Text 22] The Narayana-kavaca Shield 81

ning, may Lord Madhava, appearing as Brahma, Visnu and
MaheSvara, protect me, and in the beginning of night may Lord
HrsikeSa protect me. At the dead of night [in the second and third
parts of night] may Lord Padmanabha alone protect me.

TEXT 22

ATTA 7:

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SRISHTIRTIe | TATA

Praeaad ara areata: 122i

Srivatsa-dhamapara-ratra isah
pratyisa iso ’si-dharo janardanah
damodaro ’vydd anusandhyam prabhate
visvesvaro bhagavan kala-mirtih

Srivatsa-dhama—the Lord, on whose chest the mark of Srivatsa is
resting; apara-rdtre—in the fourth part of the night; isah—the
Supreme Lord; pratyiise—in the end of the night; isah—the Supreme
Lord; asi-dharah—carrying a sword in the hand; janardanah—Lord
Janardana; damodarah—Lord Damodara; avyaét—may He protect; anu-
sandhyam—during each junction or twilight; prabhdte—in the early
morning (the sixth part of the night); visva-isvarah—the Lord of the
whole universe; bhagavin—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kdla-

miurtih—the personification of time.

TRANSLATION

May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who bears the
Srivatsa on His chest, protect me after midnight until the sky be-
comes pinkish. May Lord Janardana, who carries a sword in His
hand, protect me at the end of night [during the last four ghatikas
of night]. May Lord Damodara protect me in the early morning,
and may Lord Visvesvara protect me during the junctions of day
and night.
