Goddess Kali

śrī bhadrakālī kavacam

(Sri Bhadrakali Kavacham in English (IAST))

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

An armour for Bhadrakali set inside a Vaishnava frame: Narada asks and Narayana answers, and what Narada wants is the ten-syllabled vidya as much as the armour itself. The vidya is written out — om hrim shrim klim kalikayai svaha — and then broken up across the body, so that om hrim kalikayai svaha guards the two ears and om krim krim klim kalyai svaha the shoulder, each limb taking a different arrangement of the same syllables. The last verse states the sharpest version of a claim these texts often make: that one who worships Kali without knowing this armour will not gain the mantra's fruit even after repeating it ten million times.

|| śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
|| śrī bhadrakālī kavacam ||
nārada uvāca|
kavacaṃ śrotumicchāmi tāṃ ca vidyāṃ daśākṣarīm |
nātha tvatto hi sarvajña bhadrakālyāśca sāmpratam || 1 ||
nārāyaṇa uvāca|
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi mahāvidyāṃ daśākṣarīm |
gopanīyaṃ ca kavacaṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham || 2 ||
|| daśākṣarī vidyā ||
oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā
oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāheti ca daśākṣarīm |
durvāsā hi dadau rājñe puṣkare sūryaparvaṇi || 3 ||
daśalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhiḥ kṛtā purā |
pañcalakṣajapenaiva paṭhan kavacamuttamam || 4 ||
babhūva siddhakavaco'pyayodhyāmājagāma saḥ |
kṛtsnāṃ hi pṛthivīṃ jigye kavacasya prasādataḥ || 5 ||
nārada uvāca|
śrutā daśākṣarī vidyā triṣu lokeṣu durlabhā |
adhunā śrotumicchāmi kavacaṃ brūhi me prabho || 6 ||
nārāyaṇa uvāca|
śṛṇu vakṣyāmi viprendra kavacaṃ paramādbhutam |
nārāyaṇena yaddattaṃ kṛpayā śūline purā || 7 ||
tripurasya vadhe ghore śivasya vijayāya ca |
tadeva śūlinā dattaṃ purā durvāsase mune || 8 ||
durvāsasā ca yaddattaṃ sucandrāya mahātmane |
atiguhyataraṃ tattvaṃ sarvamantraughavigraham || 9 ||
|| atha kavacam ||
oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā me pātu mastakam |
klīṃ kapālaṃ sadā pātu hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīmiti locane || 10 ||
oṃ hrīṃ trilocane svāhā nāsikāṃ me sadāvatu |
klīṃ kālike rakṣa rakṣa svāhā dantaṃ sadāvatu || 11 ||
hrīṃ bhadrakālike svāhā pātu me'dharayugmakam |
oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā kaṇṭhaṃ sadāvatu || 12 ||
oṃ hrīṃ kālikāyai svāhā karṇayugmaṃ sadāvatu |
oṃ krīṃ krīṃ klīṃ kālyai svāhā skandhaṃ pātu sadā mama || 13 ||
oṃ krīṃ bhadrakālyai svāhā mama vakṣaḥ sadāvatu |
oṃ krīṃ kālikāyai svāhā mama nābhiṃ sadāvatu || 14 ||
oṃ hrīṃ kālikāyai svāhā mama pṛṣṭhaṃ sadāvatu |
raktabījavināśinyai svāhā hastau sadāvatu || 15 ||
oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ muṇḍamālinyai svāhā pādau sadāvatu |
oṃ hrīṃ cāmuṇḍāyai svāhā sarvāṅgaṃ me sadāvatu || 16 ||
|| digbandhana ||
prācyāṃ pātu mahākālī āgneyyāṃ raktadantikā |
dakṣiṇe pātu cāmuṇḍā nairṛtyāṃ pātu kālikā || 17 ||
śyāmā ca vāruṇe pātu vāyavyāṃ pātu caṇḍikā |
uttare vikaṭāsyā ca aiśānyāṃ sāṭṭahāsinī || 18 ||
ūrdhvaṃ pātu lolajihvā māyādyā pātvadhaḥ sadā |
jale sthale cāntarikṣe pātu viśvaprasūḥ sadā || 19 ||
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
iti te kathitaṃ vatsa sarvamantraughavigraham |
sarveṣāṃ kavacānāṃ ca sārabhūtaṃ parātparam || 20 ||
saptadvīpeśvaro rājā sucandro'sya prasādataḥ |
kavacasya prasādena māndhātā pṛthivīpatiḥ || 21 ||
pracetā lomaśaścaiva yataḥ siddho babhūva ha |
yato hi yogināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ saubhariḥ pippalāyanaḥ || 22 ||
yadi syāt siddhakavacaḥ sarvasiddhīśvaro bhavet |
mahādānāni sarvāṇi tapāṃsi ca vratāni ca |
niścitaṃ kavacasyāsya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm || 23 ||
idaṃ kavacamajñātvā bhajet kālīṃ jagatprasūm |
śatalakṣaprajapto'pi na mantraḥ siddhidāyakaḥ || 24 ||
|| iti śrī bhadrakālī kavacam sampūrṇam ||

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