Jagad Vilakshana Surya Kavacham
Shree soorya kavacham' (jagadvilakshanam')
Bri'haspatiruvaacha |
Indra shri'nu pravakshyaami kavacham' paramaadbhutam |
Yaddhri'tvaa munayah' pootaa jeevanmuktaashcha bhaarate || 1 ||
Kavacham' bibhrato vyaadhirna bhiyaa''yaati sannidhim |
Yathaa dri'sht'vaa vainateyam' palaayante bhujangamaah' || 2 ||
Shuddhaaya gurubhaktaaya svashishyaaya prakaashayet |
Khalaaya parashishyaaya dattvaa mri'tyumavaapnuyaat || 3 ||
Jagadvilakshanasyaasya kavachasya prajaapatih' |
Ri'shishchhandashcha gaayatree devo dinakarah' svayam || 4 ||
Vyaadhipranaashe saundarye viniyogah' prakeertitah' |
Sadyo rogaharam' saaram' sarvapaapapranaashanam || 5 ||
Om kleem' hreem' shreem' shreesooryaaya svaahaa me paatu mastakam |
Asht'aadashaaksharo mantrah' kapaalam' me sadaa'vatu || 6 ||
Om hreem' hreem' shreem' shreem' sooryaaya svaahaa me paatu naasikaam |
Chakshurme paatu sooryashcha taarakam' cha vikartanah' || 7 ||
Bhaaskaro me'dharam' paatu dantaan dinakarah' sadaa |
Prachand'ah' paatu gand'am' me maartaand'ah' karnameva cha |
Mihirashcha sadaa skandhe janghe pooshaa sadaa'vatu || 8 ||
Vakshah' paatu ravih' shashvannaabhim' sooryah' svayam' sadaa |
Kankaalam' me sadaa paatu sarvadevanamaskri'tah' || 9 ||
Karnau paatu sadaa bradhnah' paatu paadau prabhaakarah' |
Vibhaakaro me sarvaangam' paatu santatameeshvarah' || 10 ||
Iti te kathitam' vatsa kavacham' sumanoharam |
Jagadvilakshanam' naama trijagatsu sudurlabham || 11 ||
Puraa dattam' cha manave pulastyena tu pushkare |
Mayaa dattam' cha tubhyam' tadyasmai kasmai na dehi bhoh' || 12 ||
Vyaadhito muchyase tvam' cha kavachasya prasaadatah' |
Bhavaanarogee shreemaam'shcha bhavishyati na sam'shayah' || 13 ||
Lakshavarshahavishyena yatphalam' labhate narah' |
Tatphalam' labhate noonam' kavachasyaasya dhaaranaat || 14 ||
Idam' kavachamajnyaatvaa yo mood'ho bhaaskaram' yajet |
Dashalakshaprajapto'pi mantrasiddhirna jaayate || 15 ||
Iti shreebrahmavaivarte mahaapuraane ganapatikhand'e ekonavim'sho'dhyaaye bri'haspati kri'ta shree soorya kavacham |
Meaning
In this powerful kavacham, Sage Brihaspati reveals to Indra the rare and miraculous “Jagadvilakshana Surya Kavacham,” a divine shield that purifies one even while living and grants freedom from suffering. The one who wears or recites this kavacham becomes protected from diseases just as serpents flee at the mere sight of Garuda. The text cautions that this sacred knowledge must be given only to a pure and devoted disciple; offering it to the unworthy creates great spiritual consequences.
The kavacham is unique in the three worlds, with Prajapati as the rishi, Gayatri as the meter, and the Sun himself as the presiding deity. It is prescribed for destroying diseases, increasing radiance and beauty, removing sins, and granting immediate relief from ailments. Through various mantras, the protective radiance of Surya is invoked to guard each part of the body — head, eyes, nose, teeth, cheeks, shoulders, thighs, chest, navel, ears, feet, and the entire being. Names such as Bhaskara, Ravi, Vikartana, Mihira, Martanda, Pushan, Dinakara symbolize Surya’s boundless forms of light, power, nourishment, and healing.
This kavacham was once imparted by Pulastya to Manu at Pushkara and later given by Brihaspati to Indra. It promises complete freedom from diseases and assures well-being, prosperity, and long life. Reciting the kavacham is said to grant the same merit as offering sacred oblations for hundreds of thousands of years. Without knowing this kavacham, even ten lakh repetitions of Surya mantra cannot give full siddhi—showing the incomprehensible greatness of this protection hymn.
Benefits:
• Powerful protection from illness and negative planetary effects
• Enhances vitality, radiance, strength, and longevity
• Ensures spiritual advancement and mantra siddhi
• Removes obstacles, dangers, impurities, and sins
• Provides complete bodily and subtle-energy protection
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