gopāla akṣaya kavacam

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ |
śrī nārada uvāca|
indrādyamaravargeṣu brahmanyatparamā'dbhutam |
akṣayaṃ kavacaṃ nāma kathayasva mama prabho || 1||

yaddhṛtvā''karṇya vīrastu trailokya vijayī bhavet | brahmovāca |
śṛṇu putra muniśreṣṭha kavacaṃ paramādbhutam || 2||

indrādidevavṛndaiśca nārāyaṇamukhācchratam |
trailokyavijayasyāsya kavacasya prajāpatiḥ || 3||

ṛṣiśchando devatā ca sadā nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ |
asya śrītrailokyavijayākṣayakavacasya prajāpatiṛrṣiḥ|
anuṣṭupchandaḥ|, śrīnārāyaṇaḥ paramātmā devatā|
dharmārthakāmamokṣārthe jape viniyogaḥ |
pādau rakṣatu govindo jaṅghe pātu jagatprabhuḥ || 4||

ūrū dvau keśavaḥ pātu kaṭī dāmodarastataḥ |
vadanaṃ śrīhariḥ pātu nāḍīdeśaṃ ca me'cyutaḥ || 5||

vāmapārśvaṃ tathā viṣṇurdakṣiṇaṃ ca sudarśanaḥ |
bāhumūle vāsudevo hṛdayaṃ ca janārdanaḥ || 6||

kaṇṭhaṃ pātu varāhaśca kṛṣṇaśca mukhamaṇḍalam |
karṇau me mādhavaḥ pātu hṛṣīkeśaśca nāsike || 7||

netre nārāyaṇaḥ pātu lalāṭaṃ garuḍadhvajaḥ |
kapolaṃ keśavaḥ pātu cakrapāṇiḥ śirastathā || 8||

prabhāte mādhavaḥ pātu madhyāhne madhusūdanaḥ |
dinānte daityanāśaśca rātrau rakṣatu candramāḥ || 9||

pūrvasyāṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo vāyavyāṃ ca janārdanaḥ |
iti te kathitaṃ vatsa sarvamantraughavigraham || 10||

tava snehānmayā''khyātaṃ na vaktavyaṃ tu kasyacit |
kavacaṃ dhārayedyastu sādhako dakṣiṇe bhuje || 11||

devā manuṣyā gandharvā yajñāstasya na saṃśayaḥ |
yoṣidvāmabhuje caiva puruṣo dakṣiṇe bhuje || 12||

nibhṛyātkavacaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvasiddhiyuto bhavet |
kaṇṭhe yo dhārayedetat kavacaṃ matsvarūpiṇam || 13||

yuddhe jayamavāpnoti dyūte vāde ca sādhakaḥ |
sarvathā jayamāpnoti niścitaṃ janmajanmani || 14||

aputro labhate putraṃ roganāśastathā bhavet |
sarvatāpapramuktaśca viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 15||

|| iti brahmasaṃhitoktaṃ śrīgopālākṣayakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||