Second Night · Chapter 5
Sourceपञ्चमो ऽध्यायः अथ राधिका-कवचम् श्री-नारद उवाच— सर्वꣳ श्रुतꣳ जगन्-नाथ यद् यन् मनसि वाञ्छितम् । अधुना श्रोतुम् इच्छामि राधिका-कवचꣳ परम् ॥१॥ श्री-महादेव उवाच— क्षमस्व ब्रह्मनः पुत्र देवर्षे मुनि-पुङ्गव । यन् निषिद्धꣳ भगवता कृष्णेन परमात्मना ॥२॥ कथꣳ वक्ष्यामि हे वत्स सुगुप्तꣳ कवचꣳ मुने । कण्ठे दधार भगवान् भक्त्या रत्न-पुटेन यत् ॥३॥ परमानन्द-सन्दोह-कवचꣳ च सुदुर्लभम् । षड्-अक्षरीꣳ महा-विद्याꣳ नित्य-भक्त्या जपेद् धरिः ॥४॥ नित्यꣳ प्रपूजयेन् नित्यꣳ नित्यः सत्यः परात् परः । सा पूजयेत् प्रभुꣳ नित्यꣳ जपेद् एकादशाक्षरम् ॥५॥ मह्यꣳ च कवचꣳ दत्वा निषिद्धꣳ परमात्मना । इदम् एवेति कवचꣳ दत्तꣳ तेनैव ब्रह्मणे ॥६॥ धर्माय ब्रह्मणा दत्तꣳ तेन नारायणाय च । नारायणेन कण्ठ-स्थꣳ सुभद्राय ददे पुरा ॥७॥ क्षमस्व कथितुꣳ नालꣳ क्षमस्व भगवन् मुने । गुरुणा च निषिद्धꣳ च न वक्तव्यꣳ कदाचन ॥८॥ श्री-नारद उवाच— माꣳ भक्तम् अनुरक्तꣳ च नाथ मा कुरु वञ्चनाम् । त्वम् एव कृष्णस् त्वꣳ शम्भुर् द्वयोर् भेदो न साम्नि च ॥९॥ परतन्त्रो निषिद्धꣳ च वाक्यꣳ कथितुम् अक्षमः । शृणोति कस्य वा वाक्यꣳ यः स्व-तन्त्रः स्वयꣳ प्रभुः ॥१०॥ यदि माꣳ कवचꣳ नाथ न वक्ष्यसि सुदुर्लभम् । देहꣳ त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्म-हत्याꣳ दास्यामि तुभ्यम् ईश्वर ॥११॥ सद्-वꣳश-जातः शिष्यश् च शुद्धः सुब्राह्मणः सुधीः । मन्यते कृष्ण-तुल्यꣳ च गुरुꣳ परम-धार्मिकः ॥१२॥ देव-मन्यꣳ कृष्ण-तुल्यꣳ यो ब्रवीति नराधमः । ब्रह्म-हत्याꣳ च लभते महा-मूर्खो न सꣳशयः ॥१३॥ परमात्मा स्वयꣳ कृष्णो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः । ततो देवास् तद्-अꣳशाश् च सगुणाः प्राकृताः स्मृताः ॥१४॥ सर्वे जन्याः कृत्रिमाश् च पुरा ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । सर्वेषाꣳ जनकः कृष्णः परमाद्यः परात् परः ॥१५॥ शृणु वक्ष्यामि विप्रेन्द्र राधिका-कवचꣳ शुभम् । परमानन्द-सन्दोहाभिधम् इष्टꣳ सुदुर्लभम् ॥१६॥ कृष्णेन दत्तꣳ मह्यꣳ च शत-शृङ्गे च पर्वते । निरामये च गोलोके पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने ॥१७॥ राधिका-सद्-विधाने च शोभने रास-मण्डले । गोप-गोपी-कदम्बैश् च वेष्टिते समभीप्सिते ॥१८॥ अहꣳ तुभ्यꣳ प्रदास्यामि प्रवक्तव्यꣳ न कस्यचित् । यद् धृत्वा पठनाद् भक्तो जीवन्-मुक्तो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥१९॥ ब्रह्म-हत्या-लक्ष-पापान् मुच्यते नात्र सꣳशयः । कोटि-जन्मात्जितात् पापाद् उपदेशात् प्रमुच्यते ॥२०॥ अश्व-मेध-सहस्रꣳ च राज-सूय-शतꣳ तथा । विप्रेन्द्र कवचस्यास्य कलाꣳ नार्हति षोडशीम् ॥२१॥ शिष्याय विष्णु-भक्ताय साधकाय प्रकाशयेत् । शठाय परिशिष्याय दत्वा मृत्युꣳ लभेन् नरः ॥२२॥ विप्रेन्द्र कवचस्यास्य र्षिर् नारायणः स्वयम् । कृष्णस्य भक्ति-दास्ये च विनियोगः प्रकीर्तितः ॥२३॥ सर्वाद्या मे शिरः पातु केशꣳ केशव-कामिनी । भालꣳ भगवती पातु लीला लोचन-युग्मकम् ॥२४॥ नासाꣳ नारायणी पातु सानन्दा चाधरौष्ठकम् । जिह्वाꣳ पातु जगन्-माता दन्तꣳ दामोदर-प्रिया ॥२५॥ कपोल-युग्मꣳ कृष्णेशा कण्ठꣳ कृष्ण-प्रियावतु । कर्ण-युग्मꣳ सदा पातु कालिन्दी-कूल-वासिनी ॥२६॥ वसुन्धरेशा वक्षो मे परमा सा पयो-धरम् । पद्म-नाभ-प्रिया नाभिꣳ जठरꣳ जाह्नवीश्वरी ॥२७॥ नित्या नितम्ब-युग्मꣳ मे कङ्कालꣳ कृष्ण-सेविता । परात् परा पातु पृष्ठꣳ सुश्रोणी श्रोणिकायुगम् ॥२८॥ परमाद्या पान-युग्मꣳ नखराꣳश् च नरोत्तमा । सर्वाङ्गꣳ मे सदा पातु सर्वेशा सर्व-मङ्गला ॥२९॥ पातु रामेश्वरी राधा स्वप्ने जागरणे च माम् । जले स्थले चान्तरीक्षे सेविता जल-शायिनी ॥३०॥ प्राच्याꣳ मे सततꣳ पातु परिपूर्णतम-प्रिया । वह्नीश्वरी वह्नि-कोणे दक्षिणे दुःख-नाशिनी ॥३१॥ नैरृते सततꣳ पातु नर-कार्णव-तारिणी । वारुणे वन-मालीशा वायव्याꣳ वायु-पूजिता ॥३२॥ कौबेरे माꣳ सदा पातु कूर्मेण परिषेविता । ऐशान्याम् ईश्वरी पातु शत-शृङ्ग-निवासिनी ॥३३॥ वने वन-चरी पातु वृन्दावन-विनोदिनी । सर्वत्र सन्ततꣳ पातु सर्वेशा विरजेश्वरी ॥३४॥ प्रथमे पूजिता या च कृष्णेन परमात्मना । षड्-अक्षर्या विद्यया च सा माꣳ रक्षतु कातरम् ॥३५॥ द्वितीये पूजिता देवी शम्भुना रास-मण्डले । नाना-सꣳभृत-सꣳभारैर् माया प्रकृतिर् ईश्वरी ॥३६॥ सप्ताक्षर्या विद्यया च पूज्यया प्रनवाद्यया । तृतीये पूजिता देवी ब्रह्मना परमादरम् ॥३७॥ श्री-बीज-युक्तया भक्त्या चाष्टाक्षर्या च विद्यया । चतुर्थे पूजिता देवी शिषेण विघ्न-नाशिनी ॥३८॥ तेनैव सेविता विद्या माया-युक्ता नवाक्षरी । विद्या सा चापि धर्मेण सेविता परमेश्वरी ॥३९॥ धर्मेण दत्ता सा विद्या पुत्र नारायणर्षये । नराय शुद्ध-भक्ताय सा च विद्या मनोहरा ॥४०॥ नवाक्षरी महा-विद्या कामदेवेन सेवीता । तद्-अधीनꣳ सर्व-विश्वꣳ पूज्यया विद्यया यया ॥४१॥ सम्प्राप दाहिकाꣳ शक्तिꣳ वह्निश् च विद्यया यया । नवाक्षरी महा-विद्या वायुना परिषेविता ॥४२॥ विश्वेषाꣳ प्राण-रूपश् च पूज्यया विद्यया यया । सर्वाधारश् च पूज्यश् च बलवान् सर्वतो ऽभवत् ॥४३॥ शेषाधारश् च कूर्मश् च पूज्यया विद्यया यया । विश्वाधारश् च शेषश् च तया च विद्यया यया ॥४४॥ धराधरा च सर्वेषाꣳ तया च विद्यया सदा । तयैव विद्यया शुद्धा रङ्गा भुवन-पावनी ॥४५॥ तयैव तुलसी शुद्धा तीर्थ-पूता बभूव सा । तया स्वाहा वह्नि-जाया पितृणाꣳ कामिनी स्वधा ॥४६॥ लक्ष्मीर् माया काम-वाणी सर्वाद्या प्रणवादिका । रामेश्वरी राधिका सा ङेन्ता वह्नि-प्रियान्तका ॥४७॥ तत्-षोडशी महा-विद्या परिपूर्णतमा श्रुतौ । काम-धेनु-स्वरूपा सा सर्व-सिद्धि-प्रदायिनी ॥४८॥ पुरा सनत्-कुमारेण षोडशी परिसेविता । सनकेन सनन्देन तथा सनातनेन च ॥४९॥ शुक्रेण गुरुणा पूज्या सिद्धा व्यासेन सेविता । पपौ समुद्रꣳ सो ऽगस्त्यः पूज्यया विद्यया यया ॥५०॥ रमेश्वरी ङेन्त-हीना षोडश्या मुनि-पङ्गव । दधीचिना सेविता सा विद्या च द्वादशाक्षरी ॥५१॥ तया तदस्थि चाव्यर्थ-मन्त्रम् एव बभूव ह । चतुर्-दशेन्द्रावच्छिन्नꣳ मुनिर् आसीन् निरापदः ॥५२॥ स्वेच्छामृत्युर् मुनिश् चैव जितः कालो ऽपि विद्यया । देवानाꣳ प्राथनेनैव तत्याज स कलेवरम् ॥५३॥ मत्तो मन्त्रꣳ गृहीत्वा च जजाप पुष्करे मुनिः । शत-वर्षꣳ तपस् तप्ता ददर्श परमेश्वरीम् ॥५४॥ दत्वा सा स्वपदꣳ तस्मै गोलोकꣳ च जगाम सा । देहꣳ त्यक्त्वा च स मुनिर् गोलोकꣳ प्रययौ पुरा ॥५५॥ इत्य् एवꣳ कथितꣳ वत्स कवचꣳ परमाद्भुतम् । परमानन्द-सन्देहꣳ वेदेषु च सुदुर्लभम् ॥५६॥ श्री-कृष्णेनैव कथितꣳ मह्यꣳ भक्ताय भक्तितः । मया तुभ्यꣳ प्रदत्तꣳ च प्रवक्तव्यꣳ न कस्यचित् ॥५७॥ गुरुम् अभ्यर्च्य विधिना वस्त्रालꣳकार-चन्दनैः । नमस् कृत्य परꣳ भक्त्या कवचꣳ धारयेत् सुधीः ॥५८॥ पठित्वा कवचꣳ दिव्यꣳ परमादर-पूर्वकम् । गुरवे दक्षिणाꣳ दत्वा लभेत् तस्य शुभाशिषम् ॥५९॥ महा-मूढो नोपदिष्टः कवचꣳ धारयेत् पठेत् । निष्फलꣳ तद् भवेत् सर्वꣳ शत-लक्षꣳ जपेद् यदि ॥६०॥ उपदिष्टो यदि पठेत् धारयेत् कण्ठ-देशतः । जले वह्नौ च शस्त्रास्ते मरणꣳ नो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥६१॥ कवचस्य प्रसादेन जीवन्-मुक्तो भवेन् नरः । अनेन कवचनेनैव शङ्ख-चूडः प्रतापवान् ॥६२॥ युयुधे स मया सार्धꣳ वर्षꣳ च नर्मदा-तटे । न विद्धो मम शूलेन दत्वा च कवचꣳ मृतः ॥६३॥ सर्वाण्य् एव हि दानानि व्रतानि नियमानि च । तपाꣳसि यज्ञाः पुण्यानि तीर्थान्य् अनशनानि च ॥६४॥ सर्वाणि कवचस्यास्य कलाꣳ नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् । इदꣳ कवचम् अज्ञात्वा भजेद् यः परमेश्वरीम् ॥६५॥ शत-लक्ष-प्रजप्तो ऽपि न मन्त्रः सिद्धि-दायकः । इत्य् एवꣳ कथितꣳ सर्वꣳ राधिका-कवचꣳ मुने ॥६६॥ इति 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pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ atha rādhikā-kavacam śrī-nārada uvāca— sarvaṁ śrutaṁ jagan-nātha yad yan manasi vāñchitam | adhunā śrotum icchāmi rādhikā-kavacaṁ param ||1|| śrī-mahādeva uvāca— kṣamasva brahmanaḥ putra devarṣe muni-puṅgava | yan niṣiddhaṁ bhagavatā kṛṣṇena paramātmanā ||2|| kathaṁ vakṣyāmi he vatsa suguptaṁ kavacaṁ mune | kaṇṭhe dadhāra bhagavān bhaktyā ratna-puṭena yat ||3|| paramānanda-sandoha-kavacaṁ ca sudurlabham | ṣaḍ-akṣarīṁ mahā-vidyāṁ nitya-bhaktyā japed dhariḥ ||4|| nityaṁ prapūjayen nityaṁ nityaḥ satyaḥ parāt paraḥ | sā pūjayet prabhuṁ nityaṁ japed ekādaśākṣaram ||5|| mahyaṁ ca kavacaṁ datvā niṣiddhaṁ paramātmanā | idam eveti kavacaṁ dattaṁ tenaiva brahmaṇe ||6|| dharmāya brahmaṇā dattaṁ tena nārāyaṇāya ca | nārāyaṇena kaṇṭha-sthaṁ subhadrāya dade purā ||7|| kṣamasva kathituṁ nālaṁ kṣamasva bhagavan mune | guruṇā ca niṣiddhaṁ ca na vaktavyaṁ kadācana ||8|| śrī-nārada uvāca— māṁ bhaktam anuraktaṁ ca nātha mā kuru vañcanām | tvam eva kṛṣṇas tvaṁ śambhur dvayor bhedo na sāmni ca ||9|| paratantro niṣiddhaṁ ca vākyaṁ kathitum akṣamaḥ | śṛṇoti kasya vā vākyaṁ yaḥ sva-tantraḥ svayaṁ prabhuḥ ||10|| yadi māṁ kavacaṁ nātha na vakṣyasi sudurlabham | dehaṁ tyaktvā brahma-hatyāṁ dāsyāmi tubhyam īśvara ||11|| sad-vaṁśa-jātaḥ śiṣyaś ca śuddhaḥ subrāhmaṇaḥ sudhīḥ | manyate kṛṣṇa-tulyaṁ ca guruṁ parama-dhārmikaḥ ||12|| deva-manyaṁ kṛṣṇa-tulyaṁ yo bravīti narādhamaḥ | brahma-hatyāṁ ca labhate mahā-mūrkho na saṁśayaḥ ||13|| paramātmā svayaṁ kṛṣṇo nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | tato devās tad-aṁśāś ca saguṇāḥ prākṛtāḥ smṛtāḥ ||14|| sarve janyāḥ kṛtrimāś ca purā brahmādayaḥ surāḥ | sarveṣāṁ janakaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ paramādyaḥ parāt paraḥ ||15|| śṛṇu vakṣyāmi viprendra rādhikā-kavacaṁ śubham | paramānanda-sandohābhidham iṣṭaṁ sudurlabham ||16|| kṛṣṇena dattaṁ mahyaṁ ca śata-śṛṅge ca parvate | nirāmaye ca goloke puṇye vṛndāvane vane ||17|| rādhikā-sad-vidhāne ca śobhane rāsa-maṇḍale | gopa-gopī-kadambaiś ca veṣṭite samabhīpsite ||18|| ahaṁ tubhyaṁ pradāsyāmi pravaktavyaṁ na kasyacit | yad dhṛtvā paṭhanād bhakto jīvan-mukto bhaved dhruvam ||19|| brahma-hatyā-lakṣa-pāpān mucyate nātra saṁśayaḥ | koṭi-janmātjitāt pāpād upadeśāt pramucyate ||20|| aśva-medha-sahasraṁ ca rāja-sūya-śataṁ tathā | viprendra kavacasyāsya kalāṁ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm ||21|| śiṣyāya viṣṇu-bhaktāya sādhakāya prakāśayet | śaṭhāya pariśiṣyāya datvā mṛtyuṁ labhen naraḥ ||22|| viprendra kavacasyāsya rṣir nārāyaṇaḥ svayam | kṛṣṇasya bhakti-dāsye ca viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||23|| sarvādyā me śiraḥ pātu keśaṁ keśava-kāminī | bhālaṁ bhagavatī pātu līlā locana-yugmakam ||24|| nāsāṁ nārāyaṇī pātu sānandā cādharauṣṭhakam | jihvāṁ pātu jagan-mātā dantaṁ dāmodara-priyā ||25|| kapola-yugmaṁ kṛṣṇeśā kaṇṭhaṁ kṛṣṇa-priyāvatu | karṇa-yugmaṁ sadā pātu kālindī-kūla-vāsinī ||26|| vasundhareśā vakṣo me paramā sā payo-dharam | padma-nābha-priyā nābhiṁ jaṭharaṁ jāhnavīśvarī ||27|| nityā nitamba-yugmaṁ me kaṅkālaṁ kṛṣṇa-sevitā | parāt parā pātu pṛṣṭhaṁ suśroṇī śroṇikāyugam ||28|| paramādyā pāna-yugmaṁ nakharāṁś ca narottamā | sarvāṅgaṁ me sadā pātu sarveśā sarva-maṅgalā ||29|| pātu rāmeśvarī rādhā svapne jāgaraṇe ca mām | jale sthale cāntarīkṣe sevitā jala-śāyinī ||30|| prācyāṁ me satataṁ pātu paripūrṇatama-priyā | vahnīśvarī vahni-koṇe dakṣiṇe duḥkha-nāśinī ||31|| nairṛte satataṁ pātu nara-kārṇava-tāriṇī | vāruṇe vana-mālīśā vāyavyāṁ vāyu-pūjitā ||32|| kaubere māṁ sadā pātu kūrmeṇa pariṣevitā | aiśānyām īśvarī pātu śata-śṛṅga-nivāsinī ||33|| vane vana-carī pātu vṛndāvana-vinodinī | sarvatra santataṁ pātu sarveśā virajeśvarī ||34|| prathame pūjitā yā ca kṛṣṇena paramātmanā | ṣaḍ-akṣaryā vidyayā ca sā māṁ rakṣatu kātaram ||35|| dvitīye pūjitā devī śambhunā rāsa-maṇḍale | nānā-saṁbhṛta-saṁbhārair māyā prakṛtir īśvarī ||36|| saptākṣaryā vidyayā ca pūjyayā pranavādyayā | tṛtīye pūjitā devī brahmanā paramādaram ||37|| śrī-bīja-yuktayā bhaktyā cāṣṭākṣaryā ca vidyayā | caturthe pūjitā devī śiṣeṇa vighna-nāśinī ||38|| tenaiva sevitā vidyā māyā-yuktā navākṣarī | vidyā sā cāpi dharmeṇa sevitā parameśvarī ||39|| dharmeṇa dattā sā vidyā putra nārāyaṇarṣaye | narāya śuddha-bhaktāya sā ca vidyā manoharā ||40|| navākṣarī mahā-vidyā kāmadevena sevītā | tad-adhīnaṁ sarva-viśvaṁ pūjyayā vidyayā yayā ||41|| samprāpa dāhikāṁ śaktiṁ vahniś ca vidyayā yayā | navākṣarī mahā-vidyā vāyunā pariṣevitā ||42|| viśveṣāṁ prāṇa-rūpaś ca pūjyayā vidyayā yayā | sarvādhāraś ca pūjyaś ca balavān sarvato 'bhavat ||43|| śeṣādhāraś ca kūrmaś ca pūjyayā vidyayā yayā | viśvādhāraś ca śeṣaś ca tayā ca vidyayā yayā ||44|| dharādharā ca sarveṣāṁ tayā ca vidyayā sadā | tayaiva vidyayā śuddhā raṅgā bhuvana-pāvanī ||45|| tayaiva tulasī śuddhā tīrtha-pūtā babhūva sā | tayā svāhā vahni-jāyā pitṛṇāṁ kāminī svadhā ||46|| lakṣmīr māyā kāma-vāṇī sarvādyā praṇavādikā | rāmeśvarī rādhikā sā ṅentā vahni-priyāntakā ||47|| tat-ṣoḍaśī mahā-vidyā paripūrṇatamā śrutau | kāma-dhenu-svarūpā sā sarva-siddhi-pradāyinī ||48|| purā sanat-kumāreṇa ṣoḍaśī parisevitā | sanakena sanandena tathā sanātanena ca ||49|| śukreṇa guruṇā pūjyā siddhā vyāsena sevitā | papau samudraṁ so 'gastyaḥ pūjyayā vidyayā yayā ||50|| rameśvarī ṅenta-hīnā ṣoḍaśyā muni-paṅgava | dadhīcinā sevitā sā vidyā ca dvādaśākṣarī ||51|| tayā tadasthi cāvyartha-mantram eva babhūva ha | catur-daśendrāvacchinnaṁ munir āsīn nirāpadaḥ ||52|| svecchāmṛtyur muniś caiva jitaḥ kālo 'pi vidyayā | devānāṁ prāthanenaiva tatyāja sa kalevaram ||53|| matto mantraṁ gṛhītvā ca jajāpa puṣkare muniḥ | śata-varṣaṁ tapas taptā dadarśa parameśvarīm ||54|| datvā sā svapadaṁ tasmai golokaṁ ca jagāma sā | dehaṁ tyaktvā ca sa munir golokaṁ prayayau purā ||55|| ity evaṁ kathitaṁ vatsa kavacaṁ paramādbhutam | paramānanda-sandehaṁ vedeṣu ca sudurlabham ||56|| śrī-kṛṣṇenaiva kathitaṁ mahyaṁ bhaktāya bhaktitaḥ | mayā tubhyaṁ pradattaṁ ca pravaktavyaṁ na kasyacit ||57|| gurum abhyarcya vidhinā vastrālaṁkāra-candanaiḥ | namas kṛtya paraṁ bhaktyā kavacaṁ dhārayet sudhīḥ ||58|| paṭhitvā kavacaṁ divyaṁ paramādara-pūrvakam | gurave dakṣiṇāṁ datvā labhet tasya śubhāśiṣam ||59|| mahā-mūḍho nopadiṣṭaḥ kavacaṁ dhārayet paṭhet | niṣphalaṁ tad bhavet sarvaṁ śata-lakṣaṁ japed yadi ||60|| upadiṣṭo yadi paṭhet dhārayet kaṇṭha-deśataḥ | jale vahnau ca śastrāste maraṇaṁ no bhaved dhruvam ||61|| kavacasya prasādena jīvan-mukto bhaven naraḥ | anena kavacanenaiva śaṅkha-cūḍaḥ pratāpavān ||62|| yuyudhe sa mayā sārdhaṁ varṣaṁ ca narmadā-taṭe | na viddho mama śūlena datvā ca kavacaṁ mṛtaḥ ||63|| sarvāṇy eva hi dānāni vratāni niyamāni ca | tapāṁsi yajñāḥ puṇyāni tīrthāny anaśanāni ca ||64|| sarvāṇi kavacasyāsya kalāṁ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm | idaṁ kavacam ajñātvā bhajed yaḥ parameśvarīm ||65|| śata-lakṣa-prajapto 'pi na mantraḥ siddhi-dāyakaḥ | ity evaṁ kathitaṁ sarvaṁ rādhikā-kavacaṁ mune ||66|| iti śrī-nārada-pañca-rātre jñānāmṛta-sāre dvitīya-rātre hari-bhakti-jñāna-kathane kavaca-prakāśanaṁ nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||5|| …
English translation
CHAPTER V
On the description of Radha Kavacam.
§ri Narada said :—I have now heard all that I wanted to hear. Now I want to hear the excellent Radha-Kavacam. (1)
Sri Mahadeva said :—O Son of Brahma, O Devarsi, O Best of Munis, Please excuse me. How can [ speak about that secret Kavacam which the Supreme Spirit Sri Krsna has forbidden me to divulge. The Bhagavan holds that Kavaca Himself on His own neck with great devotion, in a cover of jewels. (2-3)
That Kavaca isa mass of supreme blise, nodoubt it is very rare. Hari mutters daily the six lettered Mahavidya with great devotion. (4)
He who daily worships the #ternal Lord, higher then the highest, mutters the eleven lettered mantra daily after finishing His worship. (5) .
Krgna has forbidden me to give that Kavacam to any body. He gave that to Brahma. (6)
Brahma gave it to Dharma. Dharma gave it to Narayana. Narayana gave the Kavaca from his neck to the Brahmana Subhadra. (7)
O Bhagavan Muni ! I wont be able to tell about that. Please excuse me. What the Guru has forbidden, one ought not to divulge that. (8)
$ri Narada said :—Do not deceive me who is Thy devotee. Thou art/Krsna, Thou art Vignu. There is no difference between you two in the Sima Veda. _ (9)
Only those who are dependent are unable to speak what has been forbidden to them. Whose words will He hear Who is independent and God Himself. (10)
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O Lord! O God ! If thou dost not describe to me about this rare Kavacam, I will quit my body and will charge you with the sin of Brahmahatya. (11)
A disciple who is highly religious, intelligent, a good Brahmana, pure and born, of a noble family considers his Guru equal to Sri Krsna. = (12)
And that vile wretch who considers any other Deity equal
to Krgna, is quite illiterate, and certainly commits the sin of Brahmahatya. (13)
Krsna is the Supreme Spirit, beyond the gunas, beyond Prakrti. From Him and from His parts all the Devas are born endowed with punas and under Praktti. (14)
Brahma and the other Devas are janya (begotten) and krtrima
(made up). Krsna is the Father of all, the First entity and higher than the highest. (15)
O best of the Munis ! Now Iam speaking to you about the auspicious Radhika-Kavacam, so very rare, desired by all and a mass of supreme bliss Listen. (16)
On the mountain Satagpnga, in the region of Go-loka, free from diseases, in the meritorious Vrndavana, Kysna gave that Kavacam first to me. (17)
He told before Radhika, surrounded by the Gopas and Gopis, in the beautiful Rasamandalam, I am giving this Kavacam to you. Do’nt divulge this to any body. The devotee who recites this, holding it on his neck, certainly becomes Jivanmukta.”’ (18-19)
Duly instructed, a devotee becomes freed from one lakh Brahmahatyd and sins accruing from Koti births. (20)
O Best of Munis! One thousand hundred Rajasiya sacrifices are not kala of this kavacam. (21)
Horse sacrifices and one equivalent to one sixteenth
A devotee of Visnu can divulge this to his disciple. If one
gives this to a cheat and other’s disciples, one gets danger of one’s life, (22)
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Second Night, Ch. V 143
O Viprendra ! Narayana Himself is the Rsi of this Kavacam and its application is to the servitude devotion of Sri Krsna. (23)
Let Sarvadya protect my head; let KeSava Kamini protect my hairs ; let Bhagavati protect my forchead ; let Lola protect my eyes. (24)
Let Nardyani protect my nose ; let Sinanda protect my lips ; let Jaganmata protect my tongue ; let Damodarapriya protect my teeth. (25)
Let KrgneS4 protect my cheeks ; let Krsnapriya protect my throat ; let Kalindikulavasini protect my ears. (26)
Let Vasundharesa protect my breast ; let Parama protect my breast ; let Padmanabhapriya protect my navel ; let Jahnavisvari protect my belly. © (27) ®
Let Nitya protect my hips; let Krsnasevita protect my bones ; let Paratpara protect my back ; let Susroni protect my sronis. (28)
Let Pramadya protect my feet ; nails : let Sarvesa, Sarvamangala Sarvadya protect body. (29)
Let Rasesvari Radha pr states; let Jalasdyini protect me in water, eart phere. (30)
Let the consort of Paripurnatama p the Goddess of vahni protect my south eastern © Duhkanasini protect my southern side. (31) my south west quarter ; let Vayupujita protect
let Narottama protect my all over my
otect me in dreaming and waking h and atmos~
rotect my eastern side ; let orner: let
Let Narakarnavatarini protect always let Vanamialiga protect my western quarter ; my north western quarter. (32)
Let Kiurmaparisevita protect my northern quarter ; let Satasrhganivist Isvari protect my north-eastern quarter. (33)
Let Vrndavanavinodini vanacari protect me in forests ; let Sarve$4 Virajesvari protect me laways and everywhere. (34)
144 Narada Pajcaradtram Let Her who was first worshipped by the Supreme Spirit Krsna by the six-lettered mantra, let Her always protect me who is very distressed. (35)
She was worshipped secondly by Sambhu with the adorable seven lettered mantra beginning with ‘Om’ in the Risamandalam
with various articles of worship. She is Maya, — Prakrti,. Isvari. (36)
Thirdly, She was worsbipped lovingly by Brahma with the eight lettered mantra beginning with Srim ; fourthly, that Devi, the Destructrix of all obstacles, was worshipped by Sesa with the nine-lettered mantra with Hrim added. She the Parmesvari, the Vidya, was, then, worshipped by Dharma. (37-39)
O child! Dharma gave that vidya to Narayana Rsi. Then the pure devotee Nara get that from him.. (40)
That enchanting nine-lettered Mahavidya was worshipped by
Kama deva, by virtue of which the whole universe has come under his control.
By virtue of which Fire has got his burning power. This ninelettered great Vidya (art) bas been worshipped by Vayu also. (42)
By virtue of which Vayu has become the prana of this Universe, the support of all, and fit for worship, more than any one else, and very powerful. (43)
O Muni! By virtue of which adorable Vidya, Kurma (tortoise) has become the support of Sega (thousand headed
serpent) and Sega, again, has become the support of the universe. (44)
By virtue of which vidya this earth has become the support of all beings and the holy Ganges has become the purifier of all. (45)
By virtue of which vidy4 Tulasi has become pure and sanctifying, like a Tirtha ; and Svaha has become the consort of Fire 3 and Svadha has become the consort of the Pitris. (49)
Om Srim Hrim Klim Aim Ram RAsesvari Radhikayai Svaha is the sixteen lettered Mabavidya and is termed Paripurnatama in
Second Night, Ch. V 145
the Vedas. She is of the nature of Kamadhenu, yielding the fruits of all desires and the bestower of all siddhis. (47-48)
This Sodasi (sixteen lettered mantra) was worshipped in yore by Sanat Kumara, Sanaka, Sananda and Sanatana. (49)
By virtue of this adorable vidya Sukracirya, the Guru of the Daityads, became Siddha ; it was worsbipped by Vyasa; by virtue of which Agastya sucked up all the ocean. (50)
In the twelve-lettered mantra, Raseévari is not added to the
caturthi vibhakti (dative—case), the mantra then, comes out, thus :—
om srim hrim, klim aim ram radhikayai svaha
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This was worshipped by Dadhici. (51)
By virtue of which vidya, his bones became infallible mantras;
and the Muni was safe, though fourteen Indras passed away. (52)
the Muni got the power to die and so defied Kala (the
request of the
By virtue of which vidya, whenever he willed (sveccha mrtyu)' great time). He quitted his body only at the
Devas. (53) From Me the Muni got the mantra,
in Puskara tirtha, After performing tapasy years he saw the Devi Paramegvari. (54)
and made Jaram of that a for one hundred
on, and then went to
The Devi gave him first Her own regi loka after giving up
Go-loka; and so the Muni also went to Gohis body. (55)
O Child! Thus I have spoken to you Kavaca, rarely mentioned in the Vedas,
unbounded bliss. (56) e to me of this, who is so much devoted to It ought not to be divulged
about the wonderful and-which is a mass of
§r1 Krsna spok Him. Now I have spoken that to you. to any body else. (57)
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The intelligent man ought to give duly, clothings and ornaments to his Guru, and, then, bow down to him with great devotion, and then hold the kavaca on his body (58)
He ought to read the divine-Kavaca with great loving
devotion and be should give fees (daksina) to his Guru and get his auspicious blessings. (59)
And he must be the greatly deluded person, who recites and holds the Kavaca without being duly instructed by Guru ; and thus gets all his Japam muttered one hundred lakhs of times, and all his ceremonious observances, brought to no avail. (60)
But, if duly instructed, he recites the Kavacam or holds
it on his neck, then he never meets death in water,
five, weapons, etc. (61)
By the grace of this kavaca, a man becomes Jivanmukta
‘ (liberated while living). By virtue of this kavacam, Sankhacuda beocme very powerful. (62)
He fought with Me for one year on the banks of the Narmada
; and he could not be pierced by My trident ; then he gave away that kavacam, and he quitted his body. (63)
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Giving away everything, Vratas (observing vows), Niyamas (observing rules), tapasya (asceticism), sacrifices punyam, (merits),
Tirthas, and fastings. all these are not equivalent to one sixteenth part of this kavacam. (64)
And he who worships the Devi Paramesvari, this Kavacam, gets no success whatsvever making Japam one hundred lakhs of times. spoken to you about this Radhika Kavacam,
without knowing in his mantra even by O Muni ! Thus I haves (65-65)
Here ends the Fifth Chapter on Radhika Kavacam
in Sri Narada Paficaratram.
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