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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.204

tathā ca tatraiva—
[tathaa cha tatraiva—]
dṛṣtā spṛṣṭā tathā dhyātā kīrtitā namitā stutā |
[drishtaa sprishtaa tathaa dhyaataa keertitaa namitaa stutaa |]
ropitā sevitā nityaṁ pūjitā tulasī śubhā ||204||
[ropitaa sevitaa nityam poojitaa tulasee shubhaa ||204||]
navadhā tulasīṁ devīṁ ye bhajanti dine dine |
[navadhaa tulaseem deveem ye bhajanti dine dine |]
yuga-koṭi-sahasrāṇi te vasanti harer gṛhe ||205||
[yuga-koti-sahasraani te vasanti harer grihe ||205||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathā ca tatraiva—
dṛṣtā spṛṣṭā tathā dhyātā kīrtitā namitā stutā |
ropitā sevitā nityaṁ pūjitā tulasī śubhā ||204||
navadhā tulasīṁ devīṁ ye bhajanti dine dine |
yuga-koṭi-sahasrāṇi te vasanti harer gṛhe ||205||
Also from the Skanda Purāṇa: Those who worship auspicious tulasī daily by nine processes — namely, seeing, touching, meditating, glorifying, offering obeisances, praising, planting, serving, and worshipping her — live in the Lord’s house for ten billion yugas.

In the Skanda Purāṇa there is another statement about tulasī, as follows: “Tulasī is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seeing, simply by touching, simply by remembering, simply by praying to, simply by bowing before, simply by hearing about or simply by sowing this tree, there is always auspiciousness. Anyone who comes in touch with the tulasī tree in the above-mentioned ways lives eternally in the Vaikuṇṭha world.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Bhakti-sāra-pradarśinī
Commentary

Ropitā comes from the root ruh whose meaning (dhātvartha) is sprouting seeds (planting) and making them visible (growing). The causative form is ropayati and the participle is ropita. Thus, the meaning is that every day one should handle the tulasī in such a way that there will be leaves and buds available every day, not that one should plant them every day.

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