Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 23
Nārāyaṇa-kavaca — The Armor of Lord Nārāyaṇa
चक्रं युगान्तानलतिग्मनेमि भ्रमत् समन्ताद् भगवत्प्रयुक्तम् । दन्दग्धि दन्दग्ध्यरिसैन्यमाशु कक्षं यथा वातसखो हुताश: ॥ २३ ॥
cakraṁ yugāntānala-tigma-nemi bhramat samantād bhagavat-prayuktam dandagdhi dandagdhy ari-sainyam āśu kakṣaṁ yathā vāta-sakho hutāśaḥ
Set in motion by Bhagavān and roaming in all directions, the Lord’s disc bears edges as keen and ruinous as the fire of dissolution at the end of the age. As blazing fire, aided by the wind, reduces dry grass to ash, may that Sudarśana-cakra swiftly burn our enemy hosts to ashes.
FAQs
This verse prays that the Lord’s Sudarśana cakra, spinning on all sides, will swiftly burn hostile forces to ashes—showing it as a divine, all-directional protector employed by Bhagavān.
Indra faces grave danger from demonic opposition and, following the Narayana-kavacha taught through Vishvarupa, invokes the Lord’s weapons—especially the Sudarśana cakra—for invincible protection.
Cultivate steady remembrance of the Lord as your shield—through prayer, mantra, and disciplined conduct—so fear and hostility are “burned” by inner clarity, faith, and divine dependence.