Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 37
BvP 3 37.1
।। नारद उवाच।। कवचं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तां च विद्यां दशाक्षरीम् ।। नाथ त्वत्तो हि सर्वज्ञ भद्रकाल्याश्च साम्प्रतम्
|| nārada uvāca|| kavacaṃ śrotumicchāmi tāṃ ca vidyāṃ daśākṣarīm || nātha tvatto hi sarvajña bhadrakālyāśca sāmpratam
Nārada said: I wish to hear the armour and that ten-syllabled vidyā of Bhadrakālī, O lord, from you, all-knowing one, now.
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BvP 3 37.2
नारायण उवाच ।। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि महाविद्यां दशाक्षरीम् ।। गोपनीयं च कवचं त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi mahāvidyāṃ daśākṣarīm || gopanīyaṃ ca kavacaṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham
Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, Nārada, I shall declare the great ten-syllabled vidyā and the armour that must be kept secret, hard to obtain in the three worlds.
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BvP 3 37.3
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं कालिकायै स्वाहेति च दशाक्षरीम् ।। दुर्वासा हि ददौ राज्ञे पुष्करे सूर्य्यपर्वणि ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं कालिकायै स्वाहा मे पातु मस्तकम् ।। क्लीं कपालं सदा पातु ह्रीं ह्रीं ह्रीमिति लोचने इति ते कथितं वत्स सर्वमन्त्रौघविग्रहम् ।। सर्वेषां कवचानां च सारभूतं परात्परम्
oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāheti ca daśākṣarīm || durvāsā hi dadau rājñe puṣkare sūryyaparvaṇi oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā me pātu mastakam || klīṃ kapālaṃ sadā pātu hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīmiti locane iti te kathitaṃ vatsa sarvamantraughavigraham || sarveṣāṃ kavacānāṃ ca sārabhūtaṃ parātparam
"Oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā" — such is the ten-syllabled (vidyā); Durvāsas indeed gave it to the king at Puṣkara at a solar festival. "Oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā — may it protect my head; may klīṃ always protect my skull; hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ — the two eyes." Thus it has been told to you, child — the very embodiment of the whole flood of mantras, the essence of all armours, higher than the highest.
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BvP 3 37.4
दशलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिः कृता पुरा ।। पञ्चलक्षजपेनैव पठन्कवचमुत्तमम्
daśalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhiḥ kṛtā purā || pañcalakṣajapenaiva paṭhankavacamuttamam
By a recitation of a million (japa) the mantra's power was accomplished of old; and by a recitation of five hundred thousand, reciting the supreme armour,
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BvP 3 37.5
बभूव सिद्धकवचोऽप्ययोध्यामाजगाम सः ।। कृत्स्नां हि पृथिवीं जिग्ये कवचस्य प्रभावतः
babhūva siddhakavaco'pyayodhyāmājagāma saḥ || kṛtsnāṃ hi pṛthivīṃ jigye kavacasya prabhāvataḥ
he became one whose armour was perfected, and he came to Ayodhyā; indeed he conquered the whole earth through the power of the armour.
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BvP 3 37.6
नारद उवाच ।। श्रुता दशाक्षरी विद्या त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभा ।। अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि कवचं ब्रूहि मे प्रभो
nārada uvāca || śrutā daśākṣarī vidyā triṣu lokeṣu durlabhā || adhunā śrotumicchāmi kavacaṃ brūhi me prabho
Nārada said: The ten-syllabled vidyā, hard to obtain in the three worlds, has been heard. Now I wish to hear the armour; tell it to me, lord.
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BvP 3 37.7
नारायण उवाच ।। शृणु वक्ष्यामि विप्रेन्द्र कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ।। नारायणेन यद्दत्तं कृपया शूलिने पुरा
nārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu vakṣyāmi viprendra kavacaṃ paramādbhutam || nārāyaṇena yaddattaṃ kṛpayā śūline purā
Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, best of brahmins, I shall declare the supremely wondrous armour, which was formerly given by Nārāyaṇa out of compassion to the Trident-bearer (Śiva),
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BvP 3 37.8
त्रिपुरस्य वधे घोरे शिवस्य विजयाय च ।। तदेव शूलिना दत्तं पुरा दुर्वाससे मुने
tripurasya vadhe ghore śivasya vijayāya ca || tadeva śūlinā dattaṃ purā durvāsase mune
in the dreadful slaying of Tripura, and for Śiva's victory; that very (armour) was formerly given by the Trident-bearer to Durvāsas, O sage,
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BvP 3 37.9
दुर्वाससा च यद्दत्तं सुचन्द्राय महात्मने ।। अतिगुह्यतरं तत्त्वं सर्वमन्त्रौघविग्रहम् ।।
durvāsasā ca yaddattaṃ sucandrāya mahātmane || atiguhyataraṃ tattvaṃ sarvamantraughavigraham ||
and what was given by Durvāsas to the great-souled Sucandra — a most secret truth, the very embodiment of the whole flood of mantras.
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BvP 3 37.11
ॐ ह्रीं त्रिलोचने स्वाहा नासिकां मे सदाऽवतु ।। क्लीं कालिके रक्ष रक्ष स्वाहा दन्तान्सदाऽवतु
oṃ hrīṃ trilocane svāhā nāsikāṃ me sadā'vatu || klīṃ kālike rakṣa rakṣa svāhā dantānsadā'vatu
"Oṃ hrīṃ trilocane svāhā" — may it always protect my nose; "klīṃ kālike rakṣa rakṣa svāhā" — may it always protect my teeth.
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BvP 3 37.12
क्लीं भद्रकालिके स्वाहा पातु मेऽधरयुग्मकम् ।। ॐ ह्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं कालिकायै स्वाहा कण्ठं सदाऽवतु
klīṃ bhadrakālike svāhā pātu me'dharayugmakam || oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā kaṇṭhaṃ sadā'vatu
"Klīṃ bhadrakālike svāhā" — may it protect my pair of lips; "oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā" — may it always protect my throat.
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BvP 3 37.13
ॐ ह्रीं कालिकायै स्वाहा कर्णयुग्मं सदाऽवतु ।। ॐ क्रीं क्रीं क्लीं काल्यै स्वाहा स्कन्धं पातु सदा मम
oṃ hrīṃ kālikāyai svāhā karṇayugmaṃ sadā'vatu || oṃ krīṃ krīṃ klīṃ kālyai svāhā skandhaṃ pātu sadā mama
"Oṃ hrīṃ kālikāyai svāhā" — may it always protect my two ears; "oṃ krīṃ krīṃ klīṃ kālyai svāhā" — may it always protect my shoulder.
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BvP 3 37.14
ॐ क्रीं भद्रकाल्यै स्वाहा मम वक्षः सदाऽवतु ।। ॐ क्लीं कालिकायै स्वाहा मम नाभिं सदाऽवतु
oṃ krīṃ bhadrakālyai svāhā mama vakṣaḥ sadā'vatu || oṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā mama nābhiṃ sadā'vatu
"Oṃ krīṃ bhadrakālyai svāhā" — may it always protect my chest; "oṃ klīṃ kālikāyai svāhā" — may it always protect my navel.
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BvP 3 37.15
ॐ ह्रीं कालिकायै स्वाहा मम पृष्ठं सदाऽवतु ।। रक्तबीजविनाशिन्यै स्वाहा हस्तो सदाऽवतु
oṃ hrīṃ kālikāyai svāhā mama pṛṣṭhaṃ sadā'vatu || raktabījavināśinyai svāhā hasto sadā'vatu
"Oṃ hrīṃ kālikāyai svāhā" — may it always protect my back; "(oṃ) raktabījavināśinyai svāhā" — may it always protect my two hands.
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BvP 3 37.16
ॐ ह्रीं क्लीं मुण्डमालिन्यै स्वाहा पादौ सदावतु।। ॐ ह्रीं चामुण्डायै स्वाहा सर्वाङ्गं मे सदाऽवतु
oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ muṇḍamālinyai svāhā pādau sadāvatu|| oṃ hrīṃ cāmuṇḍāyai svāhā sarvāṅgaṃ me sadā'vatu
"Oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ muṇḍamālinyai svāhā" — may it always protect my feet; "oṃ hrīṃ cāmuṇḍāyai svāhā" — may it always protect my whole body.
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BvP 3 37.17
प्राच्यां पातु महाकाली चाग्नेय्यां रक्तदन्तिका ।। दक्षिणे पातु चामुण्डा नैर्ऋत्यां पातु कालिका
prācyāṃ pātu mahākālī cāgneyyāṃ raktadantikā || dakṣiṇe pātu cāmuṇḍā nairṛtyāṃ pātu kālikā
In the east may Mahākālī protect (me), and in the southeast Raktadantikā; in the south may Cāmuṇḍā protect (me), in the southwest may Kālikā protect (me).
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BvP 3 37.18
श्यामा च वारुणे पातु वायव्यां पातु चण्डिका ।। उत्तरे विकटास्या चाप्यैशान्यां साट्टहासिनी
śyāmā ca vāruṇe pātu vāyavyāṃ pātu caṇḍikā || uttare vikaṭāsyā cāpyaiśānyāṃ sāṭṭahāsinī
And in the west may Śyāmā protect (me), in the northwest may Caṇḍikā protect (me); in the north Vikaṭāsyā, and in the northeast She of the Loud Laughter (Aṭṭahāsinī).
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BvP 3 37.19
पातूर्ध्वं लोलजिह्वा सा मायाऽऽद्या पात्वधः सदा ।। जले स्थले चान्तरिक्षे पातु विश्वप्रसूः सदा
pātūrdhvaṃ lolajihvā sā māyā''dyā pātvadhaḥ sadā || jale sthale cāntarikṣe pātu viśvaprasūḥ sadā
May She of the Rolling Tongue protect above, and may the primordial Māyā always protect below; in water, on land, and in the sky may the Mother of the universe always protect (me).
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BvP 3 37.21
सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो राजा सुचन्द्रोऽस्य प्रभावतः ।। कवचस्य प्रभावेन मान्धाता पृथिवीपतिः
saptadvīpeśvaro rājā sucandro'sya prabhāvataḥ || kavacasya prabhāvena māndhātā pṛthivīpatiḥ
By the power of this (armour) King Sucandra became lord of the seven continents; by the power of the armour Māndhātā became lord of the earth,
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BvP 3 37.22
प्रचेता लोमशश्चैव यतः सिद्धो बभूव ह ।। यतो हि योगिनां श्रेष्ठः सौभरिः पिप्पलायनः
pracetā lomaśaścaiva yataḥ siddho babhūva ha || yato hi yogināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ saubhariḥ pippalāyanaḥ
and by it Pracetas and Lomaśa became perfected; by it too Saubhari Pippalāyana (became) the foremost of yogins.
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BvP 3 37.23
यदि स्यात्सिद्धकवचः सर्वसिद्धीश्वरो भवेत् ।। महादानानि सर्वाणि तपांस्येवं व्रतानि व ।। निश्चितं कवचस्यास्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
yadi syātsiddhakavacaḥ sarvasiddhīśvaro bhavet || mahādānāni sarvāṇi tapāṃsyevaṃ vratāni va || niścitaṃ kavacasyāsya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
If one has mastered the armour, he becomes lord of all attainments. All great gifts, austerities and vows likewise — certainly they do not equal a sixteenth part of this armour.
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BvP 3 37.24
इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा भजेत्कालीं जगत्प्रसूम् ।। शतलक्षं प्रजप्तोऽपि न मन्त्रः सिद्धिदायकः
idaṃ kavacamajñātvā bhajetkālīṃ jagatprasūm || śatalakṣaṃ prajapto'pi na mantraḥ siddhidāyakaḥ
If, without knowing this armour, one worships Kālī, the Mother of the world, then even though recited ten million times the mantra does not bestow attainment.
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