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# Vanikavaca (Vāṇīkavaca)

वाणीकवच

- **Language:** Sanskrit
- **Extent:** 32 passages, 330 words
- **Text:** partly digitised
- **Source:** archiveorg · brahmavaivartapurana03 · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public…

## Contents

- [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1) — 30 parts
- [2 atha pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.2) — 1 part

## Text

### [1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.63)

brahmovāca  
śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi kavacaṃ sarvakāmadam| śrutisāraṃ śrutisukhaṃ śrutyuktaṃ śrutipūjitam

### [1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.64)

uktaṃ kṛṣṇena goloke mahyaṃ vṛndāvane vane| rāseśvareṇa vibhunā rāse vai rāsamaṇḍale

### [1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.65)

atīva gopanīyaṃ ca kalpavṛkṣasamaṃ param| aśrutādbhutamantrāṇāṃ samūhaiśca samanvitam

### [1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.66)

yaddhṛtvā paṭhanādbrahmanbuddhimāṃśca' bṛhaspatiḥ| yaddhṛtvā bhagavāñchukraḥ sarvadaityeṣu pūjitaḥ

### [1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.67)

paṭhanāddhāraṇādvāgmī kavīndro vālmiko muniḥ| svāyaṃbhuvo manuścaiva yaddhṛtvā sarvapūjitaḥ

### [1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.68)

kaṇādo gautamaḥ kaṇvaḥ pāṇiniḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ| granthaṃ cakāra yaddhṛtvā dakṣaḥ kātyāyanaḥ svayam

### [1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.69)

dhṛtvā vedavibhāgaṃ ca purāṇānyakhilāni ca| cakāra līlāmātreṇa kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ svayam

### [1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.70)

śātātapaśca saṃvarto vaśiṣṭhaśca parāśaraḥ| yaddhṛtvā paṭhanādgranthaṃ yājñavalkyaścakāra saḥ

### [1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.71)

ṛṣyaśṛṅgo bharadvājaścā''stīko devalastathā| jaigīṣavyo'tha jābāliryaddhṛtvā sarvapūjitaḥ

### [1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.72)

kavacasyāsya viprendra ṛṣireśca prajāpatiḥ| svayaṃ bṛhaspatiśchando devo rāseśvaraḥ prabhuḥ

### [1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.73)

sarvatattvaparijñāne sarvārthe'pi ca sādhane| kavitāsu ca sarvāsu viniyogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

### [1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.74)

oṃ hrīṃ sarasvatyai svāhā śiro me pātu sarvataḥ| śrīṃ vāgdevatāyai svāhā bhālaṃ me sarvadā'vatu

### [1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.75)

oṃ sarasvatyai svāheti śrotraṃ pātu nirantaram| oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ bhāratyai svāhā netrayugmaṃ sadā'vatu

### [1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.76)

oṃ hrīṃ vāgvādinyai svāhā nāsāṃ me sarvato'vatu | hrīṃ vidyādhiṣṭhātṛdevyai svāhā' śrotraṃ sadā'vatu

### [1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.77)

oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ brāhmayai svāheti dantapaṅktīḥ sadā'vatu | aimityekākṣaro mantro mama kaṇṭhaṃ sadā'vatu

### [1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.78)

oṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ pātu me grīvāṃ skandhaṃ me śrīṃ sadā'vatu | śrīṃ vidyādhiṣṭhātṛdevyai svāhā vakṣaḥ sadā'vatu

### [1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.79)

oṃ hrīṃ vidyāsvarūpāyai svāhā me pātu nābhikām| oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ vāṇyai svāheti mama pṛṣṭhaṃ sadā'vatu

### [1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.80)

oṃ sarvavarṇātmikāyai pādayugmaṃ sadā'vatu | oṃ vāgadhiṣṭhātṛdevyai sarvāṅgaṃ me sadā'vatu

### [1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.81)

oṃ sarvakaṇṭhavāsinyai svāhā prācyāṃ sadā'vatu | oṃ hrīṃ jihvāgravāsinyai svāhā'gnidiśi rakṣatu

### [1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.82)

oṃ aiṃ śrīṃ hrīṃ sarasvatyai budhajananyai svāhā| satataṃ mantrarājo'yaṃ dakṣiṇe māṃ sadā'vatu

### [1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.83)

oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ tryakṣaro mantro nairṛtyāṃ me sadā'vatu | kavijihvāgravāsinyai svāhā māṃ vāruṇe'vatu

### [1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.84)

oṃ sadambikāyai svāhā vāyavye māṃ sadā'vatu | oṃ gadyapadyavāsinyai svāhā māmuttare'vatu

### [1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.85)

oṃ sarvaśāstravāsinyai svāheśānyāṃ sadā'vatu| oṃ hrīṃ sarvapūjitāyai svāhā cordhvaṃ sadā'vatu

### [1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.86)

aiṃ hrīṃ pustakavāsinyai svāhā'dho māṃ sadā'vatu | oṃ granthabījarūpāyai svāhā māṃ sarvato'vatu

### [1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.87)

iti te kathitaṃ vipra sarvamantraughavigraham| idaṃ viśvajayaṃ nāma kavacaṃ brahmarūpakam

### [1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.88)

purā śrutaṃ dharmavaktrātparvate gandhamādane| tava snehānmayā''khyātaṃ pravaktavyaṃ na kasyacit

### [1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.89)

gurumabhyarcya vidhivadvastrālaṃkāracandanaiḥ | praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūbhau kavacaṃ dhārayetsudhīḥ

### [1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.90)

pañcalakṣajapenaiva siddhaṃ tu kavacaṃ bhavet | yadi syātsiddhakavaco bṛhaspatisamo bhavet

### [1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.91)

mahāvāgmī kavīndraśca trailokyavijayī bhavet | śaknoti sarvaṃ jetuṃ sa kavacasya prabhāvataḥ1

### [1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.92)

idaṃ te kāṇvaśākhoktaṃ kathitaṃ kavacaṃ mune | stotraṃ pūjāvidhānaṃ ca dhyānaṃ vai vandanaṃ tathā

### [1.92.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.1.92.p1)

iti śrī brahma0 mahā0 prakṛ0 nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde sarasvatīkavacaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ ||4

### atha pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sarasvati.vanikavaca.2.1)

nārāyaṇa uvāca  
vāgdevatāyāḥ stavanaṃ śrūyatāṃ sarvakāmadam | mahāmuniryājñavalkyo yena tuṣṭāva tāṃ purā

## Part of

- [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta*alt.3.1-5)

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