194. Vaishnava-Kavacha 

Hari Said: 

1. O Shambhu (Shiva), I shall explain the Vaishnava Kavacha (the mystical Coat of mail of Vishnu) by means of which protection is afforded and which removes all ailments. 

2-3. Having bowed to the divine Lord, the unborn, the eternal, the unsick lord of all the all pervading, omnipresent Janardana I am tying this (Kavacham) which will never be in vain, which is incomparable and which wards off all miseries. 

4. May Vişhnu protect me in the front. May Krişhņa protect me from behind. May Hari protect my head and Janardana my heart. 

5. May Hruşhikeśha protect my mind. May Keśhava protect my tongue. May Vasudeva protect my eyes. May the all pervading Sarkarşhaņa protect my ears. 

6. May Pradyumna protect my nose. May Aniruddha protect my skin. May Vanamäli protect my inner throat. May Shrīvatsa protect the lower portion. 

7. May the divine Discus, the destroyer of demons, protect my left side. May the divine Gadā (club) the destroyer of all demons protect my right side. 

8. May the divine threshing rod protect my stomach; may the divine ploughshare protect my back. May the divine Sharnga (bow) protect the upper part of my body. May the divine Nandaka (sword) protect my calves. 

9. May the divine Shankha (conch) protect my heel. May the divine Padma (lotus) protect my feet. May Garuda protect me for the fulfilment of all my activities. 

10. May the divine Boar protect me in the waters. May Vamana protect me in all difficult situations. May the Narasimha protect me in the forest. May Keśhava protect me from all sides. 

11. May Lord Hiranyagarbha grant me gold. May Kapila the propounder of the Sankhya system cause the equilibrium of all my vital constituents. 

12. May Aja (the unborn) the resident of Shveta Dvipa (the white continent) lead me to Shvetadvipa. May the slayer of Madhu and Kaitabha destroy all enemies. 

13. May Vishnu extract for ever the sin from my body. May the divine Swan, Fish and Tortoise protect me on all sides. 

14. May lord Trivikrama curb all my sins. May lord Nārāyana guard my intellect. 

15. May Shesha make my wisdom perfect and destroy ignorance. May Lord with the submarine fire for his mouth destroy whatever sin I may have committed. 

16. May Lord Vamana place on my head all bliss by means of his feet. May Dattatreya endow me with sons, cattle and kinsmen. 

17. May Parashurama destroy all my enemies with his divine axe. May Rama, the son of Dasharatha the powerful slayer of Rākşhasas protect me. 

18. May Balarama, the scion of Yadava family destroy my enemies by means of his divine ploughshare. May the infancy of Lord Krishna marked by the annihilation of Pralamba, Keshi, Chāņūra, Putana and Kamsa, grant me all I desire. 

19. I see a Being more terrible than pitch darkness, dark and tawny resembling the God of death with the noose in his hands and am terrified. 

20. Hence, I sought refuge in Achyuta the lotus-eyed. I am fortunate and fearless in having for ever the lord Hari (at my side). 

21. Contemplating on the Lord Narayaņa, the destroyer of all harassments I have tied this Kavacha and am roaming over the Earth. 

22. I am invincible to all living beings, for verily I identify myself with all devas inasmuch as I remember the lord of lords Vişhnu of unlimited splendour. 

23. May success befall me for ever as indicated in the Mantra. He who sees me with wicked eyes, whom I see (with contempt) in the eyes, let him be bound and hit in the eyes, the sinner and the vicious that he is. 

24. Let the spokes of the divine discus of Vasudeva chop off my sins, let them hit those who perpetrate violence on me. 

25-27. This above mantra is to be recited when Räkşhasas and Pišhácha, attack, while one is in the wild woods and forests, when there is an argument, in the high ways, at the gaining table, during quarrels, while crossing a river, when a danger faces one, when there is a conflagration, when thieves attack in a body, when all the planets (or any of them) are adverse, when lightning strikes, when the fury of the poison of serpents spreads, in sickness, when there is distress due to obstacles, in fact whenever there is something to fear from. 

28. This is Lord's own mantra, the most sacred of all mantras. This famous Kavacha is an esoteric secret. It destroys all sins. It has created and destroyed everything by means of the Måyå that originates from it. It is the Great. It is inscrutable. 

29. Om Padmanabha, the beginningless, the endless, the seed of the Universe, obeisance unto thee. Om Svåhå to Time Oň Svähä to the personified Being of Time. Om Svåhå to Krishna(the black). Om Svähà to Krişhņarūpa (black in form). Om Sváhá to Chanda (the fierce). Om Svähå to Chandarūpa (the fierce in form). Om Svåhå to Prachanda, Om Svähä to Prachaņdarūpa. Om Svähå to Sarva. Om Svåhå to Sarvarūpa. Om obeisance to the lord of the universe, to the creator of the three worlds. Here, Viti Siviți Siviți Svähä. Om obeisance to Ayokheti to the divinity called "Ye ye". 

This body of mine is subject to the attacks of undeserving persons, Daityas, Dänavas, Yakşhas, Räkşhasas, Bhūtas, Pishachas and Kuşhmåndas and such vile ailments as hysteria, vomiting, the unbearable fevers as the intermittent, diurnal, tertian, quotidian, nocturnal, dusk fevers etc and the injection of poison from spiders, insects, thorns, Putana spirits, and serpents. Poisoning agents may be mobile or immobile. Let it be kept sound. Tumburu Sphuta Sphuţa Prakota Laphata. May Vikatadamşhtra, (of crooked teeth) protect me from the East. Om Hai Hai Hai Hai Hai. O you the deity endowed with ten thousand suns and Kala be victorious and protect me from the west. Om Nivi Nivi O Mahäkapila, resplendent like the flame of the glowing fire protect me from the north. Om Vili Vili Mili Mili Garudi Garudi. May Gauri and Gandhåri delude with the upsetting swoons of poison Svaha; protect me from the south. Turn your glance towards me; save, save me from the harassment of the terrific onslaught of all living beings. Be victorious; be victorious. Let the enemy dwindle by that. Let the rays as multitudinous as the turns of Yugas afford protection and fearlessness. Let them enter the abdomen as they set. May the different manifestations of Lord Hari-Vasudeva, Sankarşhaņa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, Vişhnu and Narayana destroy all my fevers.