ॐ सर्वेशाय स्वाहेति केशान्मम सदावतु
May 'Om Sarveśāya svāhā' always protect my hair.
ॐ माधवाय स्वाहेति भालं मे सर्वदावतु
May 'Om Mādhavāya svāhā' always protect my forehead.
नमो गोपीजनेशाय ऊरू पातु सदा मम
Salutations to the Lord of the gopīs; may He always protect my thighs.
यशोदानन्दनायेति नमोतो जङ्घके ऽवतु
Salutations to the son of Yaśodā; may He protect my shanks.
वृन्दाप्रियाय स्वाहेति सकलाङ्गानि मे ऽवतु
To the beloved of Vṛndā, svāhā; may He protect all my limbs.
स्वयं गोलोकनाथो मामाग्नेय्यां दिशि रक्षतु
May the Lord of Goloka Himself protect me in the southeast direction.
नैरृत्यां पातु मां कृष्णाः पश्चिमे पातु मां हरिः
May Kṛṣṇa protect me in the southwest, and Hari protect me in the west.
ऐशान्यां मे सदा पातु वृन्दावनविहार कृत्
May He who delights in Vṛndāvana always protect me in the northeast.
सदैव मामधः पातु बलिध्वंसी महाबलः
May the mighty destroyer of Bali always protect me below.
स्वप्ने जागरणे चैव पातु मां माधवः स्वयम्
In both sleep and wakefulness, may Mādhava Himself protect me.
इति ते कथितं भूप सर्वाघौघविनाशनम्
Thus, O king, has been told to you that which destroys all heaps of sin.
मया श्रुतं शिवमुखात्प्रवक्तव्यं न कस्यचित्
I have heard this from the mouth of Śiva; it is not to be spoken to anyone.
कण्ठे वा दक्षिणे बाहौ सो ऽपि विष्णुर्न संशयः
Whether on the neck or on the right arm, that is Viṣṇu, without doubt.
यदि स्यात्सिद्धकवचो जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः
If one has the perfected armor, he is liberated while living, without doubt.
राजसूर्यसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च
Thousands of Rājasūya sacrifices and hundreds of Vājapeya rituals—
त्रैलोक्यविजयस्यास्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
—do not equal even a sixteenth part of the victory over the three worlds gained by this.
स्नानं च सर्वतीर्थेषु नास्यार्हन्ति कलामपि
Bathing in all the sacred rivers does not equal even a fraction of this.
यदि स्यात्सिद्धकवचः सर्वं प्राप्नोति निश्चितम्
If one has the perfected armor, he certainly attains everything.
यो भवेत्सिद्धकवचो विजयी स भवेद् ध्रुवम्
He who possesses the perfected armor surely becomes victorious.
एतत्तु कवचं वत्स न देयं संकटे ऽपि च
This armor, dear one, is not to be given, even in distress.
इदं धृत्वा तु कवचं चक्रवर्त्ती भवान्भव
By wearing this armor, you shall become a universal sovereign.
यदिदं कवचं मह्यं प्रकाशितमनामयम्
This armor, which is flawless, has been revealed to me.
भवतस्तु कृपापात्रं जातो ऽहमधुना विभो
O Lord, I have now become the recipient of your compassion.
यथा समापितो वीरस्तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
Just as the heroic one was overcome, tell me that in detail.
उभौ तौ समरे वीरौ जघटाते कथं गुरो
How did those two heroes meet in battle, O teacher?
कार्त्तवीर्यस्य भूपस्य रामस्य च महात्मनः
Of Kārtavīrya, the king, and of Rāma, the great-souled one.
चकार माधनं तस्य भक्त्या परमया युतः
He performed penance for him, endowed with supreme devotion.
उवासपुष्करे राम शतवर्षमतन्द्रितः
Rāma dwelt at Puṣkara for a hundred years, untiring.
आनीय काननाद्भूप प्रायच्छदकृतव्रणः
The king, bringing him from the forest, gave him unblemished gifts.
आराधयामास विभुं कृष्णं कल्मषनाशनम्
He worshipped the Lord Kṛṣṇa, destroyer of sin.