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The Narayana Kavacham is a prayer dedicated to the Lord Maha-Vishnu for any sort of trouble, either it is seen or unseen. One can immensely benefit by chanting this sacred stotra from any sort of danger, by removing obstacles from their lives.
The Narayana Kavacham occurs in chapter eight of the sixth skandha of Bhagavata Purana. It is an Armour of Lord Mahavishnu to protect ourselves from any sort of enemies.
The Story Begins:
Raja Parikshith, the son of Abhimanyu, asks his teacher, Sage Shuka for a means to protect himself from his enemies. Sage Shuka then teaches him the Narayana Kavacham, which was originally taught by Sage Viswaroopa, the son of Thwashtra, to Indra. It is believed that the soul of the man who reads this Kavacha becomes extremely holy and that anyone who reads this would be protected by Lord Vishnu.Once a time demons have gained enormous strength under the protection of their Guru Shukra acharya. The demi-gods became weak as their king lost the courage to win over demons, at the same time Indra humiliated Guru Brihaspathi and lost the Guru protection. Then the demi-Gods approached sage Viswaroopa for protection.He initiated Indra the great Narayana Kavach as mentioned in Srimad Bhagavata Purana 6th Skanda, 8th chapter. After Reciting and installing Kavach in Hridya, Indra regained his lost strength and tamed the demons.
Narayana Kavach is a very brief Stotra containing only 42 shlokas. It is to be read once in a day. It takes hardly 10 minutes. First, we have to apply the Lord Vishnu on all parts of our body. This process is called Anga-nyas and kara-nyas.
Source of Narayana Kavach
This chapter describes how Indra, the King of heaven, was victorious over the soldiers of the demons, and it also describes the shield of the Viṣṇu mantra.
To take protection from this shield, one must first touch kuśa grass and wash one’s mouth with ācamana-mantras. One should observe silence and then place the eight-syllable Viṣṇu mantra on the parts of his body and place the twelve-syllable mantra on his hands. The eight-syllable mantra is oṁ namonārāyaṇāya. This mantra should be distributed all over the front and back of the body. The twelve-syllable mantra, which begins with the praṇava, oṁkāra, is oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
One syllable should be placed on each of the fingers and should be preceded by the praṇava, oṁkāra. Thereafter, one must chant oṁ viṣṇave namaḥ, which is a six-syllable mantra.
One must progressively place the syllables of the mantra on the heart, the head, between the two eyebrows, on the śikhā and between the eyes, and then one should chant maḥ astrāya phaṭ and with this mantra protect himself from all directions.
Nādevo devamarcayet: one who has not risen to the level of a deva cannot chant this mantra. According to this direction of the śāstra, one must think himself qualitatively nondifferent from the Supreme.
After finishing this dedication, one must offer a prayer to the eight-armed Lord Viṣṇu, who sits on the shoulders of Garuḍadeva. One also has to think of the fish incarnation, Vāmana, Kūrma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha. Paraśurāma, Rāmacandra (the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa). Nara-Nārāyaṇa, Dattātreya (an empowered incarnation), Kapila, Sanat-kumāra, Hayagrīva, Nāradadeva (the incarnation of a devotee). Dhanvantari, Ṛṣabhadeva, Yajña, Balarāma, Vyāsadeva, Buddhadeva and Keśava.
One should also think of Govinda, the master of Vṛndāvana. and one should think of Nārāyaṇa, the master of the spiritual sky. One should think of Madhusūdana, Tridhāmā, Mādhava, Hṛṣīkeśa, Padmanābha, Janārdana, Dāmodara and Viśveśvara, as well as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa Himself.
After offering prayers to the Lord’s personal expansions known as the svāṁśa and śaktyāveśa-avatāras, one should pray to the weapons of Lord Nārāyaṇa, such as the Sudarśana, gadā, śaṅkha, khaḍga and bow.
Astrologically those having Mercury lordship of 5th or placed in Lagna, 9th or 5th house from Natal chart Should regularly recite Narayana Kavach. Those are facing great difficulties in wealth, Job and career related issues they can also recite kavach to get divine protection from Narayana, as its the only who he sustains or fulfills our mundane desires by sitting in our Kendra bhavas (1st, 4th, 7th and 10th).Kendra Bhavas are the house of Sustenance where lord Vishnu sits for uplifting, nourishment and fullfilling all kind of worldly needs and also shows our mundane desires one can have in his life that one wants to fulfill with the help of Laxmi who sits in Trikona bhavas. So, one having any sort of financial or job-related issues they should recite Narayana kavach daily once a time.
Same is case with the Dharma devta who also helps in fulfilling our mundane desires sitting in 9th house from the Karkamsa in Navamsa chart.
Those having Mercury alone placed in the 9th from the Karkamsa or having Mercury with Moon placed in it, they should also chant Kavach to get divine protection from Narayana for any sort of Mundane difficulties they are facing.
Even same is the case with the those having mercury placed in 8th or having lordship of 8th house placed in any bhava, they should chant Narayana kavach for any sort of miseries they are facing in life, or facing extreme health issues and having fear of un-sudden death or fear from Black magic or unseen enemies.
Even it is applicable for those having the Close influence of Saturn over Mercury or either they having lordship of 8th or placed in the 8th house.
After explaining this process, Śukadeva Gosvāmī told MahārājaParīkṣit how Viśvarūpa, the brother of Vṛtrāsura, described the glories of the Nārāyaṇa-kavaca to Indra.
śrī-rājovāca
yayā guptaḥ sahasrākṣaḥsavāhān ripu-sainikānkrīḍann iva vinirjityatri-lokyā bubhuje śriyambhagavaṁs tan mamākhyāhivarma nārāyaṇātmakamyathātatāyinaḥ śatrūnyena gupto ’jayan mṛdhe
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācavṛtaḥ purohitas tvāṣṭromahendrāyānupṛcchatenārāyaṇākhyaṁ varmāhatad ihaika-manāḥ śṛṇu
śrī-viśvarūpa uvācadhautāṅghri-pāṇir ācamyasapavitra udaṅ-mukhaḥkṛta-svāṅga-kara-nyāsomantrābhyāṁ vāg-yataḥ śuciḥnārāyaṇa-paraṁ varmasannahyed bhaya āgatepādayor jānunor ūrvorudare hṛdy athorasimukhe śirasy ānupūrvyādoṁkārādīni vinyasetoṁ namo nārāyaṇāyetiviparyayam athāpi vā
kara-nyāsaṁ tataḥ kuryāddvādaśākṣara-vidyayāpraṇavādi-ya-kārāntamaṅguly-aṅguṣṭha-parvasu
nyased dhṛdaya oṁkāraṁvi-kāram anu mūrdhaniṣa-kāraṁ tu bhruvor madhyeṇa-kāraṁ śikhayā nyasetve-kāraṁ netrayor yuñjyānna-kāraṁ sarva-sandhiṣuma-kāram astram uddiśyamantra-mūrtir bhaved budhaḥsavisargaṁ phaḍ-antaṁ tatsarva-dikṣu vinirdiśetoṁ viṣṇave nama iti
ātmānaṁ paramaṁ dhyāyeddhyeyaṁ ṣaṭ-śaktibhir yutamvidyā-tejas-tapo-mūrtimimaṁ mantram udāharet
oṁ harir vidadhyān mama sarva-rakṣāṁnyastāṅghri-padmaḥ patagendra-pṛṣṭhedarāri-carmāsi-gadeṣu-cāpa-pāśān dadhāno ’ṣṭa-guṇo ’ṣṭa-bāhuḥ
jaleṣu māṁ rakṣatu matsya-mūrtiryādo-gaṇebhyo varuṇasya pāśātsthaleṣu māyāvaṭu-vāmano ’vyāttrivikramaḥ khe ’vatu viśvarūpaḥ
durgeṣv aṭavy-āji-mukhādiṣu prabhuḥpāyān nṛsiṁho ’sura-yūthapāriḥvimuñcato yasya mahāṭṭa-hāsaṁdiśo vinedur nyapataṁś ca garbhāḥ
rakṣatv asau mādhvani yajña-kalpaḥsva-daṁṣṭrayonnīta-dharo varāhaḥrāmo ’dri-kūṭeṣv atha vipravāsesalakṣmaṇo ’vyād bharatāgrajo ’smān
mām ugra-dharmād akhilāt pramādānnārāyaṇaḥ pātu naraś ca hāsātdattas tv ayogād atha yoga-nāthaḥpāyād guṇeśaḥ kapilaḥ karma-bandhāt
sanat-kumāro ’vatu kāmadevāddhayaśīrṣā māṁ pathi deva-helanātdevarṣi-varyaḥ puruṣārcanāntarātkūrmo harir māṁ nirayād aśeṣāt
dhanvantarir bhagavān pātv apathyāddvandvād bhayād ṛṣabho nirjitātmāyajñaś ca lokād avatāj janāntādbalo gaṇāt krodha-vaśād ahīndraḥ
dvaipāyano bhagavān aprabodhādbuddhas tu pāṣaṇḍa-gaṇa-pramādātkalkiḥ kaleḥ kāla-malāt prapātudharmāvanāyoru-kṛtāvatāraḥ
nindasi yajña-vidher ahaha śruti-jātaṁ
sadaya-hṛdaya-darśita-paśu-ghātam
keśava dhṛta-buddha-śarīra jaya jagad-īśa hare
māṁ keśavo gadayā prātar avyādgovinda āsaṅgavam ātta-veṇuḥnārāyaṇaḥ prāhṇa udātta-śaktirmadhyan-dine viṣṇur arīndra-pāṇiḥ
devo ’parāhṇe madhu-hogradhanvāsāyaṁ tri-dhāmāvatu mādhavo māmdoṣe hṛṣīkeśa utārdha-rātreniśītha eko ’vatu padmanābhaḥ
śrīvatsa-dhāmāpara-rātra īśaḥpratyūṣa īśo ’si-dharo janārdanaḥdāmodaro ’vyād anusandhyaṁ prabhāteviśveśvaro bhagavān kāla-mūrtiḥ
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Narayana Kavach by Geeta Press
http://bhagavata.org/canto6/chapter8.html
http://www.prapatti.com/ by Sunder Kidambi
http://www.vignanam.org/veda/narayana-kavacham-devanagari.html
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