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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||
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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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