𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌮𑍍
मङ्गलकवचम् in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
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Origin & Story
Markandeya Purana (Angaraka Kavacha Stotram) · Sage Kashyapa (rishi of the mantra) · Puranic
The Mangala Kavacham is preserved in the Markandeya Purana as the Angaraka Kavacha Stotram, with the sage Kashyapa named as its rishi and Anushtup as its metre. It depicts Mangala — Mars, the fierce red planet born of the Earth — as a four-armed, crimson-clad warrior riding a ram and bearing mace, spear and trident, and entreats this 'king of planets' to shield the devotee limb by limb. As an armour-hymn it belongs to the family of planetary kavachas recited for graha shanti, the pacification of the nine planets.
✦ As told in scripture
The kavacha's closing verses make a bold promise 'satyam etan na samshayah' — 'this is the truth, there is no doubt': that one who bears or recites this divine armour is freed from disease, bondage, enemies and evil spirits, and gains wealth and every good fortune by the grace of the red planet Mangala.
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॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑌃 ॥ 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌪 𑌋𑌷𑌿𑌃, 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌪𑍍 𑌛𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌃, 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌕𑍋 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾, 𑌭𑍗𑌮𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌜𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌃 ॥
|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || asya śrī aṅgārakakavacastotramantrasya kaśyapa ṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ, aṅgārako devatā, bhaumaprītyarthaṃ jape viniyogaḥ ||
Meaning:श्रीगणेश को नमस्कार। इस अङ्गारक कवच स्तोत्र मन्त्र के ऋषि कश्यप हैं, छन्द अनुष्टुप् है, देवता अङ्गारक हैं; भौम (मङ्गल) की प्रसन्नता के लिए इसका जप किया जाता है।
𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑍋 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌟𑍀 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌜𑍋 𑌮𑍇𑌷𑌗𑌮𑍋 𑌗𑌦𑌾𑌭𑍃𑌤𑍍 । 𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌧𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌶𑍂𑌲𑍀 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌮𑌮 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌦𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌃 ॥
raktāmbaro raktavapuḥ kirīṭī caturbhujo meṣagamo gadābhṛt | dharāsutaḥ śaktidharaśca śūlī sadā mama syādvaradaḥ praśāntaḥ ||
Meaning:लाल वस्त्र धारण किए, लाल शरीर वाले, किरीटधारी, चतुर्भुज, मेष पर सवार, गदाधारी; पृथ्वी के पुत्र, शक्ति एवं शूल धारण करने वाले — वे वरदायी एवं प्रशान्त मङ्गल सदा मुझ पर कृपालु रहें।
𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌵𑍈 𑌧𑌰𑌣𑍀𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌃 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍗 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌮𑍇 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌃 ॥ ௧॥
aṅgārakaḥ śiro rakṣenmukhaṃ vai dharaṇīsutaḥ | śravau raktāmbaraḥ pātu netre me raktalocanaḥ || 1||
Meaning:अङ्गारक मेरे शिर की रक्षा करें, धरणीसुत मुख की; रक्ताम्बर मेरे कानों की रक्षा करें, रक्तलोचन मेरे नेत्रों की।
𑌨𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌧𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌮𑍇 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌲𑍋𑌚𑌨𑌃 । 𑌭𑍁𑌜𑍗 𑌮𑍇 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌲𑍀 𑌚 𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍗 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌧𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌥𑌾 ॥ ௨॥
nāsāṃ śaktidharaḥ pātu mukhaṃ me raktalocanaḥ | bhujau me raktamālī ca hastau śaktidharastathā || 2||
Meaning:शक्तिधर मेरी नासिका की रक्षा करें, रक्तलोचन मुख की; रक्तमाली मेरी भुजाओं की रक्षा करें, और शक्तिधर हाथों की।
𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌃 । 𑌕𑌟𑌿𑌂 𑌮𑍇 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌚𑍈𑌵 𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌃 ॥ ௩॥
vakṣaḥ pātu varāṅgaśca hṛdayaṃ pātu rohitaḥ | kaṭiṃ me graharājaśca mukhaṃ caiva dharāsutaḥ || 3||
Meaning:वराङ्ग मेरे वक्षःस्थल की रक्षा करें, रोहित हृदय की; ग्रहराज मेरी कटि की रक्षा करें, और धरासुत मुख की।
𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍇 𑌕𑍁𑌜𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍗 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑌾 । 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌚𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍇 𑌮𑍇𑌷𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌨𑌃 ॥ ௪॥
jānujaṅghe kujaḥ pātu pādau bhaktapriyaḥ sadā | sarvāṇyanyāni cāṅgāni rakṣenme meṣavāhanaḥ || 4||
Meaning:कुज मेरे जानु एवं जङ्घाओं की रक्षा करें, भक्तप्रिय सदा पादों की; मेषवाहन मेरे अन्य समस्त अङ्गों की रक्षा करें।
𑌯 𑌇𑌦𑌂 𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌮𑍍 । 𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌤𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌦𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௫॥
ya idaṃ kavacaṃ divyaṃ sarvaśatrunivāraṇam | bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ nāśanaṃ sarvasiddhidam || 5||
Meaning:जो इस दिव्य कवच को (धारण अथवा पाठ करता है) — जो समस्त शत्रुओं का निवारण करने वाला, भूत-प्रेत-पिशाचों का नाशक एवं सर्वसिद्धिदायक है —
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌹𑌰𑌂 𑌚𑍈𑌵 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑌮𑍍 । 𑌭𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌂 𑌨𑍄𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍗𑌭𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌂 𑌚 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌨 𑌸𑌂𑌶𑌯𑌃 ॥ ௬॥
sarvarogaharaṃ caiva sarvasampatpradaṃ śubham | bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvasaubhāgyavardhanam | rogabandhavimokṣaṃ ca satyametanna saṃśayaḥ || 6||
Meaning:वह समस्त रोगों को हरने वाला, समस्त सम्पत्ति प्रदान करने वाला शुभ है, मनुष्यों को भुक्ति एवं मुक्ति देने वाला, समस्त सौभाग्य की वृद्धि करने वाला, तथा रोग और बन्धन से मुक्त करने वाला है। यह सत्य है, इसमें कोई संशय नहीं।
॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍇𑌯𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌣𑍇 𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲𑌕𑌵𑌚𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥
|| iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe maṅgalakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||
Meaning:इस प्रकार मार्कण्डेयपुराण में मङ्गलकवच सम्पूर्ण हुआ।
Word-by-Word Meaning
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Benefits of Chanting मङ्गलकवचम्
A limb-by-limb 'kavacha' (armour) that invokes Mangala's protection over the whole body, warding off enemies, accidents and harm.
Traditionally recited to pacify Mangal Dosha (Kuja Dosha / Manglik affliction) and to strengthen a weak or afflicted Mars in the horoscope.
Its phalashruti declares it destroys ghosts, spirits and pishachas and removes all disease — chanted for protection and good health.
Said to bestow all wealth and auspiciousness, courage, victory over foes and the increase of good fortune (saubhagya).
Especially recited on Tuesdays (Mangalavara), the weekday of Mars, and during Mangala / Navagraha puja.
Mars governs energy, courage, land and brothers — its kavacha is invoked for valour, success in disputes and protection of property.
How to Chant मङ्गलकवचम्
Bathe and sit facing south or east before an image of Mangala (or the Navagraha), preferably with a red flower, red sandal and a ghee or sesame-oil lamp. Recite the viniyoga, then the dhyana (meditation) verse, then the kavacha verses guarding each limb, and finally the phalashruti. It is most powerful on Tuesdays and may be recited daily for the duration of a difficult Mars period or Mangal Dosha remedy.
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