56 - The defining of Radha Mantra 

Parvati said - I have listened to the astonishing method of worship and stotra but I would like to listen to her kavacha by your grace. You loudly tell me the same. 

Maheshvara said - О Durga, the same was revealed to me by lord Krishna in Goloka in earlier times. It is quite an astonishing kavacha which I am going to tell you. You please listen to me.

It's quite secretive, the form of eternal tattva, the combination of all the mantras by practising which Brahma achieved Savitri, the mother of the Vedas. 

By holding kavacha I happen to be your husband though you are the supreme goddess and the mother of the universe. By practising this Narayana obtained Mahalakshmi.

By holding this lord Krishna who is beyond Nirguna-Prakruti and pervades everywhere, was able to create the universe.

By practising this, Vishnu maintains the universe and he also achieved Lakshmi, the daughter of Sindhu. By practising kavacha Sesha carries the globe on his head like a small seed of Sinapis Alba. By practising which Mahavirat purifies the universe. 

By practising and holding this, Dharma became a witness to all and Kubera became a president of the all wealth. 

Indra, the god of the gods, by holding and practicing it is a lord of universe and Manu, the lord of the kings gets the lordship. 

Holding this, splendid moon performed the Rajasuya sacrifice and by the reciting and holding the sun becomes the lord of three worlds.

By Holding and reading, the fire purifies the world and by this, the wind blows and purifies all three worlds. 

By practising this the goddess of death roams about freely in the universe; by practising this Parasurama the son of Jamadagni relieved the earth of the Kshatriyas twenty-one times. By practising this Agastya, born of a vase, drank up the entire ocean. By practising kavacha Sanatkumara became the teacher of all the intellectuals and the sages, besides Narayana and attained perfection. 

By practising this Vasistha the son of Brahma achieved all success. By practising this Kapila became the lord of the siddhas. Because of the Daksa Prajapati and Bhrgu are jealous of me. Kashyapa carries Sesha and the wind god and Varuna became the base of all. 

О Shiva, by the strength of this, Tsana and Dikpalas rule everywhere, Kalagni Rudra destroys the universe; by practising this Gautama achieved success and Kashyapa became Prajapati. Durvasa the best of the sages after the death of his wife married the daughter of Vasudeva, who was born of the amsha Radha. In earlier times, Rama achieved Janaki who was kidnapped by Ravana. 

By holding this, in earlier times. Nala achieve Damayanti and the valorous Shamkhachuda became the lord of the demons. 

О Durga by the grace of whom Nandi became our vehicle, Garuda became the vehicle of Vishnu and by the strength of kavacha the sages achieved all the success. 

By holding this Mahalakshmi bestows all the riches, Sarasvati became adorable of all and became well-versed in love-sport and Savitri became the mother of the Vedas and Vishnu achieved Lakshmi the daughter of Sindhu on earth. 

By holding this Tulasi was sanctified, Ganga became the purifier of the universe, Vasundhara became the goddess of the agricultural produce. 

By holding this the goddess Manasa was adored by the universe and Aditi the mother of the gods achieved a son like Vishnu. Lopamudra and Arundhati achieved chastity and the chaste Devahuti achieved a son like Kapila. 

Shatarupa achieved Priyavrata and Uttanapada as son and by whose grace your mother Mena achieved you as the goddess of the earth.

Thus, all the siddhas achieved all the riches by that means. This is the kavacha which bestows happiness to a universe. Prajapati happens to be its Rsi; Gayatri is the metre; Radha, the goddess of Kamadeva is the goddess and by it one can achieve devotion to lord Krishna. 

It is to be revealed by a devotee of Krishna or a Brahmana because if some wicked person or a pupil reveals it, he meets with his end. 

О dear, one can give away the kingdom and even his life but this kavacha should not be given away to anyone because lord Krishna recited it with his own mouth which I have witnessed with Brahma and Krishna in the Goloka. ‘Om Raadhaayi Svaha’ This is the mantra which is like kalpavrksa and was recited by lord Krishna to protect me. ‘Om Hreem Shree Radhikayai Svaha’, this mantra should protect my face, both the eyes and ears in all times to come. ‘Om Shree Hreem Radhikayai Svaha’ should protect my forehead and hair, ‘Om Ai Raadhaayi Svaha’, is the mantra which provides all success, should protect my cheeks, nose and face, Kleem Hreem Krishnapriyaye Namah, is the mantra which should protect my neck. 

Om Ram Raaaseshvaryai Namah should protect my shoulders, Om Ram Raasavilaasinyai Namah I should protect my back. 

 Vrundaavan Vilaasinyai Svaha Should protect my chest. Tulaseevanavaasinyai Svaha Should protect my pelvic region.

Om Shree Krishna Praanadhikaayai Svaha this mantra should protect my feet always, besides all the limbs. 

Radha should protect he eastern direction, Krishna Priya should protect my north-eastern direction, the southern direction should be protected my Raseshvari. The south-east direction should be protected by Gopisha. 

The southern direction should be protected by Nirguna, the north-west direction should be protected by Krishnapujita and the north direction should be protected by Ishvari, the MulaPrakruti.

The north-east direction should be protected by Sarveshvari and the space, sleep and awakening should be protected by Sarvapujita. The mother of Mahavishnu should protect me always from all sides. О Durga, I have explained to you the kavacha named Jaganmangala, the knowledge of which cannot be imparted to anyone because it happens to be the most secret of all the secrets and I have told you about it only because of my love for you. 

After giving away clothes, ornaments and adoring the preceptor with sandal-paste in a proper manner, one should wear this kavacha around the neck or the right arm. The one who wears the kavacha equates himself with Vishnu. 

This ceremony is called parvan. Parvati is conceived to be its supreme goddess as she was born out of the mountain. And because of that, she is called Parvati, the great goddess; the word Sana is used for all the times and Tani stands for extension; therefore, she is called Sanatani (eternal) because she remains present at all the times. One meets with success of this kavacha after reciting it for a hundred lakhs of times. In case one achieves success in the siddhi of this kavacha he can never be burnt alive. 

О Durga, in the earlier times the king Duryodhana had over-powered water and fire by means of this kavacha. In the earlier times, I imparted the knowledge of this kavacha to Sanatkumara at Pushkara-kshetra; it was given over to Sandipani at the time of solar eclipse and Sandipani imparted this knowledge to Balarama and Balarama in turn gave it out to Duryodhana. With the grace of this kavacha one is relieved of the bondage of birth and death. 

If a devotee of Radha recites with devotion the Radha mantra regularly, he becomes in turn like Vishnu earning the merit of performing the Rajasuya-yajna. 

Thus, a person earns the merit of taking a bath in all the sacred places, performing all the charities, performing all the vratas and fasting, taking a round of the earth, performing all the yajnas, protecting truth always, adoring lord Krishna regularly after consuming his naivedya and the reciting of all the four Vedas. One gets all these merits by the recitation of this kavacha.

At the gateway of the king, in cremation ground, in the forest infested with lions and tigers, wild fire, misfortune, danger from thieves and decoits, prisons, hour of great misfortune, arrests and attracting serious ailment, one is freed from all these with the reciting of the mantra. 

О Durga, Maheshvari, whatever I have told you, it all belongs to you because you are the form of everything and you are just putting a question playfully. 

Narayana said -Thus with the reciting of the story of Radhika and the name of lord Krishna again and again, lord Shiva became emotional and his eyes were wet with tears. Because there is no one else better than lord Krishna. There is no river more sacred then Ganga, there is no place holier than Pushkara-kshetra and there is no one better than a Brahmana. 

О Narada, as there is nothing smaller than the atom, no one greater than Mahavishnu and on one as vast as the sky, similarly there is no one more knowledgeable than a Vaishnava and there is no greater yogi than Shiva. О Narada, Shiva has over powered passion, anger, grief and illusion. Lord Shiva always recites the name of lord Krishna; therefore, Shiva is equated with Krishna. Thus, there is absolutely no difference between Shiva and Madhava. О son, as Shambhu is the best of the Vaishnavas, Madhava is the best of the gods similarly this kavacha is the best of all the kavachas. 

In the word, Shiva, she stands for welfare and V stands for the one who grants the welfare. Therefore, Shiva is conceived to be the one who grants welfare. 

The one who bestows welfare on all human beings is called Shankara and welfare is also taken to be salvation. 

The one who is the best of all the gods including Brahma and is the best of all the sages well-versed in the Vedic knowledge, is called Mahadeva. In the entire universe MulaPrakruti also known as Ishvari is adored by all the gods and by her lord who is called Mahadeva. 

He happens to be the lord of all the creatures in the universe and intellectuals and is called Maheshvara. О son of Brahma, you are quite graceful because Maheshvara bestows the devotion of lord Krishna. Therefore, why do you ask me all this?