86
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 8]
us from the influence of bad planets, meteors, envious human beings, serpents, scorpions, and animals like tigers and wolves. May it protect us from ghosts and the material elements like earth, water, fire and air, and may it also protect us from lightning and our past sins. We are always afraid of these hindrances to our auspicious life. Therefore, may they all be completely destroyed by the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
TEXT 29
गरुडो मगवान् स्तोत्रस्तोमरुन्दोमयः प्रभुः ।
रक्षत्वशेषकृच्छ्रेभ्यो विष्वक्सेनः स्वनाममिः ॥२९॥
garuḍo bhagavān stotra- stobhaś chandomayaḥ prabhuḥ rakṣatv aśeṣa-kṛcchrebhyo viṣvaksenaḥ sva-nāmabhiḥ
garuḍaḥ —His Holiness Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu;  bhagavān —as powerful as the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  stotra-stobhaḥ —who is glorified by selected verses and songs;  chandaḥ-mayaḥ —the personified  Vedas ;  prabhuḥ —the lord;  rakṣatu —may He protect;  aśeṣa-kṛcchrebhyaḥ —from unlimited miseries;  viṣvaksenaḥ —Lord Viṣvaksena;  sva-nāmabhiḥ —by His holy names.
TRANSLATION
Lord Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, is the most worshipable lord, for he is as powerful as the Supreme Lord Himself. He is the personified  Vedas  and is worshiped by selected verses. May he protect us from all dangerous conditions, and may Lord Viṣvaksena, the Personality of Godhead, also protect us from all dangers by His holy names.
TEXT 30
सर्वापदम्यो हरेर्नामरूपयानायुधानि नः ।
बुद्धीन्द्रियमनःप्राणान् पान्तु पार्षदभूषणाः ॥३०॥