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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.41

śrī-śuka uvāca

ya idaḿ śṛṇuyāt kāle

yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ

taḿ namasyanti bhūtāni

mucyate sarvato bhayāt

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; yaḥ — anyone who; idam — this; śṛṇuyāt — may hear; kāle — at a time of fear; yaḥ — anyone who; dhārayati — employs this prayer; ca — also; ādṛtaḥ — with faith and adoration; tam — unto him; namasyanti — offer respectful obeisances; bhūtāni — all living beings; mucyate — is released; sarvataḥ — from all; bhayāt — fearful conditions.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, one who employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration when afraid because of any conditions in the material world is immediately freed from all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities.

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