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Eka Akshara Ganapati Kavacham

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ekākṣaragaṇapatikavacam
kavacam
ekākṣaragaṇapatikavacam
kavacam
trailokyamohanakavacamyamohanakavacam|
ekārṇakavacamkavacam|
śrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ|
namastasmaimaigaṇeśāyasarvighnavināśinene|
kāryārambheṣubha
eṣusarveṣuṣupūjito
toyaḥsurairapi
||1||
pārvatyuvācaya
uvāca|
bhagavandevadeveśalokānugrahakārakaḥhakārakaḥ|
idānīśrotṛmicchāmikavacaṃyatprakāśitamtam||2||
ekākṣarasyaya
mantrasyayatvayāvayāprītenītenacetasā|
vadaitadvidhivaddevada
evayaditevallabhāsmyahamham||3||
īśvaravarauvāca|
śa‍ṛṇuṛṇudevi
pravakṣyāminākhyeyamapitedhruvamuvam|
ekākṣarasyaya
mantrasyayakavacaṃsarvakāmadamkāmadam||4||(ekārṇagaṇanāthasyaya
kavacaṃ)
yasyayasmaraṇamātreṇeṇanavighnāḥnāḥprabhavantihi|(prabhavanticanirvighnāssmaraṇenānyamānavāḥyamānavāḥ)
trikālamekakālaṃkālamekakālaṃvāyepaṭhantisadānarāḥ||5||
teṣāṃkvāpibhayaṃnāstisaṅgrāmeāmesaṅkaṭekaṭegiraurau|
bhūtavetālarakṣobhirgrahaiścāpi
nabādhyateya
te||6||
idaṃkavacamajñātvāva
āyojapedgaṇanāyakam|
nacasiddhimāpnotimūḍhovarṣaśatairapi||7||
aghoromeyathāmantromantrāṇāmuttamottamaḥtamaḥ|
tathedaṃkavacaṃdevi
durlabhaṃbhaṃbhuvi
mānavaiḥ||8||
gopanīyaṃprayatnenanenanājyeyaṃya
eyaṃyasyayakasyacitt|
ekākṣaragaṇapatikavacam
kavacam
tavaprītyāyāmaheśāni
kavacaṃkathyate'dbhutambhutam||9||
ekākṣarasyaya
mantrasyayagaṇakaścarṣirīritaḥtaḥ|
triṣṭupchandastutuvighneśoneśodevatāparikīrtitātā||10||
ga~bījaṃśaktiroṅkāraḥkāraḥsarvakāmārthasiddhayedhaye|
sarvighnavināśāyanāśāyaviniyogastutukīrtitaḥtaḥ||11||
dhyānamyānam|
raktāmbhojasvarūpaṃvarūpaṃlasadaruṇasarojādhirūḍhaṃ
rūḍhaṃtrinetraṃpāśaṃ
caivāṅkuśaṃśaṃvāvaradamabhayadaṃbāhubhirdhārayantamta
m|
śaktyāyuktaṃtaṃgajāsyaṃya
ṃpṛthutarajaṭharaṃnāgayajñopavītaṃdevaṃ
candrārdhacūḍaṃcūḍaṃsakalabhayaharaṃvighnarājaṃnarājaṃnamāmi
||12||
athakavacam|
gaṇeśomeśiraḥraḥpātubhālaṃpātugajānanaḥ|
netregaṇapatiḥ
ḥpātugajakarṇaḥḥśrutīutīmama||13||
kapolaugaṇanāthastuta
ughrāṇaṃāṇaṃgandharvapūjitaḥtaḥ|
mukhaṃmesumukhaḥpātucibukaṃbukaṃgirijāsutaḥjāsutaḥ||14||
jihvāṃvāṃpātugaṇakrīḍoīḍodantāntānrakṣatudurmukhaḥkhaḥ|
vācaṃvināyakaḥnāyakaḥpātukaṣṭaṃṭaṃpātumahotkaṭaḥka
ṭaḥ||15||
skandhaudhaupātugajaskandhodhobāhūmevighnanāśanaḥnāśanaḥ|
hastautaurakṣatuheramboba
ovakṣaḥpātumahābalaḥ||16||
hṛdayaṃmegaṇapatirudaraṃ
rudaraṃmemahodaraḥ|
nābhi
gambhīrahṛdayaḥbhīrahṛdayaḥpṛṣṭhaṃṭhaṃpātusurapriyaḥyaḥ||17||
kaṭiṃṃmevikaṭaḥkaṭaḥpātuguhyaṃyaṃmeguhapūjitaḥ
taḥ|
ūrumepātukaumāraṃjānunīcagaṇādhipaḥ
paḥ||18||
jaṅgheghegajapradaḥdaḥpātugulphaupha
aumedhūrjaṭipriyaḥyaḥ|
caraṇaudurjayaḥyaḥpātursāṅgaṃgaṃgaṇanāyakaḥ||19||
āmodome'grataḥtaḥpātupramodaḥmodaḥpātupṛṣṭhataḥṭhataḥ|
dakṣiṇeṇepātusiddhiśośovāmevighnadharārcitaḥtaḥ||20||
prācyāṃyāṃrakṣatumāṃnityaṃyaṃcintāmaṇivināyakaḥnāyakaḥ|
ekākṣaragaṇapatikavacam
kavacam
āgneyāṃneyāṃvakratuṇḍotuṇḍomedakṣiṇasyāmumāsutaḥyāmumāsutaḥ||21||
nairṛtyāṃya
āṃsarvighneśaḥneśaḥpātunityaṃyaṃgaṇeśvaraḥvaraḥ|
pratīcyāṃyāṃsiddhidaḥdaḥpātuvāyavyāṃya
āṃgajakarṇakaḥkaḥ||22||
kauberyāṃṃ
sarvasiddhiśaḥśaḥīśānyāmīśanandanaḥda
naḥ|
ūrdhvaṃṃvināyakaḥnāyakaḥpātuadhomūṣakavāhanaḥ||23||
divāvāgokṣīradhavalaḥpātunityaṃyaṃgajānanaḥ|
rātraupātugaṇakrīḍaḥīḍaḥsandhyoḥoḥsuravanditaḥ
taḥ||24||
pāśāṅkuśābhayakaraḥśābhayakaraḥsarvataḥtaḥpātumāṃsadā|
grahabhūtapiśācebhyaḥyaḥpātunityaṃyaṃgajānanaḥ||25||
satvaṃvaṃrajastamota
movācaṃbuddhiṃjñānaṃsmṛtiṃdayām|
dharmacaturvidhaṃdhaṃlakṣmīṃmīṃlajjāṃjāṃkīrtiṃṃkulaṃvapuḥ||26||
dhanaṃdhānyaṃya
ṃgṛhaṃdārānpautrānānsakhīṃstathāta
thā|
ekadanto'vatuta
o'vatuśrīmānīmānsarvataḥtaḥśaṅkarātmajaḥmajaḥ||27||
siddhidaṃdaṃkīrtidaṃdaṃdevi
prapaṭhenniyataḥyataḥśuciḥḥ|
ekakālaṃdvikālaṃkālaṃvāpi
bhaktimānmān||28||
natasyayadurlabhaṃbhaṃkiñcitttriṣuṣulokeṣuvidyateyate|
sarvapāpavinirmuktotojāyatebhuvi
mānavaḥ||29||
yaṃyaṃkāmayatenityaṃyaṃsudurlabhamanorathambhamanoratham|
taṃtaṃprāpnotisakalaṃṣaṇmāsānnātra
saṃśayaḥ||30||
mohanastambhanākarṣamāraṇoccāṭanaṃcāṭanaṃvaśam|
smaraṇādevamaraṇādevajāyanteta
enātrakāryāvicāraṇācāraṇā||31||
sarvighnaharaṃnaharaṃdevaṃgrahapīḍānivāraṇamvāraṇam|
sarvaśatrukṣayakaraṃukṣayakaraṃsarvāpattinivāraṇamvāraṇam||32||
dhṛtvedaṃva
edaṃkavacaṃdevi
yojapenmantramuttamamtamam|
navācyateya
tesavighnaughaiḥnaughaiḥkadācidapi
kutracit
t||33||
bhūrjelikhitvāvāvidhivaddhārayedyoyonaraḥśuciḥḥ|
ekabāhośiraḥraḥkaṇṭhepūjayitvāva
āgaṇādhipam
pam||34||
ekākṣaragaṇapatikavacam
kavacam
ekākṣarasyaya
mantrasyayakavacaṃdevi
durlabhambham|
yodhārayenmaheśāni
navighnairabhibhūyatebhūyate||35||
gaṇeśahṛdayaṃnāmakavacaṃsarvasiddhidamdam|
paṭhedvāvāpāṭhayedvāpi
tasyayasiddhiḥkaresthitātā||36||
naprakāśyaṃkāśyaṃmaheśāni
kavacaṃyatrakutracit
t|
dātavyaṃya
ṃbhaktiyuktāyatāyagurudevaparāyaca||37||
||iti
śrīrudrayāmaleyāmaleekākṣaragaṇapatikavacaṃ
kavacaṃathavā
trailokyamohanakavacaṃyamohanakavacaṃsampūrṇamm||

About this kavacham — Ganesha

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.

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