𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌮𑍍
चन्द्रकवचम् in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
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Chandra Kavacha Stotram (Graha kavacha tradition) · Sage Gautama (rishi of the mantra) · Classical / Puranic
The Chandra Kavacham belongs to the cycle of Navagraha kavachas — protective armour-hymns for each of the nine planets — with the sage Gautama named as its rishi. It pictures Chandra as the serene, four-armed Moon who is at once the eye of Vishnu and the crescent ornament on Shiva's head, and entreats him by his many lovely epithets to shield the devotee limb by limb. As the Moon governs the mind and emotions, this kavacha is especially recited for inner peace and to harmonise a troubled Moon.
✦ As told in scripture
The kavacha's closing verse promises that whoever recites or even merely hears this divine armour of the Moon becomes 'sarvatra vijayi' — victorious everywhere — and attains both worldly happiness and liberation; devotees afflicted by restlessness of mind chant it on Mondays to draw the Moon's cooling, healing grace.
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॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑌃 ॥ 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌗𑍗𑌤𑌮 𑌋𑌷𑌿𑌃 । 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌪𑍍 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌃, 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾, 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌜𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌃 ॥
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || asya śrīcandrakavacastotramantrasya gautama ṛṣiḥ | anuṣṭup chandaḥ, śrīcandro devatā, candraprītyarthaṃ jape viniyogaḥ ||
Meaning:श्रीगणेश को नमस्कार। इस चन्द्रकवच स्तोत्र के ऋषि गौतम हैं, छन्द अनुष्टुप् है, देवता श्रीचन्द्र हैं; चन्द्र की प्रसन्नता के लिए इसका जप किया जाता है।
𑌸𑌮𑌂 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌂 𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍇 𑌕𑍇𑌯𑍂𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍁𑌟𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌮𑍍 । 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌯𑌨𑌂 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌚 𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௧॥
samaṃ caturbhujaṃ vande keyūramukuṭojjvalam | vāsudevasya nayanaṃ śaṅkarasya ca bhūṣaṇam || 1||
Meaning:मैं शान्त, चतुर्भुज, केयूर एवं मुकुट से उज्ज्वल चन्द्र की वन्दना करता हूँ — जो वासुदेव (विष्णु) के नयन हैं और शङ्कर के भूषण (शिर का चन्द्र) हैं।
𑌏𑌵𑌂 𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌜𑌪𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌶𑌶𑌿𑌨𑌃 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑌮𑍍 । 𑌶𑌶𑍀 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌦𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌨𑌿𑌧𑌿𑌃 ॥ ௨॥
evaṃ dhyātvā japennityaṃ śaśinaḥ kavacaṃ śubham | śaśī pātu śirodeśaṃ bhālaṃ pātu kalānidhiḥ || 2||
Meaning:इस प्रकार ध्यान करके नित्य इस शुभ चन्द्र-कवच का जप करना चाहिए। शशी मेरे शिर-प्रदेश की रक्षा करें, कलानिधि मेरे भाल की।
𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌷𑍀 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍀 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌃 । 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌪𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌮𑍁𑌦𑌬𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌵𑌃 ॥ ௩॥
cakṣuṣī candramāḥ pātu śrutī pātu niśāpatiḥ | prāṇaṃ kṣapākaraḥ pātu mukhaṃ kumudabāndhavaḥ || 3||
Meaning:चन्द्रमा मेरे नेत्रों की रक्षा करें, निशापति कानों की; क्षपाकर मेरे प्राण की रक्षा करें, कुमुदबान्धव मुख की।
𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠𑌂 𑌚 𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑍋𑌮𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍇 𑌜𑍈𑌵𑌾𑌤𑍃𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌥𑌾 । 𑌕𑌰𑍗 𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌃 ॥ ௪॥
pātu kaṇṭhaṃ ca me somaḥ skandhe jaivātṛkastathā | karau sudhākaraḥ pātu vakṣaḥ pātu niśākaraḥ || 4||
Meaning:सोम मेरे कण्ठ की रक्षा करें, जैवातृक स्कन्धों की; सुधाकर मेरे हाथों की रक्षा करें, निशाकर वक्ष की।
𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍇 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋 𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌂 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣𑌃 । 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌃 𑌕𑌟𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌃 ॥ ௫॥
hṛdayaṃ pātu me candro nābhiṃ śaṅkarabhūṣaṇaḥ | madhyaṃ pātu suraśreṣṭhaḥ kaṭiṃ pātu sudhākaraḥ || 5||
Meaning:चन्द्र मेरे हृदय की रक्षा करें, शङ्करभूषण नाभि की; सुरश्रेष्ठ मेरे मध्य की रक्षा करें, सुधाकर कटि की।
𑌊𑌰𑍂 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍃𑌗𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍋 𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌨𑍀 𑌸𑌦𑌾 । 𑌅𑌬𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌜𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍇 𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍇 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍗 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍁𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑌾 ॥ ௬॥
ūrū tārāpatiḥ pātu mṛgāṅko jānunī sadā | abdhijaḥ pātu me jaṅghe pātu pādau vidhuḥ sadā || 6||
Meaning:तारापति मेरी ऊरुओं की रक्षा करें, मृगाङ्क सदा जानुओं की; अब्धिज मेरी जङ्घाओं की रक्षा करें, विधु सदा पादों की।
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌚𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌽𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌃 । 𑌏𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌾𑌯𑌕𑌮𑍍 । 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌠𑍇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑍀 𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍 ॥ ௭॥
sarvāṇyanyāni cāṅgāni pātu candro'khilaṃ vapuḥ | etaddhi kavacaṃ divyaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam | yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sarvatra vijayī bhavet || 7||
Meaning:चन्द्र मेरे अन्य समस्त अङ्गों एवं सम्पूर्ण शरीर की रक्षा करें। यह दिव्य कवच भुक्ति एवं मुक्ति दोनों प्रदान करने वाला है; जो इसे पढ़ता अथवा सुनता भी है, वह सर्वत्र विजयी होता है।
॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥
|| iti śrīcandrakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||
Meaning:इस प्रकार चन्द्रकवच सम्पूर्ण हुआ।
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Benefits of Chanting चन्द्रकवचम्
A limb-by-limb 'kavacha' (armour) invoking the Moon's protection over the entire body from head to feet.
Recited to strengthen a weak, debilitated or afflicted Moon in the horoscope, which governs the mind, emotions and peace.
Said to calm the mind and steady the emotions — the Moon (Chandra) is the karaka of mental peace and contentment.
Its phalashruti promises that whoever recites or hears it gains both worldly enjoyment (bhukti) and liberation (mukti) and is victorious everywhere.
Chanted on Mondays (Somavara), the weekday of the Moon, and during Chandra or Navagraha puja, and on Purnima (full moon).
Invoked for relief from anxiety, insomnia, restlessness and the malefic effects of the Moon's periods.
How to Chant चन्द्रकवचम्
Bathe and sit facing east or north-west, ideally before an image of Chandra (or the Navagraha), with white flowers, white sandal and a ghee lamp; offerings of milk or rice are appropriate to the Moon. Recite the viniyoga, the dhyana verse, the kavacha verses guarding each limb, and the closing phalashruti. It is most auspicious on Mondays and full-moon nights, and may be recited daily for peace of mind and to soften an afflicted Moon.
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