¾r r ghave dra kavacam kavaca r ghave drasya yat drasya mah tmana vak½y mi guruvaryasya v chit rthaprad yakam 1 ½irasy ppa³ c rya cha dosnu½ up prak rtitam devat ¾r r ghave dragururi½ rthasiddhaye 2 a½ ottara¾ata japya bhaktiyuktena cetas udyatpradyotanadyotabharmakàrm sane sthitam 3 edyakhadyotanadyotaprat pa r mam nasam dh tak ½ yavasana tulas h ravak½asam 4 dorda avilasadda akama aluvir jitam abhaya j² namudr k½am l ¾ lakar bujam 5 yog drava dyap d bja r ghave draguru bhaje ¾iro rak½atu me nitya r ghave droskhile½ ada 6 p p drip ane vajra ke¾ n rak½atu me sad k½am suraga³ dh ¾o mukha rak½atu me guru 7 harisev labdhasarvasa patph la mam vatu devasvabh vosvatu me d ¾au tatta pradar¾aka 8 Sri Raghavendra Kavacham Page 1
i½ aprad ne kalpadru ¾rotre ¾rutyarthabodhaka bhavyasvaràpo me n s jihv mesvatu bhavyak t 9 sya rak½atu me du khatàlasa gh gnicaryaka sukhadhairy disugu³o bhruvau mama sad svatu 10 o½ hau rak½atu me sarvagrahanigraha¾aktim n upaplavodadhesseturda t n rak½atu me sad 11 nirastado½o me p tu kapolau sarvap laka niravadyamah ve½a ka ha mesvatu sarvad 12 kar³amàle tu pratyarthimàkatv karav ±a mama bahuv dijay p tu hastau sattattvav dak t 13 karau rak½atu me vidvatparij²eyavi¾e½av n v gvaikhar bhavya¾e½ajay vak½asthala mama 14 sat sa t nasa pattibhakti j² n div ddhik t stanau rak½atu me nitya ¾ar r vadyah nik t 15 pu³yavardhanap d bj bhi½ekajalasa caya n bhi rak½atu me p r¾vau dyunad tulyasadgu³a 16 p ½ a rak½atu me nitya t patrayavin ¾ak t ka i me rak½atu sad va dhy satputrad yaka 17 Sri Raghavendra Kavacham Page 2
jaghana mesvatu sad vya gasva gasam ddhik t guhya rak½atu me p pagrah ri½ avin ¾ak t 18 bhakt ghavidhva sakaranijamàrtipradar¾aka màrtim np tu me roma r ghave dro jagadguru 19 sarvata trasvata trossau j nun me sadr vatu ja ghe rak½atu me nitya ¾r madhvamatavardhana 20 vijay drakar bjotthasudh dravaraputraka gulphau ¾r r ghave dro me yatir sarvad svatu 21 p dau rak½atu me sarvabhayah r k p nidhi j² nabhaktisuputr yurya¾a ¾r pu³yavardhana 22 karap d gul sarv mam vatu jagadguru prativ dijayasv tabhedacihn daro guru 23 nakh navatu me sarv n sarva¾ stravi¾ rada aparok½ k ta¾r ¾a pr cy di¾i sad svatu 24 sa dak½i³e c vatu m samupek½itabh vaja apek½itaprad t ca prat cy mavatu prabhu 25 day d k½i³yavair gyav kp avamukh kita sadod cy mavatu m ¾ p nugraha¾aktim n 26 Sri Raghavendra Kavacham Page 3
nikhile driyado½aghno mah nugrahak dguru adha¾cordhva c vatu m ma½ k½aramanàditam 27 tm tm y ghar ¾ighno m rak½atu vidik½u ca catur³ ca pumarth n d t pr ta sad svatu 28 sa gamrevatu m nitya tattvavitsarvasaukhyak t madhy hne:'gamyamahim m rak½atu mah ya¾ 29 m tapotapr ³ad t s y hne m sad svatu vedisthapuru½ojj v ni¾ the p tu m guru 30 vahnistham likoddhart vahnit p tsad svatu samagra k vy khy t gururme vi½ayesvatu 31 k t rrevatu m nitya bh a (bh ½ya) sa grahak dguru sudh parima oddhart su (sva)ccha dastu sad svatu 32 r jacoravi½avy dhiy dovanyam g dibhi apasm r pahart na ¾ stravitsarvad svatu 33 gatau sarvatra m p tàpani½adarthak dguru gvy khy nak d c rya sthitau rak½atu m sad 34 ma tr layaniv s m j gratk le sad svatu ny yamukt val kart svapne rak½atu m sad 35 Sri Raghavendra Kavacham Page 4
m p tu ca drik vy khy kart suptau hi tatta k t suta trad pik kart muktau rak½atu m guru 36 g t rthasa grahakarassad rak½atu m guru ¾r madhvamatadugdh bdhica drosvatu sad snagha 37 iti ¾r r ghave drasya kavaca p pan ¾anam sarvavy dhihara sadya p vana pu³yavardhanam 38 ya ida pa hate nitya niyamena sam hita ad ½ i pàr³ad ½ i sy de amàkospi v kpati 39 pàr³ yu pàr³asa pattibhakti j² n bhiv ddhik t p tv v ri naro yena kavacen bhima tritam 40 jah ti kuk½ig n rog n guruvaryapras data pradak½i³anamask r n gurorv d vanasya ya 41 karoti paray bhakty tadetatkavaca pa han pa gu kà³i¾ca pauga a pàr³ go j yate dhruvam 42 ¾e½ ¾ca ku½ hapàrv ¾ca na¾ya ty mayar ¾aya a½ k½are³a ma tre³a stotre³a kavacena ca 43 v d vane sannihitamabhi½icya yath vidhi ya tre ma tr k½ar ³ya½ au vilikhy tra prati½ hitam 44 Sri Raghavendra Kavacham Page 5
½o a¾airupac rai¾ca sa pàjya trijagadgurum a½ ottara¾at khy bhirarcayetkusum dibhi 45 phalai¾ca vividhaireva gurorarc prakurvata n ma¾rava³am tre³a guruvaryapras data 46 bhàtapretapi¾ c dy vidrava ti di¾o da¾a pa hedetattrika nitya gurorv d van tike 47 d pa sa yojya vidy v n sabh su vijay bhavet r jacoramah vy ghrasarpanakr dip an t 48 kavacasya prabh ve³a bhaya tasya na j yate somasàryopar g dik le v d van tike 49 kavac ditrika pu³yamappa³ c ryadar¾itam japedya sa dhana putr n bh ry ca sumanoram m 50 j² na bhakti ca vair gya bhukti mukti ca ¾ ¾vat m sa pr pya modate nitya guruvaryapras data 51 iti ¾r madappa³ c ryaviracita ¾r r ghave drakavaca sa pàr³am Sri Raghavendra Kavacham Page 6