Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26
The Account of Kārtavīrya’s Protective Kavaca
Kārtavīrya-kavaca-vṛttānta
महायोगसमायुक्तः सर्वदिक्चक्रमंडलः । महायोगीश्वरः पातु सर्वतो मम पद्मभृत् ॥ २६ ॥
mahāyogasamāyuktaḥ sarvadikcakramaṃḍalaḥ | mahāyogīśvaraḥ pātu sarvato mama padmabhṛt || 26 ||
ขอพระผู้เป็นเจ้า ผู้ประกอบด้วยมหาโยคะ ผู้มีมณฑลเป็นจักรแห่งทุกทิศ ผู้เป็นมหาโยคีศวร—พระผู้ทรงดอกบัว—ทรงคุ้มครองข้าพเจ้าจากทุกด้านเถิด।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It is a protective invocation (rakṣā-prārthanā) that places the devotee under Vishnu’s all-directional guardianship, affirming Him as the supreme yogic Lord who pervades the cosmic mandala.
Bhakti is expressed as surrender: the devotee directly appeals to the Lotus-bearer for protection, trusting the Lord’s omnipresence and supremacy rather than relying on personal power.
The verse uses a directional-cosmology frame (sarva-dik, cakra, maṇḍala) typical of ritual and mantra application—invoking protection from all quarters as done in prayogas of stotra and nyāsa-style recitation.