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[49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.49) - [50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.50) — 1 part ## Text ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.2) brahmovāca trāsti guhyatamaṃ vipra sarvabhūtopakārakam devyāstu kavacaṃ purāyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmune ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.3) prathamaṃ śailaputrī ca dvitīyaṃ brahmacāriṇī tṛtīyaṃ candraghaṇṭeti kūṣmāṇḍeti caturthakam ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.4) pañcamaṃ skandamāteti ṣaṣṭhaṃ kātyāyanīti ca saptamaṃ kālarātrīti mahāgaurīti cāṣṭamam ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.5) navamaṃ siddhidā proktā nava durgāḥ prakīrtitāḥ| uktānyetāni nāmāni brahma ṇaiva mahātmanā ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.6) agninā dahyamānastu śatrumadhye gato raṇe| viṣame durgame caiva bhayārtāḥ śaraṇāṃ gatāḥ ### [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.7) na teṣāṃ jāyate kiñcidaśubhaṃ raṇāsaṅkaṭe| nāpadaṃ tasya paśyanti sarvaduḥkhakṣa yaṅkarī ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.8) yaistu bhaktyā smṛtā nūnaṃ teṣā vṛddhiḥ prajāyate | pretasaṃsthā tu cāmuṇḍā vārā hī mahiṣāsanā ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.9) aindrī gajasamārūḍhā vaiṣṇavī garuḍāsanā | māheśvarī vṛṣārūḍhā kau mārī śikhivāhanā ### [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.10) brāhmī haṃsasamārūḍhā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | nānābharaṇaśobhāḍhyā nā nāranopaśobhitāḥ ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.11) dṛśyante rathamārūḍhā devyaḥ krodhasamākulāḥ | śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ śaktiṃ halaṃ ca musalāyudham ### [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.12) kheṭakaṃ tomaraṃ caiva paraśuṃ pāśameva ca| kuntāyudhaṃ triśūlaṃ ca śārṅgāyudhamanuttamam ### [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.13) daityānāṃ dehanāśāya bhaktānāmabhayāya ca| dhārayantyāyudhā nītthaṃ devānāṃ ca hitāya vai ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.14) mahābale mahotsāhe mahābhayavināśini| trāhi māṃ devi duṣprekṣye śatrūṇāṃ bhayavardhini ### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.15) prācyāṃ rakṣatu māmaindrī āgneyyāmagnidevatā dakṣiṇe rakṣa vārāhi nairṛtyāṃ khaḍgadhāriṇī ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.16) pratīcyāṃ vāruṇī rakṣedvāyavyāṃ mṛgavāhinī rakṣedudīcyāṃ kaumārī īśānyāṃ śūladhāriṇī ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.17) ūrdhvaṃ brahmāṇi me rakṣeddhastādvaiṣṇavī tathā evaṃ daśa diśo rakṣeccāmuṇḍā śavabāhanā ### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.18) jayā me cāgrataḥ sthātu vijayā sthātu pṛṣṭhataḥ| ajitā vāma pārśve tu dakṣiṇe cāparājitā ### [16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.16-2) śikhā mudyotinī rakṣedumā mūrdhni vyavasthitā mālādharī lalāṭe ca bhruvau rakṣedyaśasvinī ### [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.22) trinetrā ca bhruvormadhye yamaghaṇṭā ca nāsike śaṅkhinī cakṣuṣormadhye śrotrayordvāravāsinī 20 kapolau kālikā rakṣetkarṇamūle tu śāṅkarī nāsikāyāṃsugandhā ca uttaroṣṭhe ca carcikā 21 adhare cāmṛtakalā jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatī dantānrakṣatu kaumārī kaṇṭhamadhye ca cāciḍa kā ### [23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.23) ghaṇṭikāṃ citraghaṇṭā ca mahā māyā ca tāluke| kāmākṣī cibukaṃ rakṣedvācaṃ me sarvamaṅgalā ### [24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.24) grīvāyāṃ bhadrakālī ca pṛṣṭhavaṃśe dhanurdharī| nīlagrīvā bahiḥ kaṇṭhenalikāṃ nalakūbarī ### [25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.25) khaḍgadhāriṇayumau skandhau bāhū me vajradhāriṇī | hastayordaṇḍinī rakṣe dambikā cāṃgulīṣu ca ### [26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.26) nakhāñchūle śvarī rakṣet kukṣau rakṣennaleśvarī | stanau rakṣenmahādevī manaḥśokavināśinī ### [27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.27) hṛdayaṃ lalitā devī udare śūladhāriṇī nābhiṃ ca kāminī rakṣedguhyaṃ guhyeśvarī tathā ### [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.28) bhūtanāthā ca meḍhraṃ ca gudaṃ mahi ṣavāhinī| kaṭyāṃ bhagavatī rakṣejjānunī vindhya vāsinī ### [29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.29) jaṅghe mahābalā rakṣejjānumadhye vināyakī | gulphayornārasiṃhī ca pādaṣṭe mitaujasī ### [30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.30) pādāṅgulīḥ śrīdharī ca pādādhastalavāsinī | nakhāndaṃṣṭrākarālī ca keśāṃścaivordhvakeśinī ### [31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.31) romakūpeṣu kauberī tvacaṃ vāgīśvarī tathā | raktamajjāvasā māṃsānyasthimedāṃsi pārvatī ### [32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.32) dhrantrāṇi kālarātriśca pittaṃ ca mukuṭeśvarī | padmāvatī padmakośe kaphe cūḍāmaṇistathā ### [33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.33) jvā lāmukhī nakhajvālāmabhedyā sarvasandhiṣu | śukraṃ brahmāṇi me rakṣecchāyāṃ chatreśvarī tathā ### [34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.34) ahaṅkāraṃ mano buddhiṃ rakṣa me dharmacāriṇi prāṇāpānau tathā vyānasamānodānamevaca ### [35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.35) yaśaḥ kīrtiṃ ca lakṣmīṃ ca sadā rakṣatu cakriṇī gotramindrāṇi me rakṣetpaśūnme rakṣa cāṇḍi ke ### [36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.36) putrānrakṣenmahālakṣmīrbhāryāṃ rakṣatu bhairavī | mārgaṃ kṣemaṃkarī rakṣedvijayā sarvataḥ sthitā ### [37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.37) rakṣāhīnaṃ tu yatsthānaṃ varjitaṃ kavacena tu | tatsarvaṃ rakṣa me devi jayantī pāpa nāśinī ### [38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.38) padamekaṃ na gacchettu yadī cakṣecchubhamātmanaḥ | kavacenāvṛto nityaṃ yatra yatraiva gacchati ### [39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.39) tatra tatrārthalābhaśca vijayaḥ sarvakāmikaḥ | yaṃ yaṃ cintayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnoti niścitam ### [40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.40) paramaiśvaryaṃ matulaṃ prāpsyate bhūtale pumān | nirbhayo jāyate martyaḥ saṃgrāmeṣvaparājitaḥ ### [41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.41) trailokye tu bhavetpūjyaḥ kavacenāvṛtaḥ pumān| idaṃ tu devyāḥ kavacaṃ devānāmapi durlabham ### [42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.42) yaḥ paṭhetprayato nityaṃ trisandhyaṃ śraddhayā nvitaḥ| daivī kalā bhavettasya trailokye cāparā jitaḥ ### [43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.43) jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgramapamṛtyuviva rjitaḥ| naśyanti vyādhayaḥ sarve lūtāvisphoṭa kādayaḥ ### [44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.44) sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ cāpi kṛtrimaṃ cāpi yadviṣam | trābhicārāṇi sarvāṇi mantrayantrāṇi bhūtale ### [45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.45) bhūcarāḥ kheca rāścaiva jalajāścopadeśikāḥ | sahajāḥ kula jā mālā ḍākinī śākinī tathā ### [46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.46) antarikṣacarā ghorā ḍākinyaśca mahābalāḥ grahabhūtapiśācāśca yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ ### [47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.47) brahmarākṣasavetālāḥ kūṣmāṇḍā bhairavādayaḥ | na śrayanti darśanāttasya kavace hṛdi saṃsthite ### [48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.48) mānonnatirbhavedrājñastejovṛddhikaraṃ param | yaśasā vardhate so'pi kīrtimaṇḍitabhūtale ### [49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.49) japetsaptaśatīṃ caṇḍīṃ kṛtvā tu kavacaṃ purā yāvadbhūmaṇḍalaṃ dhatte saśailavanakānanam ### [50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.50) tāvattiṣṭhati medinyāṃ santatiḥ putrapautrakī dehānte paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatsurairapi durlabham ### [50.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra.50.p1) prāpnoti puruṣo nityaṃ mahāmāyāprasādataḥ iti devyāḥ kavacaṃ samāptam oṃ namaściṇḍikāyai jayantī maṃgalā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī | durgā kṣamā śivā dhātrī svāhā svadhā ## See also: more in [Protective armour-hymns, tantric stavarājas and kāmya hymns of the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca) - [Trailokyalakshana (Trailokyalakṣaṇā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.trailokyalaksana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.samanya.kavaca.devikavacastotramantra) · Pramāṇa