Shree kaal'ee kavacham' (jaganmangal'am')
Bhairavyuvaacha |
Kaal'eepoojaa shrutaa naatha bhaavaashcha vividhaah' prabho |
Idaaneem' shrotumichchhaami kavacham' poorvasoochitam || 1 ||
Tvameva sharanam' naatha traahi maam' duh'khasankat'aat |
Sarvaduh'khaprashamanam' sarvapaapapranaashanam || 2 ||
Sarvasiddhipradam' punyam' kavacham' paramaadbhutam |
Ato vai shrotumichchhaami vada me karunaanidhe || 3 ||
Shree bhairava uvaacha |
Rahasyam' shri'nu vakshyaami bhairavi praanavallabhe |
Shreejaganmangal'am' naama kavacham' mantravigraham || 4 ||
Pat'hitvaa dhaarayitvaa cha trailokyam' mohayet kshanaat |
Naaraayano'pi yaddhri'tvaa naaree bhootvaa maheshvaram || 5 ||
Yoginam' kshobhamanayadyaddhri'tvaa cha raghoodvahah' |
Varadeeptaam' jaghaanaiva raavanaadinishaacharaan || 6 ||
Yasya prasaadaadeesho'pi trailokyavijayee prabhuh' |
Dhanaadhipah' kubero'pi suresho'bhoochchhacheepatih' || 7 ||
Evam' cha sakalaa devaah' sarvasiddheeshvaraah' priye |
Shreejaganmangal'asyaasya kavachasya ri'shih' shivah' || 8 ||
Chhando'nusht'up devataa cha kaal'ikaa dakshineritaa |
Jagataam' mohane dusht'avijaye bhuktimuktishu |
Yovidaakarshane chaiva viniyogah' prakeertitah' || 9 ||
Atha kavacham |
Shiro me kaal'ikaa paatu kreenkaaraikaaksharee paraa |
Kreem' kreem' kreem' me lalaat'am' cha kaal'ikaa khad'gadhaarinee || 10 ||
Hoom' hoom' paatu netrayugmam' hreem' hreem' paatu shrutidvayam |
Dakshine kaal'ike paatu ghraanayugmam' maheshvaree || 11 ||
Kreem' kreem' kreem' rasanaam' paatu hoom' hoom' paatu kapolakam |
Vadanam' sakalam' paatu hreem' hreem' svaahaa svaroopinee || 12 ||
Dvaavim'shatyaksharee skandhau mahaavidyaakhilapradaa |
Khad'gamund'adharaa kaal'ee sarvaangamabhito'vatu || 13 ||
Kreem' hoom' hreem' tryaksharee paatu chaamund'aa hri'dayam' mama |
Aim' hoom' om aim' stanadvandvam' hreem' phat' svaahaa kakutsthalam || 14 ||
Asht'aaksharee mahaavidyaa bhujau paatu sakartri'kaa |
Kreem' kreem' hoom' hoom' hreem' hreem' paatu karau shad'aksharee mama || 15 ||
Kreem' naabhim' madhyadesham' cha dakshine kaal'ike'vatu |
Kreem' svaahaa paatu pri'sht'ham' cha kaal'ikaa saa dashaaksharee || 16 ||
Kreem' me guhyam' sadaa paatu kaal'ikaayai namastatah' |
Saptaaksharee mahaavidyaa sarvatantreshu gopitaa || 17 ||
Hreem' hreem' dakshine kaal'ike hoom' hoom' paatu kat'idvayam |
Kaal'ee dashaaksharee vidyaa svaahaantaa choruyugmakam || 18 ||
Om hreem' kreem' me svaahaa paatu jaanunee kaal'ikaa sadaa |
Kaal'ee hri'nnaamavidheyam' chaturvargaphalapradaa || 19 ||
Kreem' hoom' hreem' paatu saa gulpham' dakshine kaal'ike'vatu |
Kreem' hoom' hreem' svaahaa padam' paatu chaturdashaaksharee mama || 20 ||
Khad'gamund'adharaa kaal'ee varadaabhayadhaarinee |
Vidyaabhih' sakalaabhih' saa sarvaangamabhito'vatu || 21 ||
Kaal'ee kapaalinee kullaa kurukullaa virodhinee |
Viprachittaa tathogrograprabhaa deeptaa ghanatvishah' || 22 ||
Neelaa ghanaa balaakaa cha maatraa mudraa mitaa cha maam |
Etaah' sarvaah' khad'gadharaa mund'amaalaavibhooshanaah' || 23 ||
Rakshantu maam' digvidikshu braahmee naaraayanee tathaa |
Maaheshvaree cha chaamund'aa kaumaaree chaa'paraajitaa || 24 ||
Vaaraahee naarasim'hee cha sarvaashrayaatibhooshanaah' |
Rakshantu svaayudherdikshuh' dashakam' maam' yathaa tathaa || 25 ||
Iti te kathitam' divyam' kavacham' paramaadbhutam |
Shreejaganmangal'am' naama mahaamantraughavigraham || 26 ||
Trailokyaakarshanam' brahmakavacham' manmukhoditam |
Gurupoojaam' vidhaayaatha vidhivat prapat'hettatah' || 27 ||
Kavacham' trih'sakri'dvaapi yaavajjnyaanam' cha vaa punah' |
Etachchhataardhamaavri'tya trailokyavijayee bhavet || 28 ||
Trailokyam' kshobhayatyeva kavachasya prasaadatah' |
Mahaakavirbhavenmaasaat sarvasiddheeshvaro bhavet || 29 ||
Pushpaanjaleen kaal'ikaayai moolenaiva pat'het sakri't |
Shatavarshasahasraanaam' poojaayaah' phalamaapnuyaat || 30 ||
Bhoorje vilikhitam' chaitat svarnastham' dhaarayedyadi |
Shikhaayaam' dakshine baahau kant'he vaa dhaaranaadbudhah' || 31 ||
Trailokyam' mohayet krodhaat trailokyam' choornayet kshanaat |
Putravaan dhanavaan shreemaan naanaavidyaanidhirbhavet || 32 ||
Brahmaastraadeeni shastraani tadgaatrasparshanaattatah' |
Naashamaayaanti sarvatra kavachasyaasya keertanaat || 33 ||
Mri'tavatsaa cha yaa naaree vandhyaa vaa mri'taputrinee |
Bahvapatyaa jeevavatsaa bhavatyeva na sam'shayah' || 34 ||
Na deyam' parashishyebhyo hyabhaktebhyo visheshatah' |
Shishyebhyo bhaktiyuktebhyo hyanyathaa mri'tyumaapnuyaat || 35 ||
Spardhaamuddhooya kamalaa vaagdevee mandire mukhe |
Pautraantam' sthairyamaasthaaya nivasatyeva nishchitam || 36 ||
Idam' kavachamajnyaatvaa yo japeddakshakaal'ikaam |
Shatalaksham' prajaptvaapi tasya vidyaa na siddhyati || 37 ||
Sahasraghaatamaapnoti so'chiraanmri'tyumaapnuyaat |
Japedaadau japedante saptavaaraanyanukramaat || 38 ||
Nodhri'tya yatra kutraapi gopaneeyam' prayatnatah' |
Likhitvaa svarnapaatre vai poojaakaale tu saadhakah' |
Moordhnim' dhaarya prayatnena vidyaaratnam' prapoojayet || 39 ||
Iti shree kaal'ee jaganmangal'a kavacha stotram |
Meaning
Jaganmangala Kali Kavacham is a protective stotra to Kali in thirty-nine verses. It opens with Bhairavyuvacha, Bhairavi speaks, as the goddess reminds Shiva of a kavacha he had promised her earlier and asks him to give it now. The title says what it is for. Jagat is the world and mangala is auspiciousness, so this is the kavacha that is auspicious for the world, not for the reciter alone.
Significance
The frame is doing real work here, so it is worth noticing. The goddess asks and Shiva answers, which is how tantric texts usually hand themselves down, and it puts the reader in the position of overhearing something given between Shiva and Shakti rather than reading a public hymn. It also explains the length. Thirty-nine verses is a substantial kavacha, closer to a taught text than to something recited in passing. The closing verses are where it gets specific about itself. They say the kavacha should be written on a gold plate and worshipped, and that it should be kept private. That is a dharana instruction: the text is not just spoken; it is kept, worn, held. Setting the standard that high is the text rating its own worth, and it is not a condition most households can meet. Reciting it without the gold plate is what actually happens, and no one treats that as a failure. One more thing worth saying plainly, since Kali texts attract a lot of noise online. Nothing in the closing verses supports using this kavacha to affect another person. What they speak about is protection and secrecy, and that is all.
How and when to chant
Tuesday and Friday are the usual days for Devi recitation, and amavasya night is when Kali in particular is approached. Navaratri draws the longest keeping of the year. Bathe first, light a lamp with ghee or sesame oil, and offer red flowers; hibiscus, dasavala in Kannada, is the flower most associated with Kali. In Karnataka many families come to this form through Chamundeshwari and Durga shrines rather than a separate Kali temple, and the kavacha is recited there. Where the text's own instruction is followed, the written copy is kept carefully and privately rather than left about or passed around. If you have a guru, take the kavacha from them first.
Frequently asked questions
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