Trilokya Mangala Vishnu Kavacham

(The armour that brings good things to the three worlds.)

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

(This great prayer has been told by Sage Sanath Kumara to sage Narada and is a part of the book, Narada Pancha rathra.)

 

Narada Uvacha:-

Bhagawan Sarva Dharmagna , kavcham yath prakasitham,

Trilokya Mangalam nama krupaya Kadhya prabho.                                           1

 

Narada said:-

Oh God who follows all Dharma , please make known to me that armour,

Which is known as “The one which does good to three worlds”.

 

 

Sanathkumara Uvacha:-

 

Srunu Vakshyami Viprendra  , kavacham paramadhbutham,

Narayanena  kadhidham krupaya Brahmana pura.                                                2

 

Hear Oh , the best of Brahmins ,  the wonderful armour,

Which was told in olden times  by Narayana to Brahma out of mercy.

 

Brahmana kadhitham  mahyam param snehad vadhami  they,

Athi guhyatharam  thathwam  Brahma manthrougha  vigraham.                          3

 

I would tell you out of the love this  very secret  Armour,

Which was told to me by Brahma , which was composed using Brahma mantras.

 

Yadhruthwa padanath  Brahma  srushtim vithanuthe druvam,

Yadruthwa patanadh padi  maha lakakshmir jagat thrayam.                                  4

 

Only by wearing this armour Lord Brahma is doing the job of creation,

Only Wearing  this armour  Goddess Lakshmi is looking after the three worlds.

 

Padanath dharana shambu  samhartha  sarva manthra vid,

Trilokya janani durga  mahishadhi mahasuraan                                                       5

 

Vardrupthaan  jaghanaiva  padanth dharanadhyadha,

Evam Indradhaya  sarve  sarva iswarya mavapnuyu.                                                6

 

 

Reading and wearing this Lord Shiva who knows all mantras destroyed the world,

The mother of the three worlds  Durga  killed the great Mahishasura and other bad ones,

Who were bloated with pride  due to the several boons got by them,

And Indra and others  got all sort of wealth by this mantra.

 

Idham Kavacham athi guhyam  kuthrapi no vadeth,

Sishyaya  bhakthi yukukthaya  sadhakaya prakasayeth                                          7

 

Sataaya para sishyaya  dathwa  mruthyu mavapnuyat.                                            8

 

This armour which is very secret should never be told to any one,

Except own disciples who are with devotion and can become practitioners.

And if this is told to other disciples who are competitive, death would result.

 

Trilokya mangalasyasya Kvachasya prajapathi,

Rishi, Chandhascha Gayathri , Devo Narayana ,

Swayam dharma artha kama moksheshu  viniyoga prakeerthitha.                            9

 

For the Armour for the good of all the three worlds  the sage is Prajapthi,

The meter is Gayathri , the God addressed is Narayana  and this is chanted,

For us getting Dharma, wealth  passion and salvation.

 

Pranavo may sira pathu , namo narayanaya cha,

Phaalam , nethra yugalam ashtarno  bhakthi mukthidha.                                        10

 

Let “Om” protect my head ,

Let “Namo Narayana” protect my forehead ,

And  let my two eyes be protected by the eight lettered “Om Namo Narayanaya.”

 

Kleem payad  srothra yugmam , chaikakshara  sarva mohana,

Kleem Krishnaya  sada graanam  Govindayethi jihwikam.                                     11

 

Let “Kleem” protect both my ears,

Let “Kleem Krishnnaya” protect my nose,

And let “Govindaya”  protect my toungue.

 

Gopi jana pada vallabhaya  swahananam mama,

Ashta dasaksharo manthra  kandam pathu dasakshara.                                           12

 

Let “Gopi Jana Vallabhaya” protect my face ,

And the eighteen lettered “Gopi jana vallabhaya swaha” protect my neck,

 

Gopi jana  pada vallabhaya  swaha pathu Bhuja dwayam,

Kleem Gloum  Kleem Shyamalangaya nama  Skandow dasakshara.                      13

 

Let   “Gopi jana pada vallabhaya swaha “ protect both my arms,

 And let the ten lettered “ klim gloum klim Shyamalagnaya nama” protect my shoulders.

 

Kleem Krishna Kleem  karou  payath Kleem Keishna  yangatho aavathu,

Hrudayam bhuvanesana  Kleem Krishna Kleem  sthanou mama.                            14

 

Let “Kleem Krishna Kleem” protect my hands ,

Let “Kleem Krishna”  protect my body,

Let the god of the universe protect  my heart,

And “Kleem Krishna Kleem”  protect my chest.

 

Gopalayagni jayantham  kukshi yugmam  sadavathu,

Kleem Krishnaya  sada pathu  parswa yugmam  manuthama.                                   15

 

Let “Gopalaya Swaha” protect both my arm pits,

Let “Kleem Krishmaya” protect my both sides.

 

Krishna govindhakou  pathaam smaradhyaou  deyuthou manu,

Ashtakshara  pathu nabhim , Krishnethi dwayakshara aavathu.                                16

 

Let my navel be protected by  eight lettered “Kleem Krishnaya Govindaya”,

And let “Krishna” , the two lettered word protect my back.

 

Prushtam  kleem krushtaka, galam kleem  krushtaya  dwianthaka,

SAkthini  saththam pathu Sreem Hreem Kleem Krishnata dwayam.                        17

 

Ooru sapthakshara  payath  trayo dasakshara aavathum

Sreem Hreem, Kleem  padatho gopi jana vallabha padam Thatha.                            18

 

Bhaya swahethi  payum vai kleem  Hreem Sreem  sada sarnnaka,

Janumi  cha sada  pathu  Hreem, Sreem Kleem  cha dasakshara.                               19

 

Let “Kleem Krishna” protect my bones,

Let “Kleem Krishnaya tha tha” protect my energy organs,

Let “Srim Hrim Krishnaya tha tha”  the seven lettered mantra protect my thighs,

Let my anus be protected by the thirteen lettered mantra, “Hrim Klim Gopi jana Vallabhaya svaha”

Let my knees be protected by the ten lettered mantra “Klim Hrim Srim”.

 

Traya dasakshara  pathu janghe  chakradhyudhayudha,

Ashta dasaksharo Hrim Srim poorvako vimsadarnaka.                                                 20

 

Let the thirteen letter mantra protect my thighs and let the holy wheel and other weapons,

Be protected by the eighteen lettered manta starting with Hrim Srim.

 

Sarvangam may sada pathu dwaraka nayako bali,

Namo Bhagawathe  paschad Vasudevaya  thath param.                                                21

Tharadhyo  dwadasarnoyam   prachyaam  maam sarva dhavathu,

Srim, Hreem, Kleem chada sannasthu  Hreem Kleem, Sreem Shodasarnaka.               22

 

Gadadhydhayadho  Vishnu mam agni disi  Rakshthu,

Hreem Sreem  Dasaksharo  manthro Dakshine  maam sadavathu.                                 23

 

Let my organs  be always by the Lord of dwaraka  by the chant of the mantra,

“Om namo bhagawade Vasudevaya”

Let me east side be protected always by the twelve letter “Om namo Vasudevaya”,

Let the ten lettered “Hreem, Kleem..” etc and the sixteen lettered “Hreem Kleem “etc

Along with mace wheel  all all other weapons  protect my south east,

The ten lettered manthra “Hreem Sreem etc” protect my south side.

 

Tharo namo bhagawathe Rugmani vallabhaya cha,

Swahethi shodasarnoyam nairythyam disi rakshathu.                                                      24

 

Let the sixteen letter “Om namo Bhagwathe Rukhmani vallabhaya swaha”

Protect my south eastern side.

 

Kleem hrishi kepa damasaya  namo maam varunovathu,

Ashta dasarnna kamantho vayavye maam sadavathu.                                                       25

 

Let “Klim Hrishikesaya Nama” protect my western side,

Let the eighteen lettered mantra ending with Kama protect my north west side.

 

Srim maya kama krishnaya Govindaya dwito manu,

Dwadasarnathmako Vishnur  uthare maam sadavathu.                                                     26

 

Let the twelve lettered mantra “ Srim Hrim Kleem Krishnaya,

Govindaya tha tha” which is with Vishnu protect my north side.

 

Vag bhayam  kama  Krishnaya Hreem Govindaya Thath param,

Srim gopi jana vallabhanthe bhaya swaha hasthou Thatha,                                             27

 

Dwawisathyaksharo  mantro maam Isanye sada vathu,

Kaliyasya phana madhye  divyam nruthyam karothi thwam.                                            28

 

Let my north east side be protected by the twenty two syllable mantra,

“Aim Kleem Krishnaya Hreem Govindaya Gopi jana vallabhaya ,

Ha Sou,”

You do the divine dance in the middle of the hood of  Kaliya.,

 

Namami Devaki puthram nruthya rajanumachyutham,

Dwathrimsyaksharo  mantro apyadho maam sarva dhavathu.                                           29

 

Kamadevaya Vidhmahe Pushpa Banaya dheemahi ,

Thanno ananga  prachodhayadesha  maam pathu  chordwatha.                                      30

 

I salute the son of Devaki and Achyutha the king of dancers,

Let my upper part be protected by  mantra of thirty two syllables,

“Kamadevaya vidmahe, pushpa vanaya deemahi thanno anagha prachodayath.”

 

Phala Sruthi

 

Ithi they kaditham Vipra  brahma mantrogha vigraham,

Trilokya Mangalam  nama kavacham Brahma roopakam.                                               31

 

Oh Brahmin , what I have told you till now is the form of Brahma,

And is known as armour for the betterment of the three worlds.

 

Brahmna kaditham poorvam , Narayana mukhachatham,

Thava snehaan  mayaakhaatham  pravakthavyam na kasyachith.                                   32

 

Lord Brahma heard it from Narayana and out of liking to you,

I told it to you and you should not tell it to any other.

 

Gurum pranamya vidhivath Kavacham prapateth thadhaa,

Sakrud  dwistir yadha jnanam  sa hi  sarva thapomaya.                                                   33

 

By saluting the Guru according to rules, this armour has to be ,

Read twice  or  thrice as much as needed and this will lead you to ascetic nature.

 

Manthreshu sakaleshwa Desike nathra samsaya,

Satham ashtotharam  chaasya purascharya vidhi smrutha.                                               34

 

All these mantras are elevating without doubt,

And these can be read one hundred and eight times.

 

Havanaadhin dasamsena kruthwa thath saadhayeth druvam,

Yadhi syaath sidha kavacho Vishnureva bhaveth swayam.                                              35

 

Performing fire sacrifice for one tenth of that , one would definitely achieve,

If one practices thus and becomes an expert in this kavacha , equality to Lord Vishnu.

 

Mantha sidhir bhaveth thasya purascharya vidhaanatha,

Spardha mudhooya sathatham Lakshmeer Vani vaseth Thatha.                                      36

 

If one gets realization of this mantra following the instructions of Guru,

Goddess Lakshmi and Saraswathi would show mercy to him and be with him.

 

Pushapajalyashtakam dhathwa  moolenaiva padeth sukrud ,

Dasa varsha sahasrani  poojaya phala mapnuyath.                                                            37

If with devotion the text is read after worshipping one hundred times with flowers,

He would get the same result as worshipping for ten thousand years.

 

Bhoorje  vilikhyanguleekaam swarnastham  dharayed yadi,

Kande va  dakshine bahou  sopi Vishnur na samsaya.                                                    38

 

If anointing  is done by the ring finger adorned with gold  in streams,

Then without any doubt Vishnu will be in his neck or right hand.

 

Aswamedha sahasrani Vajapeya sathani cha,

Maha dhaanaani yanaiva  pradakshinyam bhuvana sthadha,                                           39

 

He would get the effect of conducting one thousand Aswa medhas,

One hundred Vajapeyas , performing great charities and going round the earth.

 

Kalaam narhanthi thanyaiva sakrud ucharana Thada,

Kavchasya prasadena  Jeevan muktho Bhaven nara.                                                        40

 

Even if one does not merit it , by properly reading the Kavacha,

The humans will get salvation.

 

Trilokyam kshobhayathyeva,\

Trilokya vijayee bhaveth.                                                                                                   41

 

Even if all the three worlds are Angry,

He would win over all the three worlds.

 

Idha, kavacham gnathwa  yajedhya  purushothamam,

Satha laksham prajaptho  api na manthrasya sidhyathi.                                                   42

 

If this armour is understood and sacrifice done by a great man,

He would not get the same effect by chanting ,

Any other Mantra one million times.