Narasimha Kavacham
फलश्रुति 13
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | athāparaṃ pravakṣyāmi hyalpamṛtyu haraṃparam | upāyaṃ yatkṛtenāṅga śīghraṃ mṛtyurnivartate || 1||
nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ nāma stotraṃ paramadurlabham | yasya dhāraṇayā kṣipramalpamṛtyurvinaśyati || 2||
aruṇa uvāca - bhagavandevadeveśa kṛpayā parayā'dhunā | nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ divyaṃ guhyaṃ bhaktāya me vada || 3||
sūrya uvāca - śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ śubham | yasya vijñānamātreṇa naśyanti sakalāpadaḥ || 4||
grahabādhā pretabādhā bādhā yā kuladoṣajā | kṛtyayā janitā bādhā śatrubādhā svakarmajā || 5||
śīghraṃ naśyanti tāḥ sarvāḥ kavacasya prabhāvataḥ | asādhyā ye ca dussādhyā mahārogā bhayaṅkarāḥ || 6||
sadyo naśyanti paṭhanātkavacasyāsya sārathe | jalabhītiścāgnibhītirbhītiḥ śatrugaṇādapi || 7||
siṃhavyāghrādijā bhītiḥ śīghraṃ sarvā vinaśyati | saṅgrāme durgame'raṇye saṅkaṭe prāṇasaṃśaye || 8||
paṭhato vijayo rakṣā sukhaṃ saubhāgyasampadaḥ | putrasaukhyaṃ rājasaukhyaṃ dhanasaukhyamṛṇakṣayaḥ || 9||
kuṭumbavṛddhiḥ kalyāṇamārogyaṃ vijayaḥ sadā | alpamṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ pāṭhādasya vinaśyati || 10||
alpamṛtyuharaścāta upāyo na paraḥ smṛtaḥ | alpamṛtyuharaṃ nāma kavacaṃ cedamuttamam || 11||
siṃhapraṇādānmatto'pi gajendrastu palāyate | alpamṛtyustathā cāsya pāṭhātsadyo nirasyate || 12||
sahasrapañcakāvṛtiṃ paṭhedyaḥ susamāhitaḥ | alpamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya prabhavennaiva karhicit || 13||
कवच 22
atha pāṭhaḥ - nṛsiṃho me śiraḥ pātu pātu bhālaṃ nṛkesarī | bhruvau nṛsiṃho me pātu nṛsiṃho nayanadvayam || 14||
nṛsiṃho nāsike pātu karṇau pātu nṛkesarī | nṛsiṃho me mukhaṃ pātu kapolau rakṣatāddhariḥ || 15||
nṛsiṃhaścibukaṃ rakṣetkaṇṭhaṃ pātu nṛkesarī | skandhau pātu nṛsiṃho me bhujau pātu nṛkesarī || 16||
karadvayaṃ nṛsiṃho'vyānnṛsiṃho rakṣatāduraḥ | nṛsiṃho hṛdayaṃ pātu nṛsiṃho'vyāttathodaram || 17||
kukṣiṃ narahariḥ pātu nābhiṃ pātu nṛkesarī | bastiṃ ca guhyadeśaṃ ca nṛsiṃho'vyātsadā mama || 18||
nṛsiṃho jānunī pātu jaṅghe pātu nṛkesarī | pādau gulphau sadā pātu nṛsiṃho mama rakṣakaḥ || 19||
agrataḥ pṛṣṭhato me'vyāttathā pārśvadvayaṃ sadā | nṛsiṃhaḥ sarvagātrāṇi mama rakṣatu sarvadā || 20||
nṛsiṃho rakṣatātpūrve vahnikoṇe nṛkesarī | nairṛtyāṃ narasiṃho'vyānṛsiṃhaḥ pātu paścime || 21||
nṛsiṃho vāyukoṇe'vyāduttare'vyānnṛkesarī | nṛsiṃho'vyāttatheśāne hyadha ūrdhvaṃ samantataḥ || 22||
jale sadā rakṣatu māṃ nṛsiṃhaḥ sthaleṣu māṃ pātu sadā nṛsiṃhaḥ | nabhastale bhūmitale samantānṛkesarī rakṣatu sarvadā mām || 23||
durgādhvadurgabhavaneṣu ca saṅkaṭeṣu prāṇaprayāṇabhayavighnasamuccayeṣu | śītoṣṇavātaripurogabhayeṣu yuddhe saṅkaṣṭanāśanaparo'vatu māṃ nṛsiṃhaḥ || 24||
chinattu cakreṇa sadā'rivargānsarvānnṛsiṃho mama mṛtyurūpān | asādhyadussādhyasamastarogānbhindyānnṛsiṃhaḥ svagadābhighātaiḥ || 25||
pretānpiśācānsagaṇānsvanena śaṅkhasya vidrāvayatānnṛsiṃhaḥ | kūṣmāṇḍabālagrahayakṣarakṣaḥ sa ḍākinīḥ śākinikāḥ samastāḥ || 26||
khaḍgena me mṛtyunisargapāśaṃ sañchidya māṃ pātu sadā nṛsiṃhaḥ | sadā'pamṛtyośca tathā'lpamṛtyorvimocya māṃ rakṣatunārasiṃhaḥ || 27||
bhaktasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya vidāryastambhamudgataḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ meṃ kariṣyati || 28||
aṭṭāṭṭahāsato yasya sarve devāścakampire | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 29||
hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣo dadāraniśitairnakhaiḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 30||
yasya bhrūbhaṅgamātreṇa trastamāsījjagattrayam | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 31||
utkṣiptasaṭayā vyagrā devā daityā vidudruvuḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 32||
yannāmasmaraṇādeva dahyante vighnarāśayaḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 33||
yadaṅghridhyānataḥsadyo vilīyante'gharāśayaḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 34||
mātā nṛsiṃhaśca pitā nṛsiṃho bhrātā nṛsiṃhaśca sakhā nṛsiṃhaḥ | balaṃ nṛsiṃho draviṇaṃ nṛsiṃhaḥ sarvaṃ nṛsiṃho mama devadevaḥ || 35||
फलश्रुति 2
iti te kathitaṃ putra nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ śubham | asya dhāraṇataḥ pāṭhādalpamṛtyuḥ praśāmyati || 36||
śataṃ vā'tha tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā sadakṣiṇam | viprebhyaḥ pustakaṃ dadyādalpamṛtyupraśāntaye || 37||
समापन 2
iti śrīsūryāruṇasaṃvāde apamṛtyuharaṃ nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ samāptam ||
|| oṃ tatsatparamātmanenamaḥ ||
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | athāparaṃ pravakṣyāmi hyalpamṛtyu haraṃparam | upāyaṃ yatkṛtenāṅga śīghraṃ mṛtyurnivartate || 1||
nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ nāma stotraṃ paramadurlabham | yasya dhāraṇayā kṣipramalpamṛtyurvinaśyati || 2||
aruṇa uvāca - bhagavandevadeveśa kṛpayā parayā'dhunā | nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ divyaṃ guhyaṃ bhaktāya me vada || 3||
sūrya uvāca - śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ śubham | yasya vijñānamātreṇa naśyanti sakalāpadaḥ || 4||
grahabādhā pretabādhā bādhā yā kuladoṣajā | kṛtyayā janitā bādhā śatrubādhā svakarmajā || 5||
śīghraṃ naśyanti tāḥ sarvāḥ kavacasya prabhāvataḥ | asādhyā ye ca dussādhyā mahārogā bhayaṅkarāḥ || 6||
sadyo naśyanti paṭhanātkavacasyāsya sārathe | jalabhītiścāgnibhītirbhītiḥ śatrugaṇādapi || 7||
siṃhavyāghrādijā bhītiḥ śīghraṃ sarvā vinaśyati | saṅgrāme durgame'raṇye saṅkaṭe prāṇasaṃśaye || 8||
paṭhato vijayo rakṣā sukhaṃ saubhāgyasampadaḥ | putrasaukhyaṃ rājasaukhyaṃ dhanasaukhyamṛṇakṣayaḥ || 9||
kuṭumbavṛddhiḥ kalyāṇamārogyaṃ vijayaḥ sadā | alpamṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ pāṭhādasya vinaśyati || 10||
alpamṛtyuharaścāta upāyo na paraḥ smṛtaḥ | alpamṛtyuharaṃ nāma kavacaṃ cedamuttamam || 11||
siṃhapraṇādānmatto'pi gajendrastu palāyate | alpamṛtyustathā cāsya pāṭhātsadyo nirasyate || 12||
sahasrapañcakāvṛtiṃ paṭhedyaḥ susamāhitaḥ | alpamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya prabhavennaiva karhicit || 13||
atha pāṭhaḥ - nṛsiṃho me śiraḥ pātu pātu bhālaṃ nṛkesarī | bhruvau nṛsiṃho me pātu nṛsiṃho nayanadvayam || 14||
nṛsiṃho nāsike pātu karṇau pātu nṛkesarī | nṛsiṃho me mukhaṃ pātu kapolau rakṣatāddhariḥ || 15||
nṛsiṃhaścibukaṃ rakṣetkaṇṭhaṃ pātu nṛkesarī | skandhau pātu nṛsiṃho me bhujau pātu nṛkesarī || 16||
karadvayaṃ nṛsiṃho'vyānnṛsiṃho rakṣatāduraḥ | nṛsiṃho hṛdayaṃ pātu nṛsiṃho'vyāttathodaram || 17||
kukṣiṃ narahariḥ pātu nābhiṃ pātu nṛkesarī | bastiṃ ca guhyadeśaṃ ca nṛsiṃho'vyātsadā mama || 18||
nṛsiṃho jānunī pātu jaṅghe pātu nṛkesarī | pādau gulphau sadā pātu nṛsiṃho mama rakṣakaḥ || 19||
agrataḥ pṛṣṭhato me'vyāttathā pārśvadvayaṃ sadā | nṛsiṃhaḥ sarvagātrāṇi mama rakṣatu sarvadā || 20||
nṛsiṃho rakṣatātpūrve vahnikoṇe nṛkesarī | nairṛtyāṃ narasiṃho'vyānṛsiṃhaḥ pātu paścime || 21||
nṛsiṃho vāyukoṇe'vyāduttare'vyānnṛkesarī | nṛsiṃho'vyāttatheśāne hyadha ūrdhvaṃ samantataḥ || 22||
jale sadā rakṣatu māṃ nṛsiṃhaḥ sthaleṣu māṃ pātu sadā nṛsiṃhaḥ | nabhastale bhūmitale samantānṛkesarī rakṣatu sarvadā mām || 23||
durgādhvadurgabhavaneṣu ca saṅkaṭeṣu prāṇaprayāṇabhayavighnasamuccayeṣu | śītoṣṇavātaripurogabhayeṣu yuddhe saṅkaṣṭanāśanaparo'vatu māṃ nṛsiṃhaḥ || 24||
chinattu cakreṇa sadā'rivargānsarvānnṛsiṃho mama mṛtyurūpān | asādhyadussādhyasamastarogānbhindyānnṛsiṃhaḥ svagadābhighātaiḥ || 25||
pretānpiśācānsagaṇānsvanena śaṅkhasya vidrāvayatānnṛsiṃhaḥ | kūṣmāṇḍabālagrahayakṣarakṣaḥ sa ḍākinīḥ śākinikāḥ samastāḥ || 26||
khaḍgena me mṛtyunisargapāśaṃ sañchidya māṃ pātu sadā nṛsiṃhaḥ | sadā'pamṛtyośca tathā'lpamṛtyorvimocya māṃ rakṣatunārasiṃhaḥ || 27||
bhaktasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya vidāryastambhamudgataḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ meṃ kariṣyati || 28||
aṭṭāṭṭahāsato yasya sarve devāścakampire | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 29||
hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣo dadāraniśitairnakhaiḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 30||
yasya bhrūbhaṅgamātreṇa trastamāsījjagattrayam | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 31||
utkṣiptasaṭayā vyagrā devā daityā vidudruvuḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 32||
yannāmasmaraṇādeva dahyante vighnarāśayaḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 33||
yadaṅghridhyānataḥsadyo vilīyante'gharāśayaḥ | nṛsiṃho rakṣakaḥ so'stu mṛtyuḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati || 34||
mātā nṛsiṃhaśca pitā nṛsiṃho bhrātā nṛsiṃhaśca sakhā nṛsiṃhaḥ | balaṃ nṛsiṃho draviṇaṃ nṛsiṃhaḥ sarvaṃ nṛsiṃho mama devadevaḥ || 35||
iti te kathitaṃ putra nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ śubham | asya dhāraṇataḥ pāṭhādalpamṛtyuḥ praśāmyati || 36||
śataṃ vā'tha tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā sadakṣiṇam | viprebhyaḥ pustakaṃ dadyādalpamṛtyupraśāntaye || 37||
iti śrīsūryāruṇasaṃvāde apamṛtyuharaṃ nṛsiṃhakavacaṃ samāptam ||
|| oṃ tatsatparamātmanenamaḥ ||
Introduction
The Narasimha Kavacham (apamrityuharam) is a celebrated protective “armour” hymn of Lord Narasimha, framed as a dialogue between the sun-god Surya and his charioteer Aruna. In it the devotee asks Narasimha to guard every part of the body — from head to feet and in every direction — and, in the refrain ‘Narasimha is my protector; what can death do to me?’, seeks shelter from untimely death, disease, fear and hostile forces. Tradition holds that reciting it daily with faith dispels the dread of premature death.
The Sanskrit text is taken verbatim from a canonical source (sanskritdocuments.org); the meanings are explanatory. For correct pronunciation and observance, guidance from a qualified teacher is advisable.
Sources 2
- Sanskrit Documents — अपमृत्युहरं श्रीनृसिंहकवचम् — nRRisiMhakavacham apamRRityuharam (श्रीसूर्यारुणसंवाद), proofread ITRANS
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- Stotra Nidhi — Sri Narasimha Kavacham — भगवान् नृसिंह के कवच का पद्यानुसार प्रचलित अंग्रेज़ी अर्थ — व्याख्यात्मक अनुवाद हेतु सन्दर्भ
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