Goddess Kali

śrī bhadrakālī jaganmaṅgala kavacam

(Sri Bhadrakali Jaganmangala Kavacham in English (IAST))

From Bhairavi Tantra

Also known as shri bhadrakali jaganmangala kavacham · shree bhadrakali jaganmangala kavacham · bhadrakali jaganmangala kavacham

An armour from the Bhairavi Tantra called the welfare of the world, asked for by the Goddess and given by Bhairava, and its distinguishing feature is that the mantra sits inside the armour rather than beside it. Where most such texts name a goddess for each limb, this one sets seed-syllables on the body directly — krim always at the ankles, krim aim sauh at the feet with Kulasundari — so that reciting it is a placing rather than a naming. The full apparatus stands in front of it: the placing of seer and metre, the viniyoga, and a meditation. Thirty-nine units carry the whole, and the closing verse gives the usual condition in the usual words, that it is secret and to be guarded as closely as one's own person.

|| śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
|| śrī bhadrakālī jaganmaṅgala kavacam ||
|| bhairavī taṃtra ||
śrīdevyuvāca|
bhagavan karuṇāmbhodhe śāstrān bho nidhipāragaḥ |
trailokyasārayettattvaṃ jagadrakṣaṇakārakaḥ || 1 ||
bhadrakālyā mahādevyāḥ kavacaṃ mantragarbhakam |
jaganmaṅgaladaṃ nāma vada śambho dayānidhe || 2 ||
śrībhairava uvāca|
bhaiṃ bhadrakālīkavacaṃ jaganmaṅgalanāmakam |
guhyaṃ sanātanaṃ puṇyaṃ gopanīyaṃ viśeṣataḥ || 3 ||
|| ṛṣyādi nyāsa ||
jaganmaṅgalanāmno'sya kavacasya ṛṣiḥ śivaḥ |
uṣṇikchandaḥ samākhyātaṃ devatā bhadrakālikā || 4 ||
bhaiṃ bījaṃ hūṃ tathā śaktiḥ svāhā kīlakamucyate |
dharmārthakāmamokṣārthe viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 5 ||
|| viniyoga ||
asya śrījaganmaṅgalanāmno bhadrakālī kavacasya śiva ṛṣiḥ uṣṇik chandaḥ śrībhadrakālī devatā bhaiṃ bījaṃ hūṃ śaktiḥ svāhā kīlakaṃ dharmārthakāmamokṣārthe kavaca pāṭhe viniyogaḥ |
|| atha dhyānam ||
udyaccandrakalāvataṃsita śikhāṃ krīṅkāravarṇojjvalāṃ
śyāmāṃ śyāmamukhīṃ ravīndunayanāṃ hūṃvarṇaraktādharām |
bhaiṃ bījāṅkita mānasāṃ śavagatāṃ nīlāmbarodbhāsitāṃ
svāhālaṅkṛta sarvagātralatikāṃ bhaiṃ bhadrakālīṃ bhaje ||
|| atha kavacam ||
om | bhaiṃ pātu me śiro nityaṃ devī bhaiṃ bhadrakālikā |
lalāṭaṃ krīṃ sadā pātu mahāratneśvarī tathā || 1 ||
krīṃ bhruvau pātu me nityaṃ mahākāmeśvarī tathā |
netrevyāt krīṃ ca me nityaṃ nityānandamayī śivā || 2 ||
gaṇḍau me pātu bhaiṃ nityaṃ sarvalokamaheśvarī |
śrutī hrīṃ pātu me nityaṃ sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalā || 3 ||
nāsāṃ hrīṃ pātu me nityaṃ mahātribhuvaneśvarī |
adhare hūṃ sadāvyānme sarvamantramayī tathā || 4 ||
jihvāṃ krīṃ me sadā pātu viśuddheśvararūpiṇī |
bhaiṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ me dantān pātu nityā krīṃ kulasundarī || 5 ||
hrīṃ hūṃ krīṃ me galaṃ pātu jvālāmaṇḍalamaṇḍanā |
hrīṃ hūṃ krīṃ me bhujau pātu bhavamokṣapradāmbikā || 6 ||
hrīṃ hūṃ krīṃ me karau pātu sarvānandamayī tathā |
stanau krīṃ hūṃ sadā pātu nityā nīlapatākinī || 7 ||
krīṃ bhaiṃ hrīṃ mama vakṣovyāt brahmavidyāmayī śivā |
bhaiṃ kukṣiṃ me sadā pātu mahātripurasundarī || 8 ||
aiṃ sauḥ bhaiṃ pātu me pārśvau vidyā caturdaśātmikā |
aiṃ klīṃ bhaiṃ pātu me pṛṣṭhaṃ sarvamantravibhūṣitā || 9 ||
oṃ krīṃ aiṃ sauḥ sadāvyānme nābhiṃ bhaiṃ baindaveśvarī |
oṃ hrīṃ hūṃ pātu śiśnaṃ me devatā bhagamālinī || 10 ||
hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ me kaṭiṃ pātu devatā bhagarūpiṇī |
hūṃ hūṃ bhaiṃ bhaiṃ sadāvyānme devī brahmasvarūpiṇī || 11 ||
oṃ krīṃ hūṃ pātu me jānū mahātripurabhairavī |
oṃ krīṃ aiṃ sauḥ pātu jaṅghe bālā śrītripureśvarī || 12 ||
gulphau me krīṃ sadā pātu śivaśaktisvarūpiṇī |
krīṃ aiṃ sauḥ pātu me pādau pāyāt śrīkulasundarī || 13 ||
bhaiṃ krīṃ hūṃ śrīṃ sadā pātu pādādhaḥ kulaśekharā |
oṃ krīṃ hūṃ śrīṃ sadāvyānme pādapṛṣṭhaṃ maheśvarī || 14 ||
krīṃ hūṃ śrīṃ bhaiṃ vapuḥ pāyāt sarvaṃ me bhadrakālikā |
krīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ pātu māṃ prātardevendrī vajrayoginī || 15 ||
|| kāla rakṣā ||
hūṃ bhaiṃ māṃ pātu madhyāhne nityamekādaśākṣarī |
oṃ aiṃ sauḥ pātu māṃ sāyaṃ devatā parameśvarī || 16 ||
niśādau krīṃ ca māṃ pātu devī śrīṣoḍaśākṣarī |
ardharātre ca māṃ pātu krīṃ hūṃ bhaiṃ chinnamastakā || 17 ||
niśāvasānasamaye pātu māṃ krīṃ ca pañcamī |
pūrve māṃ pātu śrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ rājñī rājyapradāyinī || 18 ||
|| dig rakṣā ||
oṃ hrīṃ hūṃ māṃ paścimevyātsarvadā tattvarūpiṇī |
aiṃ sauḥ māṃ dakṣiṇe pātu devī dakṣiṇakālikā || 19 ||
aiṃ klīṃ māmuttare pātu rājarājeśvarī tathā |
vrajantaṃ pātu māṃ śrīṃ hūṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ krīṃ sadāvatu || 20 ||
prabudhaṃ hūṃ sadā pātu suptaṃ māṃ pātu sarvadā |
āgneye krīṃ sadā pātu nairṛtye hūṃ tathāvatu || 21 ||
vāyavye krīṃ sadā pāyādaiśānyāṃ bhaiṃ sadāvatu |
urdhvaṃ krīṃ māṃ sadā pātu hyadhastāt hrīṃ tathaiva tu || 22 ||
|| bhaya rakṣā ||
cauratoyāgnibhītibhyaḥ pāyānmāṃ śrīṃ śiveśvarī |
yakṣabhūtapiśācādi rākṣasebhyovatātsadā || 23 ||
aiṃ klīṃ sauḥ hūṃ ca mātaṅgī cocchiṣṭhapadarūpiṇī |
daityabhūcarabhītibhyo'vatāddvāviṃśadakṣarī || 24 ||
vismaritaṃ tu yat sthānaṃ yat sthānaṃ nāmavarjitam |
tatsarvaṃ pātu me nityaṃ devī bhaiṃ bhadrakālikā || 25 ||
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
itīdaṃ kavacaṃ devi sarvamantramayaṃ param |
jaganmaṅgalanāmedaṃ rahasyaṃ sarvakāmikam || 26 ||
rahasyāti rahasyaṃ ca gopyaṃ guptataraṃ kalau |
mantragarbhaṃ ca sarvasvaṃ bhadrakālyā mayāsmṛtam || 27 ||
adraṣṭavyamavaktavyaṃ adātavyamavācikam |
dātavyamabhaktebhyo bhaktebhyo dīyate sadā || 28 ||
aśrotavyamidaṃ varma dīkṣāhīnāya pārvati |
abhaktebhyopiputrebhyo datvā narakamāpnuyāt || 29 ||
|| dhāraṇa vidhi ||
mahādāridryaśamanaṃ mahāmaṅgalavardhanam |
bhūrjatvaci likheddevi rocanā candanena ca || 30 ||
śvetasūtreṇa saṃveṣṭya dhārayenmūrdhni vā bhuje |
mūrdhni dhṛtvā ca kavacaṃ trailokyavijayaṃ bhavet || 31 ||
bhuje dhṛtvā ripūn rājā jitvā jayamavāpnuyāt |
itīdaṃ kavacaṃ devi mūlamantraikasādhanam |
guhyaṃ gopyaṃ paraṃ puṇyaṃ gopanīyaṃ svayonivat || 32 ||
|| iti śrībhairavītantre śrī bhadrakālī jaganmaṅgala kavacam sampūrṇam ||

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