% Text title            : Importance of Tulasi as Conveyed by Mahadeva
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% Description/comments  : Brihaddharmapuranam | pUrvakhaNDaH | adhyAyaH 7| 60.2\-64 ||
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\engtitle{.. Tulasi Mahima ..}##
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mahAdeva uvAcha |
viShNuprItiM karotveShA tarurbhUtvA mahItale |
sharIramarjyatAmasyAH shrIviShNuprItaye gaNAH || 1||
asyAH patreNa vR^indAyAH pUjitaH syAt svayaM hariH |
nAnyeneti suvij~neyaM maNimuktAdinApi cha || 2||
nAmAsyAstulasItyastu pavitrAyAH supAvanam |
takAro maraNaM proktaM tadyogaH syAdukArataH || 3||
mR^itA lasati chetyevaM tulasItyeva gIyate |
sthitaH pratidaleShvasyA mantro dvAdashavarNakaH || 4||
adhiShThAtrI devatAsyAmAvAM devImaheshvarau |
nArAyaNa upAsyo.asyAH priyeyaM vaiShNavI matA || 5||
(dvAdashavarNakaH athavA dvAdashAkSharaviShNumantraH
OM namo bhagavate vAsudevAya |)

|| iti bR^ihaddharmapurANe saptamo.adhyAye mahAdevaproktaM
tulasI prAdurbhAvasahitA tulasImahimA sampUrNA ||

|| bR^ihaddharmapurANam | pUrvakhaNDaH | adhyAyaH 7| 60\.2\-64||

##
This follows a story of Vrinda, the wife
(Vaishnavi) of Dharmadeva, both devotees
of Vishnu.  By fate and curse, she became
a Rakshasi but did not hurt Dharmadeva.
As an ardent devotee of Vishnu, she was
seen by shivagaNas to have the Vishnu
mantra `OM namo bhagavate vAsudevAya'
absorbed in her each and every cell.
Even long after her death, her skin/body
was as glowing as before.  So it is said
that each and every leaf of Tulasi
is engraved with the mantra.



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