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Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
( This great armour occurs in Vishnu Dharmothara Purana. It is believed by chanting it and meditating
on the manthra given in the end , our body and mind would get clean and we would get rid of all our
diseases. I got this Kavacham from “49 Kava changal” , a book in Malayalam published by
Vidhyarambham press.)
Let Narayana protect the east, Let the south be protected by lotus eyed one,
Let Pradhyumna protect my west and Vasudeva protect my north.
Let Lord Vishnu guard the north east, Let Janardhana protect south east,
Let south west be protected by the Lord who has lotus flower in his navel,
And let North west be protected by the killer of Madhu.
Thus after tying up all the sides and after meditating on Vishnu,
And then do the rituals as given below.
Govinda at the tip of the thumb , the carrier of earth at the second finger,
Hrishikesa at the third finger and Trivikrama in the third finger.
In the little finger think of Vishnu and back of the hand Vamana,
And after this ritual with fingers , do rituals of organs.
Think of Vishnu in between the brows, And think of killer of Madhu in ears,
Think of Trivikrama in the neck joint and Vamana in the neck.
Vaikunda in between the hands , and the endless one above the nose.
Parsaurama in the right hand , is thought of by the greatest among men.
Think of the great sage on the left hand , and Raghava on the heart,
The carrier of earth on the stomach and Kesava on the sides.
Think Madhava on the bosom , and sleeper on the saint in the joints,
Think of yellow silk on the chest and Hari on the navel.
On the left hand think of the God and also imagine Sankarshana,
In the left side imagine the killer of enemies and Janardhana in between the waist.
On the back one who carries the earth , And Achyutha on the shoulders,
The God with lotus eye on the left abdomen and the one who sleeps on water in the right.
The one who was born himself on the penis, and the holder of mace on the breast,
The one who holds the wheel in between knees and deathless one on the thigh.
Narasimha(man lion) on the ankle , and the one who brought out nectar on the feet,
Sridhara on the fingers and the lotus eyed one on all joints.
Let Madhava be on the nails , and Achuyutha on the surface of the feet,
He who is hiding within us in the hair follicles and Krishna on flesh and bones.
After touching the chest thinking of the forest garland , worshipping all devas,
After touching the chest thinking of the mace , Touch the back thinking of the holy wheel.
Touch the chest thinking of Sri Vathsa, and touch the five organs using the Armour,
And then think of the portions from head to foot with Purushothama in the mind.
Thus after doing the rituals of Nyasa , he would become the real Narayana himself,
All his body would be full of Narayana and w and nothing else will appear.
It would make him dear to Vishnu and bless him with all powers,
He will be protected all along by Vishnu and he would take him to Vikunta.
Please protect me always Rama by your arrow and Kesava by your wheel,
After performing all this , use the mantra afterwards.
Thus ends the armour which cleanses occurring in Vishnu Dharmothara Purana.