to achieve.

TTHTlt W M q o |l All the troubles for performing tapas were bonie by her with pleasure which were ultimately removed because after meeting with success, the miseries faced by a person are turned into pleasure.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117482 (2017-08-09T01:45:08Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n261–n266: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n261/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.