mangalamarsangarakakuja

මඞ්ගලකවචම්

मङ्गलकवचम् in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Tuesdays (the day of Mars), and during Mangala or Navagraha puja·📜 Markandeya Purana (Angaraka Kavacha Stotram)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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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Verse 1

.. ශ්රීගණේශාය නමඃ .. අස්ය ශ්රී අඞ්ගාරකකවචස්තෝත්රමන්ත්රස්ය කශ්යප ඍෂිඃ, අනුෂ්ටුප් ඡන්දඃ, අඞ්ගාරකෝ දේවතා, භෞමප්රීත්යර්ථං ජපේ විනියෝගඃ ..

|| 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।

Verse 2

රක්තාම්බරෝ රක්තවපුඃ කිරීටී චතුර්භුජෝ මේෂගමෝ ගදාභෘත් . ධරාසුතඃ ශක්තිධරශ්ච ශූලී සදා මම ස්යාද්වරදඃ ප්රශාන්තඃ ..

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।

Verse 3

අඞ්ගාරකඃ ශිරෝ රක්ෂේන්මුඛං වෛ ධරණීසුතඃ . ශ්රවෞ රක්තාම්බරඃ පාතු නේත්රේ මේ රක්තලෝචනඃ .. 1..

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।

Verse 4

නාසාං ශක්තිධරඃ පාතු මුඛං මේ රක්තලෝචනඃ . භුජෞ මේ රක්තමාලී ච හස්තෞ ශක්තිධරස්තථා .. 2..

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।

Verse 5

වක්ෂඃ පාතු වරාඞ්ගශ්ච හෘදයං පාතු රෝහිතඃ . කටිං මේ ග්රහරාජශ්ච මුඛං චෛව ධරාසුතඃ .. 3..

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।

Verse 6

ජානුජඞ්ඝේ කුජඃ පාතු පාදෞ භක්තප්රියඃ සදා . සර්වාණ්යන්යානි චාඞ්ගානි රක්ෂේන්මේ මේෂවාහනඃ .. 4..

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।

Verse 7

ය ඉදං කවචං දිව්යං සර්වශත්රුනිවාරණම් . භූතප්රේතපිශාචානාං නාශනං සර්වසිද්ධිදම් .. 5..

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 —

Verse 8

සර්වරෝගහරං චෛව සර්වසම්පත්ප්රදං ශුභම් . භුක්තිමුක්තිප්රදං නෲණාං සර්වසෞභාග්යවර්ධනම් . රෝගබන්ධවිමෝක්ෂං ච සත්යමේතන්න සංශයඃ .. 6..

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।

Verse 9

.. ඉති ශ්රීමාර්කණ්ඩේයපුරාණේ මඞ්ගලකවචං සම්පූර්ණම් ..

|| iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe maṅgalakavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Meaning:इस प्रकार मार्कण्डेयपुराण में मङ्गलकवच सम्पूर्ण हुआ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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අඞ්ගාරකඃ🔊aṅgārakaḥAngaraka — 'the burning ember', a name of Mangala (Mars)

ධරණීසුතඃ / ධරාසුතඃ🔊dharaṇīsutaḥ / dharāsutaḥSon of the Earth (Bhumi) — Mars, also called Bhauma and Kuja

රක්තාම්බරඃ🔊raktāmbaraḥClad in red garments

රක්තවපුඃ🔊raktavapuḥOf red-hued body

කිරීටී🔊kirīṭīWearing a crown

චතුර්භුජඃ🔊caturbhujaḥFour-armed

මේෂගමඃ / මේෂවාහනඃ🔊meṣagamaḥ / meṣavāhanaḥWhose mount (vehicle) is the ram (mesha)

ගදාභෘත්🔊gadābhṛtBearing a mace

ශක්තිධරඃ🔊śaktidharaḥHolding the spear (shakti)

ශූලී🔊śūlīBearing the trident

වරදඃ ප්රශාන්තඃ🔊varadaḥ praśāntaḥBoon-granting and serene — 'may he always be gracious to me'

ශිරෝ රක්ෂේත්🔊śiro rakṣetMay he guard the head

රක්තලෝචනඃ🔊raktalocanaḥThe red-eyed one — guarding the eyes

වක්ෂඃ පාතු🔊vakṣaḥ pātuMay he protect the chest

හෘදයං පාතු රෝහිතඃ🔊hṛdayaṃ pātu rohitaḥMay Rohita (the red one) protect the heart

ග්රහරාජඃ🔊graharājaḥKing among the planets — guarding the waist

ජානුජඞ්ඝේ කුජඃ පාතු🔊jānujaṅghe kujaḥ pātuMay Kuja (Mars) protect the knees and shins

සර්වශත්රුනිවාරණම්🔊sarvaśatru-nivāraṇamWarding off all enemies

භූතප්රේතපිශාචානාං නාශනම්🔊bhūta-preta-piśācānāṃ nāśanamDestroying ghosts, spirits and goblins (pishachas)

සර්වසම්පත්ප්රදම්🔊sarva-sampat-pradamBestowing all wealth and prosperity

සර්වසෞභාග්යවර්ධනම්🔊sarva-saubhāgya-vardhanamIncreasing all good fortune (saubhagya)

Benefits of Chanting मङ्गलकवचम्

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A limb-by-limb 'kavacha' (armour) that invokes Mangala's protection over the whole body, warding off enemies, accidents and harm.

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Traditionally recited to pacify Mangal Dosha (Kuja Dosha / Manglik affliction) and to strengthen a weak or afflicted Mars in the horoscope.

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Its phalashruti declares it destroys ghosts, spirits and pishachas and removes all disease — chanted for protection and good health.

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Said to bestow all wealth and auspiciousness, courage, victory over foes and the increase of good fortune (saubhagya).

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Especially recited on Tuesdays (Mangalavara), the weekday of Mars, and during Mangala / Navagraha puja.

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Mars governs energy, courage, land and brothers — its kavacha is invoked for valour, success in disputes and protection of property.

How to Chant मङ्गलकवचम्

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Best TimeTuesdays (the day of Mars), and during Mangala or Navagraha puja

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete मङ्गलकवचम् 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 Mangala Kavacham (also called Angaraka Kavacham) is a protective hymn to the planet Mars (Mangala / Angaraka / Kuja), found in the Markandeya Purana. A 'kavacha' is a spiritual armour: each verse asks the deity to guard a specific part of the body, surrounding the devotee with Mars's protective energy.

Yes. It is one of the traditional remedies recited to pacify Mangal Dosha (also called Kuja Dosha or being 'Manglik') and to soften a malefic or weak Mars in the birth chart. It is generally chanted on Tuesdays along with offerings of red flowers and a lamp.

On Tuesdays (Mangalavara), the weekday governed by Mars, and during any Navagraha puja or Mangala worship. For a specific remedy it may be recited daily through the period of an adverse Mars transit or dasha.

Its own concluding verses promise that it wards off all enemies, destroys ghosts and evil spirits, removes disease, and bestows wealth, all good fortune, enjoyment and liberation. Because Mars rules courage, energy, land and victory, it is also recited for valour and success in disputes.