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The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield
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the plea that whatever one manufactures is also a path of liberation. Atheistic men generally say,  yata mata tata patha . According to this view, there are hundreds and thousands of different opinions in human society, and each opinion is a valid religious principle. This philosophy of rascals has killed the religious principles mentioned in the  Vedas , and such philosophies will become increasingly influential as Kali-yuga progresses. In the last stage of Kali-yuga, Kalkideva, the fierce incarnation of Keśava, will descend to kill all the atheists and will save only the devotees of the Lord.
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मां केशवो गदया प्रातरव्याद् 
    गोविन्द आसङ्गमात्तवेणुः । 
    नारायणः प्राह उदात्तशक्ति- 
    र्मव्यन्दिने विष्णुररीन्द्रपाणिः ॥२०॥
mām keśavo gadayā prātar avyād 
    govinda āsaṅgavam ātta-veṇuh 
    nārāyaṇah prāhṇa udātta-śaktir 
    madhyan-dine viṣṇur arīndra-pāṇih
mām—me; keśavah—Lord Keśava; gadayā—by His club; prātah—in the morning hours; avyāt—may He protect; govindah—Lord Govinda; āsaṅgavam—during the second part of the day; ātta-veṇuh—holding His flute; nārāyaṇah—Lord Nārāyaṇa with four hands; prāhṇah—during the third part of the day; udātta-śaktih—controlling different types of potencies; madhyam-dine—during the fourth part of the day; viṣṇuh—Lord Viṣṇu; arīndra-pāṇih—bearing the disc in His hand to kill the enemies.
TRANSLATION
May Lord Keśava protect me with His club in the first portion of the day, and may Govinda, who is always engaged in playing His flute, protect me in the second portion of the day. May Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a disc to kill His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day.