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Krishna Kavacham
Krishna Kavacham
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Devotional text
śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam nāradauvāca| bhagavañchrotumicchāmikiṃṃmantraṃbhagavānharaḥ raḥ| kṛpayā-'dātparaśurāmāyastotraṃcavarmaca||1|| kovā'sya mantrasyārādhyaḥkiṃṃphalaṃkavacasya ca| stavanasyaphalaṃkiṃṃvātadbhavānvaktumarhasi||2|| nārāyaṇauvāca| mantrārādhyohibhagavānparipūrṇatamaḥtamaḥsvayamyam| golokanāthaḥśrīkṛṣṇogopa-gopīśvaraḥraḥprabhuḥbhuḥ||3|| trailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacaṃparamādbhutamutam| stavarājaṃvarājaṃmahāpuṇyaṃyaṃbhūtiyogayoga-samudbhavamvam||4|| mantraṃkalpataruṃṃnāmasarvakāmakāma-phalapradamdam| dadauparaśurāmāyaratnaparvata-sannidhaudhau||5|| svayaṃprabhābhā-nadītīrepārijātajāta-vanāntare re| āśramemelokadevasya mādhavasya casannidhaudhau||6|| mahādevauvāca| vatsāgacchamahābhāgabhṛguvaṃśa-samudbhavava| putrādhiko'sipremṇāmekavacagrahaṇaṃhaṇaṃkuru ||7|| śaṛṇuṛṇurāmapravakṣyāmibrahmāṇḍeḍeparamādbhutamutam| trailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmaśrīkṛṣṇasyajayāvaham||8|| śrīkṛṣṇenenapurādattaṃgolokerādhikāśrameme| rāsamaṇḍalaḍala-madhyecamahyaṃvṛndāvaneāvanevane||9|| atiguhyataraṃtaraṃtattvaṃsarva-mantraughavigrahamham| śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam puṇyātpuṇyataraṃyataraṃcaivaparaṃsnehādvadāmite||10|| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanāddevīevīmūlaprakṛtirīśvarīrī| śuṃbhaṃniśuṃbhaṃśuṃbhaṃmahiṣaṃṣaṃraktabījaṃbījaṃjaghānaha||11|| yaddhṛtvā'haṃā'haṃcajagatāṃsaṃhartāsarvatatvavitt| avadhyaṃtripuraṃpuraṃpūrvaṃdurantamapilīlayā||12|| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanādbrahmāsasṛjesṛṣṭimuttamāmmām| yaddhṛtvābhagavāñcheṣo eṣovidhatteviśvamevamevaca||13|| yaddhṛtvākūrmarājaścaśeṣaṃdhattehilīlayā| yaddhṛtvābhagavānvāyuḥ āyuḥviśvādhāroādhārovibhuḥbhuḥsvayamyam||14|| yaddhṛtvāvaruṇaḥṇaḥsiddhaḥkuberaśca dhaneśvaraḥraḥ| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanādindrodevānāmadhipaḥ paḥsvayamyam||15|| yaddhṛtvābhāti bhuvanetejorāśiḥ ḥsvayaṃyaṃraviḥḥ| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanāccandromahābala-parākramaḥmaḥ||16|| agastyaḥsāgarānsaptayaddhṛtvāpaṭhanātpapau pau| cakāratejasājīrṇaṃdaityaṃvātāpisaṃjñakamkam||17|| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanāddevīevīsarvādhārādhārāvasundharārā| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanātpūtā ūtāgaṅgābhuvanapāvanī||18|| yaddhṛtvājagatāṃsākṣīdharmodharmabhṛtāṃbhṛtāṃvaraḥ| sarva-vidyādhidevīdevīsāyaccadhṛtvāsarasvatītī||19|| yaddhṛtvājagatāṃlakṣmī-rannadātrīparātparā rā| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanādvedānedānsāvitrīsāsuṣāvaca||20|| vedāśca dharmavaktāroāroyaddhṛtvāpaṭhanādbhṛgo| yaddhṛtvāpaṭhanācchuddha-stejasvīhavyavāhanaḥvāhanaḥ| sanatkumāroumārobhagavānyaddhṛtvājñānināṃnāṃvaraḥ||21|| dātavyaṃ ṃkṛṣṇa-bhaktāyāyasādhavecamahātmane ne| śaṭhāyaparaśiṣyāyāyadatvāmṛtyumavāpnuyātuyāt||22|| trailokyavijayasyāsyakavacasya prajāpatiḥ| ṝṣiśchandaścagāyatrīīdevorāseśvaraḥraḥsvayamyam||23|| śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam trailokyavijayajaya-prāptauviniyogaḥyogaḥprakīrtitaḥtaḥ| parātparaṃ raṃcakavacaṃtriṣuṣulokeṣudurlabhambham||24|| oṃpraṇavoṇavomeśiraḥraḥpātuśrīkṛṣṇāyāyanamaḥsadā| pāyātkapālaṃ pālaṃkṛṣṇāyāyasvāhāhāpañcākṣaraḥraḥsmṛtaḥṛtaḥ||25|| kṛṣṇetipātunetrecakṛṣṇasvāhetitārakam| harayenamaityevaṃevaṃbhrūlatāṃūlatāṃpātumesadā||26|| oṃgovindāyāyasvāhetināsikāṃ kāṃpātusantatamtam| gopālāyanamogaṇḍauḍaupātumesarvataḥtaḥsadā||27|| oṃnamogopāṅganeśāyaneśāyakarṇaupātusadāmama| oṃkṛṣṇāyāyanamaḥśaśvatpātuātume'dhara-yugmakammakam||28|| oṃgovindāyāyasvāhetidantaughaṃaughaṃmesadā'vatu| pātukṛṣṇāyāyadantādhoādhodantordhvaṃklīṃsadā'vatu||29|| oṃśrīkṛṣṇāyāyasvāhetijihvikāṃkāṃpātumesadā| rāseśvarāyarāyasvāhetitālukaṃkaṃpātumesadā||30|| rādhikeśāya keśāyasvāhetikaṇṭhaṃṭhaṃpātusadāmama| namogopāṅganeśāyaneśāyavakṣaḥpātusadāmama||31|| oṃgopeśāyasvāhetiskandhaṃpātusadāmama| namaḥkiśoraśora-veṣāyasvāhāhāpṛṣṭaṃsadā'vatu||32|| udaraṃpātumenityaṃmukundāya āyanamaḥsadā| oṃhrīṃklīṃkṛṣṇāyāyasvāhetikaraupātusadāmama||33|| oṃviṣṇavevenamobāhuyugmaṃmaṃpātusadāmama| oṃhrīṃbhagavatesvāhāhānakhaṃpātumesadā||34|| oṃnamonārāyaṇāyeti nakharandhraṃsadā'vatu| oṃśrīṃklīṃpadmanābhāyanābhāyanābhiṃ ṃpātusadāmama||35||(hrīṃhrīṃ) oṃsarveśāyaśāyasvāhetikaṅkālaṃālaṃpātumesadā| oṃgopīramaṇāyasvāhāhanitambaṃpātumesadā||36|| oṃgopīramaṇanāthāyapādaupātusadāmama| śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam oṃhrīṃśrīṃrasikeśāyakeśāyasvāhāhāsarvaṃsadā'vatu|37|| oṃkeśavāyasvāhetimamakeśānsadā'vatu dā'vatu| namaḥkṛṣṇāyāyasvāhetibrahmarandhraṃsadā'vatu||38|| oṃmādhavāyasvāhetimelomāni sadā'vatu| oṃhrīṃśrīṃrasikeśāyakeśāyasvāhāhāsarvaṃsadā'vatu||39|| paripūrṇatamaḥtamaḥkṛṣṇaḥprācyāṃāṃmāṃsarvadā'vatudā'vatu| svayaṃyaṃgolokanāthomāmāgneyāṃeyāṃdiśirakṣatutu||40|| pūrṇabrahmasvarūpaścadakṣiṇeṇemāṃsadā'vatu| nairṝtyāṃāṃpātumāṃkṛṣṇaḥpaścimemepātumāṃhariḥḥ||41|| govindaḥpātumāṃśaśvadvāyavyāṃāṃdiśinityaśaḥśaḥ| uttareremāṃsadāpāturasikānāṃkānāṃśiromaṇiḥ||42|| aiśānyāṃ āṃmāṃsadāpātuvṛndāvanāvana-vihārakṛthārakṛt| vṛndāvanīāvanī-prāṇanāthaḥāṇanāthaḥpātumāmūrdhvadeśataḥdeśataḥ||43|| sadaivamādhavaḥpātubalihārīhārīmahābalaḥ| jalesthalelecāntarikṣenṛsiṃhaḥ ṃhaḥpātumāṃsadā||44|| svapnejāgaraṇeśaśvatpātuātumāṃmādhavaḥsadā| sarvāntarātmānirliptaḥpātumāṃsarvatotovibhuḥbhuḥ||45|| iti tekathitaṃtaṃvatsasarvamantraughaugha-vigrahamham| trailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacaṃparamādbhutamutam||46|| mayāśrutaṃutaṃkṛṣṇa-vaktrātātpravaktavyaṃnakasyacitt| gurumabhyarcyavidhivatvatkavacaṃdhārayetyaḥ||47|| kaṇṭheṭhevādakṣiṇeṇebāhauso'pi viṣṇurnasaṃśayaḥ| sacabhaktovasedyatralakṣmīrvāṇīṇīvasettataḥtaḥ||48|| yadisyātsiddhakavacokavacojīvanmuktobhavettuusaḥ| niścitaṃtaṃkoṭivarṣāṇāṃṇāṃpūjāyāḥphalamāpnuyātuyāt||49|| rājasūya-sahasrāṇivājapeya-śatāni ca| aśvamedhāyutānyevevanaramedhāyutāni ca||50|| mahādānāni yānyevevaprādakṣiṇyaṃyaṃbhuvastathā thā| śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam trailokyavijayasyāsyakalāṃnārhantiṣoḍaśīm||51|| vratopavāsatopavāsa-niyamaṃyamaṃsvādhyāyādhyayanaṃyanaṃtapaḥ| snānaṃānaṃcasarvatīrtheṣuṣunāsyārhantikalāmapi ||52|| siddhatvamamaratvaṃcadāsatvaṃ ṃśrīharerapi| yadisyātsiddhakavacaḥkavacaḥsarvaṃprāpnotiniścitamtam||53|| sabhavetsiddhakavacokavacodaśalakṣaṃṃjapettuuyaḥ| yobhavetsiddhakavacaḥkavacaḥsarvajñaḥsabhaveddhruvamuvam||54|| idaṃkavaca-majñātvābhajetkṛṣṇaṃsumandadhīḥ dhīḥ| koṭikalpaṃprajapto'pinamantraḥsiddhi-dāyakaḥ||55|| gṛhītvā ākavacaṃvatsamahīṃniḥkṣatriyaṃyaṃkuru | trissaptakṛtvoniśśaṃkaḥśaṃkaḥsadānando ohilīlayā||56|| rājyaṃdeyaṃśirorodeyaṃpraṇāṇādeyāśca putraka | evaṃbhūtaṃcakavacaṃnadeyaṃprāṇasaṃkaṭeāṇasaṃkaṭe||57|| ||iti śrībrahmavaivartemahāpurāṇetṛtīyegaṇapatikhaṇḍe ḍe nārada-nārāyaṇasaṃvādeparaśurāmāyaśrīkṛṣṇakavacakavaca- pradānaṃdānaṃnāmaekatriṃśattamo'dhyayaḥyaḥ|| brahmavaivartapurāṇapurāṇa|gaṇapatikhaṇḍa ḍa|adhyāyāya31/8-57|| Encodedcodedandprūfreadeadby ṇ|Balasubramaniananbbaluatsatyamṃet|inmṃet|in, PṣāEasvaranran śrīkṛṣṇaathavātrailokyavijayaṃjayaṃnāmakavacam
About this kavacham — Krishna
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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