Taramala- Bead 1

Taramala

First bead of the Taramala

Lift me, O Mother Tara,  

Drowning in sorrow, weight pulling down.  

Day and night, no difference,  

Pitch dark with water around.

 

Pull me up with your love again,  

Lighten my heart with your gaze.  

Brighten my life with your grace,  

Hold my hand to pass this phase.

 

Your eyes, twin shining Suns

tearing the darkness around 

Your feet, my only refuge 

Shower your motherly love.

 

~ Tāradāsa

30.05.2024

 

This is the first bead of the Taramala. Taramala is a collection of poems dedicated to the divine Mother Tara and Batuka Bhairava, where each poem represents a bead in a mala dedicated to Maa Tara. These poems are dedicated to the lotus feet of the master who introduced the Nama-Amrutham of Maa Tara to me.

 

Sri Pavankumar, who writes under the pen name of Tāradāsa, is a member of Kamakhya Bhairava Upasaka Foundation. He is an ardent devotee of Ma Tara and Bhairava. The following lines shared by him exemplify his bhakti towards his Ishta-

‘Bhagawati’s guard,
Her name my shield and my strength,
I obey her call.’