çré-nåsiàha-kavacaà

(21)

putravän dhanavän loke

dérghäyur upajäyate

 yaà yaà kämayate kämaà

taà taà präpnoty asaàçayam

Whatever one desires in this world he can attain without doubt. One can have wealth, many sons, and a long life.

 (22)

sarvatra jayam äpnoti

sarvatra vijayé bhavet

bhümy antarékña-divyänäà

grahänäà viniväraëam

He becomes victorious who desires victory, and indeed becomes a conqueror. He wards off the influence of all planets, earthly, heavenly, and everything in between.

(23)

våçcikoraga-sambhüta-

viñäpaharaëaà param

brahma-räkñasa-yakñäëäà

dürotsäraëa-käraëam

This is the supreme remedy for the poisonous effects of serpents and scorpions, and Brahma-räkñasa ghosts and Yakñas are driven away.

 (24)

bhuje vä tala-pätre vä

kavacaà likhitaà çubham

kara-müle dhåtaà yena

sidhyeyuù karma-siddhayaù

One may write this most auspicious prayer on his arm, or inscribe it on a palm-leaf and attach it to his wrist, and all his activities will become perfect.

(25)

deväsura-manuñyeñu

svaà svam eva jayaà labhet

eka-sandhyaà tri-sandhyaà vä

yaù paöhen niyato naraù

One who regularly chants this prayer, whether once or thrice (daily), he becomes victorious whether among demigods, demons, or human beings.

(26)

sarva-maìgala-maìgalyaà

bhuktià muktià ca vindati

dvä-triàçati-sahasräëi

pathet çuddhätmanäà nåëäm

One who with purified heart recites this prayer 32,000 times attains the most auspicious of all auspicious things, and material enjoyment and liberation are already understood to be available to such a person.

(27)

kavacasyäsya mantrasya

mantra-siddhiù prajäyate

anena mantra-räjena

kåtvä bhasmäbhir mantränäm

This Kavaca-mantra is the king of all mantras. One attains by it what would be attained by anointing oneself with ashes and chanting all other mantras.