Navagraha

navagraha kavaca

(NavGraha Kavacham in English (IAST))

Also known as om siro me patu marttandah kapalam

The Navagraha Kavacham, which sets the nine planets as guardians over the body — Martanda over the head, the lord of Rohini over the skull, Angaraka over the face — and so through every limb.

oṃ śiro me pātu mārttaṇḍaḥ kapālaṃ rohiṇīpatiḥ |
mukhamaṅgārakaḥ pātu kaṇṭhaṃ ca śaśinandanaḥ || 1 ||
buddhi jīvaḥ sadā pātu hṛdayaṃ gunanadanaḥ |
jaṭharaṃ ca śaniḥ pātu jivhāṃ me ditinandanaḥ || 2 ||
pādau ketuḥ sadā pātu vārāḥ sarvāṃgameva ca |
tithayo'ṣṭau diśāḥ pāntu nakṣatrāṇi vapuḥ sadā || 3 ||
aṃsau rāśiḥ sadā pātu yogaśrca sthairyameva ca |
sucirāyuḥ sukhī putrī yuddhe ca vijayī bhavet || 4 ||
rogātpramucate rogī bandho mucyeta bandhanāt |
śriyaṃ ca labhate nityaṃ riṣṭitasya na jāyate || 5 ||
yaḥ kare dhārayennityaṃ tasya riṣṭirna jāyate |
paṭhanāt kavacasyāsya sarvapāpāt pramucyate || 6 ||
mṛtavatsā ca yā nārī kākavatsā ca yā bhavet |
jīvavatsā putravatī bhavatyeva ca na saṃśayaḥ |
etāṃ rakṣāṃ paṭhet yastu aṅgaṃ spṛṣṭvāpi vā paṭhet || 7 ||
|| iti śrī yāmalataṃtre śrī navagraha kavaca saṃpūrṇaṃ ||

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