Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 8: The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.37

na kutaścid bhayaḿ tasya

vidyāḿ dhārayato bhavet

rāja-dasyu-grahādibhyo

vyādhy-ādibhyaś ca karhicit

SYNONYMS

na — not; kutaścit — from anywhere; bhayam — fear; tasya — of him; vidyām — this mystical prayer; dhārayataḥ — employing; bhavet — may appear; rāja — from the government; dasyu — from rogues and thieves; graha-ādibhyaḥ — from demons and so on; vyādhi-ādibhyaḥ — from diseases and so on; ca — also; karhicit — at any time.

TRANSLATION

This prayer, Nārāyaṇa-kavaca, constitutes subtle knowledge transcendentally connected with Nārāyaṇa. One who employs this prayer is never disturbed or put in danger by the government, by plunderers, by evil demons or by any type of disease.

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