Dear all, after the visualizations being discussed, lets move into the variants of the Tara Ma mantras. This includes two basic variants other than Panchakshari which have strict ritual differences. Those two are
1) Tara - Trijadatrakshari and
2) Tara - Saptakshari
since the rituals are different for the two, I will outline them separately in detail after discussing the mantric variants in general.
The common mantric variants are as follows:
1) Om trim hrim hum hrim hum phal (this is the Saptakshari mantra which Lord Brahma has used for the upasana of Tara Ma) :). The same mantra is used in the Saptakshari ritual mentioned above.
2) Aim hrim srim klim sau: hum ugratare hum phal
3) Om hum hrim klim sau: hum phal
( both these mantra variants are used by lord Vishnu to do upasana of Tara Ma)
4) Aim hrim srim klim h(stress)sau: hum ugratare hum phal
5) Om hum hrim klim hasau: hum phal (with a "hu"kara with the fifth beeja)
(Both these mantras are again used by lord Brahma for upasanas)
6) Om hrim hum phal
7) Trim hum hrim hum phal
8) Trim hum phal klim aim
( among this the first two has been used by lord Brahma and the eighth one by lord Vishnu)
All the above 8 mantra variants are having
shakhti rishi:, gayatri chanda, tara devata
Dhayana shloka:
"shwetambaram sharada chandrakandim
saadbhushanaam chandrakalavadamsam
kartrim kapaalanvithapaanipadmaam
taaram trinethraam prabhajeyokhiladhaaidhaeeye"
with this dhaya shloka, with proper austeries, 4 lakh times japa, followed by homa of red lotus flowers dipped in mixture of milk and ghee for 40,000 times and do the sapakshari pooja (the one I mentioned earlier). He/she will get the mantra siddhi.
If the homa is done with payasa made of jaggery mixed with honey for 1008 times, he/she will be reaching number one positions in all vidyas.
