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The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield
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gaganāt —from the sky;  nyapatat —fell;  sadyaḥ —suddenly;  sa-vimānaḥ —with his airplane;  hi —certainly;  avāk-śirāḥ —with his head downward;  saḥ —he;  vālikhilya —of the great sages named the Vālikhilyas;  vacanāt —by the instructions;  asthīni —all the bones;  ādāya —taking;  vismitaḥ —struck with wonder;  prāsya —throwing;  prācī-sarasvatyām —in the River Sarasvati, which flows to the east;  snātvā —bathing in that river;  dhāma —to the abode;  svam —his own;  anvagāt —returned.
TRANSLATION
Suddenly Citraratha was forced to fall from the sky headfirst with his airplane. Struck with wonder, he was ordered by the great sages named the Vālikhilyas to throw the brāhmaṇa's bones in the nearby River Sarasvati. He had to do this and bathe in the river before returning to his own abode.
TEXT 41
श्रीशुक उवाच
य इदं शृणुयात् काले यो धारयति चाद्दतः । तं नमस्यन्ति भूतानि मुन्यते सर्वतो मयात् ॥४१॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ya idam śṛṇuyāt kāle yo dhārayati cādṛtaḥ tam namasyanti bhūtāni mucyate sarvato bhayāt
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  yaḥ —anyone who;  idam —this;  śṛṇuyāt —may hear;  kāle —at a time of fear;  yaḥ —anyone who;  dhārayati —employs this prayer;  ca —also;  ādṛtaḥ —with faith and adoration;  tam —unto him;  namasyanti —offer respectful obeisances;  bhūtāni —all living beings;  mucyate —is released;  sarvataḥ —from all;  bhayāt —fearful conditions.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear Mahārāja Parikṣit, one who employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration