chandramoonsomanavagraha

චන්ද්රකවචම්

चन्द्रकवचम् in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Mondays (the day of the Moon), full-moon nights, and during Chandra or Navagraha puja·📜 Chandra Kavacha Stotram (Graha kavacha tradition)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

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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Verse 1

.. ශ්රීගණේශාය නමඃ .. අස්ය ශ්රීචන්ද්රකවචස්තෝත්රමන්ත්රස්ය ගෞතම ඍෂිඃ . අනුෂ්ටුප් ඡන්දඃ, ශ්රීචන්ද්රෝ දේවතා, චන්ද්රප්රීත්යර්ථං ජපේ විනියෝගඃ ..

|| 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।

Verse 2

සමං චතුර්භුජං වන්දේ කේයූරමුකුටෝජ්ජ්වලම් . වාසුදේවස්ය නයනං ශඞ්කරස්ය ච භූෂණම් .. 1..

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।

Verse 3

ඒවං ධ්යාත්වා ජපේන්නිත්යං ශශිනඃ කවචං ශුභම් . ශශී පාතු ශිරෝදේශං භාලං පාතු කලානිධිඃ .. 2..

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।

Verse 4

චක්ෂුෂී චන්ද්රමාඃ පාතු ශ්රුතී පාතු නිශාපතිඃ . ප්රාණං ක්ෂපාකරඃ පාතු මුඛං කුමුදබාන්ධවඃ .. 3..

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।

Verse 5

පාතු කණ්ඨං ච මේ සෝමඃ ස්කන්ධේ ජෛවාතෘකස්තථා . කරෞ සුධාකරඃ පාතු වක්ෂඃ පාතු නිශාකරඃ .. 4..

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।

Verse 6

හෘදයං පාතු මේ චන්ද්රෝ නාභිං ශඞ්කරභූෂණඃ . මධ්යං පාතු සුරශ්රේෂ්ඨඃ කටිං පාතු සුධාකරඃ .. 5..

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।

Verse 7

ඌරූ තාරාපතිඃ පාතු මෘගාඞ්කෝ ජානුනී සදා . අබ්ධිජඃ පාතු මේ ජඞ්ඝේ පාතු පාදෞ විධුඃ සදා .. 6..

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।

Verse 8

සර්වාණ්යන්යානි චාඞ්ගානි පාතු චන්ද්රෝ(අ)ඛිලං වපුඃ . ඒතද්ධි කවචං දිව්යං භුක්තිමුක්තිප්රදායකම් . යඃ පඨේච්ඡෘණුයාද්වාපි සර්වත්ර විජයී භවේත් .. 7..

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।

Verse 9

.. ඉති ශ්රීචන්ද්රකවචං සම්පූර්ණම් ..

|| iti śrīcandrakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Meaning:इस प्रकार चन्द्रकवच सम्पूर्ण हुआ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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චන්ද්ර / ශශී / සෝම🔊candra / śaśī / somaThe Moon — Chandra, also Shashi ('the hare-marked') and Soma

සමම්🔊samamSerene, even-natured (the calm Moon)

චතුර්භුජම්🔊caturbhujamFour-armed

කේයූරමුකුටෝජ්ජ්වලම්🔊keyūra-mukuṭojjvalamResplendent with armlets and a crown

වාසුදේවස්ය නයනම්🔊vāsudevasya nayanamThe eye of Vasudeva (Vishnu) — the Moon as Vishnu's eye

ශඞ්කරස්ය ච භූෂණම්🔊śaṅkarasya ca bhūṣaṇamAnd the ornament (crescent) upon the head of Shiva (Shankara)

ඒවං ධ්යාත්වා ජපේන්නිත්යම්🔊evaṃ dhyātvā japennityamHaving meditated thus, one should recite daily...

ශශී පාතු ශිරෝදේශම්🔊śaśī pātu śirodeśamMay Shashi (the Moon) protect the region of the head

කලානිධිඃ🔊kalānidhiḥTreasury of the digits (kalas) — guarding the forehead

නිශාපතිඃ🔊niśāpatiḥLord of the night — guarding the ears

ක්ෂපාකරඃ🔊kṣapākaraḥMaker of the night — guarding the life-breath (prana)

කුමුදබාන්ධවඃ🔊kumudabāndhavaḥFriend of the night-lotus (which blooms by moonlight) — guarding the mouth

ජෛවාතෘකඃ🔊jaivātṛkaḥThe life-giving Moon — guarding the shoulders

සුධාකරඃ🔊sudhākaraḥSource of nectar (amrita) — guarding the hands and waist

නිශාකරඃ🔊niśākaraḥMaker of the night — guarding the chest

තාරාපතිඃ🔊tārāpatiḥLord of the stars (and husband of Tara) — guarding the thighs

මෘගාඞ්කඃ🔊mṛgāṅkaḥThe deer-marked one — guarding the knees

අබ්ධිජඃ🔊abdhijaḥOcean-born (the Moon arose from the churning of the milk-ocean) — guarding the shins

විධුඃ🔊vidhuḥThe Moon — guarding the feet

භුක්තිමුක්තිප්රදායකම්🔊bhukti-mukti-pradāyakamBestower of both worldly enjoyment (bhukti) and liberation (mukti)

සර්වත්ර විජයී භවේත්🔊sarvatra vijayī bhavetBecomes victorious everywhere

Benefits of Chanting चन्द्रकवचम्

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A limb-by-limb 'kavacha' (armour) invoking the Moon's protection over the entire body from head to feet.

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Recited to strengthen a weak, debilitated or afflicted Moon in the horoscope, which governs the mind, emotions and peace.

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Said to calm the mind and steady the emotions — the Moon (Chandra) is the karaka of mental peace and contentment.

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Its phalashruti promises that whoever recites or hears it gains both worldly enjoyment (bhukti) and liberation (mukti) and is victorious everywhere.

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Chanted on Mondays (Somavara), the weekday of the Moon, and during Chandra or Navagraha puja, and on Purnima (full moon).

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Invoked for relief from anxiety, insomnia, restlessness and the malefic effects of the Moon's periods.

How to Chant चन्द्रकवचम्

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Best TimeMondays (the day of the Moon), full-moon nights, and during Chandra or Navagraha puja

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete चन्द्रकवचम् written in the Sinhala 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 Chandra Kavacham is a protective hymn (kavacha = spiritual armour) to Chandra, the Moon-god, also called Soma. The sage Gautama is its rishi. Each verse asks the Moon, under one of his many poetic names, to guard a particular part of the body, surrounding the devotee with the Moon's cool, protective grace.

The Moon (Chandra) governs the mind, emotions and mental peace. The kavacha is recited to strengthen a weak, debilitated or afflicted Moon in the birth chart, and to bring calm during a difficult Chandra dasha or transit. It is usually chanted on Mondays with white flowers and a lamp.

On Mondays (Somavara), the weekday of the Moon, and on full-moon (Purnima) nights, as well as during any Chandra or Navagraha puja. For a remedy it may be recited daily for peace of mind and emotional steadiness.

Beyond bodily protection, its concluding verse states that whoever recites or even hears this divine armour gains both worldly enjoyment and liberation and becomes victorious everywhere. It is especially valued for calming the mind, easing anxiety and restlessness, and pacifying the Moon's malefic effects.