Text 13] The Narayana-kavaca Shield 71

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 [anima, laghima, etc.].

PURPORT

Thinking oneself one with the Supreme is called ahangrahopasanda.
Through ahangrahopasanad 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 protec-
tion. The living entities are always subordinate to the Supreme. Conse-
quently their duty is to always seek the mercy of the Lord in order to be
protected by Him in all circumstances.

TEXT 13

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Jalesu mam raksatu matsya-mirtir
yado-ganebhyo varunasya pasat

sthalesu mayavatu-vamano ’vyat
trivikramah khe ’vatu visvaripah

jalesu—in the water; mém—me; raksatu—protect; matsya-miirtih—
the Supreme Lord in the form of a great fish; yadah-ganebhyah—from
fierce aquatic animals; varunasya—of the demigod known as Varuna:
pasat—from the arresting rope; sthalesu—on the land; mdayda-vatu—
the merciful form of the Lord as a dwarf; vamanah—named
Vamanadeva; avyat—may He protect; trivikramah—Trivikrama, whose
three gigantic steps took the three worlds from Bali; khe—in the sky:
avatu—may the Lord protect; visvaripah—the gigantic universal form.
