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Chapter 22

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नारद उवाच ।। आविर्भूय हरिस्तस्मै किं स्तोत्रं कवचं ददौ ।। महालक्ष्म्याश्च लक्ष्मीशस्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन ।। १ ।। नारायण उवाच।। पुष्करे च तपस्तप्त्वा विरराम सुरेश्वरः ।। आविर्बभूव तत्रैव क्लिष्टं दृष्ट्वा हरिः स्वयम् ।।२।। तमुवाच हृषीकेशो वरं वृणु यथेप्सितम् ।। स च वव्रे वरं लक्ष्मीमीशस्तस्मै ददौ मुदा ।। ३ ।। वरं दत्त्वा हृषीकेशः प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे ।। हितं सत्यं च सारं च परिणामसुखावहम् ।। ४ ।। श्रीमधुसूदन उवाच ।। गृहाण कवचं शक्र सर्वदुःखविनाशनम् ।। परमैश्वर्य्यजनकं सर्वशत्रुविमर्दनम् ।। ५ ।। ब्रह्मणे च पुरा दत्तं विष्टपे च जलप्लुते ।। यद्धृत्वा जगतां श्रेष्ठः सर्वैश्वर्य्ययुतो विधिः ।।६।। बभूवुर्मनवः सर्वे सर्वैश्वर्ययुता यतः ।। सर्वैश्वर्य्यप्रदस्यास्य कवचस्य ऋषिर्विधिः ।। ७ ।। पङ्क्तिश्छन्दश्च सा देवी स्वयं पद्मालया वरा ।। सिद्ध्यैश्वर्य्यसुखेष्वेव विनियोगः प्रकीर्त्तितः ।। यद्धृत्वा कवचं लोकः सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् ।। ८ ।। मस्तकं पातु मे पद्मा कण्ठं पातु हरिप्रिया ।। नासिकां पातु मे लक्ष्मीः कमला पातु लोचने ।। ९ ।। केशान्केशवकान्ता च कपालं कमलालया ।। जगत्प्रसूर्गण्डयुग्मं स्कन्धं सम्पत्प्रदा सदा ।। ।। १० ।। ॐ श्रीं कमलवासिन्यै स्वाहा पृष्ठं सदाऽवतु ।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं पद्मालयायै स्वाहा वक्षः सदाऽवतु ।। पातु श्रीर्मम कङ्कालं बाहुयुग्मं च ते नमः ।। ११ ।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं लक्ष्म्यै नमः पादौ पातु मे संततं चिरम् ।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं नमः पद्मायै स्वाहा पातु नितम्बकम् ।। १२ ।। ॐ श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै स्वाहा सर्वाङ्गं पातु मे सदा ।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं महालक्ष्म्यै स्वाहा मां पातु सर्वतः ।।१३।। इति ते कथितं वत्स सर्वसम्पत्करं परम् ।। सर्वैश्वर्य्यप्रदं नाम कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ।।१४।। गुरुमभ्यर्च्य विधिवत्कवचं धारयेत्तु यः।। कण्ठे वा दक्षिणे बाहौ स सर्वविजयी भवेत् ।। १५ ।। महालक्ष्मीर्गृहं तस्य न जहाति कदाचन ।। तस्य च्छायेव सततं सा च जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। १६ ।। इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा भजेल्लक्ष्मीं स मन्दधीः ।। शतलक्षप्रजापेऽपि न मन्त्रः सिद्धिदायकः ।। १७ ।। नारायण उवाच ।। दत्त्वा तस्मै च कवचं मन्त्रं वै षोडशाक्षरम् ।। सन्तुष्टश्च जगन्नाथो जगतां हितकारणम् ।।१८।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं नमो महालक्ष्म्यै स्वाहा।। ददौ तस्मै च कृपया चेन्द्राय च महामुने ।। १९ ।। ध्यानं च सामवेदोक्तं गोपनीयं सुदुर्लभम् ।। सिद्धैर्मुनीन्द्रैर्दुष्प्राप्यं ध्रुवं सिद्धिप्रदं शुभम्।। २० ।। श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभां शतचन्द्रसमप्रभाम् ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् ।।२१।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां भक्तानुग्रहकारिकाम् ।। सहस्रदलपद्मस्थां स्वस्थां च सुमनोहराम् ।। २२ ।। शान्तां च श्रीहरेः कान्तां तां भजेज्जगतां प्रसूम् ।।२३।। ध्यानेनानेन देवेन्द्रो ध्यात्वा लक्ष्मीं मनोहराम् ।। भक्त्या संपूज्य तस्यै च चोपचारांस्तु षोडश ।।२४।। स्तुत्वाऽनेन स्तवेनैव वक्ष्यमाणेन वासव ।। नत्वा वरं गृहीत्वा च लभिष्यसि च निर्वृतिम् ।। २५ ।। स्तवनं शृणु देवेन्द्र महालक्ष्म्याः सुखप्रदम्।। कथयामि सुगोप्यं च त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम् ।।२६।। नारायण उवाच।। देवि त्वां स्तोतुमिच्छामि न क्षमाः स्तोतुमीश्वराः ।। बुद्धेरगोचरां सूक्ष्मां तेजोरूपां सनातनीम् ।। अनिवार्य्यगुणाढ्यां च को वा निर्वक्तुमीश्वरः ।। २७ ।। स्वेच्छामयीं निराकारां भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहाम् ।। स्तौमि वाङ्मनसापारां किं वाऽहं जगदम्बिके।।२८।। परां चतुर्णां वेदानां पारबीजं भवार्णवे ।। सर्वसस्याधिदेवीं च सर्वासामपि सम्पदाम् ।।२९।। योगिनां चैव योगानां ज्ञानानां ज्ञानिनां तथा ।। वेदानां वै वेदविदां जननीं वर्णयामि किम्।।३०।। यया विना जगत्सर्वमबीजं निष्फलं ध्रुवम् ।। यया स्तनंधयानां च विना मात्रा सुखं भवेत् ।। ३१ ।। प्रसीद जगतां माता रक्षास्मानतिकातरान् ।। वयं त्वच्चरणाम्भोजे प्रपन्नाः शरणं गताः ।। ३२ ।। नमः शक्तिस्वरूपायै जगन्मात्रे नमो नमः ।। ज्ञानदायै बुद्धिदायै सर्वदायै नमो नमः ।।३३।। हरिभक्तिप्रदायिन्यै मुक्तिदायै नमो नमः।। सर्वज्ञायै सर्वदायै महालक्ष्म्यै नमो नमः ।। ३४ ।। कुपुत्राः कुत्रचित्सन्ति न कुत्रापि कुमातरः।। कुत्र माता पुत्रदोषं तं विहाय च गच्छति।।३५।। स्तनन्धयेभ्य इव मे हे मातर्देहि दर्शनम् ।। कृपां कुरु कृपासिन्धो त्वमस्मान्भक्तवत्सले ।।३६।। इत्येवं कथितं वत्स पद्मायाश्च शुभावहम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं शुभदं सम्पदःप्रदम् ।।३७।। इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं पूजाकाले च यः पठेत् ।। महालक्ष्मीर्गृहं तस्य न जहाति कदाचन ।। ३८ ।। इत्युक्त्वा श्रीहरिस्तं च तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।। देवो जगाम क्षीरोदं सुरैः सार्द्धं तदाज्ञया ।। ३९ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे तृतीये गणपतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे लक्ष्मीस्तवकवचपूजा कथनं नाम द्वाविंशतितमोऽध्यायः ।। २२ ।।

nārada uvāca || āvirbhūya haristasmai kiṃ stotraṃ kavacaṃ dadau || mahālakṣmyāśca lakṣmīśastanme brūhi tapodhana || 1 || nārāyaṇa uvāca|| puṣkare ca tapastaptvā virarāma sureśvaraḥ || āvirbabhūva tatraiva kliṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā hariḥ svayam ||2|| tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśo varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam || sa ca vavre varaṃ lakṣmīmīśastasmai dadau mudā || 3 || varaṃ dattvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ pravaktumupacakrame || hitaṃ satyaṃ ca sāraṃ ca pariṇāmasukhāvaham || 4 || śrīmadhusūdana uvāca || gṛhāṇa kavacaṃ śakra sarvaduḥkhavināśanam || paramaiśvaryyajanakaṃ sarvaśatruvimardanam || 5 || brahmaṇe ca purā dattaṃ viṣṭape ca jalaplute || yaddhṛtvā jagatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaiśvaryyayuto vidhiḥ ||6|| babhūvurmanavaḥ sarve sarvaiśvaryayutā yataḥ || sarvaiśvaryyapradasyāsya kavacasya ṛṣirvidhiḥ || 7 || paṅktiśchandaśca sā devī svayaṃ padmālayā varā || siddhyaiśvaryyasukheṣveva viniyogaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || yaddhṛtvā kavacaṃ lokaḥ sarvatra vijayī bhavet || 8 || mastakaṃ pātu me padmā kaṇṭhaṃ pātu haripriyā || nāsikāṃ pātu me lakṣmīḥ kamalā pātu locane || 9 || keśānkeśavakāntā ca kapālaṃ kamalālayā || jagatprasūrgaṇḍayugmaṃ skandhaṃ sampatpradā sadā || || 10 || oṃ śrīṃ kamalavāsinyai svāhā pṛṣṭhaṃ sadā'vatu || oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ padmālayāyai svāhā vakṣaḥ sadā'vatu || pātu śrīrmama kaṅkālaṃ bāhuyugmaṃ ca te namaḥ || 11 || oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ lakṣmyai namaḥ pādau pātu me saṃtataṃ ciram || oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ namaḥ padmāyai svāhā pātu nitambakam || 12 || oṃ śrīṃ mahālakṣmyai svāhā sarvāṅgaṃ pātu me sadā || oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ mahālakṣmyai svāhā māṃ pātu sarvataḥ ||13|| iti te kathitaṃ vatsa sarvasampatkaraṃ param || sarvaiśvaryyapradaṃ nāma kavacaṃ paramādbhutam ||14|| gurumabhyarcya vidhivatkavacaṃ dhārayettu yaḥ|| kaṇṭhe vā dakṣiṇe bāhau sa sarvavijayī bhavet || 15 || mahālakṣmīrgṛhaṃ tasya na jahāti kadācana || tasya cchāyeva satataṃ sā ca janmani janmani || 16 || idaṃ kavacamajñātvā bhajellakṣmīṃ sa mandadhīḥ || śatalakṣaprajāpe'pi na mantraḥ siddhidāyakaḥ || 17 || nārāyaṇa uvāca || dattvā tasmai ca kavacaṃ mantraṃ vai ṣoḍaśākṣaram || santuṣṭaśca jagannātho jagatāṃ hitakāraṇam ||18|| oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ namo mahālakṣmyai svāhā|| dadau tasmai ca kṛpayā cendrāya ca mahāmune || 19 || dhyānaṃ ca sāmavedoktaṃ gopanīyaṃ sudurlabham || siddhairmunīndrairduṣprāpyaṃ dhruvaṃ siddhipradaṃ śubham|| 20 || śvetacampakavarṇābhāṃ śatacandrasamaprabhām || vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām ||21|| īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ bhaktānugrahakārikām || sahasradalapadmasthāṃ svasthāṃ ca sumanoharām || 22 || śāntāṃ ca śrīhareḥ kāntāṃ tāṃ bhajejjagatāṃ prasūm ||23|| dhyānenānena devendro dhyātvā lakṣmīṃ manoharām || bhaktyā saṃpūjya tasyai ca copacārāṃstu ṣoḍaśa ||24|| stutvā'nena stavenaiva vakṣyamāṇena vāsava || natvā varaṃ gṛhītvā ca labhiṣyasi ca nirvṛtim || 25 || stavanaṃ śṛṇu devendra mahālakṣmyāḥ sukhapradam|| kathayāmi sugopyaṃ ca triṣu lokeṣu durlabham ||26|| nārāyaṇa uvāca|| devi tvāṃ stotumicchāmi na kṣamāḥ stotumīśvarāḥ || buddheragocarāṃ sūkṣmāṃ tejorūpāṃ sanātanīm || anivāryyaguṇāḍhyāṃ ca ko vā nirvaktumīśvaraḥ || 27 || svecchāmayīṃ nirākārāṃ bhaktānugrahavigrahām || staumi vāṅmanasāpārāṃ kiṃ vā'haṃ jagadambike||28|| parāṃ caturṇāṃ vedānāṃ pārabījaṃ bhavārṇave || sarvasasyādhidevīṃ ca sarvāsāmapi sampadām ||29|| yogināṃ caiva yogānāṃ jñānānāṃ jñānināṃ tathā || vedānāṃ vai vedavidāṃ jananīṃ varṇayāmi kim||30|| yayā vinā jagatsarvamabījaṃ niṣphalaṃ dhruvam || yayā stanaṃdhayānāṃ ca vinā mātrā sukhaṃ bhavet || 31 || prasīda jagatāṃ mātā rakṣāsmānatikātarān || vayaṃ tvaccaraṇāmbhoje prapannāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ || 32 || namaḥ śaktisvarūpāyai jaganmātre namo namaḥ || jñānadāyai buddhidāyai sarvadāyai namo namaḥ ||33|| haribhaktipradāyinyai muktidāyai namo namaḥ|| sarvajñāyai sarvadāyai mahālakṣmyai namo namaḥ || 34 || kuputrāḥ kutracitsanti na kutrāpi kumātaraḥ|| kutra mātā putradoṣaṃ taṃ vihāya ca gacchati||35|| stanandhayebhya iva me he mātardehi darśanam || kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpāsindho tvamasmānbhaktavatsale ||36|| ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa padmāyāśca śubhāvaham || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ śubhadaṃ sampadaḥpradam ||37|| idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ pūjākāle ca yaḥ paṭhet || mahālakṣmīrgṛhaṃ tasya na jahāti kadācana || 38 || ityuktvā śrīharistaṃ ca tatraivāntaradhīyata || devo jagāma kṣīrodaṃ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ tadājñayā || 39 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇapatikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde lakṣmīstavakavacapūjā kathanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 22 ||

English translation

The Stotra and kavaca of Lak$ml Narada said - O great tapas, what type of stotra and kavaca was given by Visnu, the lord of LaksmI to Indra, you kindly tell me?

Narayana said- Indra was performing tapas for the lord at the Puskara-ksetra. Finding him in a miserable condition the lord appeared before him. Lord Hrsikesa said to him, "You ask for a desired boon". He desired for LaksmI and the same was provided to him. After so giving him the lord Rsikesa asked him a question which was quite beneficial, truthful, essence of all and was to result in pleasure.

MadhusUdana said- O Indra, you receive this kavaca which removes all the miseries, bestows all the fortunes and destroys all the enemies.

I imparted the knowledge of the same for the first time to Brahma at the time of deluge, by holding with Brahma, was bestowed with all the riches and became the best of all.

All the Manus were adored with all the fortunes, this kavaca which bestows all these fortunes has Brahma as ^i, Pankti as the metre, Kamala as the god and one has to take a resolve for achieving siddhi, fortune and pleasure. A person who holds this kavaca gets success everywhere. Padma should protect my head, Haripriya should protect my neck, Laksmi should protect my nose, Kamala should protect both my eyes, Kesavakanta should protect my skull, the lord of the universe should protect my temples, SampatpradS should protect my protect my back, atf fl this mantra should protect my chest and kaihkala should protect both my arms. I bow in reverence to you.

aif ff?ff this mantra should protect my feet, atf ^ this mantra should protect my pelvic region, aif?ff this mantra should protect all my limbs, aif 'ff this mantra should protect me from all sides.

son, I have thus narrated to you the entire kavaca which bestows all the fortunes and The one who holds this kavaca on the right arm adoring his teacher, is always successful everywhere. The goddess of riches and fortunes never leaves his home and follows him like a shadow in all his births but the foolish without being fully aware of the kavaca cannot meet with success even after reciting the same for a lakh of Narayana said - O sage, after giving this mantra and kavaca to Indra, the lord also gave him the sixteen letter mantra which protects the interest of the entire universe. With this mantra, he enlighted him on the dhydnam which is quite secret, difficult to get, beyond the riches of siddhas and sages and bestowed always the I adored the goddess who has the complexion of the white jasmine flower, the lustre of the moon, clad in garments sanctified by fire, adorned with gem-studded ornaments, wearing a

serene smile on her face, the one who is graceful to all his devotees, seated on a thousand petalled lotus having sound health, is charming, peaceful, beloved of lord Hari and is the mother of the But, O mother of the universe, you move at will, are formless but take to human from for the welfare of the devotees. You are beyond mind and speech, therefore what type of prayer can I offer to you? You are beyond all the Vedas, you are the only cause of crossing the ocean of the universe, you are the goddess of all the riches and agricultural produce and the mother of the yogis, yoga and knowledge, people well-versed in the knowledge of the Vedas. How can I destroy you?

Without whom the entire universe becomes lifeless and without grace even an infant cannot get any pleasure without the mother.

O Devendra, with this dhydnam the pleasant LaksmI should be adored with devotion making offering of sixteen types and then worshipped. O Indra, by reciting of this stotra and the stuti you will get a boon and pleasure thereafter. O Devendra, I am telling you the stotra of MahalaksmI which bestows welfare, is quite secretive and is difficult to get. You please listen Narayana said - O goddess I intend to offer prayers to you though even the lord is unable to eulogise you, you are mysterious, the smallest of all, the form of lustre, everlasting and extremely inexplicable. Who can define you?

You are the mother of the universe, be pleased with me. You protect the helpless people like me; we take refuge under your lotus-like feet.

I bow in reverence again and again to the mother of the universe who happens to be foremost s'akti; you bestow knowledge, wisdom and everything else. I bow in reverence to you.

You bestow the worship of the lord and salvation, I bow in reverence to you. You are all knowledgeable and are MahalaksmI who bestows everything. I bow in reverence to you again and again.

There can be an evil son but an evil mother is unheard of. Can the mother depart leaving aside a sinful son?

WRrhclrflTllI ^ i II Therefore, O mother, like an infant you appear before me. O ocean of mercy, you always show your grace on the devotees. Be graceful towards O son, thus I have imparted you the knowledge of the pleasant stotra of Padm& which bestows pleasure, salvation and the essence of everything, is quite full of welfare. It grants welfare and riches.

The one who recites the stotra at the time of adoration, the goddess MahSlaksml does not depart from that place.

Thus speaking, the lord disappeared from the scene and with his permission Indra and other I gods proceeded to the ocean of milk.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117471 (2017-08-08T21:16:40Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n694–n698: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n694/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.