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तुलसीकवचाष्टकम् Shri Tulasi Kavacha Ashtakam

tulasīkavacāṣṭakam

Shri Tulasi Kavacha Ashtakam (तुलसीकवचाष्टकम्): a protective kavaca to Tulasī. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

तुलसीकवचाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

ॐ तुलस्यै नमः ॥ॐ मूर्धानं मे सदा पातु वृन्दावनविहारिणी ।ललाटं पातु मे देवी पुण्डरीकाक्षसेविता ॥ १॥

oṃ tulasyai namaḥ ||oṃ mūrdhānaṃ me sadā pātu vṛndāvanavihāriṇī |lalāṭaṃ pātu me devī puṇḍarīkākṣasevitā || 1||

Verse 2

नेत्रे पातु जगन्माता कर्णौ पातु हरिप्रिया ।नासिकां पातु सौगन्ध्या मुखं पातु मनोहरा ॥ २॥

netre pātu jaganmātā karṇau pātu haripriyā |nāsikāṃ pātu saugandhyā mukhaṃ pātu manoharā || 2||

Verse 3

जिह्वां पातु जगद्धात्री कण्ठं पातु हरिप्रिया ।स्कन्धौ पातु च वृन्दाख्या बाहू पातु शुभप्रदा ॥ ३॥

jihvāṃ pātu jagaddhātrī kaṇṭhaṃ pātu haripriyā |skandhau pātu ca vṛndākhyā bāhū pātu śubhapradā || 3||

Verse 4

हृदयं पातु वैष्णवी वक्षः पातु महेश्वरी ।नाभिं पातु तपःसिद्धा कटिं पातु पवित्रदा ॥ ४॥

hṛdayaṃ pātu vaiṣṇavī vakṣaḥ pātu maheśvarī |nābhiṃ pātu tapaḥsiddhā kaṭiṃ pātu pavitradā || 4||

Verse 5

ऊरू पातु जगन्माता जानुनी कृष्णवल्लभा ।जङ्घे पातु च सावित्री पादौ पातु हरिप्रिया ॥ ५॥

ūrū pātu jaganmātā jānunī kṛṣṇavallabhā |jaṅghe pātu ca sāvitrī pādau pātu haripriyā || 5||

Verse 6

पूर्वे पातु च वृन्दा मां आग्नेय्यां पातु माधवी ।दक्षिणे विष्णुकान्ता मां नैरृत्यां पातु वैष्णवी ॥ ६॥

pūrve pātu ca vṛndā māṃ āgneyyāṃ pātu mādhavī |dakṣiṇe viṣṇukāntā māṃ nairṛtyāṃ pātu vaiṣṇavī || 6||

Verse 7

प्रतीच्यां पातु लक्ष्मीर्मां वायव्यां पातु देवता ।उदीच्यां पातु गौरी मां ऐशान्यां पातु नारदप्रिया ॥ ७॥

pratīcyāṃ pātu lakṣmīrmāṃ vāyavyāṃ pātu devatā |udīcyāṃ pātu gaurī māṃ aiśānyāṃ pātu nāradapriyā || 7||

Verse 8

ऊर्ध्वं पातु महादेवी अधस्तात् पातु पावनी ।अन्तर्बहिश्च मां पातु तुलसी विष्णुवल्लभा ॥ ८॥

ūrdhvaṃ pātu mahādevī adhastāt pātu pāvanī |antarbahiśca māṃ pātu tulasī viṣṇuvallabhā || 8||

Verse 9

तुलसीकवचं पुण्यं यः पठेत् श्रद्धयान्वितः ।हरिभक्तिं परां लब्ध्वा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥तुलसीदलमात्रेण यः कुर्यात् केशवार्चनम् ।तस्य पुण्यफलं वक्तुं न शक्नोति चतुर्मुखः ॥इति श्रीतुलसीकवचाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

tulasīkavacaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhet śraddhayānvitaḥ |haribhaktiṃ parāṃ labdhvā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati ||tulasīdalamātreṇa yaḥ kuryāt keśavārcanam |tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknoti caturmukhaḥ ||iti śrītulasīkavacāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति तुलसीकवचाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Tulasi Kavacha Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Tulasī, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: तुलसीकवचाष्टकम् (tulasīkavacāṣṭakam)). Source: Kavacha.

Shri Tulasi Kavacha Ashtakam (तुलसीकवचाष्टकम्): a protective kavaca to Tulasī. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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