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The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield
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shell, disc, shield, sword, club, arrows, bow and ropes. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead protect me at all times with His eight arms. He is all-powerful because He fully possesses the eight mystic powers [aṇimā, laghimā, etc.].
PURPORT
Thinking oneself one with the Supreme is called  ahaṅgrahopāsanā . Through  ahaṅgrahopāsanā  one does not become God, but he thinks of himself as qualitatively one with the Supreme. Understanding that as a spirit soul he is equal in quality to the supreme soul the way the water of a river is of the same nature as the water of the sea, one should meditate upon the Supreme Lord, as described in this verse, and seek His protection. The living entities are always subordinate to the Supreme. Consequently their duty is to always seek the mercy of the Lord in order to be protected by Him in all circumstances.
TEXT 13
जलेषु मां रक्षतु मत्स्यमूर्ति- यादोगणेभ्यो वरुणस्य पाशात् । स्थलेषु मायात्रदुवामनोऽन्यात् त्रिविक्रमः खेऽवतु विश्वरूपः ॥१३॥
jaleṣu mām rakṣatu matsya-mūrtir yādo-gaṇebhyo varuṇasya pāśāt sthaleṣu māyāvaṭu-vāmano 'vyāt trivikramaḥ khe 'vatu viśvarūpaḥ
jaleṣu —in the water;  mām —me;  rakṣatu —protect;  matsya-mūrtiḥ —the Supreme Lord in the form of a great fish;  yādaḥ-gaṇebhyaḥ —from fierce aquatic animals;  varuṇasya —of the demigod known as Varuṇa;  pāśāt —from the arresting rope;  sthaleṣu —on the land;  māyā-vaṭu —the merciful form of the Lord as a dwarf;  vāmanaḥ —named Vāmanadeva;  avyāt —may He protect;  trivikramaḥ —Trivikrama, whose three gigantic steps took the three worlds from Bali;  khe —in the sky;  avatu —may the Lord protect;  viśvarūpaḥ —the gigantic universal form.