Garga Bhagavatham : Maadhurya khanda - Chapter 16

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Sri Yamuna Kavacham

Yamunayaashca kavacam sarva rakshakaram nruNaam |

catushpadaarthadam saakshaat shruNu raajan mahaamate ||

krushNaam caturbhujaam shyaamaam punDariikadalekshaNaam |

rathasthaam sundariim dhyaatvaa dhaarayet kavacam tataH ||

snaataH puurvamukho maunii krutasandhyaH kushaasane |

kushairbuddhishikho vipraH paThedvai svastikaasanaH ||

yamunaa me shiraH paatu krushNaa netra dvayam sadaa |

shyaama bhruubhangadesham ca naasikaam naakavaasinii ||

kapolau paatu me sakshaat paramaananda ruupiNii |

KrishNa vaamaamsasambhuuta paatu karNa dvayam mama ||

adharau paatu kaalindii cibukam suuryakanyakaa |

yamasvasaa kandharaam ca hrudayam me mahaanadii ||

krushNapriyaa paatu pruShTham taTinii me bhujadvayam |

shroNii taTam ca sushroNii kaTim me caaru darshanaa |

uuruudvayam tu rambhoruurjananii tvanghribhedinii |

gulphau raaseshvarii paatu paadau paapaapahaariNii ||

antarbahiradhascordhvam dishaasu vidishaasu ca |

samantaatpaatu paatu jagataH paripuurNatamapriyaa||

Maandhata said:- Great one! Please bless me with Sri Krishna's queen Yamuna's ever serene Kavacham(shield), which I shall always wear.

 Sowbhari said:- Great minded King! Sri Yamuna Kavacham will protect everyone in all manners always and will truly provide all four purusharthas. Listen to this.

Sri Yamuna has four shoulders. She has a dark complexion and is of the youthful age of sixteen years. Her eyes are beautiful and broad like a bloomed lotus. She is extremely beautiful and is sitting on a divine chariot. Meditate upon her like this and wear her shield.

        After bathing, sit silently on a kushasan facing east and tie your hair in a knot with dried grass and after performing sandhya vandanam(evening ritual), Brahmanas, or the other two castes should sit in the posture of swastikaasan(yogic posture) and recite the Kavach(shield). 'Yamuna' protect my head and 'Krishnaa' always both my eyes. 'Shyamaa' protect my forehead and 'Naakavasini' my nose. 'Saakshaat Paramanandaswroopini' protect both my cheeks. 'Krishna-vaamaamsha-sambhoota' (Goddess who emerged from the left shoulder of Sri Krishna) protect both my ears. 'Kaalindi' protect my lips and 'Suryakanya', my tongue. 'Yamaswasa'(sister of Yamaraj) protect my neck and 'Mahanadi', my heart. 'Krishnapriya' protect my back portion and 'Thatini', both my shoulders. 'Sushronee' protect my pelvic region and 'Charudarshanaa' my waist portion. 'Rambhoru' protect my thighs and 'Anghribodini', both my knees. 'Raaseswari' protect my ankles and'Paapaapahaarini' give strength to my feet. 'Paripoornatampriya' protect my inside and outside, above and below, and protect all directions and sides. 

            This is the most amazing kavacham of Sri Yamuna, those who recite this ten times, even those who are poor will become wealthy. Those intelligent men, who remain without any relationship with women, eat limited food, and recite this for three months, he will become the emperor of all kingdoms, there is no doubt about this. Those who recite this one hundred times with great devotion and austerity every day, for a period of three months, what benefits are there, that they cannot attain? Those who recite this early in the morning will go to Golok, where even yogis cannot go.

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