Matangi Kavacham
विनियोग 1
asya śrīmātaṅgīkavacamantrasya mahāyogīśvaraṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ śrīrājamātaṅgīśvarī śrīmanaṅgīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
ध्यान 2
nīlotpalapratīkāśāmañjanādrisamaprabhām | vīṇāhastāṃ gānaratāṃ madhupātraṃ ca bibhratīm || 1||
sarvālaṅkārasaṃyuktāṃ śyāmalāṃ madaśālinīm | namāmi rājamātaṅgīṃ bhaktānāmiṣṭadāyinīm || 2||
कवच 10
evaṃ dhyātvā japennityaṃ kavacaṃ sarvakāmadam | śikhāṃ me śyāmalā pātu mātaṅgī me śiro'vatu || 3||
lalāṭaṃ pātu caṇḍālī bhruvau me madaśālinī | karṇau me pātu mātaṅgī śaṅkhau kuṇḍalaśobhitā || 4||
netre me pātu raktākṣī nāsikāṃ pātu me śivā | gaṇḍau me pātu deveśī oṣṭhau bimbaphalādharā || 5||
jihvāṃ me pātu vāgīśī dantān kalyāṇakāriṇī | pātu me rājamātaṅgī vadanaṃ sarvasiddhidā || 6||
kaṇṭhaṃ me pātu hṛdyāṅgī vīṇāhastā karau mama | hṛdayaṃ pātu me lakṣmīrnābhiṃ me viśavanāyikā || 7||
mama pārśvadvayaṃ pātu sūkṣmamadhyā maheśvarī | śukaśyāmā kaṭiṃ pātu guhyaṃ me lokamohinī || 8||
ūrū me pātu bhadrāṅgī jānunī pātu śāṅkarī | jaṅghādvayaṃ me lokeśī pādau me parameśvarī || 9||
prāgādidikṣu māṃ pātu sarvaiśvaryapradāyinī | romāṇi pātu me kṛṣṇā bhāryāṃ me bhavavallabhā || 10||
śaṅkarī sarvataḥ pātu mama sarvavaśaṅkarī | mahālakṣmīrmama dhanaṃ viśvamātā sutān mama || 11||
śrīmātaṅgīśvarī nityaṃ māṃ pātu jagadīśvarī | mātaṅgī kavacaṃ nityaṃ ya etatprapaṭhennaraḥ || 12||
फलश्रुति 6
sukhitvaṃ sakalān lokān dāsībhūtānkarotyasau | prāpnoti mahatīṃ kāntiṃ bhavetkāma śataprabhaḥ || 13||
labhate mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ trailokye cāpi durlabhām | aṇimādyaṣṭasiddhaṃ yaṃ sañcaratyeṣa mānavaḥ || 14||
sarvavidyānidhirayaṃ bhavedvāgīśvareśvaraḥ | brahmarākṣasavetālabhūtapreta piśācakaiḥ || 15||
jvalanvahniriva śasyairveśyate bhūtapūrvakaiḥ | paramaṃ yogamāpnoti divyajñānaṃ samaśnute || 16||
putrān pautrānavāpnoti śrīrvidyākānti saṃyutān | tadbhāryā durbhagā cāpi kāntyā ratisamābhavet || 17||
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti mahābhogāṃśca durlabhān | bhuktimante samāpnoti sākṣātparaśivo bhavet || 18||
समापन 1
iti śrī mahā''gamarahasye dattātreya vāmadeva saṃvāde saptamaparicchede śrīmātaṅgī kavacaṃ sampūrṇam |
asya śrīmātaṅgīkavacamantrasya mahāyogīśvaraṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ śrīrājamātaṅgīśvarī śrīmanaṅgīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
nīlotpalapratīkāśāmañjanādrisamaprabhām | vīṇāhastāṃ gānaratāṃ madhupātraṃ ca bibhratīm || 1||
sarvālaṅkārasaṃyuktāṃ śyāmalāṃ madaśālinīm | namāmi rājamātaṅgīṃ bhaktānāmiṣṭadāyinīm || 2||
evaṃ dhyātvā japennityaṃ kavacaṃ sarvakāmadam | śikhāṃ me śyāmalā pātu mātaṅgī me śiro'vatu || 3||
lalāṭaṃ pātu caṇḍālī bhruvau me madaśālinī | karṇau me pātu mātaṅgī śaṅkhau kuṇḍalaśobhitā || 4||
netre me pātu raktākṣī nāsikāṃ pātu me śivā | gaṇḍau me pātu deveśī oṣṭhau bimbaphalādharā || 5||
jihvāṃ me pātu vāgīśī dantān kalyāṇakāriṇī | pātu me rājamātaṅgī vadanaṃ sarvasiddhidā || 6||
kaṇṭhaṃ me pātu hṛdyāṅgī vīṇāhastā karau mama | hṛdayaṃ pātu me lakṣmīrnābhiṃ me viśavanāyikā || 7||
mama pārśvadvayaṃ pātu sūkṣmamadhyā maheśvarī | śukaśyāmā kaṭiṃ pātu guhyaṃ me lokamohinī || 8||
ūrū me pātu bhadrāṅgī jānunī pātu śāṅkarī | jaṅghādvayaṃ me lokeśī pādau me parameśvarī || 9||
prāgādidikṣu māṃ pātu sarvaiśvaryapradāyinī | romāṇi pātu me kṛṣṇā bhāryāṃ me bhavavallabhā || 10||
śaṅkarī sarvataḥ pātu mama sarvavaśaṅkarī | mahālakṣmīrmama dhanaṃ viśvamātā sutān mama || 11||
śrīmātaṅgīśvarī nityaṃ māṃ pātu jagadīśvarī | mātaṅgī kavacaṃ nityaṃ ya etatprapaṭhennaraḥ || 12||
sukhitvaṃ sakalān lokān dāsībhūtānkarotyasau | prāpnoti mahatīṃ kāntiṃ bhavetkāma śataprabhaḥ || 13||
labhate mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ trailokye cāpi durlabhām | aṇimādyaṣṭasiddhaṃ yaṃ sañcaratyeṣa mānavaḥ || 14||
sarvavidyānidhirayaṃ bhavedvāgīśvareśvaraḥ | brahmarākṣasavetālabhūtapreta piśācakaiḥ || 15||
jvalanvahniriva śasyairveśyate bhūtapūrvakaiḥ | paramaṃ yogamāpnoti divyajñānaṃ samaśnute || 16||
putrān pautrānavāpnoti śrīrvidyākānti saṃyutān | tadbhāryā durbhagā cāpi kāntyā ratisamābhavet || 17||
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti mahābhogāṃśca durlabhān | bhuktimante samāpnoti sākṣātparaśivo bhavet || 18||
iti śrī mahā''gamarahasye dattātreya vāmadeva saṃvāde saptamaparicchede śrīmātaṅgī kavacaṃ sampūrṇam |
Introduction
Among the ten Mahavidyas, Matangi (Rajamatangi / Ucchishta-Chandalini) is the goddess of speech, music, learning and enchantment. This tantric Sri Matangi Kavacham — recorded as a dialogue between Dattatreya and Vamadeva in the Mahagama-Rahasya — guards each limb of the devotee from crown-lock to feet through the goddess’s many forms, and closes by promising eloquence, prosperity, progeny and final liberation.
The Sanskrit text below is reproduced verbatim from a canonical source; the meanings are explanatory. A few variant readings and obscure lines are rendered by sense. Scholarly-religious review is welcome.
Sources 2
- Sanskrit Documents — श्रीमातङ्गीकवचम् — mAtangIkavacha, proofread by Lalitha Parameswari
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- GuruKripa — श्रीमातङ्गी कवचम् (अर्थ सहित) — limb-by-limb protection mapping and explanatory meaning
Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.