Anahateshvara Sammohana Kavacham
Anahateshvara Sammohana Kavacham
Text in Roman script
Devotional text
anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam athatriṣaṣṭitamaḥtamaḥpaṭalaḥ ānandabhairavībhairavīuvāca kavacaṃśaṛṇuṛṇucāsyaivaivalokanāthaśivāpatevāpate| īśvarasyaparaṃbrahmanirvāṇayogadāyakamṇayogadāyakam||63-1|| kavacaṃdurlabhaṃbhaṃlokenāmasammohanaṃ ohanaṃparam| kavacaṃdhyānamātreṇeṇanirvāṇaphalabhāgbhavetvet||63-2|| asyakiṃṃ(pu)tvatramāhātmyaṃtathāpi tadvadāmyahamham| kevalaṃgranthibhedāyabhedāyanijadehānurakṣaṇātṇāt||63-3|| sarveṣāmapiyogendradevānāṃyogināṃ nāṃtathā| bhāvādi siddhilābhāyalābhāyakāyanirmalasiddhayeye||63-4|| prakāśitaṃtaṃmahākālatavasnehavaśādapi| sarvemantrāḥāḥprasiddhyantisammohakavacāśrayāḥyāḥ||63-5|| kavacasya ṛṣirbrahmāchando'nuṣṭubudāhṛtamtam| īśvarorodevatāproktastathāthāśaktiścakākinī nī||63-6|| kīlakaṃkrūṃūṃtathājñeyaṃeyaṃdhyānasādhanasiddhayeye| hṛdabjabhedanārthetuviniyogaḥyogaḥprakīrtitaḥtaḥ||63-7|| etacchrīsammohanamahākavacasyabrahmāṛṣiranuṣṭupupchandaḥ īśvarorodevatākākinī nīśaktiḥkrūṃūṃkīlakaṃ dhyānasādhanasiddhayeyehṛdabjabhedārthejapeviniyogaḥyogaḥ| praṇavoṇavomepātuśīrṣaṃlalāṭaṃcasadāśivaḥ vaḥ| prāsādoāsādohṛdayaṃdayaṃpātubāhuyugmaṃmaṃmaheśvaraḥraḥ||63-8|| pṛṣṭhaṃpātumahādevaudaraṃkāmanāśanaḥ| pārśvaupātukāmarājobālaḥpṛṣṭhatalāntaramram||63-9|| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam kukṣimūlaṃmūlaṃmahāvīrolalitāpatirīśvaraḥraḥ| mṛtyuñjayoyonīlakaṇṭhoṭholiṅgadeśaṃdeśaṃsadāvatu||63-10|| liṅgādhoādhomudrikāikāpātupādayugmamumāpatiḥ ḥ| aṅguṣṭhaṃpātusatataṃpārvatīprāṇavallabhaḥbhaḥ||63-11|| gulphaṃṃpātutryambakaścajānunīyuvatīpatiḥ ḥ| ūrumūlaṃmūlaṃsadāpātumañjughoṣaḥughoṣaḥsanātanaḥ||63-12|| simanīmanīdeśamāpātubhairavaḥkrodhabhairavaḥodhabhairavaḥ| liṅgadeśodgamaṃmaṃpātuliṅgarūpīpījagatpatiḥ||63-13|| hṛdayāgraṃsadāpātumaheśaḥkākinīśvaraḥraḥ| grīvāṃīvāṃpātuvṛṣasthaścakaṇṭhadeśaṃṭhadeśaṃdigambaraḥraḥ||63-14|| lambikāṃkāṃpātugaṇaponāsikāṃ kāṃbhavanāśakaḥ| bhrūmadhyaṃpātuyogīndraḥmaheśaḥpātumastakamkam||63-15|| mūrdhnideśaṃdeśaṃmunīndraścadvādaśasthomaheśvaraḥraḥ| dvādaśāmbhoruhaṃhaṃpātukākinīprāṇavallabhaḥbhaḥ||63-16|| nābhimūlāmbujaṃujaṃpātumahārudrojaganmayaḥyaḥ| svādhiṣṭhānāmbujaṃujaṃpātusadāhariharātmakaḥkaḥ||63-17|| mūlapadmaṃṃsadāpātubrahmendroḍākinīśvaraḥraḥ| kuṇḍalīṃsarvadādāpātuḍākinī nīyoginīśvaraḥraḥ||63-18|| kuṇḍalīḍalīmātṛkāpātuvaṭukeśaḥśiroharaḥroharaḥ| rākiṇīvigrahaṃhaṃpātuvāmadevomaheśvaraḥraḥ||63-19|| pañcānanaḥānanaḥsadāpātulākinīvajravigrahamham| svasthānaṃānaṃdvādaśārañcavīraḥpātusukākinīm nīm||63-20|| vīrendraḥkarṇikāṃkāṃpātudvādaśāraṃādaśāraṃviṣāśanaḥṣāśanaḥ| ṣoḍaśāraṃsadāpātukrodhavīraḥodhavīraḥsadāśivaḥ vaḥ||63-21|| māṃpātuvajranātheśo'ribhayātbhayātkrodhabhairavaḥodhabhairavaḥ| ṣaṭcakraṃṃsarvadādāpātulākinīśrīsadāśivaḥvaḥ||63-22|| ṣoḍaśāmbhoruhāntasthaṃpātudhūmrākṣapālakaḥpālakaḥ| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam diṅnātheśoātheśomahākāyomāṃpātuparameśvaraḥraḥ| ākāśagaṅgājaṭilo lodvidalaṃdalaṃpātumeparam| gaṅgādharaḥādharaḥsadāpātuhākinīṃparameśvaraḥraḥ||63-23|| hākinī nīparaśivo vomebhrūpadmaṃparirakṣatutu| daṇḍapāṇīśvaraḥraḥpātumanorūpaṃpaṃdvipatrakamkam||63-24|| sādhukeśaḥsadāpātumanonmanyādivāsinamnam| piṅgākṣeśaḥeśaḥsadāpātubhayabhūmautanūṃmama||63-25|| unmanīsthānakaṃānakaṃpāturodhinīsahitaṃtaṃmama| sudhāghaṭaḥsadāpātumamānandādidevatāmdevatām||63-26|| ānandabhairavaḥbhairavaḥpātugūḍhadeśādhidevatām devatām| māyāmayopahāpātusuṣumnānāḍikākalām kākalām||63-27|| iḍākalādharaṃpātukoṭisūryaprabhākaraḥbhākaraḥ| piṅgalāmihiraṃraṃpātucandraśekharaśekharaīśvaraḥraḥ||63-28|| koṭikālānalasthānaṃānaṃsuṣumnāyāṃāyāṃsadāvatu| sudhāsamudroomāṃpāturatnakoṭimaṇīśvaraḥraḥ||63-29|| śivanāthaḥvanāthaḥsadāpātukuṇḍalīcakramevamevame| viṣṇucakraṃṃmahādevaḥkālarātraḥḥkulānvitam tam||63-30|| mṛtyujetāujetāsadāpātusahasrāraṃāraṃsadāmama| sahasradalagaṃdalagaṃśambhuṃuṃsvayambhūḥūḥpātusarvadādā||63-31|| sarvarūpiṇamīśānaṃṇamīśānaṃpātuśarvohisarvadādā| sarvatrasarvadādāpātuśrīnīlakaṇṭha īśvaraḥraḥ||63-32|| sarvabījasvarūpopomebījamālāṃsadāvatu| mātṛkāṃsarvabījeśobījeśomātṛkārṇaṃ śivovomama||63-33|| ahaṅkāraṃāraṃharaḥpātukaramālāṃsadāmama| jale'raṇyeyemahābhītauparvateteśūnyamaṇḍapeḍape||63-34|| vyāghrabhallūkamahiṣapaśvādibhayadūṣitete| mahāraṇyeyeghorayuddheegaganebhūtale'tale||63-35|| atyutkaṭeṭeśastraghāteghāteśatrucaurādibhītiṣuṣu| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam mahāsiṃhabhaye ṃhabhayekrūreūremattahastibhayebhayetathā||63-36|| grahavyādhimahābhītaumahābhītausarpabhītaubhītaucasarvadādā| piśācabhūtavetālabrahmadaityabhayādiṣuṣu||63-37|| apavādāpavādeṣumithyāvādeṣuāvādeṣusarvadādā| karālakālikānāthaḥ kānāthaḥpracaṇḍaḥḍaḥprakharaḥkharaḥparaḥ||63-38|| ugraḥkapardībhīdaṃṣṭrīkālācchannakaraḥkaraḥkaviḥḥ| krodhācchannomahonmattogaruḍīśoḍīśomaheśabhṛta||63-39|| pañcānanaḥānanaḥpañcaraśmiḥpāvanaḥpāvamānakaḥ| śikhākhāmātrāmahāmudrādhārakaḥādhārakaḥkrodhabhūpatiḥ||63-40|| drāvakaḥāvakaḥpūrakaḥpuṣṭaḥpoṣakaḥpāribhāṣikaḥkaḥ| etepāntuumahārudrādvāviṃśatimahābhayemahābhaye||63-41|| etesarveśaktiyuktāmuṇḍamālāvibhūṣitāḥtāḥ| ahaṅkāreśvarāḥrāḥkruddhāyoginastattvacintakāḥkāḥ||63-42|| caturbhujājāmahāvīrāḥkhaḍgakheṭakadhārakāḥkheṭakadhārakāḥ| kapālaśaṅkhamālāḍhyā ānānāratnavibhūṣitāḥtāḥ||63-43|| kiṅkiṇījālamālāḍhyāhemanūpurarājitāḥ tāḥ| nānālaṅkāraśobhāḍhyāścandracūḍāvibhūṣitāḥtāḥ||63-44|| sadānandayutāḥ yutāḥśrīdāīdāmokṣadāḥdāḥkarmayogināmnām| sarvadādābhagavānpātuīśvarāḥrāḥpāntuunityaśaḥśaḥ||63-45|| brahmāpātumūlapadmaṃṃśrīviṣṇuḥuḥpātuṣaḍdalamlam| rudraḥpātudaśadalamīśvaraḥraḥpātvanāhatamnāhatam||63-46|| sadāśivaḥ vaḥpātunityaṃṣoḍaśāraṃsadāmama| parodvidalamāpātudalamāpātuṣaṭśivāḥvāḥpāntuunityaśaḥśaḥ||63-47|| aparāḥpāntuusatataṃmamadehaṃkuleśvarāḥrāḥ| pūrṇaṃbrahmasadāpātusarvāṅgaṃsarvadevatāḥdevatāḥ||63-48|| kālarūpīpīsadāpātumanorūpīpīśiroromama| ātmalīnaḥlīnaḥsadāpātulalāṭaṃvedavitprabhuḥbhuḥ||63-49|| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam vārāṇasīśvaraḥraḥpātumamabhrūmadhyapīṭhakampīṭhakam| yogināthaḥ nāthaḥsadāpātumamadantāvaliṃdṛḍhamḍham||63-50|| oṣṭhādharauādharausadāpātujhilṭīśoīśobhautikeśvaraḥraḥ| nāsāpuṭadvayaṃyaṃpātubhārabhūtīśo'tithīśvaraḥ raḥ||63-51|| gaṇḍayugmaṃmaṃsadāpātusthāṇukeśoāṇukeśohareśvaraḥraḥ| karṇadeśaṃdeśaṃsadāpātuamaro'rdhīśvaroromama||63-52|| mahāseneśvarastuṇḍaṃḍaṃmamapātunirantaramram| śrīkaṇṭhādimahārudrāḥāḥsvāṅgagranthiṣuṣumātṛkāḥ||63-53|| māṃpātukālarudraścasarvāṃṅgakālasaṃkṣayaḥyaḥ| akālatārakaḥpātuudaraṃparipūrakaḥpūrakaḥ||63-54|| agastyādimuniśreṣṭhāḥāḥpāntuuyogina naīśvarāḥrāḥ| śrīnātheśvaraīśānaḥpātumesūkṣmanāḍikāḥkāḥ||63-55|| triśūlīśūlīpātupūrvasyāṃāṃdakṣiṇeṇemṛtyunāśanaḥunāśanaḥ| paścimemevāruṇīmattomahākālaḥsadā'vatu||63-56|| uttarerecāvadhūteśobhairavaḥkālabhairavaḥ| īśānepātuśāntīśoīśovāyavyāṃ āṃyogivallabhaḥbhaḥ||63-57|| marutkoṇeoṇedaityahantāpātumāṃsatataṃśivaḥvaḥ| vahnikoṇekoṇesadāpātukālānalamukhāmbujaḥ ujaḥ||63-58|| ūrdhvaṃbrahmāsadāpātuadho'nantaḥ ḥsadā'vatu| sarvadevaḥdevaḥsadāpātusarvadehagataṃdehagataṃsukham||63-59|| ihārhāvallabhaḥbhaḥpātukālākhyeśo eśoguṇomama| ravināthaḥnāthaḥsadāpātuhṛdayaṃdayaṃmānasaṃmama||63-60|| candreśaḥeśaḥpātusatataṃbhrūmadhyaṃmamakāmadaḥ| vajradaṇḍadharaḥḍadharaḥpāturaktāṅgeśastrilocanamlocanam||63-61|| budhaśyāmasundareśaḥreśaḥpātumehṛdayasthalamlam| suvarṇavarṇagurvīśośomamakaṇṭhaṃṭhaṃsadā'vatu||63-62|| sindūrajaladacchannādyarkaśukreśvarorogalam| nābhideśaṃ deśaṃsadāpātuśaniśyāmeśayāmeśaīśvaraḥraḥ||63-63|| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam rāhuḥḥpātumahāvaktraḥkevalaṃmukhamaṇḍalamḍalam| ketuḥpātumahākāyaḥsadāmeguhyadeśakamdeśakam||63-64|| indrādidevatāḥdevatāḥpāntuuparivāragaṇairyutāḥtāḥ| śiromaṇḍaladigrūpaṃūpaṃpāntuuvaikuṇṭhavāsinaḥ naḥ||63-65|| bhairavābhairavīyuktāḥāḥsarvadehasamudbhavāḥvāḥ| bhīmadaṃṣṭrāāmahākāyāmamapāntuunirantaramram||63-66|| yajñabhuṅnīlakaṇṭhoṭhomehṛdayaṃdayaṃpātusarvadādā| unmattabhairavāḥbhairavāḥpāntuuīśvarāḥrāḥpāntuusarvadādā||63-67|| krodhabhūpatayaḥodhabhūpatayaḥpāntuuśrīmāyāmadanānvitāḥtāḥ| phalaśrutikathanaṃkathanaṃ ityetatetatkavacaṃtāraṃtārakabrahmamaṅgalamlam||63-68|| kathitaṃtaṃnāthayatnenenakutrāpinaprakāśitamtam| tavasnehavaśādevehavaśādevaprasannahṛdayānvitātā||63-69|| kṛpāṃkuru dayānāthatavaivakavacādbhutamutam| hitāyatāyajagatāṃmohavināśāyāmṛtāyanāśāyāmṛtāyaca||63-70|| paṭhitavyaṃsādhakendrairyogīndrairupavanditamtam| durlabhaṃbhaṃsarvalokeṣulokeṣusulabhaṃtattvavedibhiḥ||63-71|| asādhyaṃ ṃsādhayedevapaṭhanātkavacasya ca| dhāraṇātpūjanātsākṣātātsarvapīṭhaphalaṃpīṭhaphalaṃlabhet||63-72|| kākacañcupuṭaṃupuṭaṃkṛtvāsaptadhādhāpañcadhāpivā| kavacaṃprapaṭhedvidvānāngūḍhasiddhinibandhanātnāt||63-73|| kākinīśvarasaṃyogaṃrasaṃyogaṃsuyogaṃkavacānvitam tam| īśvarāṅgaṃvibhāvyaivaivakalpavṛkṣasamosamobhavet||63-74|| etatkavacapāṭhenavacapāṭhenadevatvaṃ ṃlabhatedhruvamuvam| ārogyaṃyaṃparamaṃjñānaṃānaṃmohanaṃjagatāṃvaśam||63-75|| stambhayetyetparasainyāni paṭhedvāratrayaṃyaṃyadi| śāntimāpnotiśīghraṃsaṣaṭkarmakaraṇakṣamaḥmaḥ||63-76|| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam ākāṅkṣārasalālityaviṣayāśāvivarjitaḥtaḥ| sādhakaḥkāmadhenuḥsyādicchādisiddhibhāgbhavetvet||63-77|| sarvatragatiśaktiḥsyātātstrīṇāṃīṇāṃmanmatharūpadhṛkpadhṛk| aṇimālaghimāprāptiguṇādisiddhimāpnuyātuyāt||63-78|| yoginīvallabhobhobhūtvāvicaretcaretsādhakāgraṇīḥṇīḥ| yathāguhogaṇeśaśca tathāsamehiputrakaḥkaḥ||63-79|| śrīmānīmānkulīnaḥsārajñaḥḥsarvadharmavivarjitaḥtaḥ| śanaiḥśanairmudādāyāti ṣoḍaśāreyatīśvaraḥraḥ||63-80|| yatrabhāti śākinīśaḥ nīśaḥsadāśivaguruḥḥprabhuḥbhuḥ| krameṇameṇaparamaṃsthānaṃānaṃprāpnotimamayogataḥ||63-81|| mamayogaṃvinānānāthatavabhaktiḥkathaṃbhavet| etatsammohanākhyasyakavacasya prapāṭhataḥpāṭhataḥ||63-82|| vāṇīvaśyāyāsthirārālakṣmīḥīḥsarvaiśvaryasamanvitaḥtaḥ| tyāgitātālabhyatetepaścānniḥsaṅgoviharetharetśivaḥvaḥ| sadāśive vemanoyāti siddhamantrīmanolayaḥ||63-83|| iti śrīrudrayāmaleyāmaleuttaratantremahātantroddīpaneīpanesiddhamantraprakaraṇekaraṇe ṣaṭcakraprakāśekāśebhairavībhairavasaṃvāde'nāhateśvarasammohanākhyakavacaṃ kavacaṃ nāmatriṣaṣṭitamaḥtamaḥpaṭalaḥ||63|| anāhateśvarasammohana ohanaathavāīśvarasammohanakavacamohanakavacam
About this kavacham
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.