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Hanumat Kavacham

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Devotional text

hanumatkavacam
vacam
hanumatkavacam
vacam
gandhamādanaśailasyapuṇyasyoparisaṃsthitamtam|
sukhāsīnaṃbrahmaputraṃvasiṣṭhamiṣṭumicchati||1||
vālakhilyādayo
ādayodevāsadevaughāmaharṣayaḥyaḥ|
ābhyāgamyavasiṣṭhaṃtaṃnamaskṛtyayathākramammam||2||
pūjitā
tāṛṣayaḥsarvetamūcuḥpriyapūrvakamkam|
hebrahmanyācito'smākaṃākaṃtamevārthaṃ
śubhapradamdam||3||
asminpūrvaṃhanumatevikramaṃmaṃjagaduttamammam|
tvāmṛteāmṛtekaḥsamartho'trahanumatkavacaṃ
vacaṃśubham||4||
vikhyātānisahasrāṇināmāni
vividhānica|
kavacaṃrāmacandrovaiajapatparamādarāt
ramādarāt||5||
evaṃbrahmātmajaṃjaṃbrahmannetāvatkathayasvanaḥ|
kāni
nāmāni
kiṃṃchandaḥkoṛṣiḥḥkiṃṃcadevatā||6||
komantraḥkenadigbandhaḥkovidhiḥkiṃṃphalaṃśubham|
sarvaṃkathayamebrahmankavacenavacenasamanvitamtam||7||
ityuktomunivākyaṃtusāvadhānenasarvataḥtaḥ|
śrutvāvacovasiṣṭhastuuvismitaḥtaḥparamoṛṣiḥḥ||8||
bhavantaevasarvajñāstrikālajñājagattrayeye|
madanugrahahaevaiṣayāṃbrūhiparamarṣayaḥyaḥ||9||
etatpraśnaṃmahāpuṇyaṃyaṃrahasyaṃparamādbhutamutam|
kathayāmi
muniśreṣṭhatatpṛṣṭo'hamaśeṣataḥo'hamaśeṣataḥ||10||
śa‍ṛṇudhvaṃhiyathāpūrvaṃyathāpūrvaṃsuvistarātrāt|
vasiṣṭhauvāca
hanumatkavacam
vacam
hariḥḥoṃ||
viniyogaḥyogaḥ|
asyaśrīhanumaddivyakavacastotramantrasyaanuṣṭupchandaḥ|
śrīrāmīrāmaṛṣiḥḥ|śrīhanumāndevatāevatā|āñjaneyetiśaktiḥ|
vātātmajeti
daivataṃbījam|śrīhanumānitimantraḥ|
markaṭarāḍitikīlakam|vajrakāyetikavacam|
balavāniti
yoniḥḥ|daṃṣṭrāyudhetiastramm||
hṛdayādinyāsaḥāsaḥ|
añjanāsūnavenāsūnavenamaḥiti
hṛdayedaye|
rudrarūpāyapāyanamaḥśiraserasesvāhāhā|
vāyusutāyeti
śikhāyaikhāyaivaṣaṭ|
agnigarbhāyanamaḥkavacāyahuṃ|
rāmadūtāyatāyanamaḥnetratrayāyāyavauṣaṭ|
brahmāstrastambhanāyetiastrāyāyaphaṭ||
athadhyānamānam|
dhyāyedbāladivākaradyutinibhaṃbhaṃdevāridarpā'pahaṃ'pahaṃ
devendrapramukhaṃmukhaṃsamastayaśasaṃyaśasaṃdedīpyamānaṃ
mānaṃrucācā|
sugrīvādisamastavānarayutaṃvānarayutaṃsuvyaktatattvapriyaṃyaṃ
saṃraktāruṇalocanaṃṇalocanaṃpavanajaṃpītāmbarālaṅkṛtamtam||11||
athakavacam|
prācyāṃāṃvajratanuḥtanuḥpātuāgneyyāmagninājitaḥtaḥ|
yāmyāṃāṃpātvañjanīputrośokaghnaḥḥpiṅgalekṣaṇaḥṇaḥ||12||
nairṛtyāṃāṃpātudaityaghnovāruṇyāmabdhilaṅghanaḥnaḥ|
vāyavyāṃ
āṃvāyujaḥpātuprayatnenottarādiśaḥśaḥ||13||
pātulakṣmaṇaśokaghnogamanaḥsarvadādāmahān|
aiśānyāmīśasaṃ
āmīśasaṃpātupātuyatnenenanānyathāthā||14||
ūrdhvamūrdhā''tmanaḥnaḥpātuadhaḥpātālasādhakaḥ||15||
mantraḥ|
oṃśrīhanumateīhanumatemahāparākramāyamāyasarvakāryāṇiimāni
mama
hanumatkavacam
vacam
sādhayahrūṃhrūṃphaṭsvahāhā||
triśiroghnaḥśiraḥraḥpātubhālaṃbhālekṣaṇaḥṇaḥprabhuḥbhuḥ|
karṇaupātviprakarṇasyāstathākṣiṇyakṣasaṃharaḥsaṃharaḥ||16||
hanumānme
ehanūpātunāsikāṅghramanāsijitt|
caturvaktraharoharovaktraṃṃpātudantānisarvadādā||17||
śūladaṃṣṭrājitaḥtaḥpātujihvāyāṃāyāṃdaityajihvahāhā|
bhujaubhujāyudhaḥpātuskandhaumesandhikārakaḥkārakaḥ||18||
aṅgulīḥulīḥpāturāmasya
varṇāṅguliyadhārakaḥyadhārakaḥ|
nakhānnakhāyudhaḥkhāyudhaḥpātukaṅkinībhañjatastanaunau||19||
vakṣaḥpātvaśmavakṣaḥghnomahodaraharodaram|
kesarīnandano
nomadhyaṃpātupūrvaṃprayatnataḥtaḥ||20||
nābhiṃ
ṃpātusadāpadmanābhaścanijaśaktimān|mān|
pṛṣṭhaṃpāturaṇepṛṣṭhaṃnādeyaḥsarvadādāhitaḥtaḥ||21||
gudaṃraktagudaḥgudaḥpātuguhyaṃguhyastvaliṅgakaḥkaḥ|
ūrūpātvahitasyorubhañjanonogrāmasatvaraḥraḥ||22||
sthūlaṃūlaṃjaṅghākhyasaṃhāraḥsaṃhāraḥpātumejaṅghayordvayoḥyoḥ|
daityānāṃānāṃśīrṣavinyastapādaḥpādaḥpātvaniśaṃśaṃpadau||23||
yatnenenasarvakarmāṇimarmajñaḥpātusarvadādā|
raktaromāhvayadhvaṃsīṃsīromakūpāni
pātume||24||
anhipātvahitāvadhyaḥrātraurātrijayādhikaḥkaḥ|
sandhyāṃāṃsandhānakāraṇyāṃyāṃrāmāyānīyadattavān|vān|
saṅgrāmeāmetumahāmohānsarvadā
dāsarvatotojaya||25||
jalegrahaharaḥhaharaḥpātuvanelaṅkāvanāntakṛtkṛt|
sthalelebhīmāgrajaḥjaḥpātugirauraugirivaneśvaraḥraḥ||26||
saṅgrāmeāmebalavānpātu
ātuagnaulaṅkāvidāhakaḥdāhakaḥ|
gṛhemāṃpātusarvatrakadalīvanamandiraḥ
raḥ||27||
hanumatkavacaṃ
vacaṃyastuupaṭhedvidvānvicakṣaṇaḥṇaḥ|
tatphalaṃlaṃpurataḥsarvaṃvakṣyāmīhāmīhamunīśvarara||28||
hanumatkavacam
vacam
iti
śrīsudarśanasaṃhitāyāṃtāyāṃhanumankavacaṃ
vacaṃsampūrṇamm||

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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