SRI RADHA KABACHAM(Radha stotra.10)

SRI RADHA KABACHAM(Radha stotra.10)

॥ श्रीराधाकवचम् ॥

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।
पार्वत्युवाच
कैलासिअवासिन् भगवन् भक्‍तानुग्रहकारक ।
राधिकाकवचं पुण्यं कथयस्व मम प्रभो ॥ १॥

यद्यस्ति करुणा नाथ त्राहि मां दुःखतो भयात् ।
त्वमेव शरणं नाथ शूलपाणे पिनाकधृक् ॥ २॥

शिव उवाच
श्रृणुष्व गिरिजे तुभ्यं कवचं पूर्वसूचितम् ।
सर्वरक्षाकरं पुण्यं सर्वहत्याहरं परम् ॥ ३॥

हरिभक्‍तिप्रदं साक्षाद्भुक्‍तिमुक्‍तिप्रसाधनम् ।
त्रैलोक्याकर्षणं देवि हरिसान्निध्यकारकम् ॥ ४॥

सर्वत्र जयदं देवि सर्वशत्रुभयावहम् ।
सर्वेषां चैव भूतानां मनोवृत्तिहरं परम् ॥ ५॥

चतुर्धा मुक्‍तिजनकं सदानन्दकरं परम् ।
राजसूयाश्वमेधानां यज्ञानां फलदायकम् ॥ ६॥

इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा राधामन्त्रं च यो जपेत् ।
स नाप्‍नोति फलं तस्य विघ्‍नास्तस्य पदे पदे ॥ ७॥

ऋषिरस्य महादेवोऽनुष्टुप् छन्दश्च कीर्तितम् ।
राधाऽस्य देवता प्रोक्‍ता रां बीजं कीलकं स्मृतम् ॥ ८॥

धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु विनियोगः प्रकीर्तितः ।
श्रीराधा मे शिरः पातु ललाटं राधिका तथा ॥ ९॥

श्रीमती नेत्रयुगलं कर्णौ गोपेन्द्रनन्दिनी ।
हरिप्रिया नासिकां च भ्रूयुगं शशिशोभना ॥ १०॥

ओष्ठं पातु कृपादेवी अधरं गोपिका तथा ।
वृषभानुसुता दन्तांश्चिबुकं गोपनन्दिनी ॥ ११॥

चन्द्रावली पातु गण्डं जिह्वां कृष्णप्रिया तथा ।
कण्ठं पातु हरिप्राणा हृदयं विजया तथा ॥ १२॥

बाहू द्वौ चन्द्रवदना उदरं सुबलस्वसा ।
कोटियोगान्विता पातु पादौ सौभद्रिका तथा ॥ १३॥

नखांश्चन्द्रमुखी पातु गुल्फौ गोपालवल्लभा ।
नखान् विधुमुखी देवी गोपी पादतलं तथा ॥ १४॥

शुभप्रदा पातु पृष्ठं कुक्षौ श्रीकान्तवल्लभा ।
जानुदेशं जया पातु हरिणी पातु सर्वतः ॥ १५॥

वाक्यं वाणी सदा पातु धनागारं धनेश्वरी ।
पूर्वां दिशं कृष्णरता कृष्णप्राणा च पश्चिमाम् ॥ १६॥

उत्तरां हरिता पातु दक्षिणां वृषभानुजा ।
चन्द्रावली नैशमेव दिवा क्ष्वेडितमेखला ॥ १७॥

सौभाग्यदा मध्यदिने सायाह्ने कामरूपिणी ।
रौद्री प्रातः पातु मां हि गोपिनी रजनीक्षये ॥ १८॥

हेतुदा सङ्गवे पातु केतुमाला दिवार्धके ।
शेषाऽपराह्णसमवे शमिता सर्वसन्धिषु ॥ १९॥

योगिनी भोगसमये रतौ रतिप्रदा सदा ।
कामेशी कौतुके नित्यं योगे रत्‍नावली मम ॥ २०॥

सर्वदा सर्वकार्येषु राधिका कृष्णमानसा ।
इत्येतत्कथितं देवि कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ॥ २१॥

सर्वरक्षाकरं नाम महारक्षाकरं परम् ।
प्रातर्मध्याह्नसमये सायाह्ने प्रपठेद्यदि ॥ २२॥

सर्वार्थसिद्धिस्तस्य स्याद्यन्मनसि वर्तते ।
राजद्वारे सभायां च सङ्ग्रामे शत्रुसङ्कटे ॥ २३॥

प्राणार्थनाशसमये यः पठेत्प्रयतो नरः ।
तस्य सिद्धिर्भवेद्देवि न भयं विद्यते क्वचित् ॥ २४॥

आराधिता राधिका च तेन सत्यं न संशयः ।
गङ्गास्‍नानाद्धरेर्नामग्रहणाद्यत्फलं लभेत् ॥ २५॥

तत्फलं तस्य भवति यः पठेत्प्रयतः शुचिः ।
हरिद्रारोचनाचन्द्रमण्डितं हरिचन्दनम् ॥ २६॥

कृत्वा लिखित्वा भूर्जे च धारयेन्मस्तके भुजे ।
कण्ठे वा देवदेवेशि स हरिर्नात्र संशयः ॥ २७॥

कवचस्य प्रसादेन ब्रह्मा सृष्टिं स्थितिं हरिः ।
संहारं चाहं नियतं करोमि कुरुते तथा ॥ २८॥

वैष्णवाय विशुद्धाय विरागगुणशालिने ।
दद्यात्कवचमव्यग्रमन्यथा नाशमाप्‍नुयात् ॥ २९॥

॥ इति श्रीनारदपञ्चरात्रे ज्ञानामृतसारे राधाकवचं
सम्पूर्णम् ॥


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Radha Kavacham

(The armour of Radha)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander


(Radha
 alias Radha Rani is one of those cowherd maidens(Gopa Sthri) who lived 

in Brindavan .She is the daughter of a Gopa called Vrisha Bhanu and a 
Gopi called Kamalavathi The devotees of Lord Vishnu  consider her as the

 most important Gopa maiden , because of her unalloyed and extreme 
devotion to Lord Krishna. To most of the devotees, she is the principal 

paramour of Lord Krishna whose intense and extreme love to him is 
extolled in
 “Gita Govinda” written by Jayadeva and not a Goddess. The 
Padma Purana mentions her as the chief Gopi among the 18,000 Gopis of 



However the followers of Nimbarka 
Sampradhaya (system of Nimbarka) and Gaudiya Sampradhaya of Vaishnavism 

consider Radha as the supreme goddess. For them, she is similar to 
Goddess Shakthi of the Saivaites. She is the supreme Goddess, who is 

above the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and
 Shiva. This armour, which occurs
 in, Narada Pancha Rathra in
 the chapter entitled “Jnanamrutha 
Sara”.considers her as the supreme Goddess. This great book is written 

by Sage Narada and deals about methods of worshipping God.
This armour is taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvathi at her request.)



Parvathyuvacha:-
Kailasa Vasin, Bhagwan, Bhaktha anugraha karaka,

Radhika kavacham punyam kadhyaswa mama prabho.                                  1

Yadyasthi Karuna Nadha, thrahi maam dukhatho
 Bhayath,
Thwameva saranam Nadha, Soola pane, Pinaka Druk.                                    2


Parvathy asked:-

Oh god who lives in Kailasa, Oh God who blesses his devotees,

Oh Lord, Be pleased to tell me the holy armour of Radha.

If you have pity on me, please save me from sorrow,

As you are my only saviour, Oh holder of spear, Oh Holder of Pinaka*.
*The bow of Lord Shiva


Shiva Uvacha:-
Srunushwa Girija, thubhyam kavacham poorva soochitham,
Sarva rakshakaram punyam sarva hathyaharam param.                                     3


Shiva said:-
Please hear daughter of the mountain, the armour indicated by me,

Which is holy, protects everything and wipes away all sins.

Hari Bhakthi pradham sakshad , bhukthi mukthi prasadanam,

Tri lokya akarshanam devi hari sannidhya karakam.         
                                  4

It gives you devotion to Vishnu, pleasures in life and salvation,

It attracts all the three worlds to you, Oh Goddess,
And makes possible the real presence of Lord Hari.


Sarvathra jayadham devisarva shathu bhayapaham,
Sarveshanam chaiva bhoothaanaam mano vruthi haram param.                           5


It always leads to victory, Oh Goddess,
It makes all your enemies afraid of you,

And it steals the mind of all beings.

Chathurdha mukthi janakam sadananda karam param,

Raja soya aswa medhanam yagnanaam phala dhayakam.                                       6

It gives four types of salvation,

It provides you happiness for all the time,
And it gives you the same effect ,
As performing Raja Sooya and Aswa medha*.

*Two of the
 great fire sacrifices.

Idham kavacham ajnathwa radha manthranchayo japeth,

Sa napnothi phalam thasya vignasthasya pade pade.                                                 7

Without reading this armour , if one tries to say the chant of Radha,

He would not get desired result and obstructions would come again and again.

Rishirasya maha devo ranushtup chandascha keerthitham,

Radhasya devatha proktha  ram bheejam keelakam smrutham,
Dharma artha kama moksheshu viniyoga prakeerthitha.                                             8


The saint for this is Lord shiva, Meter is “Anushtup”
God is “Radha, seed and nail is “Ram”

And it is read for getting Dharma, wealth , love and salvation.

Sri Radha may sira pathu, lalatam radhika thadha,       
                                                 9

Srimathi nethra yugalam, karnou gopendra nandhini. 

Hari Priya nasikam cha broo yugmam sasi shobhanam,                                                 10

Let Radha protect my head,

Let my forehead be protected by Radhika,
Let my twin eyes be protected by Srimathi*,
Let my ears be protected by daughter of chief of the gopas.

Let the darling of Hari protect my nose,
Let she who shines like moon protect my
 two eye brows,
* One of the names of Radha

Oshtam pathu krupa devi, Adhram gopika thadha.

Vrusha bhanu sutha  danthaam  schibhukam Gopa nandini.                                            11

Let the goddess of mercy protect my upper lip,

Let my lower lip be protected by Gopika.
Let the daughter of Vrisha Bhanu protect my teeth,
Let my chin be protected by the cowherd damsel


Chandrawali pathu gandham, jihwam Krishna Priya thadha, 
Kandam

 pathu hari Priya, hrudayam vijaya thadha.                              
                            12 


Let she who is like a moon like creeper protect my cheeks,
Let the darling of Krishna protect
 my toungue,
Let my neck be protected by darling of Hari,
Let my chest be protected by Vijaya.


Bahu dhwou chandra vadana, udaram subala swasa,
Kodi yoganwitha pathu padhou sobhadrika thadha.                                                          13


Let the lady with moon like face protect my arms,
Let my stomach be protected by sister of Subhala,

Let soubhadrika protect my feet with billions of yoga.

Jange chandra mukhi  pathu gulphou gopala vallabha,

Nakhan vidhu mukhi  devi, gopi pada talam
 thadha.                                                         14

Let my calves by protected by moon faced one,

Let my ankles be protected by the wife of the cowherd,
Let my nails be protected by the moon faced lady.
Let the gopa maiden protect my feet.


Shubha pradha pathu prushtam, kukshou sri kantha vallabha,
Janu desam jaya pathu, harini pathu sarvatha. 
                              
                                    15

Let the doer of good protect my back side,

Let my joints be protected by consort of Krishna,
Let my knees be protected by Jaya,
And let all my parts of the body be protected,

By the lady with deer like eyes.

Vakhyam vani sada pathu, dhanagaram dhaneswari,

Poorvaam disaam krushnaratha, krushna prana cha paschimam.   
                                  
 16

Let Goddess Saraswathi protect my sentences,

Let my wealth chest be protected by goddess of wealth.
Let my eat side ne protected by she who pleases Krishna,

Let my west side be protected by the soul of Lord Krishna.

Utharam haritha pathu, dakshinam vrushabhanuja,

Chandra vali naisameva, dhiva kshweditha mekhala.                                                      
 17

Let the lady in
 green protect my northern  side,
Let the sister of Vrushabha protect the southern side,
Let the moon like lady* protect me at night,

Let she whose anklets make sound protect me at day time.
* Chandrawali is also another importand Gopika


Soubhagyadha Madhya dhine , sayahna kama roopini,
Roudhri pratha pathu maam hi gopinee rajani kshaye.                                                     18


Let she who grants luck protect me
 during middle of the day,
Let she who is personification of love protect me in the evening,
Let the angry one protect me at just before morning,

Let the lady of the gopas protect me at dawn. 

Hethudha sangava pathu , Kethu mala abhi vardhake,

Sesha prahnaa samaye , samitha sarva sandhishu.                                                             19


Let
 she who is reason for everything protect me for the next three hours,
Let she who holds the flag protect me for the next three hours,

Let she who always remains protect me from that time to evening ,
Let she who satisfies protect me at all dusks 


Yogini bhoga samaya , rathou rathi pradha sadha,
Kamesi kouthuke nithyam , yoge rathnavali mama.                                                          20


Let the Yogini protect me when we are making love,
Let the lover of love protect me when I am
 in love,
Let the goddess of love protect me when I am curious,
Let the gem studded one protect me when I am doing yoga.


Sarvadha sarva karyeshu , Radhika krisha manasa,
Ithyethath kaditham devi , kavacham parama adbutham.                                                  21


Let Radha who is in the mind of Lord Krishna,
Always protect me in every action of mine,

Oh Devi, this is the wonderful armour of Radha.

Sarva raksha karam nama maha raksha karam param,

Prathar madyahna samaye  sayahne prapadyathi.                                                              22


Sarvarthi sidhi sthasya syadhyadhyan manasi varthathe,
Raja dware sabhayam cha sam grame shathru sankate,                           
                          23

Pranartha nasa samaye ya padeth prayatho nara,

Thasya sidhir bhaveth devi, na bhayam kwachid.                                                             24


This which  protects everything and is the greatest protective armour,
If read  at  morning , noon and evening daily,


Would lead to receipt of all types of wealth and ,
Realisation of all the desires of our mind,

Would provide protection at the gate
 of the king,
At any assembly ,in the middle of war,
And in case of all problems created by enemies.


A man who is pure , if he reads it,
At the time of death and loss of property,

The goddess would remove all the fears from his mind.

AAradhitha Radhika cha yena sathyam na samsaya,

Ganga snana dhare nama sravanadhyal phalam labeth.                                 
                  25

Thath phalam thasya bhavathi  ya padeth prayatha suchi,

Haridhra  rochanaa chandra manditham hari chandanam.                                               26

Kruthwa likhithwa bhorjje cha dharayen masthake bhuje,

Kande va deva devesi sa harirnathra samsaya.                                                   
               27

There is no doubt at all, that if along
 with  worship of  Radha,
If he hears this Armour ,He will get the effect of bathing in Ganga 


He who reads it after purifying himself  and get it written,
Using the mixture of turmeric , musk and Sandal paste ,

On a talisman and wears  it on his head or arms,
Or neck would be without doubt equal to Vishnu.


Kavachasya prasadena Brahma srushtim sthithim hari,
Samharanchaham  niyatham karomi kuruthe yadha.     
                                
                28

It is using the power of this Kavacha That Brahma creates,

Vishnu looks after and I do my job of destruction.

Vaishnavaya vishudhaya viraga guna shaline,

Dadhyath kavacha vyagram anyadha  nasa mapnuyath.                                                29

This Kavacha should only be given to a devotee of Vishnu,

Who is pure and thoughts of renunciation,
Otherwise the man who receives it will face great losses.


Sri Narada Pancha rather , jnanamrutha sare, radha kavacham samaptham

Thus

 ends “The armour of Radha” which occurs in the chapter “The essence of 
nectar like wisdom”. Occurring in the book “Narada Pancha Ratre.”

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