॥ Sri Krishna Kavacham English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrī kr̥sna kavacam ॥
pranamya dēvaṁ viprēśaṁ pranamya ca sarasvatīm ।
pranamya ca munīn sarvan sarvaśastra viśaradan ॥ 1 ॥
śrīkr̥sna kavacaṁ vaksyē śrīkīrtivijayapradam ।
kantarē pathi durgē ca sada raksakaraṁ nr̥nam ॥ 2 ॥
smr̥tva nīlambudaśyamaṁ nīlakuñcita kuntalam ।
barhipiñchalasanmauliṁ śaraccandranibhananam ॥ 3 ॥
rajīvalōcanaṁ rajadvēnunabhūsitadharam ।
dīrghapīnamahabahuṁ śrīvatsaṅkitavaksasam ॥ 4 ॥
bhūbharaharanōdyuktaṁ kr̥snaṁ gīrvanavanditam ।
niskalaṁ dēvadēvēśaṁ naradadibhirarcitam ॥ 5 ॥
narayanaṁ jagannathaṁ mandasmita virajitam ।
japēdēvamimaṁ bhaktya mantraṁ sarvarthasiddhayē ॥ 6 ॥
sarvadōsaharaṁ punyaṁ sakalavyadhinaśanam ।
vasudēvasutaḥ patu mūrdhanaṁ mama sarvada ॥ 7 ॥
lalataṁ dēvakīsūnuḥ bhrūyugmaṁ nandanandanaḥ ।
nayanau pūtanahanta nasaṁ śakatamardanaḥ ॥ 8 ॥
yamalarjunahr̥tkarnau kapōlau nagamardanaḥ ।
dantan gōpalakaḥ patu jihvaṁ hayyaṅgavīnadhr̥t ॥ 9 ॥ [*bhuk*]
ōsthaṁ dhēnukajitpayadadharaṁ kēśinaśanaḥ ।
cibukaṁ patu gōvindō baladēvanujō mukham ॥ 10 ॥
akrūrasahitaḥ kanthaṁ kaksau dantivarantakaḥ ।
bhujau canūraharirmē karau kaṁsanisūdanaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
vaksō laksmīpatiḥ patu hr̥dayaṁ jagadīśvaraḥ ।
udaraṁ madhuranathō nabhiṁ dvaravatīpatiḥ ॥ 12 ॥
rukminīvallabhaḥ pr̥sthaṁ jaghanaṁ śiśupalaha ।
ūrū pandavadūtō mē janunī parthasarathiḥ ॥ 13 ॥
viśvarūpadharō jaṅghē prapadē bhūmibharahr̥t ।
caranau yadavaḥ patu patu kr̥snō:’khilaṁ vapuḥ ॥ 14 ॥
diva payajjagannathō ratrau narayanaḥ svayam ।
sarvakalamupasīnaḥ sarvakamarthasiddhayē ॥ 15 ॥
idaṁ kr̥snabalōpētaṁ yaḥ pathēt kavacaṁ naraḥ ।
sarvada:’:’rtibhayanmuktaḥ kr̥snabhaktiṁ samapnuyat ॥ 16 ॥
iti śrī kr̥sna kavacam ।