Praise of Arya Tara
1. Gods and asuras with their crowns
bow down to
Your lotus feet;
Liberator
from all problems,
[Mother]
Tara - homage to You!
2. On those Avici's fire torments,
filling them
with a blazing net,
Your
compassion rains down nectar -
Tara, further
homage to You!
3. To those tired of clinging long,
again and again,
among the six
Destinies,
You grant the rest,
supremely
pleasant, of Great Bliss.
4. Goddess who works the weal of others!
Just to
think of You dispels problems!
You, endowed with love and
compassion,
liberate
from samsara's bonds.
5. Goddess who at all times is
impartial
towards sentient beings,
On the whole crop of migrators
You rain
incessantly - homage to You!
6. Like the sun and moon, dispeller
of distress
of darkness for
All
migrating sentient beings,
Supreme
Goddess - homage to You!
7. On a lotus and moon seat
Immaculate
as an utpala,
Your body
blue-green coloured, graceful,
You hold an
utpala - homage to You!
8. Three countless eons You've gather Merits and
Wisdom,
Cast off all the hindering obscurations,
And with the four Means of
Attraction attracted migrators,
O
compassionate Mother - homage to You!
9. Bodily faults gone, You have the Marks and
Signs;
Faults of speech gone, like kalavinka's strains;
Faults of mind gone, You know
all knowable things.
Blaze of
fortune and glory - homage to You!
10. Like the water-cleaning gem,
Goddess, You
forever clear
The mud of
sentient beings' mind
and strive
for their welfare - homage to You!
11. Those who do retain Your name,
praise You,
and do practice You,
Always do You make fruitful,
Unforgetful
One - homage to You!
