nārāyaṇa kavaca 4

Translation (part II):

13
Oh mace [knots], the spark raising touches of yours
Are unbearable like the touch of Vajra,
And you are dear to the invincible Lord and his servant,
And so please, powder and powder again evil spirits
Yakshas, rakshasas and all my enemies.

14
Oh Conch, when Lord Krishna blows in you,
You create a huge and loud sound, and confuse my enemies,
And drive away ghouls, devils, ghosts, Pramadhas,
Brahmarakshas and other fearful beings.

15
Oh Holy Sword, be sent by the Lord himself,
And cut and cut my enemy army into pieces,
Oh Shield of the Lord, shining like hundred moons,
Please make my enemies with full of sins look blind.

16
The fear that we have due to planets, comets, Ketu and kings,
The fear that we had from teethed serpents, ghosts and from sin,
And the fear that prevents our well being may all be destroyed,
Oh God, by the praise of your names and weapons.

17
The Garuda, who is being praised by great musical stotras of the Vedas,
Who is a god and the Lord of the world, may protect me from all troubles,
By singing of His names, as well as that of the Lord Vishvaksena.

18
Let the names and forms of Vishnu, His steed [ros],
His weapons, and important assistants, may they protect
My mind, senses, and soul from all the dangers and sins.

19
The truth that God is all beings and things.
May He destroy all the troubles that we face.
Those great savants who think that God does not have any forms,
And his weapons and ornaments are only symbols without power...
Due to this truth, the God Hari is everywhere.
Let him protect me always and everywhere.

20
Let Lord Narasimha, who due to His power
Destroyed elephants, serpents and other beings
And saved Prahladha, and removed the fear of the world,
Protect me in all directions and non-directions,
Top and below, inside and outside, and in all places.

21
Oh Indra, thus I have told you, the great armour of Narayana,
And using this, you protect yourself and easily defeat
The commanders of the army of Rakshasas.

22
If he who wears his armour sees anyone by his eyes,
Or even touches him by his feet, that man,
Would be able to get rid of all his fears.
He who wears this armour will never have any fear
From king, enemies, planets, and animals like the tiger.

23
Long time ago, this knowledge was worn by a Brahmin
From Kaushika Gothra [clan] and he gave up his life in a desert.
A Gandharwa called Chithraradha was travelling in a plane
Along with his ladies, where the Brahmin's body was lying.

24
At that spot his plane stopped and he fell there along with his ladies,
And he was perplexed, and was advised by the sage called Balakhilya,
And obeying their advice, he took the bones of the Brahmin, and put it
In the river Saraswathi, took bath and went back to his home.

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Sri Shuka said:

He who wears or hears this armour of Narayana,
Would be saluted by all beings and he would get rid of all fears.

Learning this knowledge from Viswaroopa,
Indra won in the battle over all asuras and got
The blessings of wealth of the three worlds.


~bron~