Kamala Kavacham

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मङ्गलाचरण 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |

विनियोग 1

ॐ अस्याश्चतुरक्षराविष्णुवनितायाः कवचस्य श्रीभगवान् शिव ऋषीः । अनुष्टुप्छन्दः । वाग्भवा देवता । वाग्भवं बीजम् । लज्जा शक्तिः । रमा कीलकम् । कामबीजात्मकं कवचम् । मम सुकवित्वपाण्डित्यसमृद्धिसिद्धये पाठे विनियोगः ।

Meaning

For this armour of the four-syllabled consort of Vishnu (Lakshmi), the seer (rishi) is the blessed Lord Shiva; the metre (chandas) is Anushtup; the deity is Vagbhava; the seed (bija) is ‘Vagbhava’ (aiṃ); the power (shakti) is ‘Lajja’, modesty (hrīṃ); the pin (kilaka) is ‘Rama’ (shrīṃ); and the armour is of the nature of the Kama-bija (klīṃ). This application (viniyoga) is made in the recitation for my attainment of fine poetic skill, learning and prosperity. (‘Vagbhava’, ‘Lajja’, ‘Rama’ and the Kama-bija are pure seed-syllables and carry no literal meaning.)

कवच 13

ऐङ्कारो मस्तके पातु वाग्भवां सर्वसिद्धिदा । ह्रीं पातु चक्षुषोर्मध्ये चक्षुर्युग्मे च शाङ्करी ॥ १॥

aiṅkāro mastake pātu vāgbhavāṃ sarvasiddhidā | hrīṃ pātu cakṣuṣormadhye cakṣuryugme ca śāṅkarī || 1||

जिह्वायां मुखवृत्ते च कर्णयोर्दन्तयोर्नसि । ओष्ठाधारे दन्तपङ्क्तौ तालुमूले हनौ पुनः ॥ २॥ पातु मां विष्णुवनिता लक्ष्मीः श्रीवर्णरूपिणी ॥

jihvāyāṃ mukhavṛtte ca karṇayordantayornasi | oṣṭhādhāre dantapaṅktau tālumūle hanau punaḥ || 2|| pātu māṃ viṣṇuvanitā lakṣmīḥ śrīvarṇarūpiṇī ||

कर्णयुग्मे भुजद्वन्द्वे स्तनद्वन्द्वे च पार्वती ॥ ३॥

karṇayugme bhujadvandve stanadvandve ca pārvatī || 3||

हृदये मणिबन्धे च ग्रीवायां पार्श्वर्योद्वयोः । पृष्ठदेशे तथा गुह्ये वामे च दक्षिणे तथा ॥ ४॥

hṛdaye maṇibandhe ca grīvāyāṃ pārśvaryodvayoḥ | pṛṣṭhadeśe tathā guhye vāme ca dakṣiṇe tathā || 4||

उपस्थे च नितम्बे च नाभौ जंघाद्वये पुनः । जानुचक्रे पदद्वन्द्वे घुटिकेऽङ्गुलिमूलके ॥ ५॥

upasthe ca nitambe ca nābhau jaṃghādvaye punaḥ | jānucakre padadvandve ghuṭike'ṅgulimūlake || 5||

स्वधा तु प्राणशक्त्यां वा सीमन्यां मस्तके तथा । सर्वाङ्गे पातु कामेशी महादेवी समुन्नतिः ॥ ६॥

svadhā tu prāṇaśaktyāṃ vā sīmanyāṃ mastake tathā | sarvāṅge pātu kāmeśī mahādevī samunnatiḥ || 6||

पुष्टिः पातु महामाया उत्कृष्टिः सर्वदाऽवतु । ऋद्धिः पातु सदा देवी सर्वत्र शम्भुवल्लभा ॥ ७॥

puṣṭiḥ pātu mahāmāyā utkṛṣṭiḥ sarvadā'vatu | ṛddhiḥ pātu sadā devī sarvatra śambhuvallabhā || 7||

वाग्भवा सर्वदा पातु पातु मां हरगेहिनी । रमा पातु महादेवी पातु माया स्वराट् स्वयम् ॥ ८॥

vāgbhavā sarvadā pātu pātu māṃ haragehinī | ramā pātu mahādevī pātu māyā svarāṭ svayam || 8||

सर्वाङ्गे पातु मां लक्ष्मीर्विष्णुमाया सुरेश्वरी । विजया पातु भवने जया पातु सदा मम ॥ ९॥

sarvāṅge pātu māṃ lakṣmīrviṣṇumāyā sureśvarī | vijayā pātu bhavane jayā pātu sadā mama || 9||

शिवदूती सदा पातु सुन्दरी पातु सर्वदा । भैरवी पातु सर्वत्र भेरुण्डा सर्वदाऽवतु ॥ १०॥

śivadūtī sadā pātu sundarī pātu sarvadā | bhairavī pātu sarvatra bheruṇḍā sarvadā'vatu || 10||

त्वरिता पातु मां नित्यमुग्रतारा सदाऽवतु । पातु मां कालिका नित्यं कालरात्रिः सदाऽवतु ॥ ११॥

tvaritā pātu māṃ nityamugratārā sadā'vatu | pātu māṃ kālikā nityaṃ kālarātriḥ sadā'vatu || 11||

नवदुर्गाः सदा पातु कामाख्या सर्वदाऽवतु । योगिन्यः सर्वदा पातु मुद्राः पातु सदा सम ॥ १२॥

navadurgāḥ sadā pātu kāmākhyā sarvadā'vatu | yoginyaḥ sarvadā pātu mudrāḥ pātu sadā sama || 12||

मात्राः पातु सदा देव्यश्चक्रस्था योगिनी गणाः । सर्वत्र सर्वकार्येषु सर्वकर्मसु सर्वदा ॥ १३॥ पातु मां देवदेवी च लक्ष्मीः सर्वसमृद्धिदा ॥

mātrāḥ pātu sadā devyaścakrasthā yoginī gaṇāḥ | sarvatra sarvakāryeṣu sarvakarmasu sarvadā || 13|| pātu māṃ devadevī ca lakṣmīḥ sarvasamṛddhidā ||

समापन 1

॥ इति विश्वसारतन्त्रे श्रीकमलाकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti viśvasāratantre śrīkamalākavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

मङ्गलाचरण

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |

विनियोग

Meaning

कवच

aiṅkāro mastake pātu vāgbhavāṃ sarvasiddhidā | hrīṃ pātu cakṣuṣormadhye cakṣuryugme ca śāṅkarī || 1||

कवच

jihvāyāṃ mukhavṛtte ca karṇayordantayornasi | oṣṭhādhāre dantapaṅktau tālumūle hanau punaḥ || 2|| pātu māṃ viṣṇuvanitā lakṣmīḥ śrīvarṇarūpiṇī ||

कवच

कर्णयुग्मे भुजद्वन्द्वे स्तनद्वन्द्वे च पार्वती ॥ ३॥

karṇayugme bhujadvandve stanadvandve ca pārvatī || 3||

कवच

hṛdaye maṇibandhe ca grīvāyāṃ pārśvaryodvayoḥ | pṛṣṭhadeśe tathā guhye vāme ca dakṣiṇe tathā || 4||

कवच

upasthe ca nitambe ca nābhau jaṃghādvaye punaḥ | jānucakre padadvandve ghuṭike'ṅgulimūlake || 5||

कवच

svadhā tu prāṇaśaktyāṃ vā sīmanyāṃ mastake tathā | sarvāṅge pātu kāmeśī mahādevī samunnatiḥ || 6||

कवच

puṣṭiḥ pātu mahāmāyā utkṛṣṭiḥ sarvadā'vatu | ṛddhiḥ pātu sadā devī sarvatra śambhuvallabhā || 7||

कवच

vāgbhavā sarvadā pātu pātu māṃ haragehinī | ramā pātu mahādevī pātu māyā svarāṭ svayam || 8||

कवच

sarvāṅge pātu māṃ lakṣmīrviṣṇumāyā sureśvarī | vijayā pātu bhavane jayā pātu sadā mama || 9||

कवच

śivadūtī sadā pātu sundarī pātu sarvadā | bhairavī pātu sarvatra bheruṇḍā sarvadā'vatu || 10||

कवच

tvaritā pātu māṃ nityamugratārā sadā'vatu | pātu māṃ kālikā nityaṃ kālarātriḥ sadā'vatu || 11||

कवच

navadurgāḥ sadā pātu kāmākhyā sarvadā'vatu | yoginyaḥ sarvadā pātu mudrāḥ pātu sadā sama || 12||

कवच

mātrāḥ pātu sadā devyaścakrasthā yoginī gaṇāḥ | sarvatra sarvakāryeṣu sarvakarmasu sarvadā || 13|| pātu māṃ devadevī ca lakṣmīḥ sarvasamṛddhidā ||

समापन

॥ इति विश्वसारतन्त्रे श्रीकमलाकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti viśvasāratantre śrīkamalākavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Introduction

Recorded in the Vishvasara Tantra, this tantric Sri Kamala Kavacham is a limb-guarding armour from the worship of the goddess Kamala — Kamalatmika Lakshmi. Through the seed-syllables aiṃ and hrīṃ and a host of goddesses — Vagbhava, Shankari, Parvati, Kameshi, Rama, Vijaya, Jaya, Bhairavi, Kalika, the nine Durgas, Kamakhya, the Yoginis and the Matrikas — it calls protection upon every part of the body from head to foot, its promised fruit being fine poetry, scholarship and prosperity.

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 — श्रीकमलाकवचम् — shriikamalaakavach, proofread by Ravin Bhalekar
संस्कृत मूल पाठ इसी प्रामाणिक स्रोत से अक्षरशः; बीजमन्त्रों का शब्दशः अनुवाद सम्भव नहीं, अर्थ व्याख्यात्मक। धार्मिक समीक्षा अपेक्षित।
Raja Thatha's Stotras — Kamala Kavacham (English) — verse-by-verse body-part protection mapping and explanatory meaning

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