śrī tulasī stotram (brahmavaivarta purāṇa)

A passage from the Brahmavaivarta Purana in which each verse derives one of Tulasi's names and then worships her under it. Because trees stand together in a group, the wise call her Vrinda; because she first came to be in the forest of Vrindavana, she is known as Vrindavani; because she is worshipped without a break in countless universes, she is Vishvapujita; because countless universes are always made pure by her, she is Vishvapavani; and because the gods are not pleased by a heap of flowers without her, she is Pushpasara, the essence of flowers. What makes the passage more than an etymology is the mood the speaker is in, which shows through the verbs: he remembers her in separation, and says he wishes to see her out of grief.