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Ekaadasha Mukha Hanumat Kavacham

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Devotional text

ekādaśamukhahanumatkavacam
vacam
ekādaśamukhahanumatkavacam
vacam
śrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ|
lopāmudrāāuvāca|
kumbhodbhavadayāsindho
ośrutaṃutaṃhanumataḥparam|
yantramantrādikaṃkaṃsarvaṃtvanmukhodīritaṃtaṃmayā||1||
dayāṃkuru
mayi
prāṇanāthāṇanāthaveditumutsahehe|
kavacaṃvāyuputrasya
ekādaśamukhātmanaḥ
naḥ||2||
ityevaṃevaṃvacanaṃśrutvāpriyāyāḥyāyāḥpraśrayānvitamtam|
vaktuṃuṃpracakramemetatralopāmudrāṃāṃpratiprabhuḥbhuḥ||3||
agastyauvāca|
namaskṛtvārāmadūtāṃtāṃhanumantaṃ
ṃmahāmatim
m|
brahmaproktaṃṃtukavacaṃśa‍ṛṇuṛṇusundarisādaram||4||
sanandanāyanāyasumahaccaturānanabhāṣitamtam|
kavacaṃkāmadaṃdivyaṃrakṣaḥkulanibarhaṇamṇam||5||
sarvasampatpradaṃdaṃpuṇyaṃyaṃmartyānāṃnāṃmadhurasvare
re|
oṃasyaśrīkavacasyaikādaśavaktrasyadhīmataḥ||6||
hanumatstutimantrasyasanandana
ṛṣiḥḥsmṛtaḥṛtaḥ|
prasannātmāhanūmāṃśca
devatāparikīrtitātā||7||
chando'nuṣṭupupsamākhyātaṃ
ātaṃbījaṃvāyusutastathā
thā|
mukhyaḥprāṇaḥāṇaḥśaktiritiviniyogaḥyogaḥprakīrtitaḥtaḥ||8||
sarvakāmārthasiddhyarthaṃjapaevamudīrayet|
oṃsphreṃ-bījaṃśaktidhṛkdhṛkpātuśiroromepavanātmajaḥ
jaḥ||9||
krauṃ-bījātmā
ānayanayoḥpātumāṃvānareśvaraḥraḥ|
ekādaśamukhahanumatkavacam
vacam
kṣaṃ-bījarūpaḥpaḥkarṇaumesītāśokavināśanaḥnāśanaḥ||10||
glauṃ-bījavācyo
onāsāṃmelakṣmaṇaprāṇadāyakaḥāṇadāyakaḥ|
vaṃ-bījārthaśca
kaṇṭhaṃṭhaṃmepātucākṣayakārakaḥyakārakaḥ||11||
aiṃ-bījavācyo
ohṛdayaṃdayaṃpātumekapināyakaḥnāyakaḥ|
vaṃ-bījakīrtitaḥ
taḥpātubāhū
mecāñjanīsutaḥnīsutaḥ||12||
hrāṃāṃ-bījorākṣasendrasyadarpahāhāpātucodaram|
hrasauṃ-bījamayomadhyaṃpātulaṅkāvidāhakaḥdāhakaḥ||13||
hrīṃ-bījadharaḥpātuguhyaṃdevendravanditaḥtaḥ|
raṃ-bījātmā
āsadāpātucorū
vārdhilaṃghanaḥlaṃghanaḥ||14||
sugrīvasacivaḥvaḥpātujānunīmemanojavaḥ|
pādaupādatalepātudroṇācaladharoṇācaladharohariḥḥ||15||
āpādamastakaṃ
kaṃpāturāmadūtotomahābalaḥ|
pūrvevānaravaktroomāmāgneyyāṃāṃkṣatriyāntakṛtkṛt||16||
dakṣiṇeṇenārasiṃhastu
unairṛtyāṃāṃgaṇanāyakaḥ|
vāruṇyāṃyāṃdiśimāmavyātkhagavaktroharīśvaraḥraḥ||17||
vāyavyāṃ
āṃbhairavamukhaḥkauberyāṃpātumāṃsadā|
kroḍāsyaḥpātumāṃnityamaiśānyāṃāṃrudrarūpadhṛkpadhṛk||18||
ūrdhvaṃhayānanaḥpātuguhyādhaḥādhaḥsumukhastathā
thā|
rāmāsyaḥ
ḥpātusarvatrasaumyarūpopomahābhujaḥ||19||
ityevaṃevaṃrāmadūtasyakavacaṃyaḥpaṭhetsadā
dā|
ekādaśamukhasyaitadgopyaṃ
ṃvaikīrtitaṃtaṃmayā||20||
rakṣoghnaṃkāmadaṃsaumyaṃsarvasampadvidhāyakamdhāyakam|
putradaṃdaṃdhanadaṃcograśatrusaṃghavimardanamnam||21||
svargāpavargadaṃdaṃdivyaṃcintitārthapradaṃdaṃśubham|
etatkavacamajñātvāmantrasiddhirnajāyate||22||
catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇipaṭhecchuddhātmakokonaraḥ|
ekavāraṃpaṭhennityaṃkavacaṃsiddhidaṃdaṃpumān||23||
ekādaśamukhahanumatkavacam
vacam
dvivāraṃvāraṃvātrivāraṃvāraṃvāpaṭhannāyuṣyamāpnuyātuyāt|
kramādekādaśādevamāvartanajapātsudhīḥudhīḥ||24||
varṣāntedarśanaṃnaṃsākṣāllabhatebhatenātrasaṃśayaḥ|
yaṃyaṃcintayateyatecārthaṃtaṃtaṃprāpnotipūruṣaḥṣaḥ||25||
brahmodīritametaddhitavāgreekathitaṃtaṃmahat||26||
ityevamuktvāvacanaṃmaharṣistūṣṇīṃbabhūvendumukhīṃnirīkṣya|
saṃhṛṣṭacittāpitadātadīyapādaunanāmātimudā
mudāsvabhartuḥ||27||
||ityagastyasārasaṃhitāyāmekādaśamukhahanumatkavacaṃvacaṃsampūrṇamm||

About this kavacham — Hanuman

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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