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The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield
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TEXT 37
न कुतश्चिद् मयं तस्य विद्यां धारयतो मवेत् । राजदस्युग्रहादिभ्यो व्यान्यादिभ्यश्च कर्हिचित् ॥३७॥
na kutaścid bhayam tasya vidyām dhārayato bhavet rāja-dasyu-grahādibhyo vyādhy-ādibhyaś ca karhicit
na —not;  kutaścit —from anywhere;  bhayam —fear;  tasya —of him;  vidyām —this mystical prayer;  dhārayataḥ —employing;  bhavet —may appear;  rāja —from the government;  dasyu —from rogues and thieves;  graha-ādibhyaḥ —from demons and so on;  vyādhi-ādibhyaḥ —from diseases and so on;  ca —also;  karhicit —at any time.
TRANSLATION
This prayer, Nārāyaṇa-kavaca, constitutes subtle knowledge transcendentally connected with Nārāyaṇa. One who employs this prayer is never disturbed or put in danger by the government, by plunderers, by evil demons or by any type of disease.
TEXT 38
इमां विद्यां पुरा कश्चित् कौशिको धारयन् द्विजः । योगधारणया स्वाङ्गं जहौ स मरुधन्वनि ॥३८॥
imām vidyām purā kaścit kauśiko dhārayan dvijaḥ yoga-dhāraṇayā svāṇgam jahau sa maru-dhanvani
imām —this;  vidyām —prayer;  purā —formerly;  kaścit —someone;  kauśikaḥ —Kauśika;  dhārayan —using;  dvijaḥ —a  brāhmaṇa ;  yoga-dhāraṇayā —by mystic power;  sva-aṅgam —his own body;  jahau —gave up;  saḥ —he;  maru-dhanvani —in the desert.