Bagalamukhi Kavacham

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प्रस्तावना 3

॥ अथ बगलामुखीकवचम् ॥ श्रुत्वा च बगलापूजां स्तोत्रं चापि महेश्वर । इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कवचं वद मे प्रभो ॥

|| atha bagalāmukhīkavacam || śrutvā ca bagalāpūjāṃ stotraṃ cāpi maheśvara | idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi kavacaṃ vada me prabho ||

वैरिनाशकरं दिव्यं सर्वाशुभविनाशनम् । शुभदं स्मरणात्पुण्यं त्राहि मां दुःखनाशनम् ॥

vairināśakaraṃ divyaṃ sarvāśubhavināśanam | śubhadaṃ smaraṇātpuṇyaṃ trāhi māṃ duḥkhanāśanam ||

श्रीभैरव उवाच ॥ कवचं श‍ृणु वक्ष्यामि भैरवी प्राणवल्लभे ॥ पठित्वा धारयित्वा तु त्रैलौक्ये विजयी भवेत् ॥

śrībhairava uvāca || kavacaṃ śaृṇu vakṣyāmi bhairavī prāṇavallabhe || paṭhitvā dhārayitvā tu trailaukye vijayī bhavet ||

विनियोग 1

ॐ अस्य श्रीबगलामुखीकवचस्य नारदऋषिरनुष्टुप्छन्दः श्रीबगलामुखी देवता लं बीजं ऐं कीलकं पुरुषार्थचतुष्टये जपे विनियोगः ॥

oṃ asya śrībagalāmukhīkavacasya nāradaṛṣiranuṣṭupchandaḥ śrībagalāmukhī devatā laṃ bījaṃ aiṃ kīlakaṃ puruṣārthacatuṣṭaye jape viniyogaḥ ||

Meaning

Om. For this Sri Bagalamukhi Kavacha the seer (rishi) is Narada, the metre (chandas) is Anushtup, and the deity is Sri Bagalamukhi; ‘laṃ’ is the seed (bija) and ‘aiṃ’ the pin (keelaka). This application (viniyoga) is made in the recitation for attaining the four aims of human life — dharma, artha, kama and moksha. (‘laṃ’ and ‘aiṃ’ are pure seed-syllables and carry no literal meaning.)

कवच 6

शिरो मे बगला पातु हृदयैकाक्षरी परा । ॐ ह्रीं ॐ मे ललाटे च बगला वैरिनाशिनी ॥

śiro me bagalā pātu hṛdayaikākṣarī parā | oṃ hrīṃ oṃ me lalāṭe ca bagalā vairināśinī ||

गदाहस्ता सदा पातु मुखं मे मोक्षदायिनी । वैरिजिह्वान्धरा पातु कण्ठं मे बगलामुखी ॥

gadāhastā sadā pātu mukhaṃ me mokṣadāyinī | vairijihvāndharā pātu kaṇṭhaṃ me bagalāmukhī ||

उदरं नाभिदेशं च पातु नित्यं परात्परा । परात्परपरा पातु मम गुह्यं सुरेश्वरी ॥

udaraṃ nābhideśaṃ ca pātu nityaṃ parātparā | parātparaparā pātu mama guhyaṃ sureśvarī ||

हस्तौ चैव तथा पातु पार्वतीपरिपातु मे । विवादे विषमे घोरे सङ्ग्रामे रिपुसङ्कटे ॥

hastau caiva tathā pātu pārvatīparipātu me | vivāde viṣame ghore saṅgrāme ripusaṅkaṭe ||

पीताम्बरधरा पातु सर्वाङ्गं शिवनर्तकी । श्रीविद्यासमयो पातु मातङ्गीदुरिताशिवा ॥

pītāmbaradharā pātu sarvāṅgaṃ śivanartakī | śrīvidyāsamayo pātu mātaṅgīduritāśivā ||

पातुपुत्रं सुतां चैव कलत्रं कालिका मम । पातु नित्यं भ्रातरं मे पितरं शूलिनी सदा ॥

pātuputraṃ sutāṃ caiva kalatraṃ kālikā mama | pātu nityaṃ bhrātaraṃ me pitaraṃ śūlinī sadā ||

फलश्रुति 4

सन्देहि बगलादेव्याः कवचं मन्मुखोदितम् । नैव देयममुख्याय सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् ॥

sandehi bagalādevyāḥ kavacaṃ manmukhoditam | naiva deyamamukhyāya sarvasiddhipradāyakam ||

पठनाद्धारणादस्य पूजनाद्वाञ्छितं लभेत् । इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा यो जपेद् बगलामुखीम् ॥

paṭhanāddhāraṇādasya pūjanādvāñchitaṃ labhet | idaṃ kavacamajñātvā yo japed bagalāmukhīm ||

पिबन्ति शोणितं तस्य योगिन्यः प्राप्यसादराः । वश्ये चाकर्षणे चैव मारणे मोहने तथा ॥

pibanti śoṇitaṃ tasya yoginyaḥ prāpyasādarāḥ | vaśye cākarṣaṇe caiva māraṇe mohane tathā ||

महाभये विपत्तौ च पठेद्वापाठयेत्तु यः । तस्य सर्वार्थसिद्धिः स्याद्भक्तियुक्तस्य पार्वती ॥

mahābhaye vipattau ca paṭhedvāpāṭhayettu yaḥ | tasya sarvārthasiddhiḥ syādbhaktiyuktasya pārvatī ||

समापन 1

इति श्रीरुद्रयामले बगलामुखीकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrīrudrayāmale bagalāmukhīkavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

प्रस्तावना

|| atha bagalāmukhīkavacam || śrutvā ca bagalāpūjāṃ stotraṃ cāpi maheśvara | idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi kavacaṃ vada me prabho ||

प्रस्तावना

vairināśakaraṃ divyaṃ sarvāśubhavināśanam | śubhadaṃ smaraṇātpuṇyaṃ trāhi māṃ duḥkhanāśanam ||

प्रस्तावना

śrībhairava uvāca || kavacaṃ śaृṇu vakṣyāmi bhairavī prāṇavallabhe || paṭhitvā dhārayitvā tu trailaukye vijayī bhavet ||

विनियोग

oṃ asya śrībagalāmukhīkavacasya nāradaṛṣiranuṣṭupchandaḥ śrībagalāmukhī devatā laṃ bījaṃ aiṃ kīlakaṃ puruṣārthacatuṣṭaye jape viniyogaḥ ||

Meaning

कवच

शिरो मे बगला पातु हृदयैकाक्षरी परा । ॐ ह्रीं ॐ मे ललाटे च बगला वैरिनाशिनी ॥

śiro me bagalā pātu hṛdayaikākṣarī parā | oṃ hrīṃ oṃ me lalāṭe ca bagalā vairināśinī ||

कवच

gadāhastā sadā pātu mukhaṃ me mokṣadāyinī | vairijihvāndharā pātu kaṇṭhaṃ me bagalāmukhī ||

कवच

udaraṃ nābhideśaṃ ca pātu nityaṃ parātparā | parātparaparā pātu mama guhyaṃ sureśvarī ||

कवच

hastau caiva tathā pātu pārvatīparipātu me | vivāde viṣame ghore saṅgrāme ripusaṅkaṭe ||

कवच

pītāmbaradharā pātu sarvāṅgaṃ śivanartakī | śrīvidyāsamayo pātu mātaṅgīduritāśivā ||

कवच

pātuputraṃ sutāṃ caiva kalatraṃ kālikā mama | pātu nityaṃ bhrātaraṃ me pitaraṃ śūlinī sadā ||

फलश्रुति

sandehi bagalādevyāḥ kavacaṃ manmukhoditam | naiva deyamamukhyāya sarvasiddhipradāyakam ||

फलश्रुति

paṭhanāddhāraṇādasya pūjanādvāñchitaṃ labhet | idaṃ kavacamajñātvā yo japed bagalāmukhīm ||

फलश्रुति

pibanti śoṇitaṃ tasya yoginyaḥ prāpyasādarāḥ | vaśye cākarṣaṇe caiva māraṇe mohane tathā ||

फलश्रुति

mahābhaye vipattau ca paṭhedvāpāṭhayettu yaḥ | tasya sarvārthasiddhiḥ syādbhaktiyuktasya pārvatī ||

समापन

इति श्रीरुद्रयामले बगलामुखीकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrīrudrayāmale bagalāmukhīkavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Introduction

Drawn from the Tantras, this Bagalamukhi Kavacham is a protective armour from the worship of Pitambara Bagalamukhi, one of the ten Mahavidyas. Bagalamukhi is the goddess who stills the tongue and speech of enemies, holding a mace in one hand and the enemy’s tongue in the other. The armour invokes the Goddess in many forms — the single-syllabled Ekakshari, the enemy-destroying Vairinashini, the liberation-giving Mokshadayini, Paratpara, the dancer Shivanartaki, Matangi, Kalika and Shulini — to guard the head, forehead, mouth, throat, belly, navel, private parts, hands and the whole body, and prays for the protection of one’s children, wife, brother and father.

The Sanskrit text below is reproduced verbatim from a canonical source; the meanings are explanatory. Pure seed-syllables (bija-mantras) carry no literal translation. Scholarly-religious review is welcome.

Sources 2

Sanskrit Documents — बगलामुखीकवचम् — bagalAmukhIkavacham, proofread by Nat Natarajan
संस्कृत मूल पाठ प्रामाणिक स्रोत से अक्षरशः; बीजमन्त्रों का शब्दशः अनुवाद सम्भव नहीं, अर्थ व्याख्यात्मक। धार्मिक समीक्षा अपेक्षित।
Manblunder — Sri Bagalamukhi Kavacham (English commentary) — anga-nyasa body-part mapping and explanatory meaning

Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.