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Narayana Kavacham
Narayana Kavacham
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Devotional text
nārāyaṇakavaca
{|| nārāyaṇakavaca ||}
rājovāca |
yayā gutaḥ sahaāḥ savāhāipusaiinakā |
īḍinava ivinajaya iloyā bubhuje iya || 1||
bhagavaṃtamamāyāiha vama nārāyaṇāmaka |
yathā''tatāiyanaḥ śaū yena guto'jayamṛdhe || 2||
īśuka uvāca |
vṛtaḥ puroihatavāo maheāyānupṛchate |
nārāyaṇāyaṃ vamaha tidahaikamanāḥ ṇu || 3||
ivavapa uvāca |
dhautāipāiṇarācaya sapiva udamukhaḥ |
kṛtavāgakarayāso maāyāṃ vāyataḥ śuicaḥ || 4||
nārāyaṇamayaṃ vama sanaeya āgate |
pādayojanunovadare thorisa || 5||
mukhe iśarayānupūyadakārādīina ivayase |
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāyeita ivapayayamathāipa vā || 6||
karayāsaṃ tataḥ kuyaādaśārivayā |
ṇavāidayakārātamaguyaguṭhapavasu || 7||
yaseṛdaya okāraṃ ivakāramanu mūdhaina |
ṣakāraṃ tu uvomaye ṇakāraṃ iśakhayā idaśe || 8||
vekāraṃ neyoyuyānakāraṃ savasidhaṣu |
makāramamuiya mamūtabhaveudhaḥ || 9||
sivasaga phaḍataṃ ta savaidau ivinadaśe |
oṃ ivaṇave nama iita || 10||
āmānaṃ paramaṃ yāyeyeyaṃ ṣaśatibhayuta |
ivaātejatapomūtimamaṃ mamudāhare || 11||
oṃ hiravadayāmama savaraāṃ
yatāipaḥ patagepṛṭhe |
darāiracamaisagadeṣucāpa-
pāśādadhāno'ṭaguṇo'ṭabāhuḥ || 12||
jaleṣu māṃ ratu mayamūta-
yadogaṇeyo vaṇaya pāśā |
thaleṣu māyāvaṭuvāmano'yā
iivamaḥ khe'vatu ivavapaḥ || 13||
dugavaṭayāijamukhāidaṣu bhuḥ
pāyānṛsaho'surayūthapāiraḥ |
ivamucato yaya mahāhāsaṃ
idaśo ivaneduyapataṃca gabhaḥ || 14||
ravasau māvina yakapaḥ
vadaṃyonītadharo varāhaḥ |
rāmo'ikūṭevatha ivavāse
salamaṇo'yāratājo'mā || 15||
māmudhamadikhalāmādā-
nārāyaṇaḥ pātu naraca hāsā |
davayogādatha yoganāthaḥ
pāyāuṇeśaḥ kipalaḥ kamabadhā || 16||
sanakumāro'vatu kāmadevā-
yaśīṣa māṃ pitha devahelanā |
devaṣavayaḥ puṣācanātarā
kūma hirama inarayādaśeṣā || 17||
dhavatirabhagavāpāvapayā-
āyāṣabho inajatāmā |
yaca lokādavatājanātā-
lo gaṇāodhavaśādahīḥ || 18||
aipāyano bhagavānabodhā-
utu pākhaḍagaṇamādā |
kakaḥ kaleḥ kālamalāpātu
dhamavanāyokṛtāvatāraḥ || 19||
māṃ keśavo gadayā ātarayā-
oivada āsagavamāveṇuḥ |
nārāyaṇaḥ āṇa udāśata-
mayidane ivaṇurarīpāiṇaḥ || 20||
devo'parāṇe madhuhodhavā
sāyaṃ idhāmāvatu mādhavo mā |
doṣe ṣīkeśa utādharāe
inaśītha eko'vatu panābhaḥ || 21||
īvasadhāmāpararā īśaḥ
yuṣa īśo'isadharo janādanaḥ |
dāmodaro'yādanusayaṃ bhāte
ivavevaro bhagavā kālamūtaḥ || 22||
caṃ yugātānalitamaneima
masamatāgavayuta |
dadadha dadayirasaiyamāśu
kaṃ yathā vātasakho hutāśaḥ || 23||
gade'śinapaśanivaphuilage
inapaḍha inapaijatiyāisa |
kūmāḍavaināyakayarao-
bhūtahāṃcūṇaya cūṇayārī || 24||
vaṃ yātudhānamathaetamātṛ-
ipaśācivahaghoraṭī |
dare ivaāvaya kṛṇapūirato
bhīmavano're|dayāina kapaya || 25||
vaṃ itamadhārāisavarāirasaiya-
mīśayuto mama ichidha ichidha |
caūṃiṣa camachataca chādaya
iṣāmaghonāṃ hara pāpacauṣā || 26||
yano bhayaṃ heyo'bhūketuyo nṛya eva ca |
sarīsṛpeyo daṃyo bhūteya'hoya vā || 27 ||
savayetāina bhagavanāmapākītanā |
yātu saṃyaṃ sao ye naḥ eyaḥtīpakāḥ || 28||
gaḍo bhagavā totobhachadomayaḥ bhuḥ |
ravaśeṣakṛeyo ivavasenaḥ vanāmibhaḥ || 29 ||
savapayo harenamapayānāyudhāina naḥ |
buīiyamanaḥāṇāpātu pāṣadabhūṣaṇāḥ || 30||
yathā iha bhagavāneva vatutaḥ sadasaca ya |
sayenānena naḥ sava yātu nāśamupavāḥ || 31||
yathaikāyānubhāvānāṃ ivakaparihataḥ vaya |
bhūṣaṇāyudhilagāyā dhae śatīḥ vamāyayā || 32||
tenaiva sayamānena savao bhagavā hiraḥ |
pātu savaḥ vapainaḥ sadā sava savagaḥ || 33||
ividau idaūvamadhaḥ samatā-
databaihabhagavānārasahaḥ |
hāpayaṃ◌ॅlokabhayaṃ vanena
vatejasā tasamatatejāḥ || 34||
maghavinadamāyātaṃ vama nārāyaṇāmaka |
ivajeyayajasā yena daṃiśato'surayūthapā || 35||
etaārayamāṇatu yaṃ yaṃ payita cauṣā |
padā vā saṃpṛśesaḥ sāvasāsa ivamuyate || 36||
na kutacayaṃ taya ivaāṃ dhārayato bhave |
rājadayuhāidayo yāāidayaca kahica || 37||
imāṃ ivaāṃ purā kacakauiśako dhāraya ijaḥ |
yogadhāraṇayā vāgaṃ jahau sa madhavina || 38||
tayopira ivamānena gadhavapitarekadā |
yayau icarathaḥ īibhavṛto ya ijayaḥ || 39 ||
gaganāyapatasaḥ sivamāno vāirāḥ |
sa vālikhayavacanādathīyādāya ivamataḥ |
āya ācīsaravayāṃ nāvā dhāma vamavagā || 40||
īśuka uvāca |
ya idaṃ ṇuyākāle yo dhārayita cātaḥ |
taṃ namayita bhūtāina muyate savato bhayā || 41||
etāṃ ivaāmidhagato ivavapāchatatuḥ |
ailoyalama bubhuje ivinajaya mṛdhe'surā || 42||
|| iita īmaāgavatamahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃyāṃ saṃihatāyāṃ
ṣaṭhakadhe nārāyaṇavamakathanaṃ nāmāṭamo'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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