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mudgalakṛtaṃlakṛtaṃgaṇeśakavacam
mudgalakṛtaṃlakṛtaṃgaṇeśakavacam
muniruvācavāca|
dhyāyetāyetsiṃhagataṃhagataṃvināyakamamuṃnāyakamamuṃdigbāhumādyeyuge(vandesiṃhagataṃhagataṃ)
tretāyāntuumayūravāhanamimaṃ
maṃṣaḍbāhukaṃkaṃsiddhidamdam|
dvāpāreāpāretugajānanaṃyugabhujaṃraktāṅgarāgaṃrāgaṃvibhuṃbhuṃ
turyetudvibhujaṃbhujaṃsitāṅgaruciraṃraṃsarvārthadaṃdaṃsarvadādā||18||
vināyakaḥnāyakaḥśikhāṃkhāṃpātuparamātmā
āparātparaḥ
raḥ|
atisundarakāyastuumastakaṃkaṃsumahotkaṭaḥ
ṭaḥ||19||
lalāṭaṃkāśyapaḥyapaḥpātubhrūyugantuumahodaraḥ|
nayanebhālacandrastuugajāsyatvoṣṭhapallavauvau||20||
jihvāṃāṃpātugaṇakrīḍaścibukaṃbukaṃgirijāsutaḥjāsutaḥ|
vācaṃvināyakaḥnāyakaḥpātudantānānrakṣatutudurmukhaḥkhaḥ||21||
śravaṇauvaṇaupāśapāṇistu
unāsikāṃ
kāṃcintitārthadaḥdaḥ|
gaṇeśastu
umukhaṃkaṇṭhaṃṭhaṃpātudevogaṇañjayaḥyaḥ||22||
skandhaupātugajaskandhaḥstanaunauvighnavināśanaḥnāśanaḥ|
hṛdayaṃdayaṃgaṇanāthastu
uherambo
ojaṭharaṃmahān||23||
dharādharaḥpātupārśvepṛṣṭhaṃvighnaharaḥharaḥśubhaḥ|
liṅgaṃguhyaṃsadāpātuvakratuṇḍoḍomahābalaḥ||24||
gaṇakrīḍoīḍojānujaṅgheeūrumaṅgalamūrtimānmān|
ekadanto
omahābuddhiḥḥpādaugulphausadā'vatu||25||
kṣipraprasādanosādanobāhū
pāṇīāśāprapūrakaḥpūrakaḥ|
aṅgulīścanakhānpātupadmahasto'rināśanaḥnāśanaḥ||26||
sarvāṅgānimayūreśoviśvavyāpīāpīsadā'vatu|
mudgalakṛtaṃlakṛtaṃgaṇeśakavacam
anuktamapiyatsthānaṃānaṃdhūmraketuḥketuḥsadā'vatu||27||
āmodastvagrataḥtaḥpātupramodaḥmodaḥpṛṣṭhato'vatuto'vatu|
prācyāṃāṃrakṣatutubuddhīśīśaāgneyyāṃāṃsiddhidāyakaḥdāyakaḥ||28||
dakṣiṇasyāmumāputronairṛtyāṃāṃtugaṇeśvaraḥraḥ|
pratīcyāṃāṃvighnahartā'vyādādvāyavyāṃ
āṃgajakarṇakaḥkaḥ||29||
kauberyyāṃnidhipaḥpaḥpāyādīśānyāmīśanandanaḥ
naḥ|
divā'vyādekadantastuurātrausandhyāsuāsuvighnahṛtt||30||
rākṣasāsuravetālagrahabhūtapiśācataḥśācataḥ|
pāśāṅkuśadharaḥśadharaḥpāturajaḥsattvaṃtamaḥsmṛtimm||31||
jñānaṃānaṃdharmañcalakṣmīñcalajjāṃāṃkīrtiṃdayāṃkulam|
vapurdhanaṃnaṃcadhānyaṃ
ṃcagṛhāndārānsutānsakhīn||32||
sarvāyudhadharaḥyudhadharaḥpautrānānmayūreśo'vatātsadā|
kapilo'jāvikaṃkaṃpātugavāśvaṃṃvikaṭo'vatukaṭo'vatu||33||
bhūrjapatrelikhitvedaṃedaṃyaḥkaṇṭheṭhedhārayetsudhīḥ|
nabhayaṃjāyatetasyayakṣarakṣaḥpiśācataḥśācataḥ||34||
trisandhyaṃjapateyastuuvajrasāratanurbhavetvet|
yātrākāleākālepaṭhedyastuunirvighnenenaphalaṃlabhet||35||
yuddhakālekālepaṭhedyastuuvijayaṃjayaṃprāpnuyāduyāddhruvamuvam|
māraṇoccāṭanākarṣastambhamohanakarmaṇi||36||
saptavāraṃvāraṃpaṭhedyastuudinānāmekaviṃśatimm|
tattatphalamavāpnoti
sādhakonātrasaṃśayaḥ||37||
ekaviṃśativārañcapaṭhettāvaddināniyaḥ|
kārāgṛhagataṃsadyorājñāvadhyaṃcamocayet||38||
rājadarśanavelāyāṃnavelāyāṃpaṭhedetattrivārataḥvārataḥ|
sarājānaṃvaśaṃnītvāprakṛtiṃcasabhāṃjayet||39||
idaṃgaṇeśakavacaṃmudgalenalenasamīritamtam|
kaśyapāyapāyacatenā'thamāṇḍavyāyāyamaharṣayeye||40||
mudgalakṛtaṃlakṛtaṃgaṇeśakavacam
mahyaṃsaprāhāhakṛpayākavacaṃsarvasiddhidamdam|
nadeyaṃbhaktihīnāyahīnāyadeyaṃśraddhāvateāvateśubham||
sarvarakṣākaraṃākaraṃsarvamanaḥkāmaprapūrakampūrakam||41||
anenāsya
kṛtārakṣānabādhā'sya
bhavetkvacitt|
rākṣasāsuravetāladaityadānavasambhavāvā||42||
iti
śrīgaṇeśapurāṇāntargataṃtaṃmudgalakṛtaṃlakṛtaṃgaṇeśakavacaṃsampūrṇamm|
- ||śrīgaṇeśapurāṇaṃīgaṇeśapurāṇaṃkrīḍāīḍā(uttara)khaṇḍaḥḍaḥ|adhyāyaḥāyaḥ85|2.8518-42||

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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