Dattatreya Vajra Kavacham
Dattatreya Vajra Kavacham
Text in Roman script
Devotional text
īdaāeyavakavaca
{|| īdaāeyavakavaca ||}
īgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
īdaāeyāya namaḥ |
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
kathaṃ sakapisiḥ yāedayāsa kalau yuge |
dhamathakāmamoāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ ikamudāta || 1||
yāsa uvāca |
vatuṛṣayaḥ sava śīṃ sakapasādhana |
sakṛducāramāeṇa bhogamodāyaka ||2||
gaurīge ihamavataḥ kapavṛopaśoibhata |
dīte idayamahāranahemamaḍapamayaga || 3||
ranasahāsanāisanaṃ sanaṃ paramevara |
madamatamukhābhojaṃ śakaraṃ āha pāvatī || 4||
īdeyuvāca |
devadeva mahādeva lokaśakara śakara |
majālāina savaiṇa yajālāina kṛnaśaḥ || 5||
tajālāyanekāina mayā vaḥ utāina vai |
idāna ṭuimachāima ivaśeṣeṇa mahītala || 6||
iyudīiratamākaya pāvayā paramevaraḥ |
kareṇāmṛya satoṣāpāvata yabhāṣata || 7||
mayedāna vayā sādha vṛṣamā gayate |
iyuvā vṛṣamā pāvayā saha śakaraḥ || 8||
yayau bhūmaḍalaṃ ṭuṃ gauyacaāiṇa daśaya |
vica ivayācalaāte mahāraye sudugame || 9||
ta yāhatumāyātaṃ ibhalaṃ paraśudhāiraṇa |
vayamānaṃ mahāyāṃ nakhadaāibharāvṛta || 10||
atīva icacāirayaṃ vakāyasamāyuta |
ayanamanāyāsamikhalaṃ sukhamāthata || 11||
palāyataṃ mṛgaṃ pacāyāo bhīyā palāiyataḥ |
etadācayamāloya pāvatī āha śakara || 12||
īpāvayuvāca |
ikamācaya ikamācayamae śabho inarīyatā |
iyutaḥ sa tataḥ śabhuvā āha purāṇiva || 13||
īśakara uvāca |
gauira vayāima te icamavāmānasagocara |
aṭapūvamamāibhanata ikacana kuica || 14||
mayā saya samāsena vayate ṇu pāvaita |
ayaṃ dūravā nāma ibhalaḥ paramadhāmakaḥ || 15||
simakuśasūnāina kadamūlaphalāidaka |
yahaṃ ivipanaṃ gavā samādāya yāsataḥ || 16||
iye pūva munīeyaḥ yachita na vāchita |
te'ipa tamanipa dayāṃ kuvate savamauinanaḥ || 17||
dalādano mahāyogī vasaneva inajāme |
kadāicadamara isaṃ daāeyaṃ idagabara || 18||
daāeyaḥ matṛgāmī ceitahāsaṃ parīitu |
taṇāso'ipa yogīo daāeyaḥ samuthataḥ || 19||
taṃ vā''cayatoṣāyāṃ dalādanamahāmuinaḥ |
sapūyāe inaṣīdataṃ daāeyamuvāca ta || 20||
mayopahūtaḥ saāto daāeya mahāmune |
matṛgāmī vimayeta kavadatī parīitu || 21||
mayā saṃmṛto'isa vamaparādhaṃ mava me |
daāeyo muna āha mama kṛitarīśī || 22||
abhayā vā subhayā vā yaḥ maremāmanayadhīḥ |
tadāna tamupāgaya dadāima tadabhīsata || 23||
daāeyo muna āha dalādanamunīvara |
yidaṭaṃ taṛṇīva vaṃ ya āto'haṃ vayā mṛtaḥ || 24||
daāeyaṃ muinaḥ āha mayā ikamipa noyate |
vacae yathataṃ tame yacha muinapugava || 25||
īdaāeya uvāca |
mamāta vakavacaṃ gṛhāṇeyavadamuina |
tayeyagīkṛtavate dalādanamunaye muinaḥ || 26||
vavakavacaṃ āha ṛiṣachadaḥpuraḥsara |
yāsaṃ yānaṃ phalaṃ ta yojanamaśeṣataḥ || 27||
aya īdaāeyavakavacatomaya,
ikarātapī mahā ṛiṣaḥ, anuṭu chadaḥ,
īdaāeyo devatā, āṃ bījaṃ, āṃ śataḥ,
kīlakaṃ, oṃ āmane namaḥ | oṃ manase namaḥ |
oṃ āṃ sauḥ oṃ lāṃ la lūṃ la la laḥ |
īdaāeyasādisayatha jape ivinayogaḥ |
oṃ āṃ aguṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ tajanīyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ ūṃ mayamāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ anāimakāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kinaṭhakāyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ ḥ karatalakarapṛṭhāyāṃ namaḥ |
evaṃ dayāida yāsaḥ |
oṃ bhūbhuvaḥvaroimita idabadhaḥ |
atha yāna |
jadadakurakadāya sacadānadamūtaye |
daāeyāya yogīcaāya paramāmane ||
kadā yogī kadā bhogī kadā nanaḥ ipaśācava |
daāeyo hiraḥ sāāutamutadāyakaḥ ||
vārāṇasīpuranāyī kohāpurajapādaraḥ |
māhurīpuribhaāśī saśāyī idagabara ||
inīlasamākāracakāitasamauitaḥ |
vaiḍuyasaśaphūtacalakicajaṭādharaḥ ||
nadhadhāvayayutāo'yatanīlakanīinakaḥ |
ūvaḥmaunīlākaḥ saśākasaśānanaḥ ||
hāsinajatanīhāraḥ kaṭhinajatakabukaḥ |
māṃsalāṃso dīghabāhuḥ pāiṇinajatapalavaḥ ||
ivaśālapīnavaāca tāpāiṇadalodaraḥ |
pṛthulaoiṇalilato ivaśālajaghanathalaḥ ||
rabhātabhopamānojanupūvakajaghakaḥ |
gūḍhaguphaḥ kūmapṛṭholasapādoṣirathalaḥ ||
ratārivadasaśaramaṇīyapadādharaḥ |
camabaradharo yogī matṛgāmī ṇe ṇe ||
ānopadeśanīrato ivaparaṇadīitaḥ |
isaāsanasamāsīna ṛjukāyo hasamukhaḥ ||
vāmahatena varado diṇenābhayakaraḥ |
bālomaipaśācīibhaḥ vicautaḥ parīitaḥ ||
yāgī bhogī mahāyogī inayānado inarajanaḥ |
savapī savadātā savagaḥ savakāmadaḥ ||
bhamoūilatasavago mahāpātakanāśanaḥ |
bhutado mutadātā jīvamuto na saṃśayaḥ ||
evaṃ yāvā'nayicao makavacaṃ paṭhe |
māmeva payasava sa mayā saha sacare ||
idagabaraṃ bhamasugadhalepanaṃ caṃ iśūlaṃ ḍamaṃ gadāyudha |
paāsanaṃ yoigamunīvidataṃ daeita nāmamaraṇena inaya ||
oṃ daāeyaḥ iśaraḥ pātu sahaājeṣu saṃthataḥ |
bhālaṃ pāvānasūyeyacamaḍalamayagaḥ || 28||
kūca manomayaḥ pātu haṃ ṃ idalapabhūḥ |
yoitapo'iṇī pātu pātu śadāmakaḥ utī || 29||
nāisakāṃ pātu gadhāmā mukhaṃ pātu rasāmakaḥ |
ijavāṃ vedāmakaḥ pātu datoṭhau pātu dhāmakaḥ || 30||
kapolāvibhūḥ pātu pāvaśeṣaṃ mamāviva |
varāmā ṣoḍaśārājathataḥ vāmā'vatāla || 31||
kadhau caānujaḥ pātu bhujau pātu kṛtāidabhūḥ |
jauṇī śauija pātu pātu vaḥthalaṃ hiraḥ || 32||
kāidaṭhātaādaśārapago madāmakaḥ |
yogīvarevaraḥ pātu dayaṃ dayathataḥ || 33||
pāva hiraḥ pāvavata pātu pāvathataḥ mṛtaḥ |
haṭhayogāidayogaḥ kuī pātu kṛpāinidhaḥ || 34||
ḍakārāidaphakārātadaśārasarasīhe |
nāibhathale vatamāno nābha vayāmako'vatu || 35||
vinatavamayo yogī ratāmiṇapūraka |
kaṭa kiṭathaāḍavāsudevāmako'vatu || 36||
vakārāidalakārātaṣapaābujabodhakaḥ |
jalatavamayo yogī vāidhaṭhānaṃ mamāvatu || 37||
isaāsanasamāsīna ū isaevaro'vatu |
vāidasātacatupasarohinabodhakaḥ || 38||
mūlādhāraṃ mahīpo ratāīyainahī |
pṛṭhaṃ ca savataḥ pātu jāyuyatakarābujaḥ || 39||
jaghe pāvavadhūteḥ pāvaī tīthapāvanaḥ |
savagaṃ pātu savamā romāyavatu keśavaḥ || 40||
cama camabaraḥ pātu rataṃ bhatiyo'vatu |
māṃsaṃ māṃsakaraḥ pātu majāṃ majāmako'vatu || 41||
athīina tharadhīḥ pāyāmedhāṃ vedhāḥ pālaye |
śuṃ sukhakaraḥ pātu icaṃ pātu ḍhākṛitaḥ || 42||
manobuimahakāraṃ ṣīkeśāmako'vatu |
kamaiyāiṇa pāvīśaḥ pātu āneiyāyajaḥ || 43||
badhū badhūmaḥ pāyāchauyaḥ pātu śauija |
gṛhārāmadhanaepuādīchakaro'vatu || 44||
bhāya kṛitiva pātu pavādīpātu śāgabhṛ |
āṇāpātu dhānao bhayādīpātu bhākaraḥ || 45||
sukhaṃ caāmakaḥ pātu duḥkhā pātu purātakaḥ |
paśūpaśūpitaḥ pātu bhūta bhūtevaro mama || 46||
āyāṃ ivaṣaharaḥ pātu pāvāneyāṃ makhāmakaḥ |
yāyāṃ dhamamakaḥ pātu naiṛyāṃ savavaiira || 47||
varāhaḥ pātu vāyāṃ vāyayāṃ āṇado'vatu |
kaubeya dhanadaḥ pātu pāvaiśāyāṃ mahāguḥ || 48||
uva pātu mahāisaḥ pāvadhatājaṭādharaḥ |
raāhīnaṃ tu yathānaṃ ravāidamunīvaraḥ || 49||
etame vakavacaṃ yaḥ paṭhechṛṇuyādipa |
vakāyacarajīvī daāeyo'hamauva || 50||
yāgī bhogī mahāyogī sukhaduḥkhivavajataḥ |
savaisasakapo jīvamuto' vatate || 52||
iyuvātadadhe yogī daāeyo idagabaraḥ |
dalādano'ipa tajavā jīvamutaḥ sa vatate || 53||
ibhalo dūravā nāma tadāna utavāidana |
sakṛvaṇamāeṇa vaāgo'bhavadayasau || 54||
iyetakavacaṃ daāeyaya yoiganaḥ |
uvāśeṣaṃ śabhumukhā punarayāha pāvatī || 55||
pāvayuvāca |
etakavacamāhāyaṃ vada ivatarato mama |
ku kena kadā jāyaṃ ka yajāyaṃ kathaṃ katha || 56||
uvāca śabhutasava pāvayā ivanayoidata |
īiśava uvāca |
uṇu pāvaita vayāima samāihatamanāivala || 57||
dhamathakāmamoāṇāimadameva parāyaṇa |
hayavarathapādāitasavavayadāyaka || 58||
puimakalaāidasavasatoṣasādhana |
vedaśāāidivaānāṃ inadhānaṃ paramaṃ iha ta || 59||
sagītaśāsāihayasakivavivadhāyaka |
buiivaāmṛitaāmitaauiḍhadāyaka || 60||
savasatoṣakaraṇaṃ savaduḥkhinavāraṇa |
śau saṃhārakaṃ śīṃ yaśaḥkītivavadhana || 61||
aṭasaṃyā mahārogāḥ sinapātāyodaśa |
ṣaṇavayirogāca vaśitamaharogakāḥ || 62||
aṭādaśa tu kuṭhāina gumāyaṭivadhāyipa |
aśīitavatarogāca cavāiraśau paiikāḥ || 63||
vaśitalemarogāca yacātuthakādayaḥ |
mayakuyogāāḥ kapataāidinamatāḥ || 64||
rāsavetālakūmāḍāidahovāḥ |
sagajāḥ deśakālathātāpayasamuthatāḥ || 65||
navahasamuūtā mahāpātakasabhavāḥ |
sava rogāḥ ṇayita sahaāvatanāuva || 66||
ayutāvṛimāeṇa vayā puvatī bhave |
ayutitayāvṛyā pamṛyujayo bhave || 67||
ayutitayācaiva khecaravaṃ jāyate |
sahaādayutādava savakāyaiṇa sādhaye || 68||
laāvṛyā kāyaisibhaveyeva na saṃśayaḥ |
ivaṣavṛya mūleṣu itaṭha vai diṇāmukhaḥ || 69||
kute māsamāeṇa vaiiraṇaṃ ivakaleiya |
audubarataromūle vṛikāmena jāyate || 70||
īvamūle īkāmī ititaṇī śāitakamaiṇa |
ojakāmo'vathamūle īkāmaiḥ sahakārake || 71||
ānātha tulasīmūle gabhagehe sutāthibhaḥ |
dhanāthibhatu suee paśukāmaitu goṭhake || 72||
devālaye savakāmaitakāle savadaśata |
nāibhamājale thavā bhānumāloya yo jape || 73||
yue vā śāvāde vā sahaeṇa jayo bhave |
kaṭhamāe jale thavā yo rāau kavacaṃ paṭhe || 74||
varāpamārakuṭhāidatāpavarinavāraṇa |
ya yayātharaṃ yasanaṃ tinavatate || 75||
tena ta iha jatayaṃ tataḥ isibhaveuva |
iyuvā ca iśavo gauya rahayaṃ paramaṃ śubhaṃ || 76||
yaḥ paṭhe vakavacaṃ daāeyosamo bhave |
evaṃ iśavena kithataṃ ihamavasutāyai otaṃ || 77||
dalādamunaye'isutenapūva yaḥ ko'ipa vakavacaṃ |
paṭhatīha loke daopamacarita yoigavaracarāyuḥ || 78||
|| iita īyāmale ihamavakhaḍe umāmahevarasaṃvāde
īdaāeyavakavacatoṃ sapūṇa ||About this kavacham — Dattatreya
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.