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Narayana Kavacham

Narayana Kavacham

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Devotional text

nārāyaṇakavaca
{|| nārāyaṇakavaca ||}
rājovāca |
yayā gutaḥ sahaāḥ savāhāipusaiinakā |
īḍinava ivinajaya iloyā bubhuje iya || 1||
bhagavaṃtamamāyāiha vama nārāyaṇāmaka |
yathā''tatāiyanaḥ śaū yena guto'jayamṛdhe || 2||
īśuka uvāca |
vṛtaḥ puroihatavāo maheāyānupṛchate |
nārāyaṇāyaṃ vamaha tidahaikamanāḥ ṇu || 3||
ivavapa uvāca |
dhautāipāiṇarācaya sapiva udamukhaḥ |
kṛtavāgakarayāso maāyāṃ vāyataḥ śuicaḥ || 4||
nārāyaṇamayaṃ vama sanaeya āgate |
pādayojanunovadare thorisa || 5||
mukhe iśarayānupūyadakārādīina ivayase |
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāyeita ivapayayamathāipa vā || 6||
karayāsaṃ tataḥ kuyaādaśārivayā |
ṇavāidayakārātamaguyaguṭhapavasu || 7||
yaseṛdaya okāraṃ ivakāramanu mūdhaina |
ṣakāraṃ tu uvomaye ṇakāraṃ iśakhayā idaśe || 8||
vekāraṃ neyoyuyānakāraṃ savasidhaṣu |
makāramamuiya mamūtabhaveudhaḥ || 9||
sivasaga phaḍataṃ ta savaidau ivinadaśe |
oṃ ivaṇave nama iita || 10||
āmānaṃ paramaṃ yāyeyeyaṃ ṣaśatibhayuta |
ivaātejatapomūtimamaṃ mamudāhare || 11||
oṃ hiravadayāmama savaraāṃ
yatāipaḥ patagepṛṭhe |
darāiracamaisagadeṣucāpa-
pāśādadhāno'ṭaguṇo'ṭabāhuḥ || 12||
jaleṣu māṃ ratu mayamūta-
yadogaṇeyo vaṇaya pāśā |
thaleṣu māyāvaṭuvāmano'yā
iivamaḥ khe'vatu ivavapaḥ || 13||
dugavaṭayāijamukhāidaṣu bhuḥ
pāyānṛsaho'surayūthapāiraḥ |
ivamucato yaya mahāhāsaṃ
idaśo ivaneduyapataṃca gabhaḥ || 14||
ravasau māvina yakapaḥ
vadaṃyonītadharo varāhaḥ |
rāmo'ikūṭevatha ivavāse
salamaṇo'yāratājo'mā || 15||
māmudhamadikhalāmādā-
nārāyaṇaḥ pātu naraca hāsā |
davayogādatha yoganāthaḥ
pāyāuṇeśaḥ kipalaḥ kamabadhā || 16||
sanakumāro'vatu kāmadevā-
yaśīṣa māṃ pitha devahelanā |
devaṣavayaḥ puṣācanātarā
kūma hirama inarayādaśeṣā || 17||
dhavatirabhagavāpāvapayā-
āyāṣabho inajatāmā |
yaca lokādavatājanātā-
lo gaṇāodhavaśādahīḥ || 18||
aipāyano bhagavānabodhā-
utu pākhaḍagaṇamādā |
kakaḥ kaleḥ kālamalāpātu
dhamavanāyokṛtāvatāraḥ || 19||
māṃ keśavo gadayā ātarayā-
oivada āsagavamāveṇuḥ |
nārāyaṇaḥ āṇa udāśata-
mayidane ivaṇurarīpāiṇaḥ || 20||
devo'parāṇe madhuhodhavā
sāyaṃ idhāmāvatu mādhavo mā |
doṣe ṣīkeśa utādharāe
inaśītha eko'vatu panābhaḥ || 21||
īvasadhāmāpararā īśaḥ
yuṣa īśo'isadharo janādanaḥ |
dāmodaro'yādanusayaṃ bhāte
ivavevaro bhagavā kālamūtaḥ || 22||
caṃ yugātānalitamaneima
masamatāgavayuta |
dadadha dadayirasaiyamāśu
kaṃ yathā vātasakho hutāśaḥ || 23||
gade'śinapaśanivaphuilage
inapaḍha inapaijatiyāisa |
kūmāḍavaināyakayarao-
bhūtahāṃcūṇaya cūṇayārī || 24||
vaṃ yātudhānamathaetamātṛ-
ipaśācivahaghoraṭī |
dare ivaāvaya kṛṇapūirato
bhīmavano're|dayāina kapaya || 25||
vaṃ itamadhārāisavarāirasaiya-
mīśayuto mama ichidha ichidha |
caūṃiṣa camachataca chādaya
iṣāmaghonāṃ hara pāpacauṣā || 26||
yano bhayaṃ heyo'bhūketuyo nṛya eva ca |
sarīsṛpeyo daṃyo bhūteya'hoya vā || 27 ||
savayetāina bhagavanāmapākītanā |
yātu saṃyaṃ sao ye naḥ eyaḥtīpakāḥ || 28||
gaḍo bhagavā totobhachadomayaḥ bhuḥ |
ravaśeṣakṛeyo ivavasenaḥ vanāmibhaḥ || 29 ||
savapayo harenamapayānāyudhāina naḥ |
buīiyamanaḥāṇāpātu pāṣadabhūṣaṇāḥ || 30||
yathā iha bhagavāneva vatutaḥ sadasaca ya |
sayenānena naḥ sava yātu nāśamupavāḥ || 31||
yathaikāyānubhāvānāṃ ivakaparihataḥ vaya |
bhūṣaṇāyudhilagāyā dhae śatīḥ vamāyayā || 32||
tenaiva sayamānena savao bhagavā hiraḥ |
pātu savaḥ vapainaḥ sadā sava savagaḥ || 33||
ividau idaūvamadhaḥ samatā-
databaihabhagavānārasahaḥ |
hāpayaṃ◌ॅlokabhayaṃ vanena
vatejasā tasamatatejāḥ || 34||
maghavinadamāyātaṃ vama nārāyaṇāmaka |
ivajeyayajasā yena daṃiśato'surayūthapā || 35||
etaārayamāṇatu yaṃ yaṃ payita cauṣā |
padā vā saṃpṛśesaḥ sāvasāsa ivamuyate || 36||
na kutacayaṃ taya ivaāṃ dhārayato bhave |
rājadayuhāidayo yāāidayaca kahica || 37||
imāṃ ivaāṃ purā kacakauiśako dhāraya ijaḥ |
yogadhāraṇayā vāgaṃ jahau sa madhavina || 38||
tayopira ivamānena gadhavapitarekadā |
yayau icarathaḥ īibhavṛto ya ijayaḥ || 39 ||
gaganāyapatasaḥ sivamāno vāirāḥ |
sa vālikhayavacanādathīyādāya ivamataḥ |
āya ācīsaravayāṃ nāvā dhāma vamavagā || 40||
īśuka uvāca |
ya idaṃ ṇuyākāle yo dhārayita cātaḥ |
taṃ namayita bhūtāina muyate savato bhayā || 41||
etāṃ ivaāmidhagato ivavapāchatatuḥ |
ailoyalama bubhuje ivinajaya mṛdhe'surā || 42||
|| iita īmaāgavatamahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃyāṃ saṃihatāyāṃ
ṣaṭhakadhe nārāyaṇavamakathanaṃ nāmāṭamo'yāyaḥ ||

About this kavacham — Vishnu

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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