Shree deepa durgaa kavacham'
Shree bhairava uvaacha |
Shri'nu devi jaganmaatarjvaalaadurgaam' braveemyaham |
Kavacham' mantragarbham' cha trailokyavijayaabhidam || 1 ||
Aprakaashyam' param' guhyam' na kasya kathitam' mayaa |
Vinaamunaa na siddhih' syaat kavachena maheshvari || 2 ||
Avaktavyamadaatavyam' dusht'aayaa'saadhakaaya cha |
Nindakaayaanyashishyaaya na vaktavyam' kadaachana || 3 ||
Shree devyuvaacha |
Trailokyanaatha vada me bahudhaa kathitam' mayaa |
Svayam' tvayaa prasaado'yam' kri'tah' snehena me prabho || 4 ||
Shree bhairava uvaacha |
Prabhaate chaiva madhyaahne saayankaalerdharaatrake |
Kavacham' mantragarbham' cha pat'haneeyam' paraatparam || 5 ||
Madhunaa matsyamaam'saadimodakena samarchayet |
Devataam' parayaa bhaktyaa pat'het kavachamuttamam || 6 ||
Om hreem' me paatu moordhaanam' jvaalaa dvyaksharamaatri'kaa |
Om hreem' shreem' me'vataat phaalam' tryaksharee vishvamaatri'kaa || 7 ||
Om aim' kleem' sauh' mamaavyaat saa devee maayaa bhruvau mama |
Om am' aam' im' eem' sauh' paayaannetraa me vishvasundaree || 8 ||
Om hreem' hreem' sauh' putra naasaam' um' oom' karnau cha mohinee |
Ri'm' ree'm' lri'm' lree'm' sauh' me baalaa paayaadgand'au cha chakshushee || 9 ||
Em' aim' om aum' sadaa'vyaanme mukham' shree bhagaroopinee |
Am' ah' om hreem' kleem' sauh' paayaadgalam' me bhagadhaarinee || 10 ||
Kam' kham' gam' gham' (om hreem') sauh' skandhau me tripureshvaree |
Ngam' cham' chham' jam' (hreem') sauh' vakshah' paayaachcha baindaveshvaree || 11 ||
Jham' nyam' t'am' t'ham' sauh' aim' kleem' hoom' mamaavyaat saa bhujaantaram |
D'am' d'ham' nam' tam' stanau paayaadbherund'aa mama sarvadaa || 12 ||
Tham' dam' dham' nam' kukshim' paayaanmama hreem' shreem' paraa jayaa |
Pam' pham' bam' shreem' hreem' sauh' paarshvam' mri'd'aanee paatu me sadaa || 13 ||
Bham' mam' yam' ram' shreem' sauh' lam' vam' naabhim' me paatu kanyakaah' |
Sham' sham' sam' ham' sadaa paatu guhyam' me guhyakeshvaree || 14 ||
Vri'kshah' paatu sadaa lingam' hreem' shreem' linganivaasinee |
Aim' kleem' sauh' paatu me med'hram' pri'sht'ham' me paatu vaarunee || 15 ||
Om shreem' hreem' kleem' hum' hoom' paatu ooroo me paatvamaasadaa |
Om aim' kleem' sauh' yaam' vaatyaalee janghe paayaatsadaa mama || 16 ||
Om shreem' sauh' kleem' sadaa paayaajjaanunee kulasundaree |
Om shreem' hreem' hoom' koovalee cha gulphau aim' shreem' mamaa'vatu || 17 ||
Om shreem' hreem' kleem' aim' sauh' paayaat kunt'hee kleem' hreem' hrauh' me talam |
Om hreem' shreem' paadau sauh' paayad hreem' shreem' kleem' kutsitaa mama || 18 ||
Om hreem' shreem' kut'ilaa hreem' kleem' paadapri'sht'ham' cha me'vatu |
Om shreem' hreem' shreem' cha me paatu paadasthaa anguleeh' sadaa || 19 ||
Om hreem' sauh' aim' kuhooh' majjaam' om shreem' kuntee mamaa'vatu |
Raktam' kumbheshvaree aim' kleem' shuklam' paayaachcha khecharee || 20 ||
Paatu me'ngaani sarvaani om hreem' shreem' kleem' aim' sauh' sadaa |
Paadaadimoordhaparyantam' hreem' kleem' shreem' kaarunee sadaa || 21 ||
Moordhaadipaadaparyantam' paatu kleem' shreem' kri'tirmama |
Oordhvam' me paatu braam' braahmeem' adhah' shreem' shaambhavee mama || 22 ||
Dum' durgaa paatu me poorve vaam' vaaraahee shivaalaye |
Hreem' kleem' hoom' shreem' cha maam' paatu uttare kulakaaminee || 23 ||
Naarasim'hee sauh' aim' kleem' (hreem') vaayavye paatu maam' sadaa |
Om shreem' kleem' aim' cha kaumaaree pashchime paatu maam' sadaa || 24 ||
Om hreem' shreem' nirri'tau paatu maatangee maam' shubhankaree |
Om shreem' hreem' kleem' sadaa paatu dakshine bhadrakaalikaa || 25 ||
Om shreem' aim' kleem' sadaa'gneyyaamugrataaraa tadaa'vatu |
Om vam' dashadisho rakshenmaam' hreem' dakshinakaalikaa || 26 ||
Sarvakaalam' sadaa paatu aim' sauh' tripurasundaree |
Maareebhaye cha durbhikshe peed'aayaam' yogineebhaye || 27 ||
Om hreem' shreem' tryaksharee paatu devee jvaalaamukhee mama |
Iteedam' kavacham' punyam' trishu lokeshu durlabham || 28 ||
Trailokyavijayam' naama mantragarbham' maheshvaree |
Asya prasaadaadeesho'ham' bhairavaanaam' jagattraye || 29 ||
Sri'sht'ikartaapahartaa cha pat'hanaadasya paarvatee |
Kunkumena likhedbhoorje aasavenasvaretasaa || 30 ||
Stambhayedakhilaan devaan mohayedakhilaah' prajaah' |
Maarayedakhilaan shatroon vashayedapi devataah' || 31 ||
Baahau dhri'tvaa charedyuddhe shatroon jitvaa gri'ham' vrajet |
Prote rane vivaade cha kaaraayaam' rogapeed'ane || 32 ||
Grahapeed'aadi kaaleshu pat'het sarvam' shamam' vrajet |
Iteedam' kavacham' devi mantragarbham' suraarchitam || 33 ||
Yasya kasya na daatavyam' vinaa shishyaaya paarvati |
Maasenaikena bhavet siddhirdevaanaam' yaa cha durlaabhaa |
Pat'henmaasatrayam' martyo deveedarshanamaapnuyaat || 34 ||
Iti shree rudrayaamala tantre shreebhairavadevi sam'vaade shreedeepadurgaa kavacha stotram |
Meaning
The Sri Deepa Durga Kavacham is a tantric armour hymn of 34 verses. Its colophon places it in the Rudrayamala Tantra, in a dialogue where Bhairava speaks and the Devi listens. In the opening line Bhairava calls the goddess Jwala Durga, the flame-goddess, and near the end she is named Jwalamukhi, which suits the lamp in the title.
The frame, verses 1 to 6
Bhairava calls the kavacham mantra-garbha, holding mantras within, and Trailokya Vijaya. He says it is secret, that no siddhi comes without it, and that it must not be told to a slanderer or a stranger's disciple. The Devi presses him, and he gives the times: dawn, midday, evening and midnight. Verse 6 prescribes tantric offerings, a sign that this text belongs to an initiated practice.
The body, verses 7 to 21
From the crown to the toes, each limb is given to a form of the goddess with seed syllables. Vishvasundari guards the eyes, Mohini the ears, Tripureshvari the shoulders, Bherunda the breast, Mridani the sides and Kulasundari the knees. The Sanskrit alphabet is woven in letter by letter, from om am aam im eem through ka, kha, ga, gha to sha, sha, sa, ha.
The directions and the phala shruti
Verses 22 to 26 assign the quarters: Durga east, Kaumari west, Bhadrakalika south, Kulakamini north, with Dakshina Kalika over all ten directions. Bhairava then says his own lordship among the Bhairavas comes from this kavacham. He lists its use in battle, disputes, prison, illness and planetary trouble, and closes with the promise of siddhi in one month and the Devi's darshan in three.
Frequently asked questions
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