Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 19
BvP 1 19.1
सौतिरुवाच ।। मालावती धनं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रहर्षिता ।। चकार विविधं वेशं स्वात्मनः स्वामिनः कृते तदपि ब्रूहि हे सौते श्रोतुं कौतूहलं मम ।। शङ्करस्तोत्रकवचं मन्त्रं दुर्गतिनाशनम् यस्मै कस्मै न दातव्यं प्राणतुल्यं ममैव हि ।। यत्तेजो मम देहेऽस्ति तत्तेजः कवचेऽपि च ॐ नमो भगवते रासमण्डलेशाय स्वाहा ।। स्वयं वक्षःस्थलं पातु मन्त्रोऽयं षोडशाक्षरः ॐ नमो भगवते शिवाय स्वाहेति च मनुः ।। दत्तो वशिष्ठेन पुरा पुष्करे कृपया विभो कण्ठं पातु चन्द्रचूडः स्कन्धौ वृषभवाहनः ।। वक्षःस्थलं नीलकण्ठः पातु पृष्ठं दिगम्बरः हिमचन्दनकुन्देन्दुकुमुदाम्भोजसन्निभम्।। ब्रह्मज्योतिःस्वरूपं च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् कारागारेऽपि बद्धो यो नैव प्राप्नोति निर्वृतिम् ।। स्तोत्रं श्रुत्वा मासमेकं मुच्यते बन्धनाद् ध्रुवम्
sautiruvāca || mālāvatī dhanaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ praharṣitā || cakāra vividhaṃ veśaṃ svātmanaḥ svāminaḥ kṛte tadapi brūhi he saute śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama || śaṅkarastotrakavacaṃ mantraṃ durgatināśanam yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ prāṇatulyaṃ mamaiva hi || yattejo mama dehe'sti tattejaḥ kavace'pi ca oṃ namo bhagavate rāsamaṇḍaleśāya svāhā || svayaṃ vakṣaḥsthalaṃ pātu mantro'yaṃ ṣoḍaśākṣaraḥ oṃ namo bhagavate śivāya svāheti ca manuḥ || datto vaśiṣṭhena purā puṣkare kṛpayā vibho kaṇṭhaṃ pātu candracūḍaḥ skandhau vṛṣabhavāhanaḥ || vakṣaḥsthalaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaḥ pātu pṛṣṭhaṃ digambaraḥ himacandanakundendukumudāmbhojasannibham|| brahmajyotiḥsvarūpaṃ ca bhaktānugrahavigraham kārāgāre'pi baddho yo naiva prāpnoti nirvṛtim || stotraṃ śrutvā māsamekaṃ mucyate bandhanād dhruvam
Sauti said: Mālāvatī, having given wealth to the brahmins, was delighted, and arranged various adornment for herself and for her husband's sake. "Tell that too, O Sauti; I have the curiosity to hear it" — the praise-armour of Śaṅkara, the mantra that destroys misfortune. It must not be given to just anyone, for it is as dear to me as my own breath. Whatever splendour is in my body, that same splendour is in the armour too. "Oṃ, homage to the Lord, the master of the rāsa-circle, svāhā" — may this sixteen-syllable mantra itself protect the chest. And the mantra "Oṃ, homage to the Lord Śiva, svāhā" was given of old by Vasiṣṭha at Puṣkara out of compassion, O mighty one. May the moon-crested one protect the throat, the bull-rider the shoulders; may the blue-throated one protect the chest, the sky-clad one the back — (he who is) like snow, sandal, jasmine, the moon, the white water-lily and the lotus, whose very nature is the light of Brahman, whose body is grace to devotees. Even one who is bound in prison and gains no release is surely freed from bondage after hearing this hymn for a single month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 19.2
भर्तुश्चकार शुश्रूषां पूजां च समयोचिताम्।। तेन सार्द्धं सुरसिका रेमे सा सुचिरं मुदा
bhartuścakāra śuśrūṣāṃ pūjāṃ ca samayocitām|| tena sārddhaṃ surasikā reme sā suciraṃ mudā
She did service to her husband and worship (of him) as befitted the occasion; with him that delightful woman took her pleasure joyfully for a long while.
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BvP 1 19.3
महापुरुषस्तोत्रं च पूजां च कवचं मनुम्।। विस्मृतं बोधयामास स्वयं रहसि सुव्रता
mahāpuruṣastotraṃ ca pūjāṃ ca kavacaṃ manum|| vismṛtaṃ bodhayāmāsa svayaṃ rahasi suvratā
And the hymn to the Great Person (Mahāpuruṣa), and the worship, the protective formula (kavaca) and the mantra, which he had forgotten — she of good vows herself, in private, brought (them) back to his mind.
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BvP 1 19.4
पुरा दत्तं वसिष्ठेन स्तोत्रपूजादिकं हरेः ।। गन्धर्वाय च मालत्यै मन्त्रमेकं च पुष्करे
purā dattaṃ vasiṣṭhena stotrapūjādikaṃ hareḥ || gandharvāya ca mālatyai mantramekaṃ ca puṣkare
Formerly, at Puṣkara, Vasiṣṭha had given to the gandharva and to Mālatī the hymn, the worship, and the rest belonging to Hari, and one mantra as well.
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BvP 1 19.5
विस्मृतं स्तोत्रकवचं वसिष्ठश्च कृपानिधिः ।। गन्धर्वराजं रहसि बोधयामास शूलिनः
vismṛtaṃ stotrakavacaṃ vasiṣṭhaśca kṛpānidhiḥ || gandharvarājaṃ rahasi bodhayāmāsa śūlinaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 1 19.6
एवं चकार राज्यं च कुबेरभवनोपमे ।। आश्रमे परमानन्दो गन्धर्वो बान्धवैः सह
evaṃ cakāra rājyaṃ ca kuberabhavanopame || āśrame paramānando gandharvo bāndhavaiḥ saha
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 1 19.7
यथातथा गताभिश्च स्त्रीभिरन्याभिरेव च ।। आगत्य ताभिः स्वस्वामी संप्राप्तः परया मुदा
yathātathā gatābhiśca strībhiranyābhireva ca || āgatya tābhiḥ svasvāmī saṃprāptaḥ parayā mudā
And by the women who had gone away somehow or other, and by other women as well — those women, having come (back), regained their own lord with the highest joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 19.8
शौनक उवाच ।। किं स्तोत्रं कवचं विष्णोर्मन्त्रपूजाविधिः पुरा ।। दत्तो विशिष्टस्ताभ्यां च तं भवान्वक्तुमर्हति
śaunaka uvāca || kiṃ stotraṃ kavacaṃ viṣṇormantrapūjāvidhiḥ purā || datto viśiṣṭastābhyāṃ ca taṃ bhavānvaktumarhati
Śaunaka said: What hymn, what amulet (kavaca) of Viṣṇu, what rite of mantra and worship was formerly given, a distinguished one, to those two? You ought to tell that.
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BvP 1 19.9
द्वादशाक्षरमन्त्रं च शूलिनः कवचादिकम् ।। दत्तं गन्धर्वराजाय वसिष्ठेन च किं पुरा
dvādaśākṣaramantraṃ ca śūlinaḥ kavacādikam || dattaṃ gandharvarājāya vasiṣṭhena ca kiṃ purā
And what twelve-syllable mantra of the Trident-bearer (Śiva), and the amulet and the rest, was formerly given by Vasiṣṭha to the king of the Gandharvas?
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BvP 1 19.11
सौतिरुवाच ।। तुष्टाव येन स्तोत्रेण मालती परमेश्वरम् ।। तदेव स्तोत्रं दत्तं च मन्त्रं च कवचं शृणु
sautiruvāca || tuṣṭāva yena stotreṇa mālatī parameśvaram || tadeva stotraṃ dattaṃ ca mantraṃ ca kavacaṃ śṛṇu
The Sūta's son said: The very hymn by which Mālatī praised the Supreme Lord — that hymn was given, and the mantra and the amulet; listen.
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BvP 1 19.12
ॐ नमो भगवते रासमण्डलेशाय स्वाहा ।। इमं मन्त्रं कल्पतरुं प्रददौ षोडशाक्षरम्
oṃ namo bhagavate rāsamaṇḍaleśāya svāhā || imaṃ mantraṃ kalpataruṃ pradadau ṣoḍaśākṣaram
"Oṃ, homage to the Blessed One, the Lord of the Rāsa-circle, svāhā" — this mantra, a wish-fulfilling tree, of sixteen syllables, he bestowed.
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BvP 1 19.13
पुरा दत्तं कुमाराय ब्रह्मणा पुष्करे हरेः ।। पुरा दत्तं च कृष्णेन गोलोके शङ्कराय च
purā dattaṃ kumārāya brahmaṇā puṣkare hareḥ || purā dattaṃ ca kṛṣṇena goloke śaṅkarāya ca
Formerly it was given to Kumāra by Brahmā at Puṣkara, (the mantra) of Hari; and formerly it was given by Kṛṣṇa in Goloka to Śaṅkara.
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BvP 1 19.14
ध्यानं च विष्णोर्वेदोक्तं शाश्वतं सर्वदुर्लभम् ।। मूलेन सर्वं देयं च नैवेद्यादिकमुत्तमम्
dhyānaṃ ca viṣṇorvedoktaṃ śāśvataṃ sarvadurlabham || mūlena sarvaṃ deyaṃ ca naivedyādikamuttamam
And the meditation on Viṣṇu, declared in the Veda, eternal, hard for all to obtain; with the root-mantra everything is to be offered, the food-offering and the rest, of the best quality.
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BvP 1 19.15
अतीव गुप्तकवचं पितुर्वक्त्रान्मया श्रुतम् ।। पित्रे दत्तं पुरा विप्र गङ्गायां शूलिना ध्रुवम्।।
atīva guptakavacaṃ piturvaktrānmayā śrutam || pitre dattaṃ purā vipra gaṅgāyāṃ śūlinā dhruvam||
The extremely secret amulet I heard from my father's mouth; it was formerly given to my father, O brahmin, by the Trident-bearer on the Gaṅgā, assuredly.
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BvP 1 19.16
शूलिने ब्रह्मणे दत्तं गोलोके रासमण्डले ।। धर्माय गोपीकान्तेन कृपया परमाद्भुतम्
śūline brahmaṇe dattaṃ goloke rāsamaṇḍale || dharmāya gopīkāntena kṛpayā paramādbhutam
It was given to the Trident-bearer and to Brahmā in Goloka, in the Rāsa-circle, and to Dharma, by the Beloved of the cowherd women, out of compassion — supremely wonderful.
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BvP 1 19.17
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। राधाकान्त महाभाग कवचं यत्प्रकाशितम् ।। ब्रह्माण्डपावनं नाम कृपया कथय प्रभो
brahmovāca || rādhākānta mahābhāga kavacaṃ yatprakāśitam || brahmāṇḍapāvanaṃ nāma kṛpayā kathaya prabho
Brahmā said: O Beloved of Rādhā, greatly blessed one, that amulet which has been revealed, named "Purifier of the Cosmic Egg" — graciously declare it, O Lord.
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BvP 1 19.18
मां महेशं च धर्मं च भक्तं च भक्तवत्सल ।। त्वत्प्रसादेन पुत्रेभ्यो दास्यामि भक्तिसंयुतः
māṃ maheśaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca bhaktavatsala || tvatprasādena putrebhyo dāsyāmi bhaktisaṃyutaḥ
(Tell it) to me and to Maheśa and to Dharma and to (your) devotee, O you fond of devotees; by your grace I, filled with devotion, shall give it to (my) sons.
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BvP 1 19.19
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। शृणु वक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मेश धर्मेदं कवचं परम् ।। अहं दास्यामि युष्मभ्यं गोपनीयं सुदुर्लमम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || śṛṇu vakṣyāmi brahmeśa dharmedaṃ kavacaṃ param || ahaṃ dāsyāmi yuṣmabhyaṃ gopanīyaṃ sudurlamam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, I shall declare it, O Brahmā, O Īśa, O Dharma — this supreme amulet; I shall give it to you (all), (though it is) to be kept secret and very hard to obtain.
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BvP 1 19.21
कुरु सृष्टिमिमं धृत्वा धाता त्रिजगतां भव ।। संहर्त्ता भव हे शम्भो मम तुल्यो भवे भव ।।
kuru sṛṣṭimimaṃ dhṛtvā dhātā trijagatāṃ bhava || saṃharttā bhava he śambho mama tulyo bhave bhava ||
Holding this, carry out creation; become the maker of the three worlds. And you, O Śambhu, become the destroyer; become equal to me in existence.
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BvP 1 19.22
हे धर्म त्वमिमं धृत्वा भव साक्षी च कर्मणाम् ।। तपसां फलदातारो यूयं भवत मद्वरात्
he dharma tvamimaṃ dhṛtvā bhava sākṣī ca karmaṇām || tapasāṃ phaladātāro yūyaṃ bhavata madvarāt
O Dharma, holding this, become the witness of deeds; by my boon may you (all) become the bestowers of the fruits of ascetic practices.
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BvP 1 19.23
ब्रह्माण्डपावनस्यास्य कवचस्य हरिः स्वयम् ।। ऋषिश्छन्दश्च गायत्री देवोऽहं जगदीश्वरः
brahmāṇḍapāvanasyāsya kavacasya hariḥ svayam || ṛṣiśchandaśca gāyatrī devo'haṃ jagadīśvaraḥ
Of this amulet, the "Purifier of the Cosmic Egg," Hari himself is the seer, the metre is gāyatrī, and I, the Lord of the world, am the deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.24
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु विनियोगः प्रकीर्तितः ।। त्रिलक्षवार पठनात्सिद्धिदं कवचं विधे
dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || trilakṣavāra paṭhanātsiddhidaṃ kavacaṃ vidhe
Its application is proclaimed as being for righteousness, wealth, pleasure, and liberation; by reciting it three hundred thousand times the amulet bestows attainment, O Ordainer (Brahmā).
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BvP 1 19.25
यो भवेत्सिद्धकवचो मम तुल्यो भवेच्च सः ।। तेजसा सिद्धियोगेन ज्ञानेन विक्रमेण च ।।
yo bhavetsiddhakavaco mama tulyo bhavecca saḥ || tejasā siddhiyogena jñānena vikrameṇa ca ||
He who becomes one whose amulet is perfected — he becomes equal to me, in radiance, in the yoga of attainment, in knowledge, and in valour.
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BvP 1 19.26
प्रणवो मे शिरः पातु नमो रामेश्वराय च ।। भालं पायान्नेत्रयुग्मं नमो राधेश्वराय च
praṇavo me śiraḥ pātu namo rāmeśvarāya ca || bhālaṃ pāyānnetrayugmaṃ namo rādheśvarāya ca
May the praṇava (Oṃ) protect my head, and "namo rāmeśvarāya" (my forehead); may "namo rādheśvarāya" protect the forehead and the pair of eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 19.27
कृष्णः पायाच्छ्रोत्रयुग्मं हे हरे प्राणमेव च ।। जिह्विकां वह्निजाया तु कृष्णायेति च सर्वतः
kṛṣṇaḥ pāyācchrotrayugmaṃ he hare prāṇameva ca || jihvikāṃ vahnijāyā tu kṛṣṇāyeti ca sarvataḥ
May "Kṛṣṇa" protect the pair of ears, and "he hare" the breath; and "kṛṣṇāya" with svāhā (the wife of fire) the little tongue, and (protect me) on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 19.28
श्रीकृष्णाय स्वाहेति च कण्ठं पातु षडक्षरः ।। ह्रीं कृष्णाय नमो वक्त्रं क्लींपूर्वश्च भुजद्वयम्
śrīkṛṣṇāya svāheti ca kaṇṭhaṃ pātu ṣaḍakṣaraḥ || hrīṃ kṛṣṇāya namo vaktraṃ klīṃpūrvaśca bhujadvayam
And may the six-syllable (mantra) "śrīkṛṣṇāya svāhā" protect the throat; "hrīṃ kṛṣṇāya namaḥ" the face, and the same preceded by "klīṃ" the two arms.
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BvP 1 19.29
नमो गोपाङ्गनेशाय स्कन्धावष्टाक्षरोऽवतु ।। दन्तपङ्क्तिमोष्ठयुग्मं नमो गोपीश्वराय च
namo gopāṅganeśāya skandhāvaṣṭākṣaro'vatu || dantapaṅktimoṣṭhayugmaṃ namo gopīśvarāya ca
May the eight-syllable (mantra) "namo gopāṅganeśāya" protect the two shoulders; and "namo gopīśvarāya" the row of teeth and the pair of lips.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.31
ऐं कृष्णाय स्वाहेति च कर्णयुग्मं सदाऽवतु ।। ॐ विष्णवे स्वाहेति च कपोलं सवर्तोऽवतु
aiṃ kṛṣṇāya svāheti ca karṇayugmaṃ sadā'vatu || oṃ viṣṇave svāheti ca kapolaṃ savarto'vatu
And "aiṃ, to Kṛṣṇa, svāhā" — may (this) always protect the pair of ears; and "oṃ, to Viṣṇu, svāhā" — may it protect the cheek together with the curl (of hair).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 19.32
ॐ हरये नम इति पृष्ठं पादं सदा ऽवतु ।। ॐ गोवर्द्धनधारिणे स्वाहा सर्वशरीरकम्
oṃ haraye nama iti pṛṣṭhaṃ pādaṃ sadā 'vatu || oṃ govarddhanadhāriṇe svāhā sarvaśarīrakam
"oṃ, homage to Hari" — may it always protect the back and the foot; "oṃ, to the Bearer of Govardhana, svāhā" — (may it protect) the whole body.
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BvP 1 19.33
प्राच्यां मां पातु श्रीकृष्ण आग्नेय्यां पातु माधवः ।। दक्षिणे पातु गोपीशो नैर्ऋत्यां नन्दनन्दनः
prācyāṃ māṃ pātu śrīkṛṣṇa āgneyyāṃ pātu mādhavaḥ || dakṣiṇe pātu gopīśo nairṛtyāṃ nandanandanaḥ
In the east may Śrī Kṛṣṇa protect me; in the southeast may Mādhava protect (me); in the south may the Lord of the gopīs protect (me); in the southwest, the son of Nanda.
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BvP 1 19.34
वारुण्यां पातु गोविन्दो वायव्यां राधिकेश्वरः ।। उत्तरे पातु रासेश ऐशान्यामच्युतः स्वयम्
vāruṇyāṃ pātu govindo vāyavyāṃ rādhikeśvaraḥ || uttare pātu rāseśa aiśānyāmacyutaḥ svayam
In the west may Govinda protect (me); in the northwest, the Lord of Rādhikā; in the north may the Lord of the rāsa protect (me); in the northeast, Acyuta himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.35
सततं सर्वतः पातु परो नारायणः स्वयम्।। इति ते कथितं ब्रह्मन्कवचं परमाद्भुतम्
satataṃ sarvataḥ pātu paro nārāyaṇaḥ svayam|| iti te kathitaṃ brahmankavacaṃ paramādbhutam
May the supreme Nārāyaṇa himself always protect (me) on all sides. Thus, O Brahmā, the most wondrous armour has been declared to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.36
मम जीवनतुल्यं च युष्मभ्यं दत्तमेव च ।। अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च ।। कलां नार्हन्ति तान्येव कवचस्यैव धारणात्
mama jīvanatulyaṃ ca yuṣmabhyaṃ dattameva ca || aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca || kalāṃ nārhanti tānyeva kavacasyaiva dhāraṇāt
And it is equal to my very life, and it has been given to you (all). Thousands of horse-sacrifices and hundreds of vājapeya rites — these do not amount to a fraction of (the merit) from the wearing of this armour alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.37
गुरुमभ्यर्च्य विधिवद्वस्त्रालङ्कारचन्दनैः ।। स्नात्वा तं च नमस्कृत्य कवचं धारयेत्सुधीः
gurumabhyarcya vidhivadvastrālaṅkāracandanaiḥ || snātvā taṃ ca namaskṛtya kavacaṃ dhārayetsudhīḥ
Having worshipped the guru duly with garments, ornaments and sandal paste, and having bathed and bowed to him, the wise man should wear the armour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.38
कवचस्य प्रसादेन जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः ।। यदि स्यात्सिद्धकवचो विष्णुरेव भवेद्द्विज
kavacasya prasādena jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ || yadi syātsiddhakavaco viṣṇureva bhaveddvija
By the grace of the armour a man becomes liberated while living; and if he becomes one whose armour is perfected, he becomes Viṣṇu himself, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.39
सौतिरुवाच ।। शिवस्य कवचं स्तोत्रं श्रूयतामिति शौनक ।। वशिष्ठेन च यद्दत्तं गन्धर्वाय च यो मनुः
sautiruvāca || śivasya kavacaṃ stotraṃ śrūyatāmiti śaunaka || vaśiṣṭhena ca yaddattaṃ gandharvāya ca yo manuḥ
Sauti said: Let the armour and hymn of Śiva be heard, O Śaunaka — that which was given by Vasiṣṭha to the Gandharva, and the mantra (that it is).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.41
अयं मन्त्रो रावणाय प्रदत्तो ब्रह्मणा पुरा ।। स्वयं शम्भुश्च बाणाय तथा दुर्वाससे पुरा
ayaṃ mantro rāvaṇāya pradatto brahmaṇā purā || svayaṃ śambhuśca bāṇāya tathā durvāsase purā
This mantra was formerly bestowed on Rāvaṇa by Brahmā, and Śambhu himself (bestowed it) formerly on Bāṇa and likewise on Durvāsas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.42
मूलेन सर्वं देयं च नैवेद्यादिकमुत्तमम् ।। ध्यायेन्नित्यादिकं ध्यानं वेदोक्तं सर्वसम्मतम्
mūlena sarvaṃ deyaṃ ca naivedyādikamuttamam || dhyāyennityādikaṃ dhyānaṃ vedoktaṃ sarvasammatam
With the root-mantra everything is to be offered, the excellent food-offering and the rest; one should meditate the meditation — the daily one and the others — which is stated in the Veda and approved by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 19.43
ॐ नमो महादेवाय ।। बाणासुर उवाच ।। महेश्वर महाभाग कवचं यत्प्रकाशितम् ।। संसार पावनं नाम कृपया कथय प्रभो
oṃ namo mahādevāya || bāṇāsura uvāca || maheśvara mahābhāga kavacaṃ yatprakāśitam || saṃsāra pāvanaṃ nāma kṛpayā kathaya prabho
oṃ, homage to Mahādeva. Bāṇāsura said: O Maheśvara, greatly fortunate one, the armour which has been made known, named "Purifier of Saṃsāra" — declare it out of kindness, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.44
महेश्वर उवाच ।। शृणु वक्ष्यामि हे वत्स कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ।। अहं तुम्यं प्रदास्यामि गोपनीयं सुदुर्लभम्
maheśvara uvāca || śṛṇu vakṣyāmi he vatsa kavacaṃ paramādbhutam || ahaṃ tumyaṃ pradāsyāmi gopanīyaṃ sudurlabham
Maheśvara said: Listen, O child, I shall tell the most wondrous armour; I shall bestow on you (what is) to be kept secret and very hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.45
पुरा दुर्वाससे दत्तं त्रैलोक्यविजयाय च
purā durvāsase dattaṃ trailokyavijayāya ca
Formerly it was given to Durvāsas, for the conquest of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.46
ममैवेदं च कवचं भक्त्या यो धारयेत्सुधीः ।। जेतुं शक्नोति त्रैलोक्यं भगवन्नवलीलया
mamaivedaṃ ca kavacaṃ bhaktyā yo dhārayetsudhīḥ || jetuṃ śaknoti trailokyaṃ bhagavannavalīlayā
And the wise man who with devotion wears this very armour of mine is able to conquer the three worlds, O Lord, as if in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.47
संसारपावनस्यास्य कवचस्य प्रजापतिः।। ऋषिश्छन्दश्च गायत्री देवोऽहं च महेश्वरः।। धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु विनियोगः प्रकीर्तितः
saṃsārapāvanasyāsya kavacasya prajāpatiḥ|| ṛṣiśchandaśca gāyatrī devo'haṃ ca maheśvaraḥ|| dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
Of this armour "Purifier of Saṃsāra" Prajāpati is the seer, the metre is gāyatrī, and the deity is I, Maheśvara; its application is proclaimed to be for dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.48
पंचलक्षजपेनैव सिद्धिदं कवचं भवेत् ।। यो भवेत्सिद्धकवचो मम तुल्यो भवेद्भुवि ।। तेजसा सिद्धि योगेन तपसा विक्रमेण च
paṃcalakṣajapenaiva siddhidaṃ kavacaṃ bhavet || yo bhavetsiddhakavaco mama tulyo bhavedbhuvi || tejasā siddhi yogena tapasā vikrameṇa ca
By five hundred thousand recitations the armour becomes granter of success; he who becomes one whose armour is perfected becomes equal to me on earth — in splendour, in attainment, in yoga, in austerity and in valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.49
शम्भुर्मे मस्तकं पातु मुखं पातु महेश्वरः ।। दन्तपक्तिं नीलकण्ठोऽप्यधरोष्ठं हरः स्वयम्
śambhurme mastakaṃ pātu mukhaṃ pātu maheśvaraḥ || dantapaktiṃ nīlakaṇṭho'pyadharoṣṭhaṃ haraḥ svayam
May Śambhu protect my head; may Maheśvara protect the face; may Nīlakaṇṭha (protect) the row of teeth, and Hara himself the lower lip.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.51
सर्वाङ्गं पातु विश्वेशः सर्वदिक्षु च सर्वदा ।। स्वप्ने जागरणे चैव स्थाणुर्मे पातु सन्ततम्
sarvāṅgaṃ pātu viśveśaḥ sarvadikṣu ca sarvadā || svapne jāgaraṇe caiva sthāṇurme pātu santatam
May the Lord of the universe protect the whole body, in all directions and at all times; in sleep and in waking may Sthāṇu protect me continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.52
इति ते कथितं बाण कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ।। यस्मै कस्मै न दातव्यं गोपनीयं प्रयत्नतः
iti te kathitaṃ bāṇa kavacaṃ paramādbhutam || yasmai kasmai na dātavyaṃ gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ
Thus, O Bāṇa, the most wondrous armour has been told to you; it is not to be given to just anyone — it is to be kept secret with care.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.53
यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थानां स्नानेन लभते नरः ।। तत्फलं लभते नूनं कवचस्यैव धारणात्
yatphalaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ snānena labhate naraḥ || tatphalaṃ labhate nūnaṃ kavacasyaiva dhāraṇāt
Whatever fruit a man obtains by bathing at all the sacred fords, that same fruit he surely obtains merely by wearing this armour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.54
इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा भजेन्मां यः सुमन्दधीः ।। शतलक्षप्रजप्तोऽपि न मन्त्रः सिद्धिदायकः
idaṃ kavacamajñātvā bhajenmāṃ yaḥ sumandadhīḥ || śatalakṣaprajapto'pi na mantraḥ siddhidāyakaḥ
He of very dull mind who worships me without knowing this armour — even though his mantra be recited ten million times, it will not grant success.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.55
सौतिरुवाच ।। इदं च कवचं प्रोक्तं स्तोत्रं च शृणु शौनक ।। मन्त्रराजः कल्पतरुर्वसिष्ठो दत्तवान्पुरा
sautiruvāca || idaṃ ca kavacaṃ proktaṃ stotraṃ ca śṛṇu śaunaka || mantrarājaḥ kalpatarurvasiṣṭho dattavānpurā
Sauti said: This armour has been declared; now hear the hymn too, Śaunaka — the king of mantras, a wish-granting tree, which Vasiṣṭha gave long ago.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.56
ॐ नमः शिवाय ।। बाणासुर उवाच ।। वन्दे सुराणां सारं च सुरेशं नीललोहितम् ।। योगीश्वरं योगबीजं योगिनां च गुरोर्गुरुम्
oṃ namaḥ śivāya || bāṇāsura uvāca || vande surāṇāṃ sāraṃ ca sureśaṃ nīlalohitam || yogīśvaraṃ yogabījaṃ yogināṃ ca gurorgurum
Oṃ, homage to Śiva. Bāṇāsura said: I praise the essence of the gods, the lord of gods, the dark-red one, the lord of yoga, the seed of yoga, and the teacher of the teachers of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.57
ज्ञानानन्दं ज्ञानरूपं ज्ञानबीजं सनातनम् ।। तपसां फलदातारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्
jñānānandaṃ jñānarūpaṃ jñānabījaṃ sanātanam || tapasāṃ phaladātāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām
(I praise him who is) the bliss of knowledge, whose form is knowledge, the eternal seed of knowledge, the giver of the fruits of austerities, the giver of all prosperity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.58
तपोरूपं तपोबीजं तपोधनधनं वरम् ।। वरं वरेण्यं वरदमीड्यं सिद्धगणैर्वरैः
taporūpaṃ tapobījaṃ tapodhanadhanaṃ varam || varaṃ vareṇyaṃ varadamīḍyaṃ siddhagaṇairvaraiḥ
whose form is austerity, the seed of austerity, the wealth that is the wealth of austerity, the excellent one; the boon, the one to be chosen, the granter of boons, praised by the excellent hosts of the perfected ones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.59
कारणं भुक्तिमुक्तीनां नरकार्णवतारणम् ।। आशुतोषं प्रसन्नास्यं करुणामयसागरम्
kāraṇaṃ bhuktimuktīnāṃ narakārṇavatāraṇam || āśutoṣaṃ prasannāsyaṃ karuṇāmayasāgaram
the cause of enjoyment and liberation, the ferry across the ocean of hell, quickly pleased, of gracious countenance, an ocean full of compassion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.61
विषयाणां विभेदेन बिभ्रतं बहुरूपकम् ।। जलरूपमग्निरूपमाकाशरूपमीश्वरम्।।
viṣayāṇāṃ vibhedena bibhrataṃ bahurūpakam || jalarūpamagnirūpamākāśarūpamīśvaram||
bearing many forms according to the distinctions of the objects (of sense): the Lord whose form is water, whose form is fire, whose form is space,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.62
वायुरूपं चन्द्ररूपं सूर्य्यरूपं महत्प्रभुम् ।। आत्मनः स्वपदं दातुं समर्थमवलीलया
vāyurūpaṃ candrarūpaṃ sūryyarūpaṃ mahatprabhum || ātmanaḥ svapadaṃ dātuṃ samarthamavalīlayā
whose form is wind, whose form is the moon, whose form is the sun, the great lord, able to give his own station effortlessly, as if in play,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.63
भक्तजीवनमीशं च भक्तानुग्रहकातरम् ।। वेदा न शक्ता यं स्तोतुं किमहं स्तौमि तं प्रभुम्
bhaktajīvanamīśaṃ ca bhaktānugrahakātaram || vedā na śaktā yaṃ stotuṃ kimahaṃ staumi taṃ prabhum
the life of his devotees, the lord, eager (to show) grace to devotees — whom the Vedas are not able to praise: how shall I praise that lord?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.64
अपरिच्छिन्नमीशानमहो वाङ्मनसोः परम् ।। व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरधरं वृषभस्थं दिगम्बरम् ।। त्रिशूलपट्टिशधरं सस्मितं चन्द्रशेखरम्
aparicchinnamīśānamaho vāṅmanasoḥ param || vyāghracarmāmbaradharaṃ vṛṣabhasthaṃ digambaram || triśūlapaṭṭiśadharaṃ sasmitaṃ candraśekharam
the undivided Īśāna — ah, beyond speech and mind! — wearing the tiger-skin as his garment, seated on the bull, clad in the (bare) directions, holding trident and spear, smiling, moon-crested.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.65
इत्युक्त्वा स्तवराजेन नित्यं बाणः सुसंयतः ।। प्राणमच्छङ्करं भक्त्या दुर्वासाश्च मुनीश्वरः
ityuktvā stavarājena nityaṃ bāṇaḥ susaṃyataḥ || prāṇamacchaṅkaraṃ bhaktyā durvāsāśca munīśvaraḥ
Having spoken thus with the king of hymns, Bāṇa, well restrained, constantly bowed with devotion to Śaṅkara, and so did Durvāsas, the lord of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.66
इदं दत्तं वसिष्ठेन गन्धर्वाय पुरा मुने ।। कथितं च महास्तोत्रं शूलिनः परमाद्भुतम्
idaṃ dattaṃ vasiṣṭhena gandharvāya purā mune || kathitaṃ ca mahāstotraṃ śūlinaḥ paramādbhutam
This was given by Vasiṣṭha to the Gandharva long ago, O sage, and this most wondrous great hymn of the trident-bearer was recounted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.67
इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं पठेद्भक्त्या च यो नरः ।। स्नानस्य सर्वतीर्थानां फलमाप्नोति निश्चितम्
idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ paṭhedbhaktyā ca yo naraḥ || snānasya sarvatīrthānāṃ phalamāpnoti niścitam
Whatever man recites with devotion this greatly meritorious hymn certainly obtains the fruit of bathing at all the sacred fords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.68
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं वर्षमेकं शृणोति यः ।। संयतश्च हविष्याशी प्रणम्य शङ्करं गुरुम्
aputro labhate putraṃ varṣamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ || saṃyataśca haviṣyāśī praṇamya śaṅkaraṃ gurum
He who, restrained and eating (only) sacrificial food, having bowed to Śaṅkara the teacher, listens (to it) for one year, being sonless, obtains a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.69
गलत्कुष्ठी महाशूली वर्षमेकं शृणोति यः ।। अवश्यं मुच्यते रोगाद्व्यासवाक्यमिति श्रुतम्
galatkuṣṭhī mahāśūlī varṣamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ || avaśyaṃ mucyate rogādvyāsavākyamiti śrutam
He who, afflicted with oozing leprosy or with severe colic, listens (to it) for one year, is inevitably freed from the disease — thus has the word of Vyāsa been heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.71
भ्रष्टराज्यो लभेद्राज्यं भक्त्या मासं शृणोति यः ।। मासं श्रुत्वा संयतश्च लभेद्भ्रष्टधनो धनम्
bhraṣṭarājyo labhedrājyaṃ bhaktyā māsaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ || māsaṃ śrutvā saṃyataśca labhedbhraṣṭadhano dhanam
He who has lost his kingdom obtains a kingdom, if he listens with devotion for a month; and one whose wealth is lost, restrained, obtains wealth after listening for a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.72
यक्ष्मग्रस्तो वर्षमेकमास्तिको यः शृणोति चेत् ।। निश्चितं मुच्यते रोगाच्छङ्करस्य प्रसादतः
yakṣmagrasto varṣamekamāstiko yaḥ śṛṇoti cet || niścitaṃ mucyate rogācchaṅkarasya prasādataḥ
If one seized by consumption, being a believer, listens for one year, he is certainly freed from the disease by the grace of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.73
यः शृणोति सदा भक्त्या स्तवराजमिमं द्विज ।। तस्यासाध्यं त्रिभुवने नास्ति किंचिच्च शौनक
yaḥ śṛṇoti sadā bhaktyā stavarājamimaṃ dvija || tasyāsādhyaṃ tribhuvane nāsti kiṃcicca śaunaka
He who always listens with devotion to this king of hymns, O twice-born — for him there is nothing whatever unattainable in the three worlds, O Śaunaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.74
कदाचिद्बन्धुविच्छेदो न भवेत्तस्य भारते ।। अचलं परमैश्वर्य्यं लभते नात्र संशयः
kadācidbandhuvicchedo na bhavettasya bhārate || acalaṃ paramaiśvaryyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Never will separation from his kinsmen befall him in Bhārata; he obtains unshakable supreme sovereignty — of this there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.75
सुसंयतोऽतिभक्त्या च मासमेकं शृणोति यः ।। अभार्य्यो लभते भार्य्यां सुविनीतां सतीवराम्
susaṃyato'tibhaktyā ca māsamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ || abhāryyo labhate bhāryyāṃ suvinītāṃ satīvarām
He who, well self-controlled and with great devotion, listens (to it) for one month: if he is without a wife, he obtains a wife, well-behaved, the best of chaste women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.76
महामूर्खश्च दुर्मेधा मासमेकं शृणोति यः ।। बुद्धिं विद्यां च लभते गुरूपदेशमात्रतः
mahāmūrkhaśca durmedhā māsamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ || buddhiṃ vidyāṃ ca labhate gurūpadeśamātrataḥ
He who is a great fool and dull of wit and listens (to it) for one month obtains intelligence and learning by a teacher's instruction alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.77
कर्मदुःखी दरिद्रश्च मासं भक्त्या शृणोति यः।। ध्रुवं वित्तं भवेत्तस्य शङ्करस्य प्रसादतः
karmaduḥkhī daridraśca māsaṃ bhaktyā śṛṇoti yaḥ|| dhruvaṃ vittaṃ bhavettasya śaṅkarasya prasādataḥ
He who is wretched in his work and poor, and listens with devotion for a month: wealth will surely be his, by the grace of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.78
इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा कृत्वा कीर्तिं सुदुर्लभाम् ।। नानाप्रकारधर्मं च यात्यन्ते शङ्करालयम्
iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā kṛtvā kīrtiṃ sudurlabhām || nānāprakāradharmaṃ ca yātyante śaṅkarālayam
Having enjoyed happiness in this world, and having gained fame very hard to win, and dharma of many kinds, at the end he goes to Śaṅkara's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 19.79
पार्षदप्रवरो भूत्वा सेवते तत्र शङ्करम् ।। यः शृणोति त्रिसन्ध्यं च नित्यं स्तोत्रमनुत्तमम्
pārṣadapravaro bhūtvā sevate tatra śaṅkaram || yaḥ śṛṇoti trisandhyaṃ ca nityaṃ stotramanuttamam
Becoming the foremost of (Śiva's) attendants, he serves Śaṅkara there — he who listens at the three junctures of the day, constantly, to this unsurpassed hymn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition