The Ninth Book. Chapter 4
The Ninth Book
Chapter Iv
On The Hymn, Worship And Kavacha Of Sarasvat Dev
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1-3. Nrada said :-- By your Grace I have heard everything very sweet like nectar, of the origin of things. Now may I ask you which Dev of these five Prakritis has been worshipped by what Mantra? and by whom? How has each of them been praised? and by whom? How has the worship of their Mrtis (form) become prevalent in this world? What are the Stotram (hymn of praise), the Dhyn (meditation) glory and life of these? Also what sort of boon do each of the Devs grant? and to whom? Kindly describe all these in detail.
4-29. Nryana said :-- O Child! Durg, the mother of Ganes'a, Rdh, Laksm, Sarasvat and Svitr, these are the five Prakritis sprung directly from Mla Prakriti. The methods of their worship, wonderful glorious acts, excellent stotrams, and their lives, inculcating good to all, and sweet like nectar are all widely written in the Vedas, Purnas, Tantras and other S'stras. So there is no need to describe them here again. Now I am describing in detail the auspicious character of these that are sprung from the parts and Kals of the Prakriti. Hear attentively. Kl, Vasundhar, Gang, Sasth, Mangal Chandik, Tulas, Manas, Nidr, Svadh, Svh, and Daksin, these are the parts of Prakriti. By and by I will describe, briefly, the merit-giving characters and pleasant to hear. Along with these I will describe the Karmas of the Jvas, and the great exalted lives of Durg and Rdh. I am now describing Sarasvat's character. Hear, O Muni! S'r Krisna introduced first in this Bhrata, the worship of the Dev Sarasvat, the holder of Vn in Her hands, under whose influence, the hearts of illiterate stupid persons become illumined with knowledge. The amorous Dev Sarasvat sprang from the end of the lips of Rdh and so she desired to marry Krisna out of amorous feelings. S'ri Krisna, the controller of the hearts of all, knew it instantly and addressed the Mother of the people in true words proper to Her and beneficial to Her in the end. O Chaste One! The four-armed Nryana is born from My parts; He is young, of good
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features and endowed with all qualifications; so much so, he is like Me. He is a Knower of amorous sentiments of women and He fulfils those desires; what to speak of His beauty, ten millions of the God of love are playing in His body. O Beloved! And if you desire to marry and remain with Me, that will not be of any good to you. For Rdh is near to Me; She is more powerful than you. If a man be stronger than another, he can rescue one who takes his shelter; but if he be weaker, how can he then, himself weak, protect his dependant from others. Though I am the Lord of all, and rule all, yet I cannot control Rdh. For She is equal to me in power, in beauty, in qualifications, equal to Me in every respect. Again it is impossible for Me to quit Rdh for She is the presiding Deity of My life. Who can relinquish life? Though a son is very dear to his father, still it may be questioned, is he dearer than his father's life? So, O Auspicious One! Go to the abode Vaikuntha; you will get your desires fulfilled there. You will get for your husband the Lord of Vaikuntha and you will live ever in peace and enjoy happiness. Though Laksm is residing there yet like you she is not under the control of lust, anger, greed, delusion and vanity. She is also equal to you in beauty, qualities, and power. So you will live with her in great delight and Hari, the Lord of Vaikuntha, will treat both of you equally. Moreover, I say this in particular that in every universe, on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mgha, every year, the day when the learning is commenced, a great festival will be held and men, Manus, Devas, and the Munis desirous of liberation, Vasus, Yogis, Ngas, Siddhas, Gandarbhas, Rksasas, all will perform your worship with devotion in every Kalpa till the time of Mah Pralaya comes. All are required to be Jitendriya (having their senses under control) and Samyam (concentrating his mind, and with a religious vow) and they will invoke Thee on a jar or on books and then meditate according to what is stated in the Kanva S'kh of Yajurveda and then worship and sing hymns to Thee. Thy Kavacha (an armour; a mystical syllable ** considered as a preservative like armour) is written on the bark of the Bhrja tree and then with eight kinds of scents mingled with it is placed within a golden nut or ring named Mduli and then held on the neck or on the right arm. The learned should recite Thy Stotras during worship. Thus saying, the Puran Brahm S'r Krisna Himself worshipped the Dev Sarasvat. Since then, Brahm, Visnu, Mahes'a, Ananta Deva, Dharma, Sanaka and other Munndras, all the Devas, Munis, all the kings and all the human beings are worshipping the Dev Sarasvat. O Nrada! Thus the worship of the Eternal Dev is made extant in the three worlds.
30-31. Nrada said :-- O Chief of the Knowers of the Vedas! Now describe to me the methods of worship, Dhyn, Kavacham, hymns, the
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appropriate offerings of the Pj flowers, sandalpaste and other good things necessary in these worships and which are so sweet to hear. I am ever very eager and anxious to hear these.
32-59. Nryana said :-- O Nrada! I am now stating the method of worship of the Dev Sarasvat, the Mother of the Worlds, according to Kanva S'kh of the Yajurveda. Hear. On the day previous to the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mgh or the day of commencement of education, the devotee should control his senses, concentrate his mind and take his bath. Then he is to perform his daily duties and install the jar (Ghata) with devotion and according to the Mantras of the Kanva S'kh or the Tantra, as the case may be. He is to worship first on that Ghata (jar) Ganapati (Ganes'a), then meditate the Dev Sarasvat as described below, invoke Her and again read the Dhyn and then worship with Sodas'opachra (sixteen good articles offered in the worship). O Good One! Now I am speaking, according to my knowledge, about the offerings as ordained in the Vedas or Tantras. Hear. Fresh butter, curd, thickened milk, rice freed from the husk by frying, sweetmeats (Til Laddu) prepared of Til, sugar cane, sugarcane juice, nice Gud (molasses), honey, svastik, sugar, rice (not broken) out of white Dhn, chipitak of table rice (lo chl), white Modak, Harbisynna prepared of boiled rice with clarified butter and salt, Pistaka of jao or wheaten flour, Paramnna with ghee, nectar like sweetmeats, cocoanut, cocoanut water, Svastik Pistaka, Svastik and ripe plantain Pistaka, Kaseru (root), Ml, ginger, ripe plantains, excellent Bel fruit, the jujube fruit, and other appropriate white purified fruits of the season and peculiar to the place are to be offered in the Pooj. O Nrada! White flowers of good scent, white sandalpaste of good scent, new white clothes, nice conchshell, nice garlands of white flowers, nice white necklaces, and beautiful ornament are to be given to the Dev. I say now the Dhynam sweet to hear, of the Dev Sarasvat according to the Vedas, capable to remove errors! Hear. I hereby bow down to the Dev Sarasvat, of a white colour, of a smiling countenance and exceedingly beautiful, the lustre of whose body overpowers that of the ten millions of Moons, whose garment is purified by fire, in whose hands there are Vn and books, who is decorated with new excellent ornaments of jewels and pearls and whom Brahm, Visnu, Mahes'vara and the other Devas, Munis, Manus and men constantly worship. Thus meditating the Dev, the intelligent persons should offer all articles, after pronouncing the root Mantra. Then he is to hymn and hold Kavacha and make Sstnga pranms before the Dev. O Muni! Those whose Dev Sarasvat is the presiding Deity, are not to be spoken of at all (i.e., they
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will naturally do all these things and with a greater fervour). Besides all should worship the Dev Sarasvat on the day of commencement of education and every year on the S'kla Pancham day of the month of Mgh. The eight-lettered Mantra, as mentioned in the Vedas is the root Mantra of Sarasvat. (Aim Klm Sarasvatyai namah). Or the Mantra to which each worshipper is initiated is his Mlmantra (not Mantra). Or uttering the Mantra "S'rm Hrm Sarasvatyai Svh" one is to offer everything to the Dev Sarasvat. This Mantra is the Kalpa Vriksa (i. e., the tree which yields all desires). Nryana, the ocean of mercy, gave in ancient times, this very Mantra to Vlmik in the holy land Bhrata Varsa on the banks of the Ganges; next Bhrgu gave this Mantra on the occasion of solar eclipse to Maharsi Sukrcharya on the Puskara Trtha; Mrcha gave to Brihaspati on a lunar eclipse; Brahm gave to Bhrgu in the Vadarik s'rama; Jaratkar gave to stika on the shore of the Ksiroda ocean; Bibhndaka gave this to the intelligent Risyasringa on the Sumeru mountain, S'iva gave this to Kanda and Gotama, Srya gave to Yjavalkya and Ktyyana, Ananta Deva gave to Pnini, to the intelligent Bhradvja and to S'katyana in Bali's assembly in the Ptla. If this Mantra be repeated four lakhs of times, all men attain success. And when they become Siddhas with this Mantra, they become powerful like Brihaspati. In past times, the Creator Brahm gave a Kavacha named Vis'vajaya to Bhrgu on the Gandhamdana Mountain. I now speak of that. Hear.
60-61. Once on a time Bhrgu asked Brahm the Lord of all, and adored by all, thus :-- "O Brahmn! Thou art the foremost of those that know the Vedas; there is none equal to thee in matters regarding the knowledge of the Vedas (so much so that there is nothing that is not known to thee; for all these have sprung from thee). Now say about the Vis'vajaya Kavacha of the Dev Sarasvat, that is excellent, without any faults and embodying in it all the properties of all the Mantras."
62-91. Brahm said :-- "O Child! What you have asked about the Kavacha of Sarasvat that is sweet to hear, ordained and worshipped by the Vedas, and the giver of all desired fruits, now hear of that. In the very beginning, the all-pervading S'r Krisna, the Lord of the Rsa circle, mentioned this Kavacha to me in the holy Brindvana forest in the abode Goloka at the time of Rsa in Rsa Mandala. This is very secret; it is full of holy unheard, wonderful Mantras. Reading this Kavacha and holding it (on one's arm) Brihaspati has become foremost in matters of intelligence; by the force of this Kavacha S'ukrchrya
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has got his ascendancy over the Daityas; the foremost Muni Vlmik has become eloquent and skilled in language and has become Kavndra and Svyambhuva Manu; holding this Kavacha he has become honoured everywhere. Kanda, Gotama, Kanva, Panini, S'akatyana, Daksa, and Ktyyana all have become great authors by virtue of this Kavacha; Krisna Dvaipyana Veda Vysa made the classification of the Vedas and composed the eighteen Purnas. S'ttapa, Samvarta, Vas'istha, Parsara and Yjavalkya had become authors by holding and reading this Sarasvat Kavacha. Risyas'ringa, Bhradvja, stika, Devala, Jaigisavya, and Yyti all were honoured everywhere by virtue of this Kavacha. O Dvija! The Prajpati Himself is the Risi of this Kavacha; Brihat is its Chhanda; and S'rad Ambik is its presiding Deity. Its application (Viniyoga) is in the acquisition of spiritual knowlege, in the fruition of any desires or necessities, in composing poems or anywhere wheresoever success is required. May S'rm Hrm Sarasvatyai Svh protect fully my head; Srm Vgdevatyai Svh, my forehead; Om Hrm Sarasvatyai Svh, my ears always; Om Srm Hrm Bhagabatyai Sarasvatyai Svh always my eyes; Aim Hrm Vgvdinyai Svh, always my nose; Om Hrm Vidyadhisthtr Devyai Svh, my lips always; Om Srm Hrm Brahmyai Svh my rows of teeth; Aim, this single letter protect my neck; Om Srm Hrm my throat; S'rm, my shoulders, Om Hrm Vidydhisthtr Devyai Svh, always my chest; Om Hrm Vidyadhisvarpyai Svh my navel; Om Hrm Klm Vnyai Svh my hands; Om Svarva vrnatm Kyai Svh my feet; and let Om Vgadhisthtridevyai Svh protect all my body. Let Om Sarvakanthavsinyai Svh protect my east; Let Om Svarvajibhgra vsinyai Svh, the South-east; Om Aim Hrm Srm Klm Sarasvatyai budhajananyai Svh, my South; Aim Hrm Srm, this three lettered Mantra my South-west; Om Aim Jhibhagravsinyai Svh, my West; Om Svarvam bikyai Svh, my North west; Om Aim Srm Klm Gadyavsinyai Svh my North; Aim Sarvas'stra vasinyai Svh, my North-east; Om Hrm Sarvapujitayai Svh, my top; Hrm Pustakavasinyai Svh my below and let Om Grantha vjasvarupyai Svh protect all my sides. O Nrada! This Vis'vajaya Kavacha of the nature of Brahm and its embodied Mantra I have now spoken to you. I heard this before from the mouth of Dharma Deva in the Gandhmdana mountain. Now I speak this to you out of my great affection for you. But never divulge this to anybody. One is worship one's spiritual Teacher (Guru Deva) according to due rites and ceremonies with clothings, ornaments, and sandalpaste and then fall down prostrate to him and then hold this Kavacha. Repeating this
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five lakhs of times, one gets success and becomes a Siddha. The holder of this Kavacha becomes intelligent like Brihaspati, eloquent, Kavndras, and the conqueror of the three worlds, no sooner one becomes a Siddlha in this. In fact, he can conquer everything by virtue of this Kavacha. O Muni! Thus I have described to you this Kavacha according to Knva S'kh. Now I am speaking about the method of worship, Dhyna and the praise of this Kavacha. Hear.
Here ends the Fourth Chapter of the Ninth Book on the hymn, worship and Kavacha of Sarasvat Dev in S'r Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
Chapter Iv
On The Hymn, Worship And Kavacha Of Sarasvat Dev
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1-3. Nrada said :-- By your Grace I have heard everything very sweet like nectar, of the origin of things. Now may I ask you which Dev of these five Prakritis has been worshipped by what Mantra? and by whom? How has each of them been praised? and by whom? How has the worship of their Mrtis (form) become prevalent in this world? What are the Stotram (hymn of praise), the Dhyn (meditation) glory and life of these? Also what sort of boon do each of the Devs grant? and to whom? Kindly describe all these in detail.
4-29. Nryana said :-- O Child! Durg, the mother of Ganes'a, Rdh, Laksm, Sarasvat and Svitr, these are the five Prakritis sprung directly from Mla Prakriti. The methods of their worship, wonderful glorious acts, excellent stotrams, and their lives, inculcating good to all, and sweet like nectar are all widely written in the Vedas, Purnas, Tantras and other S'stras. So there is no need to describe them here again. Now I am describing in detail the auspicious character of these that are sprung from the parts and Kals of the Prakriti. Hear attentively. Kl, Vasundhar, Gang, Sasth, Mangal Chandik, Tulas, Manas, Nidr, Svadh, Svh, and Daksin, these are the parts of Prakriti. By and by I will describe, briefly, the merit-giving characters and pleasant to hear. Along with these I will describe the Karmas of the Jvas, and the great exalted lives of Durg and Rdh. I am now describing Sarasvat's character. Hear, O Muni! S'r Krisna introduced first in this Bhrata, the worship of the Dev Sarasvat, the holder of Vn in Her hands, under whose influence, the hearts of illiterate stupid persons become illumined with knowledge. The amorous Dev Sarasvat sprang from the end of the lips of Rdh and so she desired to marry Krisna out of amorous feelings. S'ri Krisna, the controller of the hearts of all, knew it instantly and addressed the Mother of the people in true words proper to Her and beneficial to Her in the end. O Chaste One! The four-armed Nryana is born from My parts; He is young, of good
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features and endowed with all qualifications; so much so, he is like Me. He is a Knower of amorous sentiments of women and He fulfils those desires; what to speak of His beauty, ten millions of the God of love are playing in His body. O Beloved! And if you desire to marry and remain with Me, that will not be of any good to you. For Rdh is near to Me; She is more powerful than you. If a man be stronger than another, he can rescue one who takes his shelter; but if he be weaker, how can he then, himself weak, protect his dependant from others. Though I am the Lord of all, and rule all, yet I cannot control Rdh. For She is equal to me in power, in beauty, in qualifications, equal to Me in every respect. Again it is impossible for Me to quit Rdh for She is the presiding Deity of My life. Who can relinquish life? Though a son is very dear to his father, still it may be questioned, is he dearer than his father's life? So, O Auspicious One! Go to the abode Vaikuntha; you will get your desires fulfilled there. You will get for your husband the Lord of Vaikuntha and you will live ever in peace and enjoy happiness. Though Laksm is residing there yet like you she is not under the control of lust, anger, greed, delusion and vanity. She is also equal to you in beauty, qualities, and power. So you will live with her in great delight and Hari, the Lord of Vaikuntha, will treat both of you equally. Moreover, I say this in particular that in every universe, on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mgha, every year, the day when the learning is commenced, a great festival will be held and men, Manus, Devas, and the Munis desirous of liberation, Vasus, Yogis, Ngas, Siddhas, Gandarbhas, Rksasas, all will perform your worship with devotion in every Kalpa till the time of Mah Pralaya comes. All are required to be Jitendriya (having their senses under control) and Samyam (concentrating his mind, and with a religious vow) and they will invoke Thee on a jar or on books and then meditate according to what is stated in the Kanva S'kh of Yajurveda and then worship and sing hymns to Thee. Thy Kavacha (an armour; a mystical syllable ** considered as a preservative like armour) is written on the bark of the Bhrja tree and then with eight kinds of scents mingled with it is placed within a golden nut or ring named Mduli and then held on the neck or on the right arm. The learned should recite Thy Stotras during worship. Thus saying, the Puran Brahm S'r Krisna Himself worshipped the Dev Sarasvat. Since then, Brahm, Visnu, Mahes'a, Ananta Deva, Dharma, Sanaka and other Munndras, all the Devas, Munis, all the kings and all the human beings are worshipping the Dev Sarasvat. O Nrada! Thus the worship of the Eternal Dev is made extant in the three worlds.
30-31. Nrada said :-- O Chief of the Knowers of the Vedas! Now describe to me the methods of worship, Dhyn, Kavacham, hymns, the
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appropriate offerings of the Pj flowers, sandalpaste and other good things necessary in these worships and which are so sweet to hear. I am ever very eager and anxious to hear these.
32-59. Nryana said :-- O Nrada! I am now stating the method of worship of the Dev Sarasvat, the Mother of the Worlds, according to Kanva S'kh of the Yajurveda. Hear. On the day previous to the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mgh or the day of commencement of education, the devotee should control his senses, concentrate his mind and take his bath. Then he is to perform his daily duties and install the jar (Ghata) with devotion and according to the Mantras of the Kanva S'kh or the Tantra, as the case may be. He is to worship first on that Ghata (jar) Ganapati (Ganes'a), then meditate the Dev Sarasvat as described below, invoke Her and again read the Dhyn and then worship with Sodas'opachra (sixteen good articles offered in the worship). O Good One! Now I am speaking, according to my knowledge, about the offerings as ordained in the Vedas or Tantras. Hear. Fresh butter, curd, thickened milk, rice freed from the husk by frying, sweetmeats (Til Laddu) prepared of Til, sugar cane, sugarcane juice, nice Gud (molasses), honey, svastik, sugar, rice (not broken) out of white Dhn, chipitak of table rice (lo chl), white Modak, Harbisynna prepared of boiled rice with clarified butter and salt, Pistaka of jao or wheaten flour, Paramnna with ghee, nectar like sweetmeats, cocoanut, cocoanut water, Svastik Pistaka, Svastik and ripe plantain Pistaka, Kaseru (root), Ml, ginger, ripe plantains, excellent Bel fruit, the jujube fruit, and other appropriate white purified fruits of the season and peculiar to the place are to be offered in the Pooj. O Nrada! White flowers of good scent, white sandalpaste of good scent, new white clothes, nice conchshell, nice garlands of white flowers, nice white necklaces, and beautiful ornament are to be given to the Dev. I say now the Dhynam sweet to hear, of the Dev Sarasvat according to the Vedas, capable to remove errors! Hear. I hereby bow down to the Dev Sarasvat, of a white colour, of a smiling countenance and exceedingly beautiful, the lustre of whose body overpowers that of the ten millions of Moons, whose garment is purified by fire, in whose hands there are Vn and books, who is decorated with new excellent ornaments of jewels and pearls and whom Brahm, Visnu, Mahes'vara and the other Devas, Munis, Manus and men constantly worship. Thus meditating the Dev, the intelligent persons should offer all articles, after pronouncing the root Mantra. Then he is to hymn and hold Kavacha and make Sstnga pranms before the Dev. O Muni! Those whose Dev Sarasvat is the presiding Deity, are not to be spoken of at all (i.e., they
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will naturally do all these things and with a greater fervour). Besides all should worship the Dev Sarasvat on the day of commencement of education and every year on the S'kla Pancham day of the month of Mgh. The eight-lettered Mantra, as mentioned in the Vedas is the root Mantra of Sarasvat. (Aim Klm Sarasvatyai namah). Or the Mantra to which each worshipper is initiated is his Mlmantra (not Mantra). Or uttering the Mantra "S'rm Hrm Sarasvatyai Svh" one is to offer everything to the Dev Sarasvat. This Mantra is the Kalpa Vriksa (i. e., the tree which yields all desires). Nryana, the ocean of mercy, gave in ancient times, this very Mantra to Vlmik in the holy land Bhrata Varsa on the banks of the Ganges; next Bhrgu gave this Mantra on the occasion of solar eclipse to Maharsi Sukrcharya on the Puskara Trtha; Mrcha gave to Brihaspati on a lunar eclipse; Brahm gave to Bhrgu in the Vadarik s'rama; Jaratkar gave to stika on the shore of the Ksiroda ocean; Bibhndaka gave this to the intelligent Risyasringa on the Sumeru mountain, S'iva gave this to Kanda and Gotama, Srya gave to Yjavalkya and Ktyyana, Ananta Deva gave to Pnini, to the intelligent Bhradvja and to S'katyana in Bali's assembly in the Ptla. If this Mantra be repeated four lakhs of times, all men attain success. And when they become Siddhas with this Mantra, they become powerful like Brihaspati. In past times, the Creator Brahm gave a Kavacha named Vis'vajaya to Bhrgu on the Gandhamdana Mountain. I now speak of that. Hear.
60-61. Once on a time Bhrgu asked Brahm the Lord of all, and adored by all, thus :-- "O Brahmn! Thou art the foremost of those that know the Vedas; there is none equal to thee in matters regarding the knowledge of the Vedas (so much so that there is nothing that is not known to thee; for all these have sprung from thee). Now say about the Vis'vajaya Kavacha of the Dev Sarasvat, that is excellent, without any faults and embodying in it all the properties of all the Mantras."
62-91. Brahm said :-- "O Child! What you have asked about the Kavacha of Sarasvat that is sweet to hear, ordained and worshipped by the Vedas, and the giver of all desired fruits, now hear of that. In the very beginning, the all-pervading S'r Krisna, the Lord of the Rsa circle, mentioned this Kavacha to me in the holy Brindvana forest in the abode Goloka at the time of Rsa in Rsa Mandala. This is very secret; it is full of holy unheard, wonderful Mantras. Reading this Kavacha and holding it (on one's arm) Brihaspati has become foremost in matters of intelligence; by the force of this Kavacha S'ukrchrya
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has got his ascendancy over the Daityas; the foremost Muni Vlmik has become eloquent and skilled in language and has become Kavndra and Svyambhuva Manu; holding this Kavacha he has become honoured everywhere. Kanda, Gotama, Kanva, Panini, S'akatyana, Daksa, and Ktyyana all have become great authors by virtue of this Kavacha; Krisna Dvaipyana Veda Vysa made the classification of the Vedas and composed the eighteen Purnas. S'ttapa, Samvarta, Vas'istha, Parsara and Yjavalkya had become authors by holding and reading this Sarasvat Kavacha. Risyas'ringa, Bhradvja, stika, Devala, Jaigisavya, and Yyti all were honoured everywhere by virtue of this Kavacha. O Dvija! The Prajpati Himself is the Risi of this Kavacha; Brihat is its Chhanda; and S'rad Ambik is its presiding Deity. Its application (Viniyoga) is in the acquisition of spiritual knowlege, in the fruition of any desires or necessities, in composing poems or anywhere wheresoever success is required. May S'rm Hrm Sarasvatyai Svh protect fully my head; Srm Vgdevatyai Svh, my forehead; Om Hrm Sarasvatyai Svh, my ears always; Om Srm Hrm Bhagabatyai Sarasvatyai Svh always my eyes; Aim Hrm Vgvdinyai Svh, always my nose; Om Hrm Vidyadhisthtr Devyai Svh, my lips always; Om Srm Hrm Brahmyai Svh my rows of teeth; Aim, this single letter protect my neck; Om Srm Hrm my throat; S'rm, my shoulders, Om Hrm Vidydhisthtr Devyai Svh, always my chest; Om Hrm Vidyadhisvarpyai Svh my navel; Om Hrm Klm Vnyai Svh my hands; Om Svarva vrnatm Kyai Svh my feet; and let Om Vgadhisthtridevyai Svh protect all my body. Let Om Sarvakanthavsinyai Svh protect my east; Let Om Svarvajibhgra vsinyai Svh, the South-east; Om Aim Hrm Srm Klm Sarasvatyai budhajananyai Svh, my South; Aim Hrm Srm, this three lettered Mantra my South-west; Om Aim Jhibhagravsinyai Svh, my West; Om Svarvam bikyai Svh, my North west; Om Aim Srm Klm Gadyavsinyai Svh my North; Aim Sarvas'stra vasinyai Svh, my North-east; Om Hrm Sarvapujitayai Svh, my top; Hrm Pustakavasinyai Svh my below and let Om Grantha vjasvarupyai Svh protect all my sides. O Nrada! This Vis'vajaya Kavacha of the nature of Brahm and its embodied Mantra I have now spoken to you. I heard this before from the mouth of Dharma Deva in the Gandhmdana mountain. Now I speak this to you out of my great affection for you. But never divulge this to anybody. One is worship one's spiritual Teacher (Guru Deva) according to due rites and ceremonies with clothings, ornaments, and sandalpaste and then fall down prostrate to him and then hold this Kavacha. Repeating this
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five lakhs of times, one gets success and becomes a Siddha. The holder of this Kavacha becomes intelligent like Brihaspati, eloquent, Kavndras, and the conqueror of the three worlds, no sooner one becomes a Siddlha in this. In fact, he can conquer everything by virtue of this Kavacha. O Muni! Thus I have described to you this Kavacha according to Knva S'kh. Now I am speaking about the method of worship, Dhyna and the praise of this Kavacha. Hear.
Here ends the Fourth Chapter of the Ninth Book on the hymn, worship and Kavacha of Sarasvat Dev in S'r Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
