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Tara Mantra

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Devotional text

akkalakoṭasvāmīvāmīsamarthatārakamaṃtra
akkalakoṭasvāmīvāmīsamarthatārakamaṃtra
niḥśaṃkaḥśaṃkaho, nirbhayayaho, manāre
pracaṃḍacaṃḍasvāmībalavāmībalapāṭhiśīśīre
atarkyaavadhūtahesmartugāmī
aśakyaya
hīśakyayakaratīlasvāmīvāmī||1||
jithethesvāmīpāyavāmīpāyatithethenyūnayūnakāya
svayevayebhaktataprārabdhadhaghaḍavīhīmāya
ājñevinānākālanāneītyālāyālā
paralokihī
hīnābhītītayālā||2||
ugāci
bhītosi
, bhayahepaḻūde
javaḻīubhīsvāmīśaktītīkaḻūde
jagījanmamṛtyūyūasekheḻajyācāyācā
nakoghābarūtūasebālatyāṃcāyāṃcā||3||
kharāhoījāgātūśraddhesahītadhesahīta
kasāhośītyāvīṇayāvīṇatūsvāmibhaktata
kitīdātīdādilālābolatyāṃnīcayāṃnīcahāta
nakoḍagamagūsvāmīvāmīdetīlasātha||4||
vibhūtībhūtīnamananāmadhyānāditīrtha
svāmīcavāmīcayāpaṃcaprāṇāmṛtātāṇāmṛtāta
hetīrthaghe, āṭhavīrepracītīcītī
nasoḍīkadāsvāmīvāmījyāyāgheīhātī||5||
||bhiū
nakosa, mītujhyāpāṭhīśīāhe||
akkalakoṭasvāmīvāmīsamarthatārakamaṃtra
akkalakoṭasvāmīvāmīsamarthatārakamaṃtra

About this mantra

A Mantra is a sacred sound formula — a concentrated invocation of divine energy in a few syllables. Mantras are the oldest layer of Vedic practice: repeated with attention (japa), they steady the breath, focus the mind and create a protective spiritual vibration around the chanter. Simple mantras can be repeated 11, 21, 54 or 108 times using a mala (prayer beads).

How to chant

Choose a fixed time and place for japa. Sit with a straight spine, hold a mala in your right hand, and repeat the mantra once per bead, rolling each bead with the thumb and middle finger (the index finger is not used). Complete 108 repetitions — one full mala — without breaking concentration. A calm, unhurried pace is more effective than speed.

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