Sri Nrisimha Kavacha

नारद उवाच इन्द्रादिदेववृन्देश पठितं सुररक्षणम् । नृसिंहकवचं पूर्वं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम् ॥१॥ श्रुत्वा तु नारदवचो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । प्रोवाच नारदं प्रीत्या भक्त्या प्रह्वमुपस्थितम् ॥२॥ ब्रह्मोवाच नृसिंहकवचं वक्ष्ये प्रह्लादेनोदितं पुरा । सर्वरक्षकरं पुण्यं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम् ॥३॥ सर्वसम्पत्करं चैव स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदायकम् । ध्यात्वा नृसिंहं देवेशं हेमसिंहासनस्थितम् ॥४॥ वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् । वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥५॥ चन्द्रसूर्याग्निनयनं चन्द्रसूर्याग्निसन्निभम् । वज्रकुण्डलरत्नाढ्यं वज्रमुकुटमण्डितम् ॥६॥ वज्रमालापरिक्षिप्तं वज्रकङ्कणभूषितम् । वज्रबाहुं वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं महाबलम् ॥७॥ वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् । वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् ॥८॥ वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् । वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् ॥९॥ वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् ॥१०॥ वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् ॥११॥ वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् । वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् ।१२॥ वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् । वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥१३॥ वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् । वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥१४॥ वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् । वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् ॥१५॥ वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् । वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् ॥१६॥ वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् ॥१७॥ वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् ॥१८॥ वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् । वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् ॥१९॥ वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् । वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥२०॥ वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् । वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥२१॥ वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् । वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् ॥२२॥ वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् । वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् ॥२३॥ वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् ॥२४॥ वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् ॥२५॥ वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् । वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् ॥२६॥ वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् । वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥२७॥ वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् । वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥२८॥ वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् । वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् ॥२९॥ वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् । वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् ॥३०॥ वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखं वज्ररोमं वज्रलोचनम् ॥३१॥ वज्रदेहमहाकायं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् । वज्रसिंहं वज्रवक्त्रं वज्रघोषं महाबलम् ॥३२॥ वज्रनादं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रजिह्वं महाबलम् । वज्रकेसरवज्राङ्गं वज्रदंष्ट्रं वज्रनखम् ॥३३॥ वज्रसिंहासनस्थं च वज्रमालाविभूषितम् । वज्रहस्तं वज्रपाणिं वज्रबाहुं महाबलम् ॥३४॥ एतत् कवचमज्ञात्वा नृसिंहं यो जपेन्नरः । स याति नरकं घोरं सर्वपापसमन्वितः ॥३५॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डपुराणे प्रह्लादोक्तं श्रीनृसिंहकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

Narada said: O Indra, chief of the hosts of gods, this Nrisimha Kavacha, recited for the protection of the gods, was formerly the destroyer of all enemies. ||1|| Having heard the words of Narada, Brahma, the grandfather of all worlds, spoke to Narada, who was present with devotion and humility. ||2|| Brahma said: I shall now describe the Nrisimha Kavacha, which was formerly spoken by Prahlada. It is the protector of all, sacred, and the destroyer of all calamities. ||3|| It bestows all wealth, and grants heaven and liberation. Meditate upon Lord Nrisimha, the Lord of the gods, seated on a golden throne, ||4|| Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. ||5|| Whose eyes are like the moon, sun, and fire; who resembles the moon, sun, and fire. Adorned with thunderbolt earrings and jewels, decorated with a thunderbolt crown. ||6|| Encircled by a garland of thunderbolts, adorned with thunderbolt bracelets. Whose arms are like thunderbolts, whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||7|| Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||8|| Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. ||9|| Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||10|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||11|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||12|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. ||13|| Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. ||14|| Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||15|| Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. ||16|| Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||17|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||18|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||19|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||20|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||21|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||22|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||23|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||24|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||25|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||26|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||27|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||28|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||29|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||30|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||31|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts, whose hair is like thunderbolts, whose eyes are like thunderbolts. ||32|| Whose body is mighty like a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. Who is a thunderbolt-lion, whose face is like a thunderbolt, whose roar is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. ||33|| Whose sound is like a thunderbolt, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose tongue is like a thunderbolt, immensely powerful. Whose mane is like thunderbolts, whose limbs are like thunderbolts, whose teeth are like thunderbolts, whose nails are like thunderbolts. ||34|| Seated on a thunderbolt throne, adorned with a garland of thunderbolts. Whose hands are like thunderbolts, who holds a thunderbolt, whose arms are like thunderbolts, immensely powerful. If a person chants Nrisimha without knowing this Kavacha, he goes to a terrible hell, full of all sins. ||35|| Thus, the Sri Nrisimha Kavacha, spoken by Prahlada in the Brahmanda Purana, is complete. ||

The translation aims for literal accuracy, preserving the devotional tone and the repetitive emphasis on 'Vajra' (thunderbolt) to convey Lord Nrisimha's formidable and protective nature.

श्री नृसिंह कवच भगवान नृसिंह को समर्पित एक प्राचीन और शक्तिशाली रक्षात्मक प्रार्थना है, जो भगवान विष्णु के आधे-सिंह, आधे-मानव अवतार हैं। इसकी उत्पत्ति पारंपरिक रूप से ब्रह्मांड पुराण से मानी जाती है, जो अठारह प्रमुख पुराणों में से एक है। कथा के अनुसार, इसका वर्णन ब्रह्मा, सृष्टि के देवता, ने देवर्षि नारद मुनि को किया था, जिन्होंने इसे फिर संसार में प्रसारित किया। यह कवच स्वयं प्रह्लाद महाराज द्वारा बोला गया माना जाता है, जो एक आदर्श भक्त थे जिनकी रक्षा के लिए भगवान नृसिंह ने अपने दानव पिता हिरण्यकशिपु से प्रकट हुए थे। यह ऐतिहासिक संदर्भ इस कवच को प्राचीन वैदिक परंपरा में दृढ़ता से स्थापित करता है, जो इसके दिव्य मूल और इसकी छंदों की शक्ति को उजागर करता है। सांस्कृतिक रूप से, नृसिंह कवच का अत्यधिक महत्व है, विशेष रूप से गौड़ीय वैष्णव धर्म जैसी वैष्णव परंपराओं में, जहाँ भगवान नृसिंह को अपने भक्तों के एक भयंकर फिर भी अत्यंत दयालु रक्षक के रूप में पूजा जाता है। इसका पाठ सभी प्रकार के खतरों से दिव्य सुरक्षा का आह्वान करने के लिए किया जाता है, जिसमें शत्रु, बुरी शक्तियाँ, बीमारियाँ, दुर्घटनाएँ और अन्य आपदाएँ शामिल हैं। भक्त अक्सर इस कवच का प्रतिदिन पाठ करते हैं, विशेष रूप से यात्रा पर निकलने से पहले, संकट के समय, या आध्यात्मिक और भौतिक सुरक्षा की तलाश में। इसका पाठ मन और शरीर को शुद्ध करने, निर्भयता को बढ़ावा देने और भगवान की रक्षात्मक शक्ति में अटूट विश्वास पैदा करने के लिए एक शक्तिशाली अनुष्ठान माना जाता है। नृसिंह चतुर्दशी जैसे त्योहारों के दौरान यह विशेष रूप से प्रमुख होता है, जब भक्त भगवान की महिमा का गुणगान करने के लिए एकत्रित होते हैं। प्रदर्शन के संदर्भ में, नृसिंह कवच मुख्य रूप से एक पाठ की जाने वाली प्रार्थना है, न कि एक गाई जाने वाली रचना। इसका पाठ आमतौर पर व्यक्तिगत रूप से या सामूहिक सेटिंग्स में किया जाता है, अक्सर दैनिक पूजा या विशिष्ट भक्ति कार्यक्रमों के हिस्से के रूप में। संस्कृत छंदों के स्पष्ट और सटीक उच्चारण पर जोर दिया जाता है, क्योंकि ध्वनि कंपन में महत्वपूर्ण आध्यात्मिक ऊर्जा मानी जाती है। कई कीर्तनों या भजनों के विपरीत, यह आमतौर पर जटिल संगीत वाद्ययंत्रों या नृत्य के साथ नहीं होता है। ध्यान पाठ के ध्यानपूर्ण और सुरक्षात्मक पहलुओं पर रहता है, जिससे भक्तों को शक्तिशाली कंपन को आत्मसात करने और भगवान नृसिंह की दिव्य ऊर्जा से गहराई से जुड़ने की अनुमति मिलती है। यह समर्पण और आह्वान का एक गहरा कार्य है, जहाँ भक्त भगवान की सुरक्षा का 'कवच' धारण करना चाहते हैं। आज भी, श्री नृसिंह कवच दुनिया भर के लाखों वैष्णवों के लिए भक्ति अभ्यास का एक आधार बना हुआ है। दिव्य सुरक्षा और अटूट विश्वास का इसका शाश्वत संदेश तेजी से जटिल होती दुनिया में गहराई से गूंजता है। इस्कॉन (इंटरनेशनल सोसाइटी फॉर कृष्णा कॉन्शियसनेस) जैसे संगठन और कई अन्य वैष्णव वंश सक्रिय रूप से इसके अध्ययन और पाठ को बढ़ावा देते हैं, मुद्रित ग्रंथों, ऑडियो रिकॉर्डिंग और मौखिक प्रसारण के माध्यम से इसके संरक्षण को सुनिश्चित करते हैं। इसकी स्थायी प्रासंगिकता साहस पैदा करने, भय को कम करने और भक्तों को सर्वोच्च भगवान की हमेशा मौजूद सुरक्षा की याद दिलाने की क्षमता में निहित है। मौखिक परंपरा के एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्से के रूप में, इसका निरंतर पाठ यह सुनिश्चित करता है कि यह शक्तिशाली आध्यात्मिक विरासत भविष्य की पीढ़ियों के लिए जीवंत और सुलभ बनी रहे, सभी प्रतिकूलताओं के खिलाफ एक आध्यात्मिक ढाल के रूप में कार्य करती रहे।