𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐦

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𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐦

Garuda is one of the principal animal deities in Hindu Puranas. Kashyap, Garuda's father, had two wives: Kadru, the elder, and Vinata, Garuda's mother ..the younger. There was great rivalry between the two wives.. Once, they had an argument over the color of the horse Uchchaisravas, produced during the churning of the Milk Ocean just after the time of creation. Each chose a color and laid a wager on her own choice. The one who lost would become the other's slave. Kadru proved to be right and, as part of the agreement, imprisoned Vinata in the nether regions, Patala, where she was guarded by serpents. The serpents are, according to another myth, the sons of Kadru herself. Garuda, on hearing of his mother's imprisonment, descended to Patala and asked the serpents to release Vinata. They agreed to do so and demanded as ransom a cup of amrita (ambrosia). So Garuda set off for the celestial mountain where the amrita was kept. Before he could get to the amrita he had to overcome three hazards set up by the gods to guard the celestial drink. First, Garuda came upon a ring of flames fanned by high winds.

They roared and leapt up to the sky but Garuda drank up several rivers and extinguished the flames. Next, Garuda came upon a circular doorway. A very rapidly spinning wheel with sharp spikes on the spokes guarded it. Garuda made himself very small and slipped through the turning spokes. Lastly, Garuda had to defeat two fire-spitting serpents guarding the amrita. He flapped his wings rapidly and blew dust into the eyes of the monsters and blinded them. Then he cut them to pieces with his sharp beak. So Garuda finally reached the amrita and started to fly back with it to the nether regions but the gods anticipated his purpose and gave chase. Indra, king of the gods, struck him with his thunderbolt but Garuda proved a superior warrior and defeated the gods and continued unscathed on his journey to Patala. When the serpents got the amrita they were overjoyed and released Vinata. . Also, since the celestial drink was very strong, their tongues were split and that is why, to this day, serpents have forked tongues. Garuda got his mother back but he became an inveterate enemy of the serpents, the sons of his mother's rival Kadru. Also, the serpents, the Nagas, symbolized evil and that automatically invoked Garuda's hatred.

अथ गरुडकवचम् ।

𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒎 |

हरिः ॐ ।

𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐎𝐦 |

.अस्य श्रीगरुडकवचस्तोत्रमन्त्रस्य नारद भगवान् ऋषिः

वैनतेयो देवता अनुष्टुप्छन्दः श्रीवैनतेयप्रीत्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः ।

𝑨𝒔𝒚𝒂 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒂 𝑲𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒚𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒉

𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒚𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒕𝒖𝒑 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒚𝒂-𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕-𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒚𝒐𝒈𝒂 |

.ॐ शिरो मे गरुडः पातु ललाटे विनितासुतः ।

नेत्रे तु सर्पहा पातु कर्णौ पातु सुराहतः ॥ १॥

𝑶𝒎 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑳𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒉 |

𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒖 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒖 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒉 || 1||

नासिकां पातु सर्पारिः वदनं विष्णुवाहनः ।

सूर्येतालू च कण्ठे च भुजौ पातु महाबलः ॥ २॥

𝑵𝒂𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝑽𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒖𝒗𝒂𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒉 |

𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒐 𝑪𝒉𝒂 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒋𝒂𝒖 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒉 || 2||

हस्तौ खगेश्वरः पातु कराग्रे तरुणाकृतिः ॥ ३॥

𝑯𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒖 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒂-𝒌𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒉 || 3||

स्तनौ मे विहगः पातु हृदयं पातु सर्पहा ।

नाभिं पातु महातेजाः कटिं मे पातु वायुनः ॥ ४॥

𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒖 𝑴𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑯𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒂 |

𝑵𝒂𝒂𝒃𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒂 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒎 𝑴𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑽𝒂𝒂𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒂 || 4||

ऊरू मे पातु उरगिरिः गुल्फौ विष्णुरथः सदा ।

पादौ मे तक्षकः सिद्धः पातु पादाङ्गुलींस्तथा ॥ ५॥

𝑶𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒐 𝑴𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑼𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒉 𝑮𝒖𝒍𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒖 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒉 𝑺𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒂 |

𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒖 𝑴𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒎-𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒂 || 5||

रोमकूपानि मे वीरो त्वचं पातु भयापहा ।

इत्येवं कवचं दिव्यं पापघ्नं सर्वकामदम् ॥ ६॥

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝑴𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝑻𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒖 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒂 |

𝑰𝒕𝒚𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒎 𝑲𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒚𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒂𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒂-𝒌𝒂𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒎 || 6||

यः पठेत्प्रातरुत्थाय विषदोषं न पश्यति ।

त्रिसन्ध्यं पठते नित्यं बन्धनात् मुच्यते नरः ।

द्वादशाहं पठेद्यस्तु मुच्यते सर्वकिल्विषैः ॥ ७॥

Ya Pathet-praatarutthaaya Visha-dosham Na Pashyati |

Tri-sandhyam Pathate Nityam Bandhanaat Mucyate Nara |

Dvaadashaaham Pathedyastu Mucyate Sarvakilvishaih || 7||

॥ इति श्रीनारदगरुडसंवादे गरुडकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| Ithi Shree Naarada Garuda-samvaade Garuda Kavacam Sampoornam ||

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