nṛsiḿha-kavacaḿ vakṣye
prahlādenoditaḿ purā
sarva-rakṣa-karaḿ punyaḿ
sarvopadrava-nāśanam...
1) I shall now recite the Nrsimha-kavaca
formerly spoken by Prahlada Maharaja
it is most pious, vanquishes all kinds of impediments
and provides one all protection
2) it bestows upon one all opulences
and can give one elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation
one should meditate on Lord Nrsimha, Lord of the universe
seated upon a golden throne
3) His mouth is wide open, He has three eyes
and He is as radiant as the autumn moon
He is embraced by Lakshmidevi on his left side
and His form is the shelter of all opulences, both material and spiritual
4) the Lord has four arms, and His limbs are very soft
He is decorated with golden earrings
His chest is resplendent like the lotus flower
and His arms are decorated with jewel-studded ornaments
5) He is dressed in a spotless yellow garment, which exactly resembles molten gold
He is the original cause of existence, beyond the mundane sphere
for the great demigods headed by Indra
He appears bedecked with rubies which are blazingly effulgent
6) His two feet are very attractive and He is armed
with various weapons such as the conch, disc, etc.
Garuda joyfully offers prayers
with great reverence
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7) having seated Lord Nrsimhadeva upon the lotus of one's heart
one should recite the following mantra:
may Lord Nrsimha protect my head
(Nrsimha) who protects all the planetary systems
8) although the Lord is all-pervading
He hid Himself within a pillar
may He protect my speech and the results of my activities
may Lord Nrsimha, whose eyes are the sun and fire, protect my eyes
9) may Lord Nrhari, who is pleased by the prayers
offered by the best of sages, protect my memory
may He who has the nose of a lion protect my nose
and may He whose face is very dear to Lakshmi protect my mouth
10) may Lord Nrsimha, who is the knower of all sciences
protect my sense of taste
may He whose face is beautiful as the full moon
and who is offered prayers by Prahlada protect my face
11) may Lord Nrsimha protect my throat
He is the sustainer of the earth and the performer of unlimitedly wonderful activities
His arms are resplendent with transcendental weapons
may He protect my shoulders
12) may the Lord, who bestows benedictions upon the demigods
protect my hands, and may He protect me from all sides
may He who is achieved by the perfect yogis protect my heart
and may Lord Hari protect my dwelling place
13) may He who of the great demon Hiranyaksa
ripped apart the chest and abdomen protect my waist
and may Lord Nrhari protect my navel
He is offered prayers by Lord Brahma, who has sprung from his own navel
14) may He on whose hips rest all the universes
protect my hips
may the Lord protect my private parts
He is the knower of all mantras and all mysteries, Himself not visible
15) may He who is the original Cupid protect my thighs
may He who exhibits a human-like form protect my knees
may the remover of the burden of the earth, who appears
in a form which is half-man and half-lion, protect my calves
16) may the bestower of heavenly opulence protect my feet
He is the Supreme Controller in the form of a man and lion combined
may the thousand-headed Supreme enjoyer
protect my body from all sides and in all respects
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17) may that most ferocious personality protect me from the east
may He who is superior to the greatest heroes protect me from the southeast
may the Supreme Vishnu protect me from the south
and may that person of blazing luster protect me from the southwest
18) may the Lord of everything protect me from the west
His faces are everywhere, so please may He protect me from this direction
may Lord Nrsimha protect me from the northwest, which is predominated by Vayu
may He whose form is in itself the supreme ornament protect me from the north, where Soma resides
19) may the all-auspicious Lord, who Himself bestows all-auspiciousness
protect from the northeast, the direction of the sun-god
and may He who is death personified protect me from fear of death
and rotation in this material world
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20) this Nrsimha-kavaca has been ornamented
by issuing from the mouth of Prahlada Maharaja
a devotee who reads this
becomes freed from all sins
21) whatever one desires in this world
he can attain without doubt
one can have wealth, many sons
and a long life
22) he becomes victorious who desires victory
and indeed becomes a conqueror
he wards off the influence of all planets, earthly
heavenly, and everything in between
23) this is the supreme remedy
for the poisonous effects of serpents and scorpions
and Brahma-raksasa ghosts and Yaksas
are driven away
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24) one may write this most auspicious prayer on his arm
or inscribe it on a palm-leaf
and attach it to his wrist
and all his activities will become perfect
25) one who regularly chants this prayer
whether once or thrice daily
he becomes victorious
whether among demigods, demons, or human beings
26) one who with purified heart recites this prayer 32,000 times
attains the most auspicious of all auspicious things
and material enjoyment and liberation are already understood
to be available to such a person
27) this Kavaca-mantra
is the king of all mantras
one attains by it what would be attained by anointing oneself with ashes
and chanting all other mantras
28) having marked one’s body with tilaka
taking acamana with water
and reciting this mantra three times
one will find that the fear of all inauspicious planets is removed
29) that person who recites this mantra
meditating upon Lord Nrsimhadeva
has all of his diseases vanquished
including those of the abdomen
30) Nrsimha roars loudly and causes others to roar
with His multitudes of arms
He tears the demons asunder
and kills them in this way
31) He is always seeking out and tormenting
the demoniac descendants of Diti
both on this earth planet and in the higher planets
and He throws them down and scatters them
32) He cries with great anger
as He destroys the demons in all directions
yet with His unlimited hands He sustains, protects
and nourishes the cosmic manifestation
33) I offer
my respectful obeisances
to the Lord, who has assumed
the form of a transcendental lion
formerly spoken by Prahlada Maharaja
it is most pious, vanquishes all kinds of impediments
and provides one all protection
2) it bestows upon one all opulences
and can give one elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation
one should meditate on Lord Nrsimha, Lord of the universe
seated upon a golden throne
3) His mouth is wide open, He has three eyes
and He is as radiant as the autumn moon
He is embraced by Lakshmidevi on his left side
and His form is the shelter of all opulences, both material and spiritual
4) the Lord has four arms, and His limbs are very soft
He is decorated with golden earrings
His chest is resplendent like the lotus flower
and His arms are decorated with jewel-studded ornaments
5) He is dressed in a spotless yellow garment, which exactly resembles molten gold
He is the original cause of existence, beyond the mundane sphere
for the great demigods headed by Indra
He appears bedecked with rubies which are blazingly effulgent
6) His two feet are very attractive and He is armed
with various weapons such as the conch, disc, etc.
Garuda joyfully offers prayers
with great reverence
-
7) having seated Lord Nrsimhadeva upon the lotus of one's heart
one should recite the following mantra:
may Lord Nrsimha protect my head
(Nrsimha) who protects all the planetary systems
8) although the Lord is all-pervading
He hid Himself within a pillar
may He protect my speech and the results of my activities
may Lord Nrsimha, whose eyes are the sun and fire, protect my eyes
9) may Lord Nrhari, who is pleased by the prayers
offered by the best of sages, protect my memory
may He who has the nose of a lion protect my nose
and may He whose face is very dear to Lakshmi protect my mouth
10) may Lord Nrsimha, who is the knower of all sciences
protect my sense of taste
may He whose face is beautiful as the full moon
and who is offered prayers by Prahlada protect my face
11) may Lord Nrsimha protect my throat
He is the sustainer of the earth and the performer of unlimitedly wonderful activities
His arms are resplendent with transcendental weapons
may He protect my shoulders
12) may the Lord, who bestows benedictions upon the demigods
protect my hands, and may He protect me from all sides
may He who is achieved by the perfect yogis protect my heart
and may Lord Hari protect my dwelling place
13) may He who of the great demon Hiranyaksa
ripped apart the chest and abdomen protect my waist
and may Lord Nrhari protect my navel
He is offered prayers by Lord Brahma, who has sprung from his own navel
14) may He on whose hips rest all the universes
protect my hips
may the Lord protect my private parts
He is the knower of all mantras and all mysteries, Himself not visible
15) may He who is the original Cupid protect my thighs
may He who exhibits a human-like form protect my knees
may the remover of the burden of the earth, who appears
in a form which is half-man and half-lion, protect my calves
16) may the bestower of heavenly opulence protect my feet
He is the Supreme Controller in the form of a man and lion combined
may the thousand-headed Supreme enjoyer
protect my body from all sides and in all respects
-
17) may that most ferocious personality protect me from the east
may He who is superior to the greatest heroes protect me from the southeast
may the Supreme Vishnu protect me from the south
and may that person of blazing luster protect me from the southwest
18) may the Lord of everything protect me from the west
His faces are everywhere, so please may He protect me from this direction
may Lord Nrsimha protect me from the northwest, which is predominated by Vayu
may He whose form is in itself the supreme ornament protect me from the north, where Soma resides
19) may the all-auspicious Lord, who Himself bestows all-auspiciousness
protect from the northeast, the direction of the sun-god
and may He who is death personified protect me from fear of death
and rotation in this material world
-
20) this Nrsimha-kavaca has been ornamented
by issuing from the mouth of Prahlada Maharaja
a devotee who reads this
becomes freed from all sins
21) whatever one desires in this world
he can attain without doubt
one can have wealth, many sons
and a long life
22) he becomes victorious who desires victory
and indeed becomes a conqueror
he wards off the influence of all planets, earthly
heavenly, and everything in between
23) this is the supreme remedy
for the poisonous effects of serpents and scorpions
and Brahma-raksasa ghosts and Yaksas
are driven away
-
24) one may write this most auspicious prayer on his arm
or inscribe it on a palm-leaf
and attach it to his wrist
and all his activities will become perfect
25) one who regularly chants this prayer
whether once or thrice daily
he becomes victorious
whether among demigods, demons, or human beings
26) one who with purified heart recites this prayer 32,000 times
attains the most auspicious of all auspicious things
and material enjoyment and liberation are already understood
to be available to such a person
27) this Kavaca-mantra
is the king of all mantras
one attains by it what would be attained by anointing oneself with ashes
and chanting all other mantras
28) having marked one’s body with tilaka
taking acamana with water
and reciting this mantra three times
one will find that the fear of all inauspicious planets is removed
29) that person who recites this mantra
meditating upon Lord Nrsimhadeva
has all of his diseases vanquished
including those of the abdomen
30) Nrsimha roars loudly and causes others to roar
with His multitudes of arms
He tears the demons asunder
and kills them in this way
31) He is always seeking out and tormenting
the demoniac descendants of Diti
both on this earth planet and in the higher planets
and He throws them down and scatters them
32) He cries with great anger
as He destroys the demons in all directions
yet with His unlimited hands He sustains, protects
and nourishes the cosmic manifestation
33) I offer
my respectful obeisances
to the Lord, who has assumed
the form of a transcendental lion
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