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The Twelfth Book. Chapter 3

The Twelfth Book

Chapter Iii

On The Description Of The Kavacha Of Sr Gyatr Dev

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Nrada spoke :-- O Bhagavn! Thou art the Lord of this world; Thou canst shew favour and disfavour both; Thou art specially versed in the sixty-four Kals (arts of learning); Thou art the chief of the Yogis. I therefore ask Thee to solve a doubt of mine. By what Punyam a man can become free from all his sins and limitations and he can realise and become of the nature of Brahm. O Lord! And what are duly the Risis, Chhandas, Devats, Dhyn, and Nysa, etc., of this meritorious act? I want to hear.

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Nryana said :-- O Nrada! There is but one and the only one way to this and though that is very secret, I will disclose that to you. It is the Gyatr-Kavacha. It can destroy all sins. Therefore to recite or to hold it on one's body enables the man to become free from all his sins and to get all his desires fulfilled and he gets the Syuya Mukti with the Dev (be merged in the Dev-Body). Now hear the Risis, Chhandas, etc., of this Kavacha :-- Brahm, Visnu and Mahes'vara are the Risis; the Rik, Yajus, Sma and Atharva Vedas are the Chhandas; the Param Kal Gyatr of the nature of Brahm is the Devat; "Tat" in Gyatr is the Vja; "Bharga" is the Sakti; and "Dhyah" is the Klaka; and its viniyoga (application) is in getting the Moksa (liberation.). With the first four syllables touch the heart; with

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the next three letters touch the head; with the next four letters touch the tuft on the crown of the head; with the next three letters on the Kavacha; with the next four letters on the eyes and with the last four letters make the Nysa, all over the body repeating "Astrya Phat," O Nrada! Hear now the Dhynam of Gyatr, that grants all desires. The Gyatr Dev has five faces; one of which is of white colour; and the other four is of pearl, Vidruma, golden, and Nlakntamani colour respectively. Each face has got three eyes; on the head there is a crown of jewels and the digit of the Moon is shining there. Her body is composed of the twenty-four tattvas. She has ten hands :-- On the top right and left hands there are two lotuses; lower down, there are disc and conch shell; lower down, there are rope and skull; lower down, there are noose and goad; and on the bottom hands right and left she is making signs of "No fear" and "ready to grant boons." Thus meditating on Sr Gyatr, one is to recite the Kavacha thus :-- Let the Gyatr Dev protect my front; Svitr Dev protect my right; the Sandhy Dev, my back and the Dev Sarasvat, my left. Let my Mother Prvat Dev protect my quarters. Let Jalas'yin protect the southeast; Ytudhna Bhayankar protect my South-west; Pavamnavilsin my north-west; Rudrarpin Rudrn protect my north-east. Let Brahmn protect my top and Vaisnav protect my nether regions. Let the word "Tat" in the Gyatr protect my legs; "Savituh" protect my Knees; "Varenyam," protect my loins; "Bhargah," my navel. Let "Devasya" protect my heart; "Dhmah" protect my neck; "Dhyah," protect my eyes; "Yah," protect my forehead; "Nah" protect my head; and "Prachodayt" protect the tuft on the crown of my head.

Again let the "Tat" of the twenty-four syllabled Gyatr protect my head; "Sa," protect my forehead; "Vi" protect my eyes; "Tu" my cheeks; "Va," protect my nostrils; "Re," my mouth; "ni" protect my upper lip; "Yah" protect my lower lip; "Bha" within my face; "rgo," protect my cheeks; "De," my throat; "Va" my shoulders; "Sya" my right hand; "Dhi" my navel; "ma," my heart, "Hi," my belly; "Dh," my navel; "Yo" my loins; "Yo", my anus; "nah," my thighs, "Pra," my Knees; "Cho" my shanks "Da" my heels; "Y" my legs; and let "at" protect all my sides. O Nrada! This divine Kavacha of the Dev Gyatr can baffle hundreds and thousands of obstructions and evils; can grant sixty-four Kals and liberation. By the glory of this Kavacha, man can become free from all evils and can attain the state of Brahm. Moreover whoever reads or hears this acquires the fruits of making a gift of a thousand cows.

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Here ends the Third Chapter of the Twelfth Book on the description of the Kavacha of Sr Gyatr Dev in the Mahpurnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
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