In plain words
They rubbed it on the forehead of this Tulasīdās. They vanished. The inner meaning of this is: "Sir! In your foolish mind there is all the stench of what you did before. Here, we are rubbing on this fragrance. From today may all your feelings turn to fragrance": that is its inner meaning.
Now his poetry began. Whatever he said, all of it came in words set in light syllables. Not a single word came against Rāma. This is the grace of God. The power of God's touch. The reflection of God's darśan. That is why: Darśanaṃ pāpanāśanaṃ. Sambhāṣaṇaṃ saṅkaṭanāśanaṃ. Sparśanaṃ karmavimocanaṃ. All three had come to Tulasīdās. He followed almost the same path as Tyāgarāja. He pictured that beautiful darśan in his heart. First of all he began to teach his own mind.
Śrī Rāmacandra kṛpāḷo bhajamana caraṇa bhavabhayadāruṇam
"O mind, will you not remember that Rāmacandra, the embodiment of compassion, so that He may carry you across this fearful saṃsāra?": so he first began to teach his mind. He thought on the form of that Rāmacandra, likening Him to mother and father.
Will you not think of Him as Śrī Rāma, victorious Rāma, beautiful Rāma, O mind, will you not think of Him? To kiss that face with its shining cheeks, what penance did Kausalyā do, what penance did that Kausalyā do; that Daśaratha might call Him, saying, Śrī Rāma, Rāma, come, come, Śrī Rāma, come, what penance did he do.
In this way too Tyāgarāja, thinking only of their penances, of how fortunate they were and what penance they had done, was himself absorbed in penance.
One day, Tulasīdās: "Rāmacandra, I am wretched. I am low.