Text 41] The Narayana-kavaca Shield 95

gaganat—from the sky; nyapatat—fell; sadyah—suddenly; sa-
vimanah—with his airplane; hi—certainly; avdk-sirah—with his head
downward: sah—he; valikhilya—of the great sages named the
Valikhilyas; vacanat—by the instructions; asthini—all the bones;
dddya—taking; vismitah—struck with wonder; prasya—throwing;
praci-sarasvatyam—in the River Sarasvati, which flows to the east;
snatva —bathing in that river; dhama—to the abode; svam—his own;
anvagat —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 Valikhilyas to throw the brahmana’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
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df areata art gerd aaa FATT V2
Sri-Suka uvaca
ya idam Ssrnuyat kale
yo dharayati cddrtah
tam namasyanti bhiitani
mucyate sarvato bhayat

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; yah—anyone who;
idam—this; srnuydt—may hear; kale—at a time of fear; yah—anyone
who; dhérayati—employs this prayer; ca—also; ddrtah—with faith and
adoration; tam—unto him; namasyanti—offer respectful obeisances;
bhitani—all living beings; mucyate—is released; sarvatah—from all;
bhayat—fearful conditions.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear Maharaja Pariksit, one who
employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration
