Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 8: The Narayana-kavaca Shield. Text 22

श्रीवत्सधामापररात्र ईशः
प्रत्यूष ईशोऽसिधरो जनार्दनः ।
दामोदरोऽव्यादनुसन्ध्यं प्रभाते
विश्वेश्वरो भगवान् कालमूर्तिः ॥२२॥

Å›rÄ«vatsa-dhÄmÄpara-rÄtra Ä«Å›aḥ
pratyÅ«á¹£a Ä«Å›o 'si-dharo janÄrdanaḥ
dÄmodaro 'vyÄd anusandhyaá¹ prabhÄte
viÅ›veÅ›varo bhagavÄn kÄla-mÅ«rtiḥ

 Å›rÄ«vatsa-dhÄmÄ - the Lord, on whose chest the mark of ÅšrÄ«vatsa is resting; apara-rÄtre - in the fourth part of the night; Ä«Å›aḥ - the Supreme Lord; pratyÅ«á¹£e - in the end of the night; Ä«Å›aḥ - the Supreme Lord; asi-dharaḥ - carrying a sword in the hand; janÄrdanaḥ - Lord JanÄrdana; dÄmodaraḥ - Lord DÄmodara; avyÄt - may He protect; anusandhyam - during each junction or twilight; prabhÄte - in the early morning (the sixth part of the night); viÅ›va-Ä«Å›varaḥ - the Lord of the whole universe; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kÄla-mÅ«rtiḥ - the personification of time.


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May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who bears the ÅšrÄ«vatsa on His chest, protect me after midnight until the sky becomes pinkish. May Lord JanÄrdana, who carries a sword in His hand, protect me at the end of night [during the last four ghaá¹­ikÄs of night]. May Lord DÄmodara protect me in the early morning, and may Lord ViÅ›veÅ›vara protect me during the junctions of day and night.

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