Çré Nåsiàha-kavaca-stotra

Now I shall speak the sacred armor of Lord Nåsiàha, which Prahläda Mahäräja spoke in

ancient times, and which gives all protection, destroys all obstacles, and brings good

fortune, opulence and liberation. First one should meditate on Lord Nåsiàha, the master

of the demigods, who is sitting on a golden throne, . . .
 

. . . whose mouth is wide open, who has three eyes, who is splendid like an autumn moon,

whose left side is embraced by the goddess of fortune, whose form is the shelter of great

powers and opulences, . . .
 

. . . who has four arms, soft limbs, splendid golden earrings, a splendid lotus chest, jewel

armlets, . . .
 

. . . who is splendid like molten gold, dressed in splendid yellow garments, and glorious

with the splendor of rubies, who is the crown of the demigods headed by Indra, . . .
 

. . . whose feet are splendid, who holds a conch shell, cakra, and a host of weapons, who is

filled with bliss, and whom Garuda humbly glorifies with many prayers.
 

Then one should give Lord Nåsiàha a home in the lotus of one’s heart, and then one

should recite the following Nåsiàha-kavaca:

May Lord Nåsiàha, who protects the entire world, protect my head.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, who is all-pervading and stays even in a pillar, protect the fruits of

my words. May Lord Nåsiàha, whose eyes glisten like moons, suns, or fires, protect my

eyes.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, who is pleased with the eloquent prayers of the sages, protect my

memory. May Lord Nåsiàha, who dearly loves the goddess of fortune’s face, protect my

face.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, the ruler of all knowledge, protect my tongue.
May Lord Nåsiàha,
to whom Prahläda offers obeisances, protect the moon of my face.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha protect my neck. May Lord Nåsiàha, who maintains the earth and

whose powers have no end, protect my shoulders. May Lord Nåsiàha, whose arms are

splendid with transcendental weapons, protect my arms.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, who gives boons to the demigods, protect my hands. May Lord Hari,

who is attained by the yogis, protect my heart and my home.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, who ripped open Hiraëyakaçipu’s chest and belly, protect my torso.

May Lord Nåsiàha, who is glorified by Brahmä born from the Lord’s own navel, protect

my navel.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, from whose hips have come many millions of universes, protect my

hips. May Lord Nåsiàha, the secret from of secret mantras protect my private parts.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, who is born in the heart, protect my thighs. May Lord Nåsiàha

whose form is like that of a human being, protect my knees. May Lord Nåsiàha, who

removes the earth’s burden, protect my legs.
 

May Lord Nåsiàha, who gives royal power to the demigods, protect my feet. May the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has a thousand heads, protect my body always.
 

May ferocious Lord Nåsiàha protect me from the east. May Lord Nåsiàha, the best of

warriors, protect me from the southeast. May Lord Nåsiàha, who is Mahä Viñëu, protect

me from the south. May Lord Nåsiàha, who is splendid like fire, protect me from the

southwest.
 

May all-pervading Lord Nåsiàha protect me from the west. May Lord Nåsiàha protect

me from the northwest. May Lord Nåsiàha, whose form is the ornament of ornaments,

protect me from the north.
 

May noble-hearted Lord Nåsiàha, who gives all auspiciousness, protect me from the

northwest. May Lord Nåsiàha, who is the death of death protect me from the cycle of

birth and death.
 

A devotee who regularly chants this Nåsiàha kavaca, which bears the mouth of Prahläda

Mahäräja as its ornament, becomes free from all sins.
 

He has good children. He becomes wealthy. He lives for a long time in this world.

Whatever he desires he attains. Of this there is no doubt.
 

Everywhere he attains victory. Everywhere he is victorious. He is protected from earthly,

celestial, and intermediate inauspicious planets.
 

The poison of snakes and scorpions is removed.
Yakñas and brahma-räkñasas are thrown

far away.
 

A person who writes this auspicious kavaca on his arm, or on a palm leaf that he then

wears on his wrist, attains perfection in all that he does.
 

A person who daily recites this kavaca at sunrise, noon, and sunset, or at only one of

those three times, becomes victorious over humans, demons, and demigods.
 

A person who recites this kavaca 32,000 times attains the happiness, liberation, and

supreme auspiciousness available to they who are pure in heart.
 

This kavaca mantra brings the perfection of all mantras. It is the king of mantras. One

who wears tilaka of the sacred ashes of this mantra, sips äcamana, and chants this mantra

three times no longer fears inauspicious planets.
 

A person’s abdominal diseases are at once destroyed when he chants this mantra and

meditates on Lord Nåsiàha.

Lord Nrsimha roars loudly and causes others to roar. With His multitude of arms He

tears the demons asunder and kills them in this way. He is always seeking out and

tormenting the demonic descendants of Diti, both on this Earth planet and in the higher

planets, and He throws them down and scatters them. 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.