śrī bhairavī kavacam (trailokyavijayam)

One of two kavachas in this cluster called Trailokyavijaya, the conquest of the three worlds, and the pair are best read together. This one is from the Rudrayamala, spoken by Ishvara after Parvati says she has now heard every vidya of Bhairavi and wants the armour he promised earlier. Dakshinamurti is its seer and Bala Bhairavi its deity, and what guards the body here is not a set of names but a set of syllables: the Bala mantra first, then the six-clustered Bhairavi vidya distributed limb by limb, hasraim at the throat, hasakalarim at the shoulders, and so on downward. The quarters are given to further seeds, with Kalika holding the south and Tara set everywhere at once. It closes on the amulet both kavachas share, written on birch bark, sealed in gold and worn at the throat or on the right arm, after which weapons reaching that body become flowers.