By: Smt.Meera Tadipatri
Audio link : Tulasi mahatme
Kalyanam Tulasi kalyanam
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Audio link : Tulasi mahatme
Songs on Shri Tulasi :
Yatakayya Tirtha KshetragaLuKalyanam Tulasi kalyanam
Uttana dwadashi is the day of tulasi vivaha and whatever daana of dals,
fruit/vege, you plan on doing, it is best to do it on Ekadashi itself. If not
possible, make sankalpa and keep aside.
With respect to Tulasi, as to what her svarupa is and which kaxa she belongs to, there are differences in opinion among today's learned people who quote many works as support.
To me, the prime commentory on HKAS Sri Sankarshana odeyaru's vyakhyana is Apta-vAkhya. This HKAS is one grantha which deals extensively with tAratamya and does mention that
Tulasi = Jambhavati who belongs to kaxa # 6
When doing puje to Tulasi, one has to keep in mind the following:
1. Tulsi plant which we see is made of pancha-bhuta -- just like our jaDa deha.
2. In that plant called Tulasi, there is "life" aka jiva which is different from its jaDa panchabhuta deha -- jaDa-jiva bhedha is to be seen and thought off. It is not enough to just memorize panchabheda padyas.
This jiva is capsuled in that plant and does undergo sukha-dukha, similar to us.
3. Inside this jiva, there is the presence of devata called Tulasi. She is the abhimani for this plant. Not just abhimani but has kept her sannidhana too in a way to bless us. This abhimani devata was "born" during samudra mathana. Bhagavan Dhanvantri's "tear drop" fell on the kalasha waters and from this she was born. The Padma Purana, uttara khanda mentions that Laxmidevi gave two separate seeds and from one dhatri plant was born and from the other Tulasi plant was born. Thus, together, they have Laxmi's sannidhana. This Tulasi's mula rupa is Jambhavati,[ all tAttvika devatas have multiple dehas meaning at the same time they can take different bodies and exist in amsha-amshi rupas like how Indra-Arjuna are] one of the shanmahishi's of Lord Krishna belonging to kaxa # 6
4. In this abhimani-devata called Tulasi, Mahalaxmi is always present by the very name Tulasi. In this Tulasi naamaka Ramaadevi, Bhagavan Kapila is present in His stri rupa called Tulasi. Thus Tulasidevi gets her name because of the special presence of Tulasi namaka Laxmi-Narayana. Thus Tulasi namaka Jambhavati is the adhistana/pedestal for Laxmi antargata Narayana. Because of the presence of all these "tulasi-s", the plant is also called Tulasi. This is how we have to understand the purana vakhyas when they say "Tulasi is Laxmi", "Tulasi is Narayana", "Tulasi is Jambhavati", "Tulasi is the plant" depending on what we refer to. When we do puje, we have to keep all these in mind.
a. jada-jada bheda [ the difference in the dehas of plant that is seen and that of the panchabhuta-deha of its abhimani devata who also resides there.]
b. jiva-jaDa bheda [ diff. between the plant and the indwelling jiva]
c. jiva-jiva-bheda [ diff between the ordinary sukha-dukha jiva and its abhimani who is free from dukha that the plant undergoes]
d. jiva-ishvara bheda
e. jada-ishvara bheda
5. During uttana-dvadashi the sannidana vishesha of Laxmi in Jambhavati who is present with the name Tulasi in the Tulasi plant is "more" in the sense that the Lord accepts/samsleshana of His own [ramanat-tva] rupa in that Laxmi present in Jambhavati amsha called tulasi.
The Tulasi-katte aka brindavana is different from all these Tulasi-s.
Jalandhara's story is from Puranas and I've heard it from Sri Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacha's website and/or CD on Padma Purana, Uttarakhanda.
Brinda is a great pati-vrata stri but due to prarabdha gets married to Jalandhara. This jalandhara is born when Shiva's "anger" rupaka agni enters the waters of the sea. Upon this Chaturmukha sheds his tear and the daitya emanating from the waters swallows the tear drop and thus gets the name Jalandhara.
This Jalandhara, claims himself as the son of Varuna having born from the sea and calls Vishnu as brother-in-law [as Laxmi is "born" from Samudra] and requests Vishnu to stay in the Samudra and also boon that except Rudra none can kill him.
Due to the pati-vrata dharma of Brinda, Jalandhara gets protected and this protection takes him to several misdeeds including going after Parvatidevi. Rudra with the anugraha of Vishnu in the form of Sudarshana protects the detavas. In the meanwhile, Vishnu along with Narada creates moha in Brinda into believing that Vishnu is her husband and when she comes to know about her mistake, she ends her life. Taking pity on her, Laxmidevi makes two seeds -- one dhatri and another tulasi to plant and in that the abode of the plant she makes brinda stay all the time ands thus get worshipped along with Tulasi.
Shri KrishnArpanamastu !!
Karthika Maasa Link
With respect to Tulasi, as to what her svarupa is and which kaxa she belongs to, there are differences in opinion among today's learned people who quote many works as support.
To me, the prime commentory on HKAS Sri Sankarshana odeyaru's vyakhyana is Apta-vAkhya. This HKAS is one grantha which deals extensively with tAratamya and does mention that
Tulasi = Jambhavati who belongs to kaxa # 6
When doing puje to Tulasi, one has to keep in mind the following:
1. Tulsi plant which we see is made of pancha-bhuta -- just like our jaDa deha.
2. In that plant called Tulasi, there is "life" aka jiva which is different from its jaDa panchabhuta deha -- jaDa-jiva bhedha is to be seen and thought off. It is not enough to just memorize panchabheda padyas.
This jiva is capsuled in that plant and does undergo sukha-dukha, similar to us.
3. Inside this jiva, there is the presence of devata called Tulasi. She is the abhimani for this plant. Not just abhimani but has kept her sannidhana too in a way to bless us. This abhimani devata was "born" during samudra mathana. Bhagavan Dhanvantri's "tear drop" fell on the kalasha waters and from this she was born. The Padma Purana, uttara khanda mentions that Laxmidevi gave two separate seeds and from one dhatri plant was born and from the other Tulasi plant was born. Thus, together, they have Laxmi's sannidhana. This Tulasi's mula rupa is Jambhavati,[ all tAttvika devatas have multiple dehas meaning at the same time they can take different bodies and exist in amsha-amshi rupas like how Indra-Arjuna are] one of the shanmahishi's of Lord Krishna belonging to kaxa # 6
4. In this abhimani-devata called Tulasi, Mahalaxmi is always present by the very name Tulasi. In this Tulasi naamaka Ramaadevi, Bhagavan Kapila is present in His stri rupa called Tulasi. Thus Tulasidevi gets her name because of the special presence of Tulasi namaka Laxmi-Narayana. Thus Tulasi namaka Jambhavati is the adhistana/pedestal for Laxmi antargata Narayana. Because of the presence of all these "tulasi-s", the plant is also called Tulasi. This is how we have to understand the purana vakhyas when they say "Tulasi is Laxmi", "Tulasi is Narayana", "Tulasi is Jambhavati", "Tulasi is the plant" depending on what we refer to. When we do puje, we have to keep all these in mind.
a. jada-jada bheda [ the difference in the dehas of plant that is seen and that of the panchabhuta-deha of its abhimani devata who also resides there.]
b. jiva-jaDa bheda [ diff. between the plant and the indwelling jiva]
c. jiva-jiva-bheda [ diff between the ordinary sukha-dukha jiva and its abhimani who is free from dukha that the plant undergoes]
d. jiva-ishvara bheda
e. jada-ishvara bheda
5. During uttana-dvadashi the sannidana vishesha of Laxmi in Jambhavati who is present with the name Tulasi in the Tulasi plant is "more" in the sense that the Lord accepts/samsleshana of His own [ramanat-tva] rupa in that Laxmi present in Jambhavati amsha called tulasi.
The Tulasi-katte aka brindavana is different from all these Tulasi-s.
Jalandhara's story is from Puranas and I've heard it from Sri Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacha's website and/or CD on Padma Purana, Uttarakhanda.
Brinda is a great pati-vrata stri but due to prarabdha gets married to Jalandhara. This jalandhara is born when Shiva's "anger" rupaka agni enters the waters of the sea. Upon this Chaturmukha sheds his tear and the daitya emanating from the waters swallows the tear drop and thus gets the name Jalandhara.
This Jalandhara, claims himself as the son of Varuna having born from the sea and calls Vishnu as brother-in-law [as Laxmi is "born" from Samudra] and requests Vishnu to stay in the Samudra and also boon that except Rudra none can kill him.
Due to the pati-vrata dharma of Brinda, Jalandhara gets protected and this protection takes him to several misdeeds including going after Parvatidevi. Rudra with the anugraha of Vishnu in the form of Sudarshana protects the detavas. In the meanwhile, Vishnu along with Narada creates moha in Brinda into believing that Vishnu is her husband and when she comes to know about her mistake, she ends her life. Taking pity on her, Laxmidevi makes two seeds -- one dhatri and another tulasi to plant and in that the abode of the plant she makes brinda stay all the time ands thus get worshipped along with Tulasi.
Songs on Shri Tulasi :
Shri KrishnArpanamastu !!
Karthika Maasa Link
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