प्रचण्डः पातु गण्डं मे मार्तण्डः कर्णमेव च
May Pracaṇḍa protect my cheeks, and Mārtaṇḍa always my ears.
वक्षः पातु रविः शश्वन्नाभिं सूर्य्यः स्वयं सदा
May Ravi always protect my chest, and Sūrya himself my navel at all times.
करौ पातु सदा ब्रध्नः पातु पादौ प्रभाकरः
May Brahma always protect my hands; may the radiant one protect my feet.
इति ते कथितं वत्स कवचं सुमनोहरम्
Thus, O child, I have told you this most delightful armor.
पुरा दत्तं च मनवे पुलस्त्येन तु पुष्करे
Long ago, Pulastya gave it to Manu at Puṣkara.
व्याधितो मुच्यसे त्वं च कवचस्य प्रसादतः
You will be freed from illness by the grace of this armor.
लक्षवर्षहविष्येण यत्फलं लभते नरः
The fruit that a man obtains by offering a hundred thousand years of oblations.
इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा यो मूढो भास्करं यजेत्
He who, ignorant of this armor, foolishly worships Bhāskara.
ब्रह्मोवाच युवां व्याधिविनिर्मुक्तौ निश्चितं तु भविष्यथः
Brahma said: You both will certainly be free from disease.
स्तवनं सामवेदोक्तं सूर्य्यस्य व्याधिमोचनम्
The praise spoken in the Sāma Veda is the remover of disease for Sūrya.
ब्रह्मोवाच त्वामहं स्तोतुमिच्छामि भक्तानुग्रहकारकम्
Brahma said: I wish to praise you, who bestows grace upon devotees.
त्रैलोक्यलोचनं लोकनाथं पापविमोचनम्
The eye of the three worlds, lord of all, liberator from sin.
कर्मानुरूपफलदं कर्मबीजं दयानिधिम्
Giver of fruits according to deeds, seed of action, treasure of compassion.
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानामंशं च त्रिगुणात्मकम् सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं भक्तिदं सर्वकामदम्
Portion of Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshvara, composed of the three qualities; giver of happiness, giver of liberation, essence, giver of devotion, fulfiller of all desires.
सर्वेश्वरं सर्वरूपं साक्षिणं सर्वकर्मणाम्
Lord of all, of all forms, witness of all actions.
शश्वद्रसहरं पश्चाद्रसदं सर्वसिद्धिदम्
Always the essence of rasa, later the essence of rasa, giver of all accomplishments.
स्तवराजमिदं प्रोक्तं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं परम्
This king of praises has been spoken, most secret among secrets, supreme.
आन्ध्यं कुष्ठं च दारिद्र्यं रोगः शोको भयं कलिः
Blindness, leprosy, poverty, disease, sorrow, fear, and the age of Kali.
महाकुष्ठी च गलितश्चक्षुर्हीनो महाव्रणी
One afflicted with great leprosy, fallen, deprived of sight, bearing great wounds.
मासं कृत्वा हविष्यान्नं श्रुत्वाऽतो मुच्यते ध्रुवम्
Having listened and eaten oblation food for a month, he is certainly freed.
पुष्करं गच्छतं शीघ्रं भास्करं भजतं सुतौ
As they swiftly went to Puṣkara, the two sons worshipped the Sun.
तौ निषेव्य दिनेशं तं नीरुजौ संबभूवतुः
Having served that lord of the day, they both became free from illness.
सर्वविघ्नहरं सारं विघ्नेशं विघ्ननाशनम्
He who removes all obstacles, the essence, the lord of obstacles, the destroyer of hindrances.
नारद उवाच तेजसा विक्रमेणैव मत्प्रश्नं श्रोतुमर्हसि
Nārada said: By your brilliance and might alone, you are worthy to hear my question.
विघ्ननिघ्नस्य यद्विघ्नं श्रुतं तत्परमाद्भुतम्
That the remover of obstacles himself faced an obstacle is a most wondrous thing I have heard.
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि परं सन्देहभञ्जनम्
Now I wish to hear that which dispels the highest doubt.
स्थितेष्वन्येषु बहुषु जन्तुष्वब्जभुवः पते
O lord born from the lotus, among the many other beings who exist—
श्रीनारायण उवाच गोप्यं सर्वपुराणेषु वेदेषु च सुदुर्लभम्
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: This is a secret in all the Purāṇas and exceedingly rare in the Vedas.
तारणं सर्वदुःखानां कारणं सर्वसम्पदाम्
It is the deliverance from all sorrows, the cause of all prosperity.
महालक्ष्म्याश्च चरितं सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम्
And it is the conduct of Mahālakṣmī, the most auspicious of all that is auspicious.