Ekadanta Hanumat Kavacham
Ekadanta Hanumat Kavacham
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Devotional text
śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam athaśrīekamukhīhanumatkavacaṃka vacaṃprārabhyateyate| manojavaṃmārutatulyavegaṃya vegaṃjitendriyaṃyaṃbuddhimatāṃmatāṃvariṣṭhamṭham| vātātmajaṃma jaṃvānarayūthamukhyaṃya ṃśrīrāmadūtaṃīrāmadūtaṃśaraṇaṃprapadyeye|| śrīrāmadūtaṃīrāmadūtaṃśirasārasānamāmi || śrīhanumateīhanumatenamaḥ ekadāsukhamāsīnaṃśaṅkaraṃkaraṃlokaśaṅkaramkaram| papracchachagirijākāntaṃtaṃkarpūradhavalaṃradhavalaṃśivamvam|| pārvatyuvācaya uvāca bhagavandevadeveśada evadeveśalokanāthajagadguroguro| śokākulānāṃlokānāṃkenarakṣābhaveddhruvamuvam|| saṅgrāmeāmesaṅkaṭekaṭeghorebhūtapretādike kebhaye| duḥkhadāvāgnisantaptacetasāṃta cetasāṃduḥkhabhāginām nām|| īśvaravarauvāca śaṛṇuṛṇudevi pravakṣyāmilokānāṃhitakāmyayāyā| vibhīṣaṇāyabhīṣaṇāyarāmeṇapremṇāṇādattaṃtaṃcayatpurāpurā|| kavacaṃkapināthasyayavāyuputrasyaya dhīmataḥ| guhyaṃyaṃtesampravakṣyāmiviśeṣācchṛṇuṛṇusundari|| oṃasyayaśrīhanumatīhanumatkavacastotramantrasyayaśrīrāmacandraṛṣiḥḥ| anuṣṭupchandaḥdaḥ|śrīmahāvīroīmahāvīrohanumāndevatā|mārutātmajama jaiti bījam|| oṃañjanāsūnuritiśaktiḥ|oṃhraiṃaiṃhrāṃāṃhrauṃauṃiti kavacam| svāhāvāhāiti kīlakam|lakṣmaṇaprāṇadātāṇadātāiti bījam| mamasakalakāryasiddhyarthejapevīniyogaḥyogaḥ|| śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam athanyāsaḥyāsaḥ oṃhrāṃāṃaṅguṣṭhābhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ|oṃhrīṃīṃtarjanībhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ| oṃhrūṃūṃmadhyamābhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ|oṃhraiṃaiṃanāmikābhyāṃya āṃnamaḥ| oṃhrauṃauṃkaniṣṭhikābhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ|oṃhraḥkaratalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃya āṃnamaḥ| oṃañjanāsūnavejanāsūnavehṛdayāyanamaḥ|oṃrudramūrtayeyeśiraserasesvāhāvāhā| oṃvāyusutātmanema neśikhāyaikhāyaivaṣaṭ|oṃvajradehāyadehāyakavacāyahum| oṃrāmadūtāyanetratrayāyāyavauṣaṭ|oṃbrahmāstranivāraṇāyavāraṇāyaastrāyāyaphaṭ| oṃrāmadūtāyavidmahemahekapirājāyarājāyadhīmahī| tannonohanumānpracodayātcodayātoṃhuṃphaṭsvāhāvāhā||iti digbandhaḥdhaḥ|| athadhyānamyānam|| oṃdhyāyedbāladivākaradhṛtinibhaṃbhaṃdevāridarpāpahaṃpahaṃ devendrapramukhapraśastayaśasaṃtayaśasaṃdedīpyamānaṃya mānaṃrucā| sugrīvādisamastavānarayutaṃta vānarayutaṃsuvyaktatattvapriyaṃyaṃ saṃraktāruṇalocanaṃtāruṇalocanaṃpavanajaṃpītāmbarālaṅkṛtamtam||1|| udyanmārtaṇḍakoṭiprakaṭaruciyutaṃyutaṃcāruvīrāsanasthaṃtha ṃ mauñjīyajñopavītāruṇaruciraśikhāśobhitaṃtaṃkuṇḍalāṅgamgam| bhaktānāmiṣṭadaṃṭadaṃtaṃpraṇatamunijanaṃjanaṃvedanādapramodaṃmodaṃ dhyāyeddevaṃdevaṃvidheyaṃdheyaṃplavagakulapatiṃgoṣpadībhūtavārdhimm||2|| vajrāṅgaṃgaṃpiṅgakeśāḍhyaṃyaṃsvarṇakuṇḍalamaṇḍitamtam| niyuddhakarmakuśalaṃkuśalaṃpārāvāraparākramammam||3|| vāmahasteta emahāvṛkṣaṃdaśāsyakarakhaṇḍanamya karakhaṇḍanam| udyaddakṣiṇadordaṇḍaṃṇḍaṃhanumantaṃta ṃvicintayettayet||4|| sphaṭikābhaṃkābhaṃsvarṇakāntidvibhujaṃbhujaṃcakṛtāñjalim m| kuṇḍaladvayasaṃśobhimukhāmbhojaṃbha ojaṃhariṃṃbhajet||5|| udyadādityasaṅkāśamudārabhujavikramammam| kandarpakoṭilāvaṇyaṃlāvaṇyaṃsarvidyāviśāradamśāradam||6|| śrīrāmahṛdayānandaṃdaṃbhaktakalpamahīrūhampamahīrūham| abhayaṃvaradaṃdorbhyāṃṃkalayemārūtātmajamma jam||7|| aparājita tanamaste'stutunamasteta erāmapūjita ta| śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam prasthānaṃthānaṃcakariṣyāmisiddhirbhavatuvatumesadā||8|| yovārāṃnidhimalpapalvalamivollaṅghyapratāpānvitoto vaidehīghanaśokatāpaharaṇovaikuṇṭhatattvapriyaḥyaḥ| akṣādyarcitarākṣaseśvaramahādarpāpahārīpahārīraṇe| so'yaṃvānarapuṅgavo'vatugavo'vatusadāyuṣmānsamīrātmajaḥmajaḥ||9|| vajrāṅgaṃgaṃpiṅgakeśaṃgakeśaṃkanakamayalasatkuṇḍalākrāntagaṇḍaṃta gaṇḍaṃ nānāvidyādhināthaṃnāthaṃkaratalavidhṛtaṃdhṛtaṃpūrṇakumbhaṃbha ṃdṛḍhaṃca bhaktābhīṣṭādhikāraṃkāraṃvidadhaticasadāsarvadādāsuprasannaṃnaṃ trailokyatrāṇakāraṃāṇakāraṃsakalabhuvanagaṃrāmadūtaṃnamāmi ||10|| udyallāṅgūlakeśapralayajaladharaṃlayajaladharaṃbhīmamūrtiṃṃ kapīndraṃ vandederāmāṅghripadmabhramaraparivṛtaṃvṛtaṃtattvasāraṃsāraṃprasannamnam| vajrāṅgaṃgaṃvajrarūpaṃrūpaṃkanakamayalasatkuṇḍalākrāntagaṇḍaṃta gaṇḍaṃ dambholistambhasārapraharaṇavikaṭaṃkaṭaṃbhūtarakṣo'dhinātham nātham||11|| vāmekarevairibhayaṃbhayaṃvahantaṃta ṃśailaṃcadakṣenijakaṇṭhalagnamnam| dadhānamāsādyaya suvarṇavarṇaṃṃ bhajejjvalatkuṇḍalarāmadūtamkuṇḍalarāmadūtam||12|| padmarāgamaṇikuṇḍalatviṣāṣāpāṭalīkṛtakapolamaṇḍalam| divyagehakadalīvanāntaretarebhāvayāmi pavamānanandanamda nam||13|| īśvaravarauvāca iti vadati viśeṣādrāghavoāghavorākṣasendramm pramuditavaracittotorāvaṇasyānujoya ānujoh raghuvaravaradūtaṃpūjayāmāsabhūyaḥ stutibhirakṛtārthaḥḥsvaṃvaṃparaṃmanyamānaḥyamānaḥ||14|| vandedevidyudvalayasubhagasvarṇayajñopavītaṃyajñopavītaṃ karṇadvandvekanakarucire rekuṇḍaledhārayantamta m| uccairhṛṣyaddyumaṇikiraṇaśreṇisambhāvitāṅgaṃgaṃ satkaupīnaṃkaupīnaṃkapivaravṛtaṃvaravṛtaṃkāmarūpaṃkapīndramm||15|| manojavaṃmārutatulyavegaṃya vegaṃjitendriyaṃyaṃbuddhimatāṃmatāṃvariṣṭhamṭham| vātātmajaṃma jaṃvānarayūthamukhyaṃya ṃśrīrāmadūtaṃīrāmadūtaṃsatataṃsmarāmi||16|| oṃnamobhagavatehṛdayāyanamaḥ| śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam oṃāñjaneyāyajaneyāyaśiraserasesvāhāvāhā| oṃrudramūrtayeyeśikhāyaikhāyaivaṣaṭ| oṃrāmadūtāyakavacāyahum| oṃhanumatenetratrayāyāyavauṣaṭ| oṃagnigarbhāyaastrāyāyaphaṭ| oṃnamobhagavateaṅguṣṭhābhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ| oṃāñjaneyāyajaneyāyatarjanībhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ| oṃrudramūrtayeyemadhyamābhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ| oṃvāyusūnaveanāmikābhyāṃya āṃnamaḥ| oṃhanumatekaniṣṭhikābhyāṃyāṃnamaḥ| oṃagnigarbhāyakaratalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃya āṃnamaḥ| athamantraucyateyate oṃaiṃhrīṃīṃśrīṃīṃhrāṃāṃhrīṃīṃhrūṃūṃhraiṃaiṃhrauṃauṃhraḥ| oṃhrīṃīṃhrauṃauṃoṃnamobhagavatemahābalaparākramāyamāyabhūtapretapiśāca śāca śākinī nīḍākinī nīyakṣiṇīṇīpūtanāmārīmahāmārī bhairava-yakṣa-vetāla-rākṣasa-graharākṣasādikaṃkaṃ kṣaṇenahanahanabhañjayajayabhañjayajaya mārayamārayaśikṣayakṣayaśikṣayakṣayamahāmāheśvaravararudrāvatārāvatārahuṃphaṭsvāhāvāhā| oṃnamobhagavatehanumadākhyāyaya āyarudrāyāyasarvaduṣṭajanamukhastambhanaṃbhanaṃ kurukuruhrāṃāṃhrīṃīṃhrūṃūṃṭhaṃṭhaṃṭhaṃphaṭsvāhāvāhā| oṃnamobhagavateañjanīgarbhasambhūtāyabhūtāyarāmalakṣmaṇānandakarāyadakarāya kapisainyaprakāśanāyakāśanāyaparvatotpāṭanāyapāṭanāyasugrīvasādhakāyīvasādhakāya raṇoccāṭanāyacāṭanāyakumārabrahmacāriṇe ṇegambhīraśabdodayāyadodayāya oṃhrāṃāṃhrīṃīṃhrūṃūṃsarvaduṣṭanivāraṇāyavāraṇāyasvāhāvāhā| oṃnamohanumatesarvagrahānubhūtabhaviṣyadvartamānānmānāndūrasthāntha ān samīpasthāntha ānsarvakāladuṣṭadurbuddhīnuccāṭayoccāṭayacāṭayaparabalāni kṣobhayakṣobhaya mamasarvakāryaṃṃsādhayasādhayahanumate oṃhrāṃāṃhrīṃīṃhrūṃūṃphaṭdehi | oṃśivaṃvaṃsiddhaṃdhaṃhrāṃāṃhrīṃīṃhrūṃūṃhrauṃauṃsvāhāvāhā| oṃnamohanumateparakṛtāntantramantra-parāhaṅkārabhūtapretapiśācaśāca śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam paradṛṣṭisarvavighnadurjanaceṭakavidhāndhānsarvagrahānhānnivārayavārayanivārayavāraya vadhavadhapacapacadaladalakila kila sarvakuyantrāṇiduṣṭavācaṃṭavācaṃphaṭsvāhāvāhā| oṃnamohanumatepāhi pāhi ehiehiehi sarvagrahabhūtānāṃhabhūtānāṃśākinīḍākinīnāṃ nīnāṃviṣaṃṣaṃduṣṭānāṃṭānāṃsarviṣayānṣayān ākarṣaya ākarṣaya mardayamardayabhedayabhedaya mṛtyumutpāṭayotpāṭayapāṭayaśoṣayaśoṣayajvalavalajvalavalaprajjvala prajjvala bhūtamaṇḍalaṃpretamaṇḍalaṃetamaṇḍalaṃpiśācamaṇḍalaṃśācamaṇḍalaṃnirāsayarāsayanirāsayarāsaya bhūtajvarava rapretajvaravaracāturthikajvarava raviṣamajvaravaramāheśvarajvarānva rān chindhichindhibhindhibhindhi akṣiśūlaśūla-vakṣaḥśūla-śarobhyantaraśūlata raśūla-gulmaśūlama śūla-pittaśūlataśūla- brahmarākṣasakulamarākṣasakula-parakula-nāgakula-viṣaṃṣaṃnāśayanāśaya nirviṣaṃṣaṃkurukuruphaṭsvāhāvāhā| oṃhrīṃīṃsarvaduṣṭagrahānhānnivārayavārayaphaṭsvāhāvāhā|| oṃnamohanumatepavanaputrāyāyavaiśvānaramukhāyavānaramukhāya hanahanapāpadṛṣṭiṃṃṣaṇḍhadṛṣṭiṃṃhanahana hanumadājñayāsphuraphurasphuraphuraphaṭsvāhāvāhā|| śrīrāmīrāmauvāca hanumānpūrvataḥtaḥpātudakṣiṇeṇepavanātmajaḥma jaḥ| pratīcyāṃyāṃpāturakṣoghnana uttarasyāmabdhipāragaḥpāragaḥ||1|| udīcyāmūrdhvagaḥgaḥpātukesarīpriyanandanaḥda naḥ| adhaścaca viṣṇubhaktastutupātumadhyeyecapāvaniḥḥ||2|| avāntaradiśaḥśaḥpātusītāśokavināśanaḥnāśanaḥ| laṅkāvidāhakaḥdāhakaḥpātusarvāpadbhyonirantaramtaram||3|| sugrīvasacivaḥ vaḥpātumastakaṃtakaṃvāyunandanaḥda naḥ| bhālaṃpātumahāvīrobhruvormadhyeyenirantaramtaram||4|| netrechāyā'pahārīcapātunaḥplavageśvaraḥvaraḥ| kapolakarṇamūlemūletupātuśrīrāmakiṅkaraḥkaraḥ||5|| śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam nāsāgreañjanāsūnurvaktraṃṃpātuharīśvaraḥvaraḥ| vācaṃrudrapriyaḥyaḥpātujihvāṃvāṃpiṅgalalocanaḥgalalocanaḥ||6|| pātudantāntānphālguneṣṭaścibukaṃbukaṃdaityaprāṇahṛtāṇahṛt| oṣṭhaṃṭhaṃrāmapriyaḥyaḥpātucibukaṃbukaṃdaityakoṭihṛthṛt pātukaṇṭhaṃcadaityāriḥḥskandhaudhaupātusurārcitaḥ taḥ||7|| bhujaupātumahātejāḥkarautucaraṇāyudhaḥ| nakhānnakhāyudhaḥnakhāyudhaḥpātukukṣiṃpātukapīśvaraḥvaraḥ||8|| vakṣomudrāpahārīāpahārīcapātupārśvebhujāyudhaḥ| laṅkāvibhañjanaḥjanaḥpātupṛṣṭhadeśeṭhadeśenirantaramtaram||9|| nābhiñcaca rāmadūtastuta ukaṭiṃṃpātvanilātmajaḥmajaḥ| guhmaṃmaṃpātumahāprājñaḥājñaḥsṛkkiṇīṇīcaśivapriyaḥyaḥ||10|| ūrūcajānunīpātulaṅkāprāsādabhañjanaḥjanaḥ| jaṅgheghepātumahābāhurgulphaupha aupātumahābalaḥ||11|| acaloddhārakaḥdhārakaḥpātupādaubhāskarasannibhaḥbhaḥ| pādānteta esarvasatvāḍhyaḥyaḥpātupādāṅgulīstathāta thā||12|| sarvāṅgānimahāvīraḥpāturomāṇi cātmavānma vān| hanumatkavacaṃka vacaṃyastutupaṭhedvidvānvānvicākṣaṇaḥcākṣaṇaḥ||13|| saevapurūṣaśreṣṭhoṭhobhaktiṃṃmuktiṃṃcavindati| trikālamekakālaṃkālamekakālaṃvāpaṭhenmāsatrayaṃyaṃsadā||14|| sarvānnripūnpūnkṣaṇejitvāvāsapumānśriyamāpnuyātnuyāt| madhyarātrejalesthitvāvāsaptavāraṃtavāraṃpaṭhedyadi ||15|| kṣayā'pasmārakuṣṭhāditāpatrayanivāraṇam vāraṇam| ārkivāre'śvatthamūlethamūlesthitvāvāpaṭhatiḥ ḥyaḥpumān||16|| acalāṃśriyamāpnotisaṅgrāmeāmevijayījayībhavet||17|| yaḥkaredhārayennityaṃya ṃsapumānśriyamāpnuyātnuyāt| vivāhevāhedivyakāleyakālecadyūteyūterājakuleraṇe||18|| bhūtapretamahādurgeraṇesāgarasamplave ve| daśavāraṃpaṭhedrātrauaumitāhārītāhārījitendriyaḥyaḥ||19|| śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam vijayaṃjayaṃlabhatelokemānaveṣunarādhipaḥ paḥ| siṃhavyāghrabhayebhayecāgnaunauśaraśastrāstrayātaneyātane||20|| śaṛṅkhalābandhanedhanecaivakārāgrahaniyantraṇeṇe| kāyastambhebha evahnidāhedāhegātrarogerogecadārūṇe||21|| śokemahāraṇecaivabrahmagrahavināśanenāśane| sarvadādātupaṭhennityaṃya ṃjayamāpnotyasaṃśayamya saṃśayam||22|| bhūrjevāvasaneraktetekṣaumevātālapatrakeke| trigandhenāthavādhenāthavāmasyāyālikhitvāvādhārayennaraḥnaraḥ||23|| pañcasaptatrilauhairvāgopitaṃtaṃkavacaṃśubham| galekaṭyāṃyāṃbāhumūlevākaṇṭheśirasidhāritamtam||24|| sarvānnkāmānavāpnoti satyaṃyaṃśrīrāmabhāṣitamtam||25|| ullaṅghyasindhoḥdhoḥsalilaṃlaṃsalīlaṃyaḥśokavahniṃṃjanakātmajāyāḥma jāyāḥ| ādāyatenaivadadāhalaṅkāṃkāṃnamāmi taṃprāñjalirāñjaneyamjaneyam||26|| oṃhanumānañjanāsūnurvāyuputro omahābalaḥ| śrīrāmeṣṭaḥṭaḥphālgunasakhaḥga unasakhaḥpiṅgākṣo'mitavikramaḥmaḥ||27|| udadhikramaṇaścaivacaivasītāśokavināśanaḥnāśanaḥ| lakṣmaṇaprāṇadātāṇadātācadaśagrīvasyaya darpahāhā||28|| dvādaśaitānināmāni kapīndrasyayamahātmanaḥma naḥ| svāpakālevāpakāleprabodhebodhecayātrākāleākālecayaḥpaṭhet||29|| tasyayasarvabhayaṃbhayaṃnāstiraṇecavijayījayībhavet| dhanadhānyaṃya ṃbhavettasyaya duḥkhaṃnaivakadācana||30|| oṃbrahmāṇḍapurāṇāntargatetenāradaagastyasaṃvāde| śrīrāmacandrakathitapañcamukhecamukheekamukhīhanumatkavacam|| śrīekamukhīekamukhīhanumatkavacamka vacam
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.