nārāyaṇakavacam · Chapter 1

rājovāca /
yayā guptaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ savāhānripusainikān /
krīḍanniva vinirjitya trilokyā bubhuje śriyam

bhagavaṃstanmamākhyāhi varma nārāyaṇātmakam /
yathā''tatāyinaḥ śatrūn yena gupto'jayanmṛdhe

śrīśuka uvāca /
vṛtaḥ purohitastvāṣṭro mahendrāyānupṛcchate /
nārāyaṇākhyaṃ varmāha tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

viśvarūpa uvāca /
dhautāṇghripāṇirācamya sapavitra udaṇmukhaḥ /
kṛtasvāṇgakaranyāso mantrābhyāṃ vāgyataḥ śuciḥ

nārāyaṇamayaṃ varma sannahyedbhaya āgate /
pādayorjānunorūrvorudare hṛdyathorasi

mukhe śirasyānupūrvyādoṃkārādīni vinyaset /
ॐ namo nārāyaṇāyeti viparyayamathāpi vā

karanyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāddvādaśākṣaravidyayā /
praṇavādiyakārāntamaṇgulyaṇguṣṭhaparvasu

nyaseddhṛdaya ॐkāraṃ vikāramanu mūrdhani /
ṣakāraṃ tu bhruvormadhye ṇakāraṃ śikhayā diśet

vekāraṃ netrayoryuJṇjyānnakāraṃ sarvasandhiṣu /
makāramastramuddiśya mantramūrtirbhavedbudhaḥ

savisargaṃ phaḍantaṃ tat sarvadikṣu vinirdiśet /
ॐ viṣṇave nama iti

ātmānaṃ paramaṃ dhyāyeddhyeyaṃ ṣaṭśaktibhiryutam /
vidyātejastapomūrtimimaṃ mantramudāharet

ॐ harirvidadhyānmama sarvarakṣāṃ
nyastāṇghripadmaḥ patagendrapṛṣṭhe /
darāricarmāsigadeṣucāpa-
pāśāndadhāno'ṣṭaguṇo'ṣṭabāhuḥ

jaleṣu māṃ rakṣatu matsyamūrti-
ryādogaṇebhyo varuṇasya pāśāt /
sthaleṣu māyāvaṭuvāmano'vyāt
trivikramaḥ khe'vatu viśvarūpaḥ

durgeṣvaṭavyājimukhādiṣu prabhuḥ
pāyānnṛsiṃho'surayūthapāriḥ /
vimuJṇcato yasya mahāṭṭahāsaṃ
diśo vinedurnyapataṃśca garbhāḥ

rakṣatvasau mādhvani yajñakalpaḥ
svadaṃṣṭrayonnītadharo varāhaḥ /
rāmo'drikūṭeṣvatha vipravāse
salakṣmaṇo'vyādbharatāgrajo'smān

māmugradharmādakhilātpramādā-
nnārāyaṇaḥ pātu naraśca hāsāt /
dattastvayogādatha yoganāthaḥ
pāyādguṇeśaḥ kapilaḥ karmabandhāt

sanatkumāro'vatu kāmadevā-
ddhayaśīrṣā māṃ pathi devahelanāt /
devarṣivaryaḥ puruṣārcanāntarāt
kūrmo harirmāṃ nirayādaśeṣāt

dhanvantarirbhagavānpātvapathyā-
ddvandvādbhayādṛṣabho nirjitātmā /
yajñaśca lokādavatāJṇjanāntā-
dbalo gaṇātkrodhavaśādahīndraḥ

dvaipāyano bhagavānaprabodhā-
dbuddhastu pākhaṇḍagaṇapramādāt /
kalkiḥ kaleḥ kālamalātprapātu
dharmāvanāyorukṛtāvatāraḥ

māṃ keśavo gadayā prātaravyā-
dgovinda āsaṇgavamāttaveṇuḥ /
nārāyaṇaḥ prāhṇa udāttaśakti-
rmadhyandine viṣṇurarīndrapāṇiḥ

devo'parāhṇe madhuhogradhanvā
sāyaṃ tridhāmāvatu mādhavo mām /
doṣe hṛṣīkeśa utārdharātre
niśītha eko'vatu padmanābhaḥ

śrīvatsadhāmāpararātra īśaḥ
pratyuṣa īśo'sidharo janārdanaḥ /
dāmodaro'vyādanusandhyaṃ prabhāte
viśveśvaro bhagavān kālamūrtiḥ

cakraṃ yugāntānalatigmanemi
bhramatsamantādbhagavatprayuktam /
dandagdhi dandagdhyarisainyamāśu
kakṣaṃ yathā vātasakho hutāśaḥ

gade'śanisparśanavisphuliṇge
niṣpiṇḍhi niṣpiṇḍhyajitapriyāsi /
kūṣmāṇḍavaināyakayakṣarakṣo-
bhūtagrahāṃścūrṇaya cūrṇayārīn

tvaṃ yātudhānapramathapretamātṛ-
piśācavipragrahaghoradṛṣṭīn /
darendra vidrāvaya kṛṣṇapūrito
bhīmasvano'rehṛ/rdayāni kampayan

tvaṃ tigmadhārāsivarārisainya-
mīśaprayukto mama chindhi chindhi /
cakṣūṃṣi carmaJṇchatacandra chādaya
dviṣāmaghonāṃ hara pāpacakṣuṣām

yanno bhayaṃ grahebhyo'bhūtketubhyo nṛbhya eva ca /
sarīsṛpebhyo daṃṣṭribhyo bhūtebhyoṃ'hobhya vā

sarvāṇyetāni bhagavannāmarūpāstrakīrtanāt /
prayāntu saṃkṣayaṃ sadyo ye naḥ śreyaḥpratīpakāḥ

garuḍo bhagavān stotrastobhaśchandomayaḥ prabhuḥ /
rakṣatvaśeṣakṛcchrebhyo viṣvaksenaḥ svanāmabhiḥ

sarvāpadbhyo harernāmarūpayānāyudhāni naḥ /
buddhīndriyamanaḥprāṇānpāntu pārṣadabhūṣaṇāḥ

yathā hi bhagavāneva vastutaḥ sadasacca yat /
satyenānena naḥ sarve yāntu nāśamupadravāḥ

yathaikātmyānubhāvānāṃ vikalparahitaḥ svayam /
bhūṣaṇāyudhaliṇgākhyā dhatte śaktīḥ svamāyayā

tenaiva satyamānena sarvajño bhagavān hariḥ /
pātu sarvaiḥ svarūpairnaḥ sadā sarvatra sarvagaḥ

vidikṣu dikṣūrdhvamadhaḥ samantā-
dantarbahirbhagavānnārasiṃhaḥ /
prahāpayaṃ/clokabhayaṃ svanena
svatejasā grastasamastatejāḥ

maghavannidamākhyātaṃ varma nārāyaṇātmakam /
vijeṣyasyaJṇjasā yena daṃśito'surayūthapān

etaddhārayamāṇastu yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cakṣuṣā /
padā vā saṃspṛśetsadyaḥ sādhvasātsa vimucyate

na kutaścidbhayaṃ tasya vidyāṃ dhārayato bhavet /
rājadasyugrahādibhyo vyāghrādibhyaśca karhicit

imāṃ vidyāṃ purā kaścitkauśiko dhārayan dvijaḥ /
yogadhāraṇayā svāṇgaṃ jahau sa marudhanvani

tasyopari vimānena gandharvapatirekadā /
yayau citrarathaḥ strībhirvṛto yatra dvijakṣayaḥ

gaganānnyapatatsadyaḥ savimāno hyavākṣirāḥ /
sa vālakhilyavacanādasthīnyādāya vismitaḥ /
prāsya prācīsarasvatyāṃ snātvā dhāma svamanvagāt

śrīśuka uvāca /
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyātkāle yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ /
taṃ namasyanti bhūtāni mucyate sarvato bhayāt

etāṃ vidyāmadhigato viśvarūpācchatakratuḥ /
trailokyalakṣmīṃ bubhuje vinirjitya mṛdhe'surān

// iti śrīmadbhāgavatamahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
ṣaṣṭhaskandhe nārāyaṇavarmakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ //