Tarakabrahma Mantra (Sanskrit: तारकब्रह्ममन्त्र, IAST: Tārakabrahmanmantra), also is called Tarakabrahma Nama, is the mahamantra of every yuga according to the yuga cycle of Hinduism. Mantras are all enshrined in Vedic literature. These are various to the four yugas, and the Hare Krishna mahamantra is to kali yuga.[1] The Hare Krishna mantra is composed with the three names of the supreme power: Hare, Krishna, and Rama.[2][3][4]
Mantras
editAccording to Gauda Govinda Maharaja's book "Suddha Nama Bhajana", the "Tarakabrahma Mantra" of four yugas are:[1]
| Yuga | Mantra | |
| Satya Yuga | narayana para veda narayana paraksara
narayana para muktir narayana-para gatih | |
| Treta Yuga | rama narayanananta mukunda madhusudana
krsna kesava kamsare hare vaikuntha vamana | |
| Dvapara Yuga | hare murare madhu-kaitabhare gopala govinda mukunda saure
yajnesa narayana krsna visnos nirasrayam mam jagadisa raksa | |
| Kali Yuga | hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Taraka-brahma Nama of the 4 Yugas, Iskcondesiretree.com
- ^ "Hare Krishna mantra". Krishna.
- ^ "Chant and be happy". iskcon. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Rosen, S. (2006). Essential Hinduism. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-99006-0.P.4: It was preserved in the confidential sampradayas, or esoteric lineages, that were guardian to these truths from the beginning. p.244: In a more esoteric sense, the word "Hare" is a vocative form of "Harā," which refers to Mother Harā, or Sri Radha.