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पञ्चमोऽध्यायः त्रैलोक्यमङ्गल कवचम् श्रीनारद उवाच— भगवन् सर्वधर्मज्ञ कवचꣳ यत्प्रकाशितम् । त्रैलोक्यमङ्गलꣳ नाम कृपया कथय प्रभो ॥१॥ श्रीसनत्कुमार उवाच— शृणु वक्ष्यामि विप्रेन्द्र कवचꣳ परमाद्भुतम् । नारायणेन कथितꣳ कृपया ब्रह्मणे पुरा ॥२॥ बह्मणा कथितꣳ मह्यꣳ परꣳ स्नेहाद्वदामि ते । अतिगुह्यतरꣳ तत्त्वꣳ ब्रह्ममन्त्रौघविग्रहम् ॥३॥ यद्धृत्वा पठनाद्ब्रह्मा सृष्टिꣳ वितनुते ध्रुवम् । यद्धृत्वा पठनात्पाति महालक्ष्मीर्जगत्त्रयम् ॥४॥ पठनाद्धारणात् शम्भुः सꣳहर्ता सर्वमन्त्रवित् । त्रैलोक्यजननी दुर्गा महिषादिमहासुरान् ॥५॥ वरदृप्तान् जघानैव पठनाद्धारणाद्यतः । एवमिन्द्रादय सर्वे सर्वेश्वर्यमवाप्नुयुः ॥६॥ इदꣳ कवचमत्यन्तगुप्तꣳ कुत्रापि नो वदेत् । शिष्याय भक्तियुक्ताय साधकाय प्रकाशयेत् ॥७॥ शठाय परशिष्याय दत्त्वा मृत्युमवाप्नुयात् । विनियोगः— त्रैलोक्यमङ्गलस्यास्य कवचस्य प्रजापतिः ॥८॥ ऋषिश्छन्दश्च गायत्री देवो नारायणः स्वयम् । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु विनियोगः प्रकीर्तितः ॥९॥ प्रणवो मे शिरः पातु नमो नारायणाय च । भालꣳ मे नेत्रयुगलमष्टार्णो भक्तिमुक्तिदः ॥१०॥ क्लीꣳ पायाच्छ्रोत्रयुग्मꣳ चैकाक्षरः सर्वमोहन । क्लीꣳकृष्णाय सदा घ्राणꣳ गोविन्दायेनि जिह्निकाम् ॥११॥ गोपीजनपदꣳ वल्लभाय स्वाहाननꣳ मम । अष्टादशाक्षरो मन्त्रः कण्ठꣳ पातु दशाक्षरः ॥१२॥ गोपीजनपदꣳ वल्लभाय स्वाहा भुजद्वयम् । क्लीꣳ ग्लौꣳ क्लीꣳ श्यामलाङ्गाय नमःस्कन्धौदशाक्षरः ॥१३॥ क्लीꣳ कृष्ण क्लीꣳ करौ पायात् क्लीꣳ कृष्णायाङ्गतोऽवतु । हृदयꣳ भुवनेशानी क्लीꣳ कृष्णाय क्लीꣳ स्तनौ मम ॥१४॥ गोपालायाग्निजायान्तꣳ कुक्षियुग्मꣳ सदावतु । क्लीꣳ कृष्णाय सदा पातु पार्श्वयुग्ममन्यत्तमः ॥१५॥ कृष्णगोविन्दकौ पातु स्मराद्यौ डेयुतौ मनुः । अष्टाक्षरः पातु नाभि कृष्णेति द्व्यक्षरोऽवतु ॥१६॥ पृष्ठꣳ क्लीꣳ कृष्ण कड्कालꣳ क्लीꣳ कृष्णाय द्विठान्तकः । शक्थिनी सततꣳ पातु श्रीꣳ ह्रीꣳ क्लीꣳ कृष्णठद्वयम् ॥१७॥ ऊरू सप्ताक्षरः पायात् त्रयोदशाक्षरोऽवतु । श्रीꣳ ह्रीꣳ क्लीꣳ पदतो गोपीजनवल्लभदन्ततः ॥१८॥ भया स्वाहेति पायूꣳ वै क्लीꣳ ह्रीꣳ श्रीꣳ सदशार्णकः । जानुनी च सदा पातु ह्रीꣳ श्रीꣳ क्लीꣳ च दशाक्षरः ॥१९॥ त्रयोदशाक्षरः पातु जङ्घे चक्राद्यूदायुधः । अष्टादशाक्षरो ह्रीꣳ श्रीꣳ पूर्वको विꣳशदर्णकः ॥२०॥ सर्वाङ्गꣳ मे सदा पातु द्वारकानायको बली । नमो भग्वते पश्चाद्वासुदेवाय तत्परम् ॥२१॥ ताराद्यो द्वादशार्णोऽयꣳ प्राच्याꣳ माꣳ सर्वदावतु । श्रीꣳ ह्रीꣳ क्लीꣳ च दशार्णस्तु क्लीꣳ ह्रीꣳ श्रीꣳ षोडशार्णकः ॥२२॥ गदाद्युदायुधो विष्णुर्मामग्नेर्दिशि रक्षतु । ह्रीꣳ श्रीꣳ दशाक्षरो मन्त्रो दक्षिणे माꣳ सदावतु ॥२३॥ तारो नमो भगवते रुक्मिणीवल्लभाय च । स्वाहेति षोडशार्णोऽयꣳ नैऋत्याꣳ दिशि रक्षतु ॥२४॥ क्लीꣳ हृषीकेपदꣳ शाय नमो माꣳ वारुणेवतु । अष्टादशार्णः कामान्तो वायव्ये माꣳ सदावतु ॥२५॥ श्री माया काम कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय द्विठो मनुः । द्वादशात्मको विष्णुरुत्तरे माꣳ सदावतु ॥२६॥ वाग्भवꣳ कामꣳ कृष्णाय ह्रीꣳ गोविन्दाय तत्परम् । श्री गोपीजनवल्लभान्ते भाय स्वाहा हसौस्ततः ॥२७॥ द्वाविꣳशत्यक्षरो मन्त्री मामैशान्ये सदावतु । कालियस्य फणामध्ये दिव्यꣳ नृत्यꣳ करोति तम् ॥२८॥ नमामि देवकीपुत्रꣳ नृत्यराजानमच्युतम् । द्वात्रिꣳशदक्षरो मन्त्रोऽप्यधो माꣳ सर्वदावतु ॥२९॥ कामदेवाय विद्महे पुष्पबाणाय धीमहि । तन्नोऽनङ्गः प्रचोदयादेषा माꣳ पातु चोर्ध्वतः ॥३०॥ इति ते कथितꣳ विप्र ब्रह्ममन्त्रौघविग्रहम् । त्रैलोक्यमङ्गलꣳ नाम कवचꣳ ब्रह्मरूपकम् ॥३१॥ ब्रह्मणा कथितꣳ पूर्वꣳ नारायणमुखाच्छुतम् । तव स्नेहान्मयाख्यातꣳ प्रवक्तव्यꣳ न कस्यचित् ॥३२॥ गुरुꣳ प्रणम्य विधिवत् कवचꣳ प्रपठेत्ततः । सकृद्विस्त्रिर्यथाज्ञानꣳ सोऽपि सर्वतपोमयः ॥३३॥ मन्त्रेषु सकलेष्वेव देशिको नात्र सꣳशयः । शतमष्टोत्तरꣳ चास्य पुरश्चर्याविधिः स्मृतः ॥३४॥ हवनादीन्दशाꣳशेन कृत्वा तत्साधयेत् ध्रुवम् । यदि स्यात् सिद्धिकवचो विष्णुरेव भवेत् स्वयम् ॥३५॥ मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेत् तस्य पुरश्चर्याविधानतः । स्पर्धामुद्भूय सततꣳ लक्ष्मीर्वाणी वसेत्ततः ॥३६॥ पुष्पाञ्जल्यष्टकꣳ दत्त्वा मूलेनैव पठेत्सकृत् । दशावर्षसहस्राणाꣳ पूजायाः फलमाप्नुयात् ॥३७॥ भूर्जे विलिख्य गुलिकाꣳ स्वर्णस्थाꣳ धारयेद्यदि । कण्ठे वा दक्षिणे बाहौ सोऽपि विष्णुर्न सꣳशयः ॥३८॥ अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च । महादानादि यान्यव प्रादक्षिण्यꣳ भुवस्तथा ॥३९॥ कलाꣳ नार्हन्ति तान्येव सकृदुच्चारणात्ततः । कवचस्य प्रसादेन जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः ॥४०॥ त्रैलोक्य क्षोभयत्येव त्रैलोक्यविजयी भवेत् । इदꣳ कवचमज्ञात्वा यजेद्यः पुरुषोत्तमम् । शतलक्षप्रजप्तोऽपि नस्य मन्त्रस्त सिध्यति ॥४१॥ इति श्रीनारदपञ्चरात्रे ज्ञानामृतसारे चतुर्थरात्रे त्रैलोक्यमङ्गलꣳ कवचꣳ नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥५॥ …

pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ trailokyamaṅgala kavacam śrīnārada uvāca— bhagavan sarvadharmajña kavacaṁ yatprakāśitam | trailokyamaṅgalaṁ nāma kṛpayā kathaya prabho ||1|| śrīsanatkumāra uvāca— śṛṇu vakṣyāmi viprendra kavacaṁ paramādbhutam | nārāyaṇena kathitaṁ kṛpayā brahmaṇe purā ||2|| bahmaṇā kathitaṁ mahyaṁ paraṁ snehādvadāmi te | atiguhyataraṁ tattvaṁ brahmamantraughavigraham ||3|| yaddhṛtvā paṭhanādbrahmā sṛṣṭiṁ vitanute dhruvam | yaddhṛtvā paṭhanātpāti mahālakṣmīrjagattrayam ||4|| paṭhanāddhāraṇāt śambhuḥ saṁhartā sarvamantravit | trailokyajananī durgā mahiṣādimahāsurān ||5|| varadṛptān jaghānaiva paṭhanāddhāraṇādyataḥ | evamindrādaya sarve sarveśvaryamavāpnuyuḥ ||6|| idaṁ kavacamatyantaguptaṁ kutrāpi no vadet | śiṣyāya bhaktiyuktāya sādhakāya prakāśayet ||7|| śaṭhāya paraśiṣyāya dattvā mṛtyumavāpnuyāt | viniyogaḥ— trailokyamaṅgalasyāsya kavacasya prajāpatiḥ ||8|| ṛṣiśchandaśca gāyatrī devo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam | dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||9|| praṇavo me śiraḥ pātu namo nārāyaṇāya ca | bhālaṁ me netrayugalamaṣṭārṇo bhaktimuktidaḥ ||10|| klīṁ pāyācchrotrayugmaṁ caikākṣaraḥ sarvamohana | klīṁkṛṣṇāya sadā ghrāṇaṁ govindāyeni jihnikām ||11|| gopījanapadaṁ vallabhāya svāhānanaṁ mama | aṣṭādaśākṣaro mantraḥ kaṇṭhaṁ pātu daśākṣaraḥ ||12|| gopījanapadaṁ vallabhāya svāhā bhujadvayam | klīṁ glauṁ klīṁ śyāmalāṅgāya namaḥskandhaudaśākṣaraḥ ||13|| klīṁ kṛṣṇa klīṁ karau pāyāt klīṁ kṛṣṇāyāṅgato'vatu | hṛdayaṁ bhuvaneśānī klīṁ kṛṣṇāya klīṁ stanau mama ||14|| gopālāyāgnijāyāntaṁ kukṣiyugmaṁ sadāvatu | klīṁ kṛṣṇāya sadā pātu pārśvayugmamanyattamaḥ ||15|| kṛṣṇagovindakau pātu smarādyau ḍeyutau manuḥ | aṣṭākṣaraḥ pātu nābhi kṛṣṇeti dvyakṣaro'vatu ||16|| pṛṣṭhaṁ klīṁ kṛṣṇa kaḍkālaṁ klīṁ kṛṣṇāya dviṭhāntakaḥ | śakthinī satataṁ pātu śrīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ kṛṣṇaṭhadvayam ||17|| ūrū saptākṣaraḥ pāyāt trayodaśākṣaro'vatu | śrīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ padato gopījanavallabhadantataḥ ||18|| bhayā svāheti pāyūṁ vai klīṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ sadaśārṇakaḥ | jānunī ca sadā pātu hrīṁ śrīṁ klīṁ ca daśākṣaraḥ ||19|| trayodaśākṣaraḥ pātu jaṅghe cakrādyūdāyudhaḥ | aṣṭādaśākṣaro hrīṁ śrīṁ pūrvako viṁśadarṇakaḥ ||20|| sarvāṅgaṁ me sadā pātu dvārakānāyako balī | namo bhagvate paścādvāsudevāya tatparam ||21|| tārādyo dvādaśārṇo'yaṁ prācyāṁ māṁ sarvadāvatu | śrīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ ca daśārṇastu klīṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ ṣoḍaśārṇakaḥ ||22|| gadādyudāyudho viṣṇurmāmagnerdiśi rakṣatu | hrīṁ śrīṁ daśākṣaro mantro dakṣiṇe māṁ sadāvatu ||23|| tāro namo bhagavate rukmiṇīvallabhāya ca | svāheti ṣoḍaśārṇo'yaṁ naiṛtyāṁ diśi rakṣatu ||24|| klīṁ hṛṣīkepadaṁ śāya namo māṁ vāruṇevatu | aṣṭādaśārṇaḥ kāmānto vāyavye māṁ sadāvatu ||25|| śrī māyā kāma kṛṣṇāya govindāya dviṭho manuḥ | dvādaśātmako viṣṇuruttare māṁ sadāvatu ||26|| vāgbhavaṁ kāmaṁ kṛṣṇāya hrīṁ govindāya tatparam | śrī gopījanavallabhānte bhāya svāhā hasaustataḥ ||27|| dvāviṁśatyakṣaro mantrī māmaiśānye sadāvatu | kāliyasya phaṇāmadhye divyaṁ nṛtyaṁ karoti tam ||28|| namāmi devakīputraṁ nṛtyarājānamacyutam | dvātriṁśadakṣaro mantro'pyadho māṁ sarvadāvatu ||29|| kāmadevāya vidmahe puṣpabāṇāya dhīmahi | tanno'naṅgaḥ pracodayādeṣā māṁ pātu cordhvataḥ ||30|| iti te kathitaṁ vipra brahmamantraughavigraham | trailokyamaṅgalaṁ nāma kavacaṁ brahmarūpakam ||31|| brahmaṇā kathitaṁ pūrvaṁ nārāyaṇamukhācchutam | tava snehānmayākhyātaṁ pravaktavyaṁ na kasyacit ||32|| guruṁ praṇamya vidhivat kavacaṁ prapaṭhettataḥ | sakṛdvistriryathājñānaṁ so'pi sarvatapomayaḥ ||33|| mantreṣu sakaleṣveva deśiko nātra saṁśayaḥ | śatamaṣṭottaraṁ cāsya puraścaryāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ||34|| havanādīndaśāṁśena kṛtvā tatsādhayet dhruvam | yadi syāt siddhikavaco viṣṇureva bhavet svayam ||35|| mantrasiddhirbhavet tasya puraścaryāvidhānataḥ | spardhāmudbhūya satataṁ lakṣmīrvāṇī vasettataḥ ||36|| puṣpāñjalyaṣṭakaṁ dattvā mūlenaiva paṭhetsakṛt | daśāvarṣasahasrāṇāṁ pūjāyāḥ phalamāpnuyāt ||37|| bhūrje vilikhya gulikāṁ svarṇasthāṁ dhārayedyadi | kaṇṭhe vā dakṣiṇe bāhau so'pi viṣṇurna saṁśayaḥ ||38|| aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca | mahādānādi yānyava prādakṣiṇyaṁ bhuvastathā ||39|| kalāṁ nārhanti tānyeva sakṛduccāraṇāttataḥ | kavacasya prasādena jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ ||40|| trailokya kṣobhayatyeva trailokyavijayī bhavet | idaṁ kavacamajñātvā yajedyaḥ puruṣottamam | śatalakṣaprajapto'pi nasya mantrasta sidhyati ||41|| iti śrīnāradapañcarātre jñānāmṛtasāre caturtharātre trailokyamaṅgalaṁ kavacaṁ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ ||5|| …

English translation

CHAPTER V

ON THE TRAILAKYA MANGALA KAVACAM OF SRI KRSNA (ARMOUR), PROTECTING THE THREE WORLDS) AND WARDING OFF ALL EVILS.

Sri Narada said: O Bhagavan! Thou knowest all the Dharmas! so kindly tell me the Trailokya Mangala Kavaca (armour that wards off all evil and protects the three words). (1)

Sri Sanatkumara said :—O Best of the Brahmanas ! Now hear, I will speak to you the Kavacam, spoken so kindly by Narayana to Brahma in days of yore. (2)

Brahma spoke that to me 3 now I love you ; hence I speak that to you, though it is very secret like Brahma-mantra. (3)

Holding which or Teciting which Brahma creates and Mahalaksmi Protects the three worlds, (4)

And the oomniscient Mahadeva also on account of holding that and reciting that, becomes the Destroyer of the three worlds ; and Durga, the Mother of the three worlds destroyed the great Asuras, Mahisa, Durga, etc. when they became arrogant on receiving the boons (from Deities Brahmi, etc.) by virtue of holding and reciting the Kavacam, Due to that also, Indra and otheis got the vast lordships. (5-6)

This Kayacam is very secret. Never say this out to any body, save tbe disciples on the way to practise, full of devotion, (©)

You will die, if you give this to any cheatvor another’s disciple. (8)

The Rsi of this Trailokya Mangala Kavacam is Prajapati, the Chanda is Gayatri, the Devata is Narayana Himself ; and its application is in Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksa. (9)

Let Pranava Protect my head ; Namo Narayana protect my forehead and the eight lettered mantra “Om namo Narayanaya, the bestower af Bhakti and Mukti, protect my eyes. (10)

‘The Fourth Night, Ch. V _

Let the all enchanting one word mantra “klim” protect my ears ; “Klim Krsnaya”’ protect my nose ; “Govindaya”’ protect my tongue. (1!)

“The eighteen lettered mantra “Gopijanavallabhaya svaha”’ protect my face. (12)

Let ‘“Gopijanavallabhaya svaha” protect my arms; Klim Glaum Kim. Syémalangaya namah—the ten lettered mantra, protect my shoulders. (13)

Let “Klim Krsna Klim” protect my hands ; “klim krsnaya’’ protect all over my body; Let Bhuvanesani protect my heart ; and Jet ktim krsndya protect my breasts. (14)

““Gopalaya svahs” protect always my armpits ; “‘klim krsnaya” protect my better sides. ds)

“Klim Krsnaya Govindiya” the eight lettered mantra protect my navel ; and let Krsna, the two lettered mantra protect my back. (16)

Let ‘‘Klim Krsna” protect my bones ; let Klim Krgsnaya thah thah protect my Sakti angas (portions possessing energy) and let &:im Hrim Klim Krgna thah thah—the seven lettered man's? protect my thighs and the thirteen lettered mantra Srim Hrim Klim Gopijanavallabhiya svaha protect my anus; let Klim Hrim Sim, the ten lettered mantra protect my knees (Janus). (17-19)

And let the thirteen lettered mantra protect my thighs (or shenks) and let discus and the other weapons be protected by Hrim rim, ete ; the eighteen-lettered mantra, (20)

And let the twenty lettered mantra protect all over my body ; let the strong Dvarakanatha (Lord of Dvarikié) Om namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya—the twelve iettered mantra always protect my East side ; Srim Hrim Klim etc. the ten lettered mantra and Klim Hrim Srimetc. the sixteen lettered mantra—Sri Visnu furnished with club, disc, and other weapons protect my South East and let “rim §rim etc.” the ten lettered mantra protect my South side. (21-23)

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Om namo bhagavate Rukminivallabhaya svaha—the sixteen lettered mantra protect my south west side. Let Klim Hrsikesgaya namah protect my western side. Let the eighteen lettered mantra, ending with “Kama” always protect my north west side. (Klim). (24-25)

Srim Hrim Klim Krgndya Govindaya tha tha this twelve lettered mantra with Sri Visnu always protect my _ north side. (26) :

“Aim Klim Krsnaya Hrim Govindaya Gopijanavallabhaya. svahai. Ha sau” this twenty two syllabled mantra protect my north east side, (27-28)

Le,

I bow down to Him who dances on the hood of Kaliya serpent—that great Dancer, Acyuta (the infallible One), that Sri Krsna, the son of Devaki. This thirty two syllabled mantra “Kaliyasya phandmadhye divyam nrtyam karoti tam namami Devakiputram nrtyardjanam Acyutam protect the lower Parts of my body. (29) —

“Kamadevaya vidmahe puspabanaya dhimahi tannonangah pracodayat” this mantra gayatri protect my upper part. (30) O Brahmin sage ! This trailokya mangala kavacam is of the.

nature of Brahma and the essence of Brahma mantra.

Hence I have spoken this to you. (31)

Brahma heard this first from Narayana and spoke out first. Out of affection towards thee. I have spoken this to you. You should not divulge this to any other. (32)

Bowing down duly to the Guru, recite this kavacam once, twice, or thrice as the case may be. Thus all asceticism will be performed. (33)

All these mantras are the desik mantras also; there is no doubt in this. Make purascarana of it one hundred and eight times, (i.e., repeat it 108 times), (34)

And perform Homa ceremony one-tenth of the above mentioned. Thus practising, when one becomes perfect in Kavaoa-

mantra, he becomes like Visnu ie. he attains Mukti (i.e, freedom), (35)

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If one gets mantra siddhi according to the rules of purascaranam, Lakgmi and Sarasvati both shew their mercy towards him. (36)

If one offers flowers (puspaiijali) eight times uttering the mila mantra one attains results lasting ten thousand years. (37)

If one writes the above mantra on bhirjapatra (leaf of a certain tree) and encloses itin a golden maduli (cover) and then puts it on one’s neck or one’s right arm, one attains the favour and blessings of Sri Vignu. (38)

And if one circumambulate i.e. goes round Sri Visnu, holding that as mentioned above, one gets the fruits of performing one thousand horse sacrifices and one hundred Vajapeya sacrifices and giving mahadanas (great gifts) etc. (32)

If one utters this most excellent Kavacam once only, by His favour, the devotee acquires Mukti, while living. (40)

Every one on thethree worlds fears him ; glory and a attend him, but if, without knowing this Kavacam, one wors ud that Purusottama, one does not attain success in mantra ae? siddhi), even if one makes Japam one hundred lakhs times. (41)

Here ends the fifth chapter on Kavacam in the Fourth Night of Sri Paiicaratra Jiandmrtasira. (5)

Trailokya-mangala Narada

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit/IAST is the GGM complete amended text, version 1.1, based on Vijñānānanda’s 1997 edition; the displayed Devanagari is transliterated directly from that proofread IAST witness. English is Swami Vijñānānanda’s complete translation, printed pages 254–257 (scan pages 271–274). It was extracted with Tesseract 5 English OCR from the 200 ppi published scan, with chapter boundaries controlled against the printed contents. No unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.