దుర్గా కవచ

అర్థం:Om. Of this Shri Chandi Kavach, the sage is Brahma. The meter is Anushtup. The deity is Chamunda. The seed is the Matrikas mentioned in the Anganyasa. The essence is the deities of the directional bonds. The application is for the recitation as part of the Saptashati, for the pleasure of Shri Jagadamba.

అర్థం:Om, salutations to Chandika. Markandeya said: What is the supreme secret in this world that protects all human beings, that has never been revealed to anyone — please tell me, O Grandfather (Brahma).

అర్థం:Brahma said: There exists, O sage, a most secret and sacred kavach of the Devi that benefits all beings. Listen to it, O great sage.

అర్థం:The first is Shailaputri, the second Brahmacharini. The third is Chandraghanta, the fourth Kushmanda.

అర్థం:The fifth is Skandamata, the sixth Katyayani. The seventh is Kalaratri, the eighth Mahagauri.

అర్థం:The ninth is Siddhidatri — these are proclaimed as the nine Durgas. These names were spoken by the great-souled Brahma himself.

అర్థం:Protect us with your trident, O Devi! Protect us with your sword, O Ambika! Protect us with the sound of your bell, and with the twang of your bowstring!

అర్థం:In the East may Aindri protect me, in the South-east the Fire Goddess. In the South may Varahi protect me, in the South-west the Sword-bearer.

అర్థం:In the West may Varuni protect me, in the North-west the Deer-rider. In the North may Kaumari protect me, in the North-east the Trident-bearer.

అర్థం:Above may Brahmani protect me, below may Vaishnavi protect me. Thus may Chamunda, who rides upon a corpse, protect all ten directions.

అర్థం:May Jaya protect me from the front, may Vijaya protect me from behind. May Ajita protect my left side, and Aparajita my right.

అర్థం:May Udyotini protect the crown of my head. May Uma, stationed at the top, protect my head. May Maladhari protect my forehead, and Yashaswini my eyebrows.

అర్థం:May Trinetra (the three-eyed one) protect the space between my brows. May Yamaghanta protect my nose. May Shankhini protect the space between my eyes, and Dvaravasini my ears.

అర్థం:May Kalika protect my cheeks, and Shankari the base of my ears. May Sugandha protect my nostrils, and Charchika my upper lip.

అర్థం:May Amritakala protect my lower lip, and Saraswati my tongue. May Kaumari protect my teeth, and Chandika the region of my throat.

అర్థం:May Chitraghanta protect my voice-box, and Mahamaya my palate. May Kamakshi protect my chin, and Sarvamangala protect my speech.

అర్థం:May Bhadrakali protect my neck and Dhanurdhari my spine; may Nilagriva protect the outer throat and Nalakubari the windpipe.

అర్థం:May Khadgini protect my shoulders and Vajradharini my arms; may Dandini protect my hands and Ambika my fingers.

అర్థం:May Shuleshwari protect my nails and Naleshwari my belly; may Mahalakshmi protect my breasts and the destroyer of mental grief my heart.

అర్థం:May Lalita Devi dwell in my heart and Shuladharini in my belly; may Kamini protect my navel and Guhyeshwari my private parts.

అర్థం:May Kamika protect the generative organ and Mahishavahini the rectum; may Bhagavati protect my waist and Vindhyavasini my knees.

అర్థం:May Mahabala, giver of all desires, guard my shins; may Narasimhi protect my ankles and the one of boundless splendour my feet.

అర్థం:May Shri protect my toes and Talavasini the soles of my feet; may Damshtrakarali protect my nails and Urdhvakeshini my hair.

అర్థం:May Kauberi protect my pores and Vagishwari my skin; may Parvati guard my blood, marrow, fat, flesh, bones and tissue.

అర్థం:May Kalaratri protect my entrails and Mukuteshwari my bile; may Padmavati dwell in the lotus-centres and Chudamani in the phlegm.

అర్థం:May Jvalamukhi guard the lustre of my nails and Abhedya all my joints; may Brahmani protect my vital seed and Chhatreshwari my shadow.

అర్థం:O Dharmacharini, protect my ego, mind and intellect; and guard my prana, apana, vyana, samana and udana (the vital airs).

అర్థం:May Vajrahasta, the auspicious and lovely one, protect my life-breath; may Yogini guard my senses of taste, sight, smell, sound and touch.

అర్థం:May Narayani ever guard my sattva, rajas and tamas; may Varahi protect my lifespan and Vaishnavi my righteousness.

అర్థం:May Chakrini guard my fame, renown, fortune, wealth and learning; may Indrani protect my lineage, and you, O Chandika, protect my cattle.

అర్థం:May Mahalakshmi protect my sons and Bhairavi my wife; may Supatha guard my path and Kshemakari my road.

అర్థం:May Mahalakshmi guard me at the royal gate, and Vijaya, present everywhere — and whatever place is left unprotected, omitted by this armour,

అర్థం:— all that protect, O Devi Jayanti, destroyer of sin. Let one who desires his own welfare not go even a single step

అర్థం:without being ever wrapped in this armour; wherever he then goes, there he gains wealth and victory, and the fulfilment of every desire.

అర్థం:Whatever desire he longs for, that he certainly obtains; such a person attains unmatched, supreme prosperity on earth.

అర్థం:The mortal becomes fearless and unconquered in battle; the man wrapped in this armour becomes worthy of worship in all three worlds.

అర్థం:This armour of the Goddess is hard to attain even for the gods. Whoever, self-controlled, recites it daily at the three junctures with faith,

అర్థం:acquires a divine radiance, becomes unconquered in the three worlds, and lives a full hundred years and more, free from untimely death.

అర్థం:All diseases perish — boils, eruptions and the rest; and every poison, whether of plants, of creatures, or artificially made,

అర్థం:all malevolent magic, all spells and mystic diagrams upon the earth, all beings that move on land, in the sky, in water, and those conjured by instruction,

అర్థం:the innate and clan-born evil spirits, the Shakinis and Dakinis, and the terrible, mighty Dakinis that roam the mid-air —

అర్థం:the planetary spirits, ghosts and ghouls, yakshas, gandharvas and rakshasas, brahma-rakshasas, vetalas, kushmandas, bhairavas and the like —

అర్థం:all perish at the mere sight of him in whose heart this armour abides. It brings the highest honour from kings and a great increase of vigour.

అర్థం:He too grows in glory, adorning the earth with his renown. One should recite the Chandi Saptashati only after first reciting this armour.

అర్థం:As long as the earth endures with its mountains, forests and groves, so long does his line of sons and grandsons abide upon the earth.

అర్థం:At the body's end he attains the supreme abode, hard to reach even for the gods — this such a person ever gains, by the grace of Mahamaya;

అర్థం:he attains a supreme form and rejoices forever together with Shiva. Thus ends the Kavacha of the Goddess, composed by Hari, Hara and Brahma, in the Varaha Purana.