Chapter CCXXI - The Vishnu-Dharma Vidya

Hari said:—O thou, supreme deity, I shall now enumerate the Vishnu-Dharma-Vidya, by reciting which, Indra was enabled to kill all his adversaries, and was ultimately installed on the throne of heaven. The Mantras such as Om, etc., should be psychically located by the reciter in his brain, face, heart, belly, thighs, knee-joints and legs respectively. He should then meditate upon these Mantras located as directed in the preceding line. As an alternative, the Mantra running as Namo Narayanaya should be located, as above directed, in the limbs in the inverse order of enumeration. Then the rite of Kara-nyasa should be performed with the twelve-lettered Mantra sacred to the deity (Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya.) The votary should recite the Mantra running as Om, obeisance to Vishnu, and consider himself as identical with the Shesha manifestation of that divinity, attended with the sixfold energy. May Hari protect me; may the fish manifestation of Vishnu shield my person in water. May Trivrikrama, who exercises absolute power in the three regions, protect me in the skies; may the dwarf manifestation of Vishnu preserve me on land. May the mighty Nrisinha protect me in wilderness; may Rama preserve me on the mountain. May the boar manifestation of Vishnu preserve me on the earth-surface; may Narayana preserve me in the air. May Kapila protect the worldly concerns of my life; may Dattatreya preserve my yoga. May Hayagriva, among the celestials, and Makaradhvaja, among the celestial youths, preserve me. May Narada protect me from worshipping any other god. May the tortoise manifestation of Vishnu preserve me in the south west; may Dhanvantari protect me from the evil effects of unwholesome food. May Naga protect me from failings of anger and passion. May Yagna preserve me from the combined energy of diseases, may Vyasa preserve me from ignorance. May Buddha preserve me from the concourse of heretics (Pashandas), may Kalki preserve me from sin and sinful propensities. May Vishnu protect me at noon; Narayana, in the morning; the destroyer of demon Madhu, at after-noon; and Madhava, in the evening. May Hrishikesha protect me at the dawn of day; may Janardana protect me at night-fall. May Shridhara protect me at mid-night, may the lotus-naveled deity preserve me during the small hours of the night. May the discus, club (Kaumadaki) and arrows of Vishnu kill my enemies and the Rakshasas. May the lotus and conch shell of Vishnu preserve me from enemies, may the celestial Garuda, and the divine bow and ornaments of Vishnu preserve my life, mind, and intellect. May Shesha and Sarva-rupa preserve me everywhere. May Narasinha preserve me in all angles of the heaven. He, who eyes a person with this Kavacham on his person, is sure to be fascinated, and such a person enjoys a kind of immunity from disease.