[Tara meaning "Star" is the second among the Dasa Maha Vidhyas. Since she is considered as mother, the Tantriks believe that she is easily approachable. Most of her followers do not see her different from oddess !ali. nlike !ali, she holds in her hand sk#ll, flower sword and a pair of scissors. There is a great temple dedicated to her in Tarapith, $engal. She also has a temple in hatagaon, near $h#baneswar in %rissa. She is also called &eela Saraswath'. Some people believe that $hagalam#khi is her e(ternal manifestation. )ere is a very rare octet addressed to her from a book called &eelathanthra.* +. Mathar neela Saraswathi pranamatham So#bhagya sampath pradhe, rathyaa leeda pada sthithe shiva hr#dhi smerana nambhor#he, h#llendheevara lochana thraya y#the karthree kapalothphale, adgan-aadha dhathee thwameva saranam , Thwaam easwareem asraye. Sal#tations to mother Saraswathi who is of bl#e colo#r, who grants all l#ck and wealth, ho sits in the heart of Shiva in prathyaleeda/ pose, who has a smiling face, ho has three eyes similar to the f#lly open bl#e lot#s flowers, who is the one who does, 0nd who wears sk#ll, lot#s and sword, yo# are my only hope and so ' s#rrender to yo#, %h oddess. /Sitting on a dias folding the left leg and leaving free the right leg. 1. Vachameeswari , bhaktha kalpa lathike, sarvartha sidhi pradhe, adhya praakr#tha padhya 2atha rachanaa sarvaswa sidhi pradhe, &eelendhivara lochana thraya y#the, !ar#nya varanidhe, So##bhagya amr#tha varshanena kkr#payaa sincha thwamasma dr#sam. %h goddess of words, wish giving tree to devotees, the giver of all wealth and power, ho gives ability to create all types of literary works in prose and poems, ho has three eyes which are like the bl#e lot#s flowers, who is sea of mercy, lease kindly make me wet with the rain of the nectar of great l#ck. 3. Sarve garva samooha poor#tha thano sarpadhi vesho--wale, Vygra thwak pariveetha S#ndara kati vyadhootha gandangithe, Sadhya kr#tha galadhra-a parimalanm#nda dwayee moordha-a, randhee sreni nr#m#nda dhama lalitha bheeme bhayam nas040. oddess of all with a body filled with gro#ps of pride, who shines d#e to ornaments like snake, ho decorates her pretty hip with hide of tiger and also ringing bells, ho gets decorated by the garland made o#t of tyinn the hairs, %f two freshly c#t blood drenched heads, %h macro goddess, destroy my fear. 5. Mayananga vikara roopa lalanaa bindwardha chandrathmike, )oom phatkara mayee thwameva saranam manthrathmike maadr#saam,
Moorthisthe -anani thridhama gatitha sthooladhi sookshmaa paraa, Vedhaanam nahi gocharaa kadamapi prapthaam thamasraye. %h goddess who has a form that is the combination of Maya bhee-a, 0nd root letters like ")#m phat", to me yo# are the only place of s#rrender, %h mother yo#r body is made of made of the trinity names brahma, Vishn# and shiva, 0nd even that form of yo#rs is gross, micro and also divine, 0nd this form is not #nderstood by the Vedas and ' s#rrender to that form which ' have got. 6. 4ath padambh#-a sevaya s#krthino gachanthi say#-yatham, Thasya sthree parameswari trinayana bramadhi samyathmana, Samsarambh#dhi ma--ane pat# than#devendra m#khyaan s#raan, Matha twath pada devane hi vim#kho yo mandhadhee sevathe. 4o# are the consort of 7ord arameshwara by serving whose lot#s like feet, ood people attain salvation and who splits in to the forms of Shiva and $rahma, 0nd he who serves Devendra and others who are not interested in worshipping yo#, 0nd spent their time in the sea of materialism is a real fool. 8. Matha sthwath pada panka-a dwaya ra-a m#dhrangakodeerina, Sthey devaa -ayasangare vi-ayino nisseshamange nissange mange kathaa, Devoham bh#vanenamay sama ithi spardham vahantham p#re. Thath#lyam niyatham yada s#rbherame nasam vr#-anthi swayam. %h mother witho#t any do#bt, the devas killed their enemies in war, D#e to the d#st of yo#r lot#s like pair of feet to#ching their crowns, 0nd those devas shine in this world witho#t any e9#al beca#se of it, 0nd others destroy themselves thinking that no one is e9#al to them. :. Thwannama smaranath palaayanaparaa dr#sht#m cha saktha na they, $hootha pretha pisacha ;akshasa ganaa yakshancha naagadhipaa, Daithya dhanava p#ngavascha khacharaa vyagradhikaa -anthavo, Dakinya k#pitha anthakascha man#-am matha kshanam bhoothale. itho#t being even able to see those who meditate on yo#, hosts, dead so#ls, devils, gro#ps of ;akshasas, 4akshas, nagas, 0s#ras, great dhanavas ,evil spirits who travel in the sky, Dakinins and the very angry killers r#n away speedily from them. <. 7akshmi sidha ganancha pad#ka m#khaa sidhisthadhaa varina, Sthambaschapi ranangane ga-a gataa sthambhasthadhaa mohanam, Matha sthwath pada sevayaa khal# nr#naam sidhyanthi they they g#naa, !anthi kantha mano bhavasya bhavathi ksh#dropi vachaspathi.
%h oddess, by the service of yo#r feet man as per his desire gets, ealth, power to travel in sky, magical powers, ower to stop water, power to control elephants, attracting the world, 0nd he gets prettiness of god of love and even a fool gets mastery over knowledge. =. Tharashtakamidham ramyam bhakthiman ya paden nara, rathar madhyahna kale cha Sayahna niyatha s#chi +>. 7abhathe kavithaam divyaam sarva Sasthra vidh bhavedh, 7akkshmee naswaraam prapya bh#kthwa bogaan yadhepsithaan, ++. !eerthim kanthim cha nair#-yam sarveshaam priyathaam vra-eth, Vikhyathim chapi lokesh# prapyanthe mokshamapn#yath. 'f a man who is a devotee reads this pretty octet of Tara daily, 0fter p#rification in the morning, non and evening, )e wo#ld become a divine poet, he wo#ld #nderstand all Sasthras, )e wo#ld get wealth which is permanent and en-oy all the pleas#res he desires. )e wo#ld get fame, handsomeness and wo#ld be liked by everyone, 0nd his fame will spread all over the world and at the end he wo#ld get salvation. 'thi &eela thanthre Tarashtakam sampoornam Th#s ends the octet on Tara occ#rring in &eelathantha.