Lord Hanuman

saptamukhī hanumatkavacam (atharvaṇa rahasya)

(Saptamukhi Hanumatkavacam Atharvana Rahasya in English (IAST))

Also known as saptamukhi hanumat kavacham

An armour for the seven-faced Hanuman rather than the five-faced, which is the rarer count and the reason to keep it apart from the several Panchamukha texts here. Narada is named as its seer, and the deity is given as the seven-faced ape who is the supreme self. Its whole apparatus is built on one syllable bent through the vowels — hram, hrim, hrum, hraim, hraum, hrah — set first on the fingers, thumb to little finger, and then on the six points of the body. The promises at the close are graded by time rather than by count: recited at the three junctures of the day it destroys every enemy, gives sons and grandsons, wealth and kingdom, health, long life and fame, and brings a king under sway. It ends by saying that it is to be kept very secret.

|| saptamukhīhanumatkavacam ||
|| viniyogaḥ ||
oṃ asya śrīsaptamukhīvīrahanumatkavacastotramantrasya, nāradaṛṣiḥ,
anuṣṭupchandaḥ,śrīsaptamukhīkapiḥ paramātmādevatā, hrāṃ bījam,
hrīṃ śaktiḥ, hrūṃ kīlakam,mama sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
|| karanyāsaḥ ||
oṃ hrāṃ aṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ hrīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ hrūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ hraiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ hrauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ hraḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
|| aṅganyāsaḥ ||
oṃ hrāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ hrīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ hrūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ hraiṃ kavacāya huṃ |
oṃ hrauṃ netratrayāya vauṣaṭ |
oṃ hraḥ astrāya phaṭ ||
|| dhyānam ||
vandevānarasiṃhasarparipuvārāhāśvagomānuṣairyuktaṃ
saptamukhaiḥ karairdrumagiriṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ kheṭakam |
khaṭvāṅgaṃ halamaṅkuśaṃ phaṇisudhākumbhau śarābjābhayān
śūlaṃ saptaśikhaṃ dadhānamamaraiḥ sevyaṃ kapiṃ kāmadam ||
|| kavacam ||
brahmovāca |
saptaśīrṣṇaḥ pravakṣyāmi kavacaṃ sarvasiddhidam |
japtvā hanumato nityaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 1||
saptasvargapatiḥ pāyācchikhāṃ me mārutātmajaḥ |
saptamūrdhā śiro'vyānme saptārcirbhāladeśakam || 2||
triḥsaptanetro netre'vyātsaptasvaragatiḥ śrutī |
nāsāṃ saptapadārtho'vyānmukhaṃ saptamukho'vatu || 3||
saptajihvastu rasanāṃ radānsaptahayo'vatu |
saptacchando hariḥ pātu kaṇṭhaṃ bāhū giristhitaḥ || 4||
karau caturdaśakaro bhūdharo'vyānmamāṅgulīḥ |
saptarṣidhyāto hṛdayamudaraṃ kukṣisāgaraḥ || 5||
saptadvīpapatiścittaṃ saptavyāhṛtirūpavān |
kaṭiṃ me saptasaṃsthārthadāyakaḥ sakthinī mama || 6||
saptagrahasvarūpī me jānunī jaṅghayostathā |
saptadhānyapriyaḥ pādau saptapātāladhārakaḥ || 7||
paśūndhanaṃ ca dhānyaṃ ca lakṣmīṃ lakṣmīprado'vatu |
dārān putrāṃśca kanyāśca kuṭumbaṃ viśvapālakaḥ || 8||
anuktasthānamapi me pāyādvāyusutaḥ sadā |
caurebhyo vyāladaṃṣṭribhyaḥ śaṛṅgibhyo bhūtarākṣasāt || 9||
daityebhyo'pyatha yakṣebhyo brahmarākṣasajādbhayāt |
daṃṣṭrākarālavadano hanumān māṃ sadā'vatu || 10||
paraśastramantratantrayantrāgnijalavidyutaḥ |
rudrāṃśaḥ śatrusaṅgrāmātsarvāvasthāsu sarvabhṛt || 11||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya ādyakapimukhāya vīrahanumate
sarvaśatrusaṃhāraṇāya ṭhaṃṭhaṃṭhaṃṭhaṃṭhaṃṭhaṃṭhaṃ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 12||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya dvītīyanārasiṃhāsyāya atyugratejovapuṣe
bhīṣaṇāya bhayanāśanāya haṃhaṃhaṃhaṃhaṃhaṃhaṃ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 13||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya tṛtīyagaruḍavaktrāya vajradaṃṣṭrāya
mahābalāya sarvarogavināśāya maṃmaṃmaṃmaṃmaṃmaṃmaṃ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 14||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya caturthakroḍatuṇḍāya saumitrirakṣakāya
putrādyabhivṛddhikarāya laṃlaṃlaṃlaṃlaṃlaṃlaṃ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 15||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya pañcamāśvavadanāya rudramūrtaye sarva-
vaśīkaraṇāya sarvanigamasvarūpāya ruṃruṃruṃruṃruṃruṃruṃ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 16||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya ṣaṣṭhagomukhāya sūryasvarūpāya
sarvarogaharāya muktidātre oṃoṃoṃoṃoṃoṃoṃ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 17||
oṃ namo bhagavate saptavadanāya saptamamānuṣamukhāya
rudrāvatārāya añjanāsutāya sakaladigyaśovistārakāya vajradehāya
sugrīvasāhyakarāya udadhilaṅghanāya sītāśuddhikarāya laṅkādahanāya
anekarākṣasāntakāya rāmānandadāyakāya anekaparvatotpāṭakāya
setubandhakāya kapisainyanāyakāya rāvaṇāntakāya brahmacaryāśramiṇe
kaupīnabrahmasūtradhārakāya rāmahṛdayāya sarvaduṣṭagrahanivāraṇāya
śākinīḍākinīvetālabrahmarākṣasabhairavagraha-
yakṣagrahapiśācagrahabrahmagrahakṣatriyagrahavaiśyagraha-
śūdragrahāntyajagrahamlecchagrahasarpagrahoccāṭakāya
mama sarva kāryasādhakāya sarvaśatrusaṃhārakāya
siṃhavyāghrādiduṣṭasatvākarṣakāyai kāhikādivividhajvaracchedakāya
parayantramantratantranāśakāya sarvavyādhinikṛntakāya
sarpādisarvasthāvarajaṅgamaviṣastambhanakarāya
sarvarājabhayacorabhayā'gnibhayapraśamanāyā''dhyātmikā''dhi-
daivikādhibhautikatāpatrayanivāraṇāyasarvavidyāsarvasampatsarvapuruṣārtha-
dāyakāyā'sādhyakāryasādhakāya sarvavarapradāyasarvā'bhīṣṭakarāya
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ hraiṃ hrauṃ hraḥ oṃ namaḥ svāhā || 18||
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
ya idaṃ kavacaṃ nityaṃ saptāsyasya hanumataḥ |
trisandhyaṃ japate nityaṃ sarvaśatruvināśanam || 19||
putrapautrapradaṃ sarvaṃ sampadrājyapradaṃ param |
sarvarogaharaṃ cā''yuḥkīrttidaṃ puṇyavardhanam || 20||
rājānaṃ sa vaśaṃ nītvā trailokyavijayī bhavet |
idaṃ hi paramaṃ gopyaṃ deyaṃ bhaktiyutāya ca || 21||
na deyaṃ bhaktihīnāya datvā sa nirayaṃ vrajet || 22||
nāmānisarvāṇyapavargadāni rūpāṇi viśvāni ca yasya santi |
karmāṇi devairapi durghaṭāni taṃ mārutiṃ saptamukhaṃ prapadye|| 23||
|| iti śrī atharvaṇarahasyesaptamukhī hanumatkavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

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