Text 20] The Narayana-kavaca Shield 79
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 incarna-
tion of Kesava, will descend to kill all the atheists and will save only the
devotees of the Lord.
TEXT 20
at Fea ATA sTATEATE
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Peasy | Feactecatit: Rell
mam kesavo gadaya pratar avyad
govinda dsarngavam atta-venuh
narayanah prahna udatta-saktir
madhyan-dine visnur arindra-panih

maém—me; kesavah—Lord Kesava; gadaya—by His club; pratah—
in the morning hours; avydt—may He protect; govindah—Lord
Govinda; asarigavam—during the second part of the day; atta-venuh—
holding His flute; nardyanah—Lord Narayana with four hands;
prahnah—during the third part of the day; uddtta-saktih—controlling
different types of potencies; madhyam-dine—during the fourth part of
the day; visnuh—Lord Visnu; arindra-panih—bearing the disc in His
hand to kill the enemies.

TRANSLATION

May Lord KeSava 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
Narayana, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the
third part of the day, and may Lord Visnu, who carries a disc to kill
His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day.
