kalikaputri, here is a simple hymn to Tara devi!

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Tara literally translated means one who helps you to cross the ocean

of samsara ( or saves you from the cycle of births and deaths.)

 

here is a hymn you can recite without initiation...

 

tata!, tara! ferry me across!

 

 

 

Ferry Of The Soul by Kalidas Bhattacharya

 

At the end of the following poem, the poet shortens his

name to "Kali" as well, to pun with the name of his

goddess.

 

Tara, ferry of the soul,

help me get across!

I've fallen into the waves

and don't know how to swim.

 

my body is a worn-out boatladen heavily with

sin.

 

What can I grasp, what can I do?

can't cross this ocean of existence<br>on my own.

I thought I'd go to Banaras,

and live the holy life

while waiting to die.

But I fell into the waters

of the ocean of desire;now I'm drowning

again. can't reach either shore, they're both so far

away.

ou're the ferryman in the middle-the poet Kali's

only hope is Kali at the helm.

 

 

Here , the poet is using kali and tara to mean the same divine

mother !

 

 

love and good luck with your 'tara' idol!