Goddess Kali

śrī guhyakālī vajra kavacam

(Sri Guhyakali Vajra Kavacam in English (IAST))

From Mahakala Samhita

Also known as sri guhya kali vajra kavacham · shri guhyakali vajra kavacam · shree guhyakali vajra kavacam

The diamond armour of Guhyakali, titled the welfare of the universe, and its viniyoga names as its deity not one goddess but a series — Guhyakali from the one-faced to the hundred-faced — with Samvarta as the seer and phrem, sphrem and chrim for seed, power and pin. The armour proper works by pairing a chain of syllables with a named form for each part of the body: Siddhikarali at the head, Siddhivikarali at the forehead, Chandayogeshvari at the face, Vajrakapalini at the ears, and at the last the whole body given over to Guhyakali by day, by night and at the junctures. Rules for the preliminary practice and for particular applications follow the hymn.

|| śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
|| śrī guhyakālī vajra kavacam ||
(viśvamaṅgalam)
|| viniyoga ||
asya viśvamaṅgalaṃ nāma śrī guhyakālī mahāvajrakavacasya
saṃvarta ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ,
ekavaktrādi śatavaktrāntā guhyakālī devatā,
phreṃ bījaṃ, sphreṃ śaktiḥ, chrīṃ kīlakaṃ
sarvābhīṣṭasiddhi pūrvaka ātmarakṣaṇe jape viniyogaḥ ||
|| atha kavacam ||
oṃ phreṃ pātu śiraḥ siddhikarālī kālikā mama |
hrīṃ chrīṃ lalāṭaṃ me siddhivikarāli sadā'vatu || 1 ||
śrīṃ klīṃ mukhaṃ caṇḍayogeśvarī rakṣatu sarvadā |
hūṃ strīṃ karṇau vajrakāpālinī me kālikā'vatu || 2 ||
aiṃ krauṃ hanū kālasaṅkarṣaṇā me pātu kālikā |
krīṃ krauṃ bhruvāvugracaṇḍā kālikā me sadā'vatu || 3 ||
hāṃ kṣauṃ netre siddhilakṣmīravatu pratyahaṃ mama |
hūṃ hrauṃ nāsāṃ caṇḍakāpālinī me sarvadā'vatu || 4 ||
āṃ īṃ oṣṭhādharau pātu sadā samayakubjikā |
glūṃ glauṃ dantān rājarājeśvarī me rakṣatāt sadā || 5 ||
jūṃ saḥ sadā me rasanāṃ pātu śrījayabhairavī |
sphreṃ sphreṃ pātu svarṇakūṭeśvarī me cibukaṃ sadā || 6 ||
blūṃ blauṃ kaṇṭhaṃ rakṣatu me sarvadā tumbureśvarī |
kṣrūṃ kṣrauṃ me rājamātaṅgī skandhau rakṣatu sarvadā || 7 ||
phrāṃ phrauṃ bhujau vajracaṇḍeśvarī rakṣatu me sadā |
streṃ strauṃ vakṣaḥsthalaṃ pātu jayajhaṅkeśvarī mama || 8 ||
phiṃ phāṃ karau rakṣatu me śivadūtī ca sarvadā |
chraiṃ chrauṃ me jaṭharaṃ pātu phetkārī ghorarāviṇī || 9 ||
straiṃ strauṃ guhyeśvari nābhiṃ mama rakṣatu sarvadā |
kṣuṃ kṣauṃ pārśvo sadā pātu bābhuvī ghorarūpiṇī || 10 ||
grūṃ grauṃ kuleśvarī pātu mama pṛṣṭhaṃ ca sarvadā |
klūṃ klauṃ kaṭiṃ rakṣatu me bhīmādevī bhayānakā || 11 ||
haiṃ hauṃ me rakṣatādūrū sarvadā caṇḍakhecarī |
sphroṃ sphrauṃ me jānunī pātu koraṅgī bhīṣaṇānanā || 12 ||
trīṃ thrīṃ jaṅghāyugaṃ pātu tāmasī sarvadā mama |
jraiṃ jrauṃ pādau mahāvidyā sarvadā mama rakṣatu || 13 ||
ḍrīṃ ṭhrīṃ vāgīśvarī sarvān sandhīn dehasya me'vatu |
khreṃ khrauṃ śarīradhātūnme kāmākhyā sarvadā'vatu || 14 ||
brīṃ brūṃ kātyāyanī pātu daśavāyūṃstanūdbhavān |
jlūṃ jlauṃ pātu mahālakṣmīḥ khānyekādaśa sarvadā || 15 ||
aiṃ auṃ anūktaṃ yat sthānaṃ śarīre'ntarbahiśca me |
tatsarvaṃ sarvadā pātu harasiddhā harapriyā || 16 ||
phreṃ chrīṃ hrīṃ strīṃ hūṃ śarīrasakalaṃ sarvadā mama |
guhyakālī divārātrau sandhyāsu parirakṣatu || 17 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
iti te kavacaṃ proktaṃ nāmnā ca viśvamaṅgalam |
sarvebhyaḥ kavacebhyastu śreṣṭhaṃ sārataraṃ param || 18 ||
idaṃ paṭhitvā tvaṃ dehaṃ bhasmanaivāvaguṇṭhya ca |
tattat sthāneṣu vinyasya baddhavādaḥ kavacaṃ dṛḍham || 19 ||
daśavārān manuṃ japtvā yatra kutrāpi gacchatu |
samare nipatacchastre'raṇye svāpadasaṅkule || 20 ||
śmaśāne pretabhūtāḍhyakāntāre dasyusaṅkule |
rājadvāre sapiśune gahvare sarpaveṣṭite || 21 ||
tasya bhītirna kutrāpi carataḥ pṛthivīmimām |
na ca vyādhibhayaṃ tasya naiva taskarajaṃ bhayam || 22 ||
nāgnyutpāto naiva bhūtapretajaḥ saṅkaṭastathā |
vidyudvarṣopalabhayaṃ na kadāpi prabādhate || 23 ||
na durbhikṣabhayaṃ cāsya na ca māribhayaṃ tathā |
kṛtyābhicārajā doṣāḥ spṛśantyenaṃ kadāpi na || 24 ||
|| puraścaraṇa ||
sahasraṃ japataścāsya puraścaraṇamucyate |
tatkṛtvā tu prayuñjīta sarvasminnapi karmaṇi || 25 ||
|| prayoga ||
vaśyakāryo mohane ca māraṇoccāṭane tathā |
stambhane ca tathā dveṣe tathā kṛtyābhicārayoḥ || 26 ||
durgabhaṅge tathā yuddhe paracakra nivāraṇe |
etat prayogāt sarvāṇi kāryāṇi parisādhayet || 27 ||
bhūtāveśaṃ nāśayati vivāde jayati dviṣaḥ |
saṅkaṭaṃ tarati kṣipraṃ kalahe jayamāpnuyāt || 28 ||
|| sarvābhīṣṭa prāpti ||
yadīcchet mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ tanayānāyureva ca |
vidyāṃ kāntiṃ tathaunnatyaṃ yaśaṃ ārogyameva ca || 29 ||
bhogān saukhyaṃ vighnahānimanālasyaṃ mahodayam |
adhīhi kavacaṃ nityamamunāmuñca ca priye || 30 ||
kavacenāmunā sarvaṃ saṃsādhayati sādhakaḥ |
yadyaddhyāyati cittena siddhaṃ tattatpuraḥ sthitam || 31 ||
durdhaṭaṃ ghaṭayatyetat kavacaṃ viśvamaṅgalam |
viśvasya maṅgalaṃ yasmādato vai viśvamaṅgalam || 32 ||
sānnidhyakārakaṃ guhyakālyā etat prakīrtitam |
bhuktvā bhogānaghaṃ hatvā dehānte mokṣamāpnuyāt || 33 ||
|| iti śrī guhyakālī viśvamaṅgala vajra kavacam sampūrṇam ||

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