Śrī Nṛsiṁha Kavaca Stotram

nṛsiṁha-kavacaṁ vakṣye

prahlādenoditaṁ purā

sarva-rakṣa-karaṁ puṇyaṁ

sarvopadrava-nāśanam

I shall now recite the Nrsimha- kavacha, formerly spoken by Prahlada Maharaja. It is most pious, vanquishes all kinds of impediments, and provides one all protection.

sarva-sampat-karaṁ caiva

svarga-mokṣa-pradāyakam

dhyātvā nṛsiṁhaṁ deveśaṁ

hema-siṁhāsana-sthitam

It bestows upon one all opulences and can give one elevation to the heavenly planets or liberation. One should meditate on Lord Nrsimha, Lord of the universe, seated upon a golden throne.

vivritāsyaṁ trinayanaṁ

śarad indu sama prabham

lakṣmyāliṅgita-vāmāṅgam

vibhūtibhi-rupāśritam

His mouth is wide open, He has three eyes, and He is as radiant as the autumn moon. He is embraced by Lakshmi Devi on His left side, and His form is the shelter of all opulences, both material and spiritual.

catur-bhujaṁ-komalāṅgaṁ

svarṇa-kuṇḍala-śobhitam

saroja-śobitoraskaṁ

ratna-keyūra-mudritam

The Lord has four arms and His limbs are very soft. He is decorated with golden earrings. His chest is resplendent like the lotus flower, and His arms are decorated with jewel-studded ornaments.

tapta-kāñcana-saṅkāśaṁ

pīta-nirmala-vāsasam

indrādi-sura-mauliṣṭhaḥ

sphuran māṇikya-dīptibhiḥ

He is dressed in a spotless yellow garment, which exactly resembles molten gold. He is the original cause of existence, beyond the mundane sphere, for the great demigods headed by Indra. He appears bedecked with rubies which are blazingly effulgent.

virājita-pada-dvandvaṁ

śaṅkha-cakrādi-hetibhiḥ

garutmatā ca vinayāt

stūyamānaṁ mudānvitam

His two feet are very attractive, and He is armed with various weapons such as the conch and disc. Garuda joyfully offers Him prayers with great reverence.

sva-hṛt-kamala-saṁ-vāsaṁ

kṛtvā tu kavacaṁ paṭhet

nṛsiṁho me śiraḥ pātu

loka-rakṣārtha-sambhavaḥ

Having seated Lord Nrsimhadeva upon the lotus of one’s heart, one should recite the following mantra: May Lord Narasimha, who protects all the planetary systems, protect my head.

sarvago ‘pi stambha vāsaḥ

phalaṁ me rakṣatu dhvanim

nṛsiṁho me dṛśau pātu

soma sūryāgni locanaḥ

Although the Lord is all- pervading, He hid Himself within a pillar. May He protect my speech and the results of my activities. May Lord Nrsimha, whose eyes are the sun and fire, protect my eyes.

smṛtaṁ me pātu nṛhariḥ

muni-vārya-stuti-priyaḥ

nāsaṁ me siṁha-nāśas tu

mukhaṁ lakṣmī mukha priyaḥ

May Lord Hari, who is pleased by the prayers offered by the best of sages, protect my memory. May He who has the nose of a lion protect my nose, and may He whose face is very dear to the Goddess of fortune protect my mouth.

sarva-vidyādhipaḥ pātu

nṛsiṁho rasanaṁ mama

vaktraṁ pātv indu-vadanaṁ

sadā prahlāda vanditaḥ

May Lord Nrsimha, who is the knower of all sciences, protect my sense of taste. May He whose face is beautiful as the full moon and who is offered prayers by Prahlada Maharaja protect my face.

nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu me kaṇṭhaṁ

skandhau bhū-bhṛd ananta-kṛt

divyāstra-śobhita-bhujaḥ

nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu me bhujau

May Lord Nrsimhadeva protect my throat. He is the sustainer of the earth and the performer of unlimited wonderful activities. May He protect my shoulders. His arms are resplendent with transcendental weapons. May He protect my shoulders.

karau me deva-varado

nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu sarvataḥ

hṛdayaṁ-yogi-sādhyaś ca

nivāsaṁ pātu me hariḥ

May the Lord, who bestows benedictions upon the demigods, protect my hands, and may He protect me from all sides. May He who is achieved by the perfect yogis protect my heart, and may Lord Hari protect my dwelling place.

madhyaṁ pātu hiraṇyākṣa-

vakṣaḥ-kukṣi-vidāranaḥ

nābhiṁ me pātu nṛhariḥ

sva-nābhi-brahma-saṁstutaḥ

May He who ripped apart the chest and abdomen of the great demon Hiranyakashipu protect my waist, and may Lord Hari protect my navel. He is offered prayers by Lord Brahmā, who has sprung from His own navel.

brahmāṇḍa-koṭayaḥ kaṭyāṁ

yasyāsau pātu me kaṭim

guhyaṁ me pātu guhyānāṁ

mantrāṇāṁ guhya-rūpa-dṛk

May He on whose hips rest all the universes protect my hips. May the Lord protect my private parts. He is the knower of all mantras and all mysteries, but He Himself is not visible.

ūrū manobhavaḥ pātu

jānunī nara-rūpa-dṛk

jaṅghe pātu dharā-bhara-

hartā yo ‘sau nṛkeśarī

May He who is the original cupid protect my thighs. May He who exhibits a human-like form protect my knees. May the remover of the burden of the earth, who appears in a form which is half-man and half-lion, protect my calves.

sura-rājya-pradaḥ pātu

pādau me nṛharīśvaraḥ

sahasra-śīrṣā-puruṣaḥ

pātu me sarvaśas tanum

May the bestower of heavenly opulence protect my feet. He is the Supreme Controller in the form of a man and lion combined. May the thousand- headed Supreme enjoyer protect my body from all sides and in all respects.

mahograḥ pūrvataḥ pātu

mahā-virāgrajo ‘gnitaḥ

mahā-viṣṇur dakṣiṇe tu

mahā-jvalas tu nairṝtaḥ

May that most ferocious personality protect me from the east. May He who is superior to the greatest heroes protect me from the southeast, which is presided over by Agni. May the Supreme Vishnu protect me from the south, and may that person of blazing lustre protect me from the southwest.

paścime pātu sarveśo

diśi me sarvatomukhaḥ

nṛsiṁhaḥ pātu vāyavyāṁ

saumyāṁ bhūṣaṇa vigrahaḥ

May the Lord of everything protect me from the west. His faces are everywhere, so please may He protect me from this direction. May Lord Narasimha protect me from the northwest, which is predominated by Vayu, and may He whose form is in itself the Supreme ornament protect me from the north, where Soma resides.

īśānyāṁ pātu bhadro me

sarva-maṅgala-dayakaḥ

saṁsāra-bhayataḥ pātu

mṛtyor mṛtyur nṛkeśari

May the all-auspicious Lord, who Himself bestows all- auspiciousness, protect from the northeast, the direction of the Sun-God, and may He who is death personified protect me from fear of death and rotation in this material world.

idaṁ nṛsiṁha-kavacaṁ

prahlāda-mukha-maṇḍitam

bhaktimān yaḥ paṭhen nityaṁ

sarva pāpaiḥ pramucyate

This Narasimha-kavacha has been ornamented by issuing from the mouth of Prahlada Maharaja. A devotee who reads this becomes freed from all sins.

putravān dhanavān loke

dīrghāyur upajāyate

kāmayate yaṁ yaṁ kāmaṁ

taṁ taṁ prāpnoty asaṁśayam

Whatever one desires in this world he can attain without doubt. One can have wealth, many sons and a long life.

sarvatra jayam āpnoti

sarvatra vijayī bhavet

bhūmy antarīkṣa-divyānāṁ

grahāṇām vini vāraṇam

He becomes victorious, who desires victory, and indeed becomes a conqueror. He wards off the influence of all planets, earthly, heavenly and everything in between.

vṛś-cikoraga-sambhūta

viṣāpaharaṇaṁ param

brahma-rākṣasa-yakṣāṇāṁ

dūrotsāraṇa-kāraṇam

This is the supreme remedy for the poisonous effects of serpents and scorpions, Brahmā-rakshasa ghosts and Yakshas are driven away.

bhuje vā tāla pātre vā

kavacaṁ likhitaṁ śubham

kara-mūle dhṛtaṁ yena

sidhyeyuḥ karma siddhayaḥ

One may write this most auspicious prayer on his arm, or inscribe it on a palm-leaf and attach it to his wrist and all his activities will become perfect.

devāsura manuṣyeṣu

svaṁ svam eva jayaṁ labhet

eka-sandhyaṁ tri-sandhyaṁ vā

yaḥ paṭhen niyato naraḥ

One who regularly chants this prayer, whether once or thrice (daily), becomes victorious whether among demigods, demons or human beings.

sarva-maṅgala-maṅgalyaṁ

bhuktiṁ muktiṁ ca vindati

dvā-triṁ-śati-sahasrāṇi

paṭhet śuddhātmanām nṛṇām

One who with purified heart recites this prayer 32,000 times attains the most auspicious of all auspicious things, and material enjoyment and liberation are already understood to be available to such a person.

kavacasyāsya mantrasya

mantra-siddhiḥ prajāyate

anena mantra rājena

kṛtvā bhasmābhir mantrāṇām

This Kavacha-mantra is the king of all mantras. One attains by it what would be attained by anointing oneself with ashes and chanting all other mantras.

tilakaṁ vinyased yas tu

tasya graha-bhayaṁ haret

tri-vāraṁ japa-mānas tu

dattaṁ vāryābhi-mantrya ca

Having marked ones body with tilaka, taking acamana with water, and reciting this mantra three times, one will find that the fear of all inauspicious planets is removed.

prasayed yo naro mantraṁ

nṛsiṁha-dhyānam ācaret

tasya rogāḥ praṇaśyanti

ye ca syuḥ kukṣi-sambhavāḥ

That person who recites this mantra, meditating upon Lord Nrsimhadeva, has all of his diseases vanquished, including those of the abdomen.

garjantaṁ gārjayantaṁ

nija-bhuja-paṭalam

sphoṭayantaṁ haṭhantaṁ

rūpyantaṁ tāpayantam

Lord Nrsimha roars loudly and causes others to roar. With His multitudes of arms He tears the demons asunder and kills them in this way.

divi bhuvi ditijaṁ

kṣepa-yantaṁ kṣipantam

krandantaṁ roṣayantaṁ

diśi diśi satantaṁ

He is always seeking out and tormenting the demoniac descendants of Diti, both on this earth planet and in the higher planets, and He throws them down and scatters them.

saṁharantaṁ bharantaṁ

vīkṣantaṁ pūrṇayantaṁ

kara-nikara-śatair

divya siṁhaṁ namāmi

He cries with great anger as He destroys the demons in all directions, yet with His unlimited hands He sustains, protects, and nourishes the cosmic manifestation. I offer my respectful obeisances to the Lord, who has assumed the form of a transcendental lion.

iti śrī brāhmāṇda-purāṇe

prahlādoktam

śrī nṛsiṁha-kavacaṁ

sampūrṇaṁ sampūrṇam

Thus ends the Nrsimha-kavacha as it is described by Prahlada Maharaja in the Brahmana Purana.