{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/db/bk12ch03.htm","path":"hin/db/bk12ch03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk12ch03.htm","text":"THE TWELFTH BOOK\nChapter III\nOn the description of the Kavacha of S\u2019r\u00ee G\u00e2yatr\u00ee Dev\u00ee\n1-3. N\u00e2rada spoke :-- O Bhagav\u00e2n! Thou art the Lord of this world; Thou canst shew favour and disfavour both; Thou art specially versed in the sixty-four Kal\u00e2s (arts of learning); Thou art the chief of the Yogis. I therefore ask Thee to solve a doubt of mine. By what Punyam a man can become free from all his sins and limitations and he can realise and become of the nature of Brahm\u00e2. O Lord! And what are duly the Risis, Chhandas, Devat\u00e2s, Dhy\u00e2n, and Ny\u00e2sa, etc., of this meritorious act? I want to hear.\n4-25. N\u00e2r\u00e2yana said :-- O N\u00e2rada! There is but one and the only one way to this and though that is very secret, I will disclose that to you. It is the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee-Kavacha. It can destroy all sins. Therefore to recite or to hold it on one's body enables the man to become free from all his sins and to get all his desires fulfilled and he gets the S\u00e2yuya Mukti with the Dev\u00ee (be merged in the Dev\u00ee-Body). Now hear the Risis, Chhandas, etc., of this Kavacha :-- Brahm\u00e2, Visnu and Mahes'vara are the Risis; the Rik, Yajus, S\u00e2ma and Atharva Vedas are the Chhandas; the Param\u00e2 Kal\u00e2 G\u00e2yatr\u00ee of the nature of Brahm\u00e2 is the Devat\u00e2; \u201cTat\u201d in G\u00e2yatr\u00ee is the V\u00eeja; \u201cBharga\u201d is the S\u2019akti; and \u201cDh\u00eeyah\u201d is the K\u00eelaka; and its viniyoga (application) is in getting the Moksa (liberation.). With the first four syllables touch the heart; with\nthe next three letters touch the head; with the next four letters touch the tuft on the crown of the head; with the next three letters on the Kavacha; with the next four letters on the eyes and with the last four letters make the Ny\u00e2sa, all over the body repeating \u201cAstr\u00e2ya Phat,\u201d O N\u00e2rada! Hear now the Dhy\u00e2nam of G\u00e2yatr\u00ee, that grants all desires. The G\u00e2yatr\u00ee Dev\u00ee has five faces; one of which is of white colour; and the other four is of pearl, Vidruma, golden, and N\u00eelak\u00e2ntamani colour respectively. Each face has got three eyes; on the head there is a crown of jewels and the digit of the Moon is shining there. Her body is composed of the twenty-four tattvas. She has ten hands :-- On the top right and left hands there are two lotuses; lower down, there are disc and conch shell; lower down, there are rope and skull; lower down, there are noose and goad; and on the bottom hands right and left she is making signs of \u201cNo fear\u201d and \u201cready to grant boons.\u201d Thus meditating on S\u2019r\u00ee G\u00e2yatr\u00ee, one is to recite the Kavacha thus :-- Let the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee Dev\u00ee protect my front; S\u00e2vitr\u00ee Dev\u00ee protect my right; the Sandhy\u00e2 Dev\u00ee, my back and the Dev\u00ee Sarasvat\u00ee, my left. Let my Mother P\u00e2rvat\u00ee Dev\u00ee protect my quarters. Let Jalas'\u00e2yin\u00ee protect the southeast; Y\u00e2tudh\u00e2na Bhayankar\u00ee protect my South-west; Pavam\u00e2navil\u00e2sin\u00ee my north-west; Rudrar\u00fbpin\u00ee Rudr\u00e2n\u00ee protect my north-east. Let Brahm\u00e2n\u00ee protect my top and Vaisnav\u00ee protect my nether regions. Let the word \u201cTat\u201d in the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee protect my legs; \u201cSavituh\u201d protect my Knees; \u201cVarenyam,\u201d protect my loins; \u201cBhargah,\u201d my navel. Let \u201cDevasya\u201d protect my heart; \u201cDh\u00eemah\u00ee\u201d protect my neck; \u201cDh\u00eeyah,\u201d protect my eyes; \u201cYah,\u201d protect my forehead; \u201cNah\u201d protect my head; and \u201cPrachoday\u00e2t\u201d protect the tuft on the crown of my head.\nAgain let the \u201cTat\u201d of the twenty-four syllabled G\u00e2yatr\u00ee protect my head; \u201cSa,\u201d protect my forehead; \u201cVi\u201d protect my eyes; \u201cTu\u201d my cheeks; \u201cVa,\u201d protect my nostrils; \u201cRe,\u201d my mouth; \u201cni\u201d protect my upper lip; \u201cYah\u201d protect my lower lip; \u201cBha\u201d within my face; \u201crgo,\u201d protect my cheeks; \u201cDe,\u201d my throat; \u201cVa\u201d my shoulders; \u201cSya\u201d my right hand; \u201cDhi\u201d my navel; \u201cma,\u201d my heart, \u201cHi,\u201d my belly; \u201cDh\u00ee,\u201d my navel; \u201cYo\u201d my loins; \u201cYo\u201d, my anus; \u201cnah,\u201d my thighs, \u201cPra,\u201d my Knees; \u201cCho\u201d my shanks \u201cDa\u201d my heels; \u201cY\u00e2\u201d my legs; and let \u201cat\u201d protect all my sides. O N\u00e2rada! This divine Kavacha of the Dev\u00ee G\u00e2yatr\u00ee can baffle hundreds and thousands of obstructions and evils; can grant sixty-four Kal\u00e2s and liberation. By the glory of this Kavacha, man can become free from all evils and can attain the state of Brahm\u00e2. Moreover whoever reads or hears this acquires the fruits of making a gift of a thousand cows.\nHere ends the Third Chapter of the Twelfth Book on the description of the Kavacha of S\u2019r\u00ee G\u00e2yatr\u00ee Dev\u00ee in the Mah\u00e2pur\u00e2nam S\u2019r\u00ee Mad Dev\u00ee Bh\u00e2gavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vy\u00e2sa.","title":"The Devi Bhagavatam: The Twelfth Book: Chapter 3","type":"page"}