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𑌬𑍁𑌧 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌮𑍍

बुध कवचम् in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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Origin & Story

Brahma-Vaivarta Purana (Budha Kavacham) · Sage Kashyapa (rishi of the mantra) · Puranic

The Budha Kavacham is preserved in the Brahma-Vaivarta Purana, with the sage Kashyapa named as its rishi and Anushtup as its metre. It belongs to the family of planetary (Navagraha) armour-hymns recited for graha-shanti, the pacification of the nine planets. Budha (Mercury) is, in Puranic lore, the son of Chandra (the Moon) and Tara and the lord of intellect, speech and learning; depicted bearing a book and robed in yellow, he is invoked through this kavacha to shield the devotee limb by limb and to bless him with wisdom, health and success.

✦ As told in scripture

The kavacha's phalashruti promises that whoever recites or even merely hears this divine armour of Mercury 'becomes victorious everywhere' — freed from sin and disease, blessed with long life, health and progeny — for the gentle lord of intellect protects every limb of the one who takes refuge in him.

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Verse 1

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑌃 । 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌪 𑌋𑌷𑌿𑌃, 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌪𑍍 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌃, 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑍋 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾, 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌜𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌃 ॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | asya śrībudhakavacastotramantrasya kaśyapa ṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ, budho devatā, budhaprītyarthaṃ jape viniyogaḥ ||

Meaning:श्रीगणेश को नमस्कार। इस बुध कवच स्तोत्र मन्त्र के ऋषि कश्यप हैं, छन्द अनुष्टुप् है, देवता बुध हैं; बुध की प्रसन्नता के लिए इसका जप किया जाता है।

Verse 2

𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌃 𑌕𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌃 । 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑌧𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌲𑍇𑌪𑌨𑌃 ॥ ௧॥

budhastu pustakadharaḥ kuṅkumasya samadyutiḥ | pītāmbaradharaḥ pātu pītamālyānulepanaḥ || 1||

Meaning:पुस्तक धारण किए, कुङ्कुम के समान कान्ति वाले, पीताम्बरधारी, पीत माला एवं पीत अनुलेपन से सुशोभित बुध मेरी रक्षा करें।

Verse 3

𑌕𑌟𑌿𑌂 𑌚 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑍗𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌦𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌥𑌾 । 𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 ॥ ௨॥

kaṭiṃ ca pātu me saumyaḥ śirodeśaṃ budhastathā | netre jñānamayaḥ pātu śrotre pātu niśāpriyaḥ || 2||

Meaning:सौम्य मेरी कटि एवं शिरःप्रदेश की रक्षा करें; ज्ञानमय मेरे नेत्रों की रक्षा करें, निशाप्रिय मेरे कानों की।

Verse 4

𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌂 𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌜𑌿𑌹𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍋 𑌮𑌮 । 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍋𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍋 𑌭𑍁𑌜𑍗 𑌪𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣𑌃 ॥ ௩॥

ghrāṇaṃ gandhapriyaḥ pātu jihvāṃ vidyāprado mama | kaṇṭhaṃ pātu vidhoḥ putro bhujau pustakabhūṣaṇaḥ || 3||

Meaning:गन्धप्रिय मेरी नासिका की रक्षा करें, विद्याप्रद मेरी जिह्वा की; विधु (चन्द्र) के पुत्र मेरे कण्ठ की रक्षा करें, पुस्तकभूषण मेरी भुजाओं की।

Verse 5

𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌃 । 𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌖𑌗𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌃 ॥ ௪॥

vakṣaḥ pātu varāṅgaśca hṛdayaṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ | nābhiṃ pātu surārādhyo madhyaṃ pātu khageśvaraḥ || 4||

Meaning:वराङ्ग मेरे वक्षःस्थल की रक्षा करें, रोहिणीसुत मेरे हृदय की; सुराराध्य मेरी नाभि की रक्षा करें, खगेश्वर मेरे मध्यभाग की।

Verse 6

𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌨𑍀 𑌰𑍗𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍇𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍇𑌽𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌃 । 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍗 𑌮𑍇 𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑍗𑌮𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌃 ॥ ௫॥

jānunī rauhiṇeyaśca pātu jaṅghe'khilapradaḥ | pādau me bodhanaḥ pātu pātu saumyo'khilaṃ vapuḥ || 5||

Meaning:रौहिणेय मेरे जानुओं की रक्षा करें, अखिलप्रद मेरी जङ्घाओं की; बोधन मेरे पादों की रक्षा करें, और सौम्य मेरे समस्त शरीर की रक्षा करें।

Verse 7

𑌏𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌶𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌮𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௬॥

etaddhi kavacaṃ divyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | sarvarogapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhanivāraṇam || 6||

Meaning:यह दिव्य कवच समस्त पापों का नाशक, समस्त रोगों का शमन करने वाला, एवं समस्त दुःखों का निवारण करने वाला है।

Verse 8

𑌆𑌯𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍋𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍁𑌭𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍗𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌠𑍇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑍀 𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍 ॥ ௭॥

āyurārogyaśubhadaṃ putrapautrapravardhanam | yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sarvatra vijayī bhavet || 7||

Meaning:यह आयु, आरोग्य एवं शुभ प्रदान करता है, तथा पुत्र-पौत्रों की वृद्धि करता है; जो इसे पढ़ता या सुनता है वह सर्वत्र विजयी होता है।

Verse 9

॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌵𑍈𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌣𑍇 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥

|| iti śrībrahmavaivartapurāṇe budhakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Meaning:इस प्रकार ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराण में बुध कवच सम्पूर्ण हुआ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌃🔊budhaḥBudha — the planet Mercury, lord of intellect (buddhi)

𑌪𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌃🔊pustakadharaḥBearer of a book (symbol of learning and scriptures)

𑌕𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌃🔊kuṅkumasya samadyutiḥOf a lustre like saffron / kunkuma

𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑌧𑌰𑌃🔊pītāmbaradharaḥClad in yellow / golden garments

𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌲𑍇𑌪𑌨𑌃🔊pītamālyānulepanaḥAdorned with yellow garlands and yellow anointing paste

𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁🔊pātuMay he protect / guard

𑌸𑍗𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌃🔊saumyaḥSaumya — 'the gentle/benign one', a name of Mercury (son of Soma/Moon)

𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌯𑌃🔊jñānamayaḥMade of knowledge — guarding the eyes

𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃🔊niśāpriyaḥDear to the night — guarding the ears

𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌃🔊vidyāpradaḥBestower of learning / knowledge — guarding the tongue

𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍋𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌃🔊vidhoḥ putraḥSon of the Moon (Vidhu / Chandra) — guarding the throat

𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌃🔊rohiṇīsutaḥSon of Rohini — guarding the heart

𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌃🔊surārādhyaḥWorshipped by the gods — guarding the navel

𑌖𑌗𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌃🔊khageśvaraḥLord among the celestial bodies (sky-movers) — guarding the middle

𑌰𑍗𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍇𑌯𑌃🔊rauhiṇeyaḥThe son of Rohini — guarding the knees

𑌅𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌃🔊akhilapradaḥGiver of everything — guarding the shins

𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌨𑌃🔊bodhanaḥBodhana — 'the awakener / illuminator', a name of Mercury, guarding the feet

𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌶𑌨𑌮𑍍🔊sarvapāpapraṇāśanamDestroyer of all sins

𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌮𑌨𑌮𑍍🔊sarvarogapraśamanamPacifier of all diseases

𑌆𑌯𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍋𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍁𑌭𑌦𑌮𑍍🔊āyurārogyaśubhadamBestowing long life, health and auspiciousness

𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑍀 𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍🔊sarvatra vijayī bhavetHe becomes victorious everywhere

Benefits of Chanting बुध कवचम्

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A limb-by-limb 'kavacha' (armour) invoking Mercury's protection over the whole body, guarding against harm and evil.

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Mercury rules intellect, speech, learning, commerce and communication — the kavacha is recited for sharp memory, wisdom, eloquence and success in study, trade and examinations.

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Its phalashruti promises destruction of all sins and pacification of all diseases — chanted for good health, especially nervous and skin ailments traditionally linked to Budha.

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Said to bestow long life (ayus), health (arogya) and auspiciousness, and to increase progeny (sons and grandsons).

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Promises that the reciter or even the listener 'becomes victorious everywhere' — invoked for success in all undertakings.

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A traditional remedy (parihara) for a weak or afflicted Mercury and for Budha Dosha in the horoscope.

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Most auspicious when recited on Wednesdays (Budhavara), the weekday of Mercury, with green or yellow offerings.

How to Chant बुध कवचम्

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Best TimeWednesdays (Budhavara), the day of Mercury; also during Navagraha puja

Bathe and sit facing north or east before an image of Budha or the Navagraha, ideally with a ghee lamp and offerings of green or yellow flowers, green moong (mung beans) and yellow or green cloth. Recite the viniyoga, then the dhyana and the kavacha verses guarding each limb, and finally the phalashruti. It is most powerful on Wednesdays and may be recited daily for the duration of a difficult Mercury dasha or for success in study and speech.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete बुध कवचम् written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

The Budha Kavacham is a protective hymn to the planet Mercury (Budha), found in the Brahma-Vaivarta Purana. A 'kavacha' is a spiritual armour: each verse asks Budha to guard a specific part of the body, surrounding the devotee with Mercury's benign, intelligent energy.

Because Mercury governs intellect, speech, learning and commerce, it is chanted for sharp memory, wisdom, eloquence and success in study, business and examinations. Its own phalashruti also promises freedom from sin and disease, long life, health, progeny and victory in all undertakings.

On Wednesdays (Budhavara), the weekday ruled by Mercury, and during any Navagraha puja, ideally with green or yellow flowers, green moong and a lamp. For a remedy it may be recited daily through the period of an adverse Mercury dasha or transit.

Budha is the planetary deity of Mercury, born of Chandra (the Moon) and Tara, and nursed by Rohini — hence the names Saumya ('son of Soma'), Rohineya and Rauhineya. He is depicted bearing a book and clad in yellow, the gentle (saumya) lord of intelligence and learning.