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Narayana Kavacham
నారాయణకవచమ్
Narayana Kavacham is a traditional Vishnu devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.
rājovāca |
yayā guptaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ savāhānripusainikān |
krīḍanniva vinirjitya trilokyā bubhuje śriyam || 1||
bhagavaṃstanmamākhyāhi varma nārāyaṇātmakam |
yathā''tatāyinaḥ śatrūn yena gupto'jayanmṛdhe || 2||
śrīśuka uvāca |
vṛtaḥ purohitastvāṣṭro mahendrāyānupṛcchate |
nārāyaṇākhyaṃ varmāha tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu || 3||
viśvarūpa uvāca |
dhautāṇghripāṇirācamya sapavitra udaṇmukhaḥ |
kṛtasvāṇgakaranyāso mantrābhyāṃ vāgyataḥ śuciḥ || 4||
nārāyaṇamayaṃ varma sannahyedbhaya āgate |
pādayorjānunorūrvorudare hṛdyathorasi || 5||
mukhe śirasyānupūrvyādoṃkārādīni vinyaset |
oṃ namo nārāyaṇāyeti viparyayamathāpi vā || 6||
karanyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāddvādaśākṣaravidyayā |
praṇavādiyakārāntamaṇgulyaṇguṣṭhaparvasu || 7||
nyaseddhṛdaya oṃkāraṃ vikāramanu mūrdhani |
ṣakāraṃ tu bhruvormadhye ṇakāraṃ śikhayā diśet || 8||
vekāraṃ netrayoryuJṇjyānnakāraṃ sarvasandhiṣu |
makāramastramuddiśya mantramūrtirbhavedbudhaḥ || 9||
savisargaṃ phaḍantaṃ tat sarvadikṣu vinirdiśet |
oṃ viṣṇave nama iti || 10||
ātmānaṃ paramaṃ dhyāyeddhyeyaṃ ṣaṭśaktibhiryutam |
vidyātejastapomūrtimimaṃ mantramudāharet || 11||
oṃ harirvidadhyānmama sarvarakṣāṃ
nyastāṇghripadmaḥ patagendrapṛṣṭhe |
darāricarmāsigadeṣucāpa-
pāśāndadhāno'ṣṭaguṇo'ṣṭabāhuḥ || 12||
jaleṣu māṃ rakṣatu matsyamūrti-
ryādogaṇebhyo varuṇasya pāśāt |
sthaleṣu māyāvaṭuvāmano'vyāt
trivikramaḥ khe'vatu viśvarūpaḥ || 13||
durgeṣvaṭavyājimukhādiṣu prabhuḥ
pāyānnṛsiṃho'surayūthapāriḥ |
vimuJṇcato yasya mahāṭṭahāsaṃ
diśo vinedurnyapataṃśca garbhāḥ || 14||
rakṣatvasau mādhvani yajñakalpaḥ
svadaṃṣṭrayonnītadharo varāhaḥ |
rāmo'drikūṭeṣvatha vipravāse
salakṣmaṇo'vyādbharatāgrajo'smān || 15||
māmugradharmādakhilātpramādā-
nnārāyaṇaḥ pātu naraśca hāsāt |
dattastvayogādatha yoganāthaḥ
pāyādguṇeśaḥ kapilaḥ karmabandhāt || 16||
sanatkumāro'vatu kāmadevā-
ddhayaśīrṣā māṃ pathi devahelanāt |
devarṣivaryaḥ puruṣārcanāntarāt
kūrmo harirmāṃ nirayādaśeṣāt || 17||
dhanvantarirbhagavānpātvapathyā-
ddvandvādbhayādṛṣabho nirjitātmā |
yajñaśca lokādavatāJṇjanāntā-
dbalo gaṇātkrodhavaśādahīndraḥ || 18||
dvaipāyano bhagavānaprabodhā-
dbuddhastu pākhaṇḍagaṇapramādāt |
kalkiḥ kaleḥ kālamalātprapātu
dharmāvanāyorukṛtāvatāraḥ || 19||
māṃ keśavo gadayā prātaravyā-
dgovinda āsaṇgavamāttaveṇuḥ |
nārāyaṇaḥ prāhṇa udāttaśakti-
rmadhyandine viṣṇurarīndrapāṇiḥ || 20||
devo'parāhṇe madhuhogradhanvā
sāyaṃ tridhāmāvatu mādhavo mām |
doṣe hṛṣīkeśa utārdharātre
niśītha eko'vatu padmanābhaḥ || 21||
śrīvatsadhāmāpararātra īśaḥ
pratyuṣa īśo'sidharo janārdanaḥ |
dāmodaro'vyādanusandhyaṃ prabhāte
viśveśvaro bhagavān kālamūrtiḥ || 22||
cakraṃ yugāntānalatigmanemi
bhramatsamantādbhagavatprayuktam |
dandagdhi dandagdhyarisainyamāśu
kakṣaṃ yathā vātasakho hutāśaḥ || 23||
gade'śanisparśanavisphuliṇge
niṣpiṇḍhi niṣpiṇḍhyajitapriyāsi |
kūṣmāṇḍavaināyakayakṣarakṣo-
bhūtagrahāṃścūrṇaya cūrṇayārīn || 24||
tvaṃ yātudhānapramathapretamātṛ-
piśācavipragrahaghoradṛṣṭīn |
darendra vidrāvaya kṛṣṇapūrito
bhīmasvano'rehṛ|rdayāni kampayan || 25||
tvaṃ tigmadhārāsivarārisainya-
mīśaprayukto mama chindhi chindhi |
cakṣūṃṣi carmaJṇchatacandra chādaya
dviṣāmaghonāṃ hara pāpacakṣuṣām || 26||
yanno bhayaṃ grahebhyo'bhūtketubhyo nṛbhya eva ca |
sarīsṛpebhyo daṃṣṭribhyo bhūtebhyoṃ'hobhya vā || 27 ||
sarvāṇyetāni bhagavannāmarūpāstrakīrtanāt |
prayāntu saṃkṣayaṃ sadyo ye naḥ śreyaḥpratīpakāḥ || 28||
garuḍo bhagavān stotrastobhaśchandomayaḥ prabhuḥ |
rakṣatvaśeṣakṛcchrebhyo viṣvaksenaḥ svanāmabhiḥ || 29 ||
sarvāpadbhyo harernāmarūpayānāyudhāni naḥ |
buddhīndriyamanaḥprāṇānpāntu pārṣadabhūṣaṇāḥ || 30||
yathā hi bhagavāneva vastutaḥ sadasacca yat |
satyenānena naḥ sarve yāntu nāśamupadravāḥ || 31||
yathaikātmyānubhāvānāṃ vikalparahitaḥ svayam |
bhūṣaṇāyudhaliṇgākhyā dhatte śaktīḥ svamāyayā || 32||
tenaiva satyamānena sarvajño bhagavān hariḥ |
pātu sarvaiḥ svarūpairnaḥ sadā sarvatra sarvagaḥ || 33||
vidikṣu dikṣūrdhvamadhaḥ samantā-
dantarbahirbhagavānnārasiṃhaḥ |
prahāpayaṃ|clokabhayaṃ svanena
svatejasā grastasamastatejāḥ || 34||
maghavannidamākhyātaṃ varma nārāyaṇātmakam |
vijeṣyasyaJṇjasā yena daṃśito'surayūthapān || 35||
etaddhārayamāṇastu yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cakṣuṣā |
padā vā saṃspṛśetsadyaḥ sādhvasātsa vimucyate || 36||
na kutaścidbhayaṃ tasya vidyāṃ dhārayato bhavet |
rājadasyugrahādibhyo vyāghrādibhyaśca karhicit || 37||
imāṃ vidyāṃ purā kaścitkauśiko dhārayan dvijaḥ |
yogadhāraṇayā svāṇgaṃ jahau sa marudhanvani || 38||
tasyopari vimānena gandharvapatirekadā |
yayau citrarathaḥ strībhirvṛto yatra dvijakṣayaḥ || 39 ||
gaganānnyapatatsadyaḥ savimāno hyavākṣirāḥ |
sa vālakhilyavacanādasthīnyādāya vismitaḥ |
prāsya prācīsarasvatyāṃ snātvā dhāma svamanvagāt || 40||
śrīśuka uvāca |
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyātkāle yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ |
taṃ namasyanti bhūtāni mucyate sarvato bhayāt || 41||
etāṃ vidyāmadhigato viśvarūpācchatakratuḥ |
trailokyalakṣmīṃ bubhuje vinirjitya mṛdhe'surān || 42||
|| iti śrīmadbhāgavatamahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
ṣaṣṭhaskandhe nārāyaṇavarmakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ||
Reading & reflection
This hymn addresses Vishnu through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.
Text edition & attribution
Complete text of नारायणकवचम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 92988, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.
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