Shree taaraambaa hri'dayam'
Shree shiva uvaacha |
Shri'nu paarvati bhadram' te lokaanaam' hitakaarakam' |
Kathyate sarvadaa gopyam' taaraahri'dayamuttamam || 1 ||
Shree paarvatyuvaacha |
Stotram' katham' samutpannam' kri'tam' kena puraa prabho |
Kathyataam' sarvavri'ttaantam' kri'paam' kri'tvaa mamopari || 2 ||
Shree shiva uvaacha |
Ranedevaasure poorvam' kri'tamindrena supriye |
Dusht'ashatruvinaashaartham' bala vri'ddhi yashaskaram' || 3 ||
Om asya shreemadugrataaraa hri'daya stotra mantrasya – shree bhairava ri'shih' – anusht'upchhandah' – shreemadugrataaraadevataa – streem' beejam' – hoom'shaktih' – namah' keelakam' – sakalashatruvinaashaarthe jape viniyogah' |
Karanyaasah' –
Om streem' angusht'haabhyaam' namah' |
Om hreem' tarjaneebhyaam' namah' |
Om hoom' madhyamaabhyaam' namah' |
Om treem' anaamikaabhyaam' namah' |
Om aim' kanisht'hakaabhyaam' namah' |
Om ham'sah' karatalakarapri'sht'haabhyaam' namah' |
Anganyaasah' –
Om streem' hri'dayaaya namah' |
Om hreem' shirase svaahaa |
Om hoom' shikhaayai vashat' |
Om treem' kavachaaya hum' |
Om aim' netratrayaaya vaushat' |
Om ham'sah' astraayaphat' |
Dhyaanam' |
Dhyaayetkot'idivaakaradyutinibhaam' baalenduyukchhekharaam'
Raktaangeem' vikat'aam' suraktavasanaam' poornendubimbaananaam' |
Paashankhad'gamahaankushaadi dadhateem' dorbhishchaturbhiryutaam'
Naanaabhooshanabhooshitaam' bhagavateem' taaraam' jagattaarineem' || 4 ||
Evam' dhyaatvaa shubhaam' taaraam' tatastu hri'dayam' pat'het |
Taarinee tattvanisht'haanaam' sarvatattvaprakaashikaa || 5 ||
Raamaabhinnaapadaashaktishshatrunaasham' karotu me |
Sarvadaashatrusam'rambhe taaraa me kurutaam' jayam' || 6 ||
Streem' treem' svaroopinee devee trishu lokeshu vishrutaa |
Tava snehaanmayaakhyaatam' na pashoonaam' prakaashayet || 7 ||
Shri'nu devi tavasnehaattaaraanaamaani tatvatah' |
Varnayishyaami guptaani durlabhaani jagattraye || 8 ||
Taarinee taral'aa taaraa triroopaa taraneeprabhaa |
Tattvaroopaa mahaasaadhvee sarvasajjanapaalikaa || 9 ||
Ramaneeyaa rajoroopaa jagatsri'sht'ikaree paraa |
Tamoroopaa mahaamaayaa ghoraaraavaa bhayaanakaa || 10 ||
Kaalaroopaa kaal'ikaakhyaa jagadvidhvam'sakaarinee |
Tattvajnyaanaa paraanantaa tattvajnyaanapradaa'naghaa || 11 ||
Raktaangee raktavastraa cha raktamaalaasushobhitaa |
Siddhilakshmeeshcha brahmaani mahaakaal'ee mahaalayaa || 12 ||
Naamaanyetaani ye martyaassarvadaikaagramaanasaah' |
Prapat'hanti priye teshaam' kinkaratvam' karomyaham' || 13 ||
Taaraam' taaraparaandeveem' taarakeshvarapoojitaam' |
Taarineem' bhavapaathodherugrataaraam' bhajaamyaham' || 14 ||
Streem' hreem' hoom' treem' phanmantrena jalam' japtvaa'bhishechayet |
Sarvarogaah' pranashyanti satyam' satyam' vadaamyaham' || 15 ||
Treem' svaahaantairmahaamantraishchandanam' saadhayettatah' |
Tilakam' kurute praajnyo lokovashyobhavetpriye || 16 ||
Streem' hreem' treem' svaahaa mantrena shmashaanam' bhasma mantrayet |
Shatrorgri'hepratikshipte shatrormri'tyurbhavishyati || 17 ||
Hreem' hoom' streem' phad'antamantraih' pushpam' sam'shodhyasaptadhaa |
Uchchaat'anam' karotyaashu ripoonaam' naiva sam'shayah' || 18 ||
Streem' treem' hreem' mantravaryena akshataashchaabhi mantritaah' |
Tatpratikshepamaatrena sheeghramaayaati maaninee || 19 ||
Ham'sah' om hreem' streem' hoom' ham'sah' |
Iti mantrena japtena shodhitam' kajjalam' priye |
Tasyaiva tilakam' kri'tvaa jaganmoham' sa vasham' nayet || 20 ||
Taaraayaa hri'dayam' devi sarvapaapapranaashanam' |
Raajapeyaadi yajnyaanaam' kot'i kot'i gunottaram' || 21 ||
Gangaadi sarvateerthaanaam' phalam' kot'igunam' smri'tam' |
Mahaaduh'khe mahaaroge sankat'e praanasam'shaye || 22 ||
Mahaabhaye mahaaghore pat'het stotram' mahottamam' |
Satyam' satyam' mayoktante paarvati praanavallabhe || 23 ||
Gopaneeyam' prayatnena na prakaashyamidam' kvachit || 24 ||
Iti shree bhairaveetantre shivapaarvatee sam'vaade shreemadugrataaraahri'dayam' |
Meaning
Source and setting
The Sri Taramba Hrudayam, titled Sri Mad Ugratara Hridayam in its colophon, comes from the Bhairavi Tantra as Shiva's answer to Parvati. Tara is the second of the ten Mahavidyas, and this text addresses her fierce Ugratara form. When Parvati asks how the hymn arose, Shiva says Indra used it in the war of the devas and asuras to destroy hostile enemies and gain strength and fame. The viniyoga gives Bhairava as rishi, anushtup as metre and Ugratara as deity, with streem as bija, hoom as shakti and namah as kilaka. The nyasa uses the syllables streem, hreem, hoom, treem, aim and hamsah.
Dhyana and the hidden names
The meditation verse pictures her red-bodied and red-robed, bright as a crore suns, with a crescent moon on her head and a noose, sword and goad in her four hands. She is called Jagattarini, the one who ferries the world across. In verses 9 to 12 Shiva gives what he calls hidden names, and they move through the three gunas: Rajorupa who creates the world, Tamorupa and Mahamaya with a terrifying roar, Kalarupa and Kalikakhya who dissolves it. The list ends with Siddhilakshmi, Brahmani, Mahakali and Mahalaya. Verse 14 salutes her as tarinim bhava pathodheh, the one who carries beings over the ocean of worldly life.
Prayoga and phala shruti
Verses 15 to 20 are ritual instructions using mantra-charged water, sandal paste, ash, flowers, akshata and kajjala. These are tantric prayogas meant for initiates working under a guru, and the hymn itself insists in verse 7 and in its last line that it be kept from the uninitiated. Verses 21 to 23 say the Hridayam destroys sin and outweighs crores of sacrifices and pilgrimages, and they name great sorrow, grave illness, danger to life and deep fear as the times to recite it.
Frequently asked questions
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