Siddhi of the Krishna Kavach — A Seven-Day Janmashtami Anushthan, and What the Kavach Then Protects

The talk is addressed, the speaker says, to people who do ananya bhakti of Bhagavan Shri Krishna, who wish to obtain the madhurya swaroop of Bhagavati Radha and Bhagavan Krishna and to obtain their kripa. And to those who wish that on the sadhana marga, on the tantra marga, they should take up subjects connected with Bhagavan Shri Krishna and do sadhana of the mantras and the rest connected with him. For them, first of all and before everything, the siddhi of the Kavach of Bhagavan Shri Krishna should be done.

The speaker states that he is placing before listeners the vidhi for making the kavach of Bhagavan Shri Krishna siddh, and how through it protection comes about in the body. If these kavach are made siddh at the time of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, he says, then whenever we use it afterwards — even if we merely do smaran of it — rakshan is certainly obtained through Bhagavan Shri Krishna. Those people who do the seva and puja of Bhagavan Shri Krishna and Bhagavati Radha should certainly make this kavach siddh.

At the time of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, the speaker says, the paath of this kavach should be begun from the Dwitiya tithi of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada Maas. It should be done until the day following Shri Krishna Janmashtami, that is, up to the Navami tithi. This is an AnushthanaAn extended ritual observance — such as 108 recitations of a scripture — carrying its own strict rules. of approximately seven days.

In the anushthan, the speaker says, first of all the kavach mula should be written on a white BhojpatraBirch bark, used to write a mantra or a person's name with a pomegranate-twig pen and red sandalwood ink for Tantric applications, such as placing a name upon a Shivlinga's base for a honey Abhisheka., or on whatever bhojpatra one is able to obtain. Kavach mula means that portion in which, for protection alone, each separate swaroop of Bhagavan Krishna has been invoked — leaving aside the purva pithika and the PhalashrutiThe closing section of a hymn or scripture that lists the benefits and results promised to whoever recites it.. That is, from the first shloka up to the eighth shloka we will go. The shlokas at the last we will leave out.

That much shloka, the speaker says, is to be written first on the bhojpatra with gopi chandan if one can get it. Otherwise, with AshtagandhaA fragrant paste made of eight substances, applied as a tilak before vermilion (sindoor) in remedy and worship rites. ink into which kesar and gorochan are mixed, and if one has a lekhani of silver, write with that. Or if one wishes, it may be written with a chandan lekhani — a lekhani of white chandan or of red chandan. And if after this nothing further can be found, then with a tulsi pen write these mantras, this kavach, on the bhojpatra in very small letters.

After writing it, the speaker says, place it at the charan of Bhagavan Shri Krishna. Because the kavach is a very small one, do 108 paths every day. This for seven days. If it is possible, do as much paath of it as can be done on the night of Krishna Janmashtami, so that your 1100 paths are completed.

The bhojpatra is put into that khol, the speaker says, and then on the day after Shri Krishna Janmashtami, when the pujan of Bhagavan Shri Krishna takes place, it is worn after performing Havan. The havan will be done with the satnamavali of Bhagavan Shri Krishna, with his 108 names, or if one has the wish then with the SahasranamaA recitation of a deity's thousand names — a devotional text genre used across many deities, not one single fixed composition. and so on as well. As for havan samagri: men will do it with ordinary ghee. Women will do it with havan samagri — with the mixed havan samagri, the paushtik havan samagri. Having done Purnahuti and the rest, at the very least one should give to the bal gopals, to the small children, some bhog to eat, makhan mishri and whatever else is possible — to at least five children, and to small girls.

After this, the speaker says, the kavach should be worn on the neck. If there is some small child in your house, an abodh balak, a child of up to five or seven years, then if you wear this kavach on your neck or on your arms through that child, from their hand, and obtain their blessing, that too is very excellent. It is said, he continues, that whenever you go anywhere wearing this kavach, protection is done for you everywhere by Bhagavan Krishna's Sudarshana ChakraLord Vishnu/Narayana's discus weapon, invoked in scripture as the protector of devotees who observe vows like Ekadashi with strict devotion. and by Bhagavan Krishna's gopis.

One most special significance of this kavach of Bhagavan Krishna, the speaker says, is this. If any person, any woman or man, is meeting with badha in the obtaining of santan, then by the wearing of this kavach the sambhavna increases in their life that they may shortly obtain a shishu — that a putra ratna, a putri ratna may be obtained.

Along with this, the speaker says, if you do the specific seva of Bhagavan Shri Krishna, then through this kavach — if any kind of Abhichara badha is arising in your life, any graha-caused badha, any Preta and Pishach caused badha arising — your protection is done everywhere by it. Protection is done for you at the place of work; padonnati takes place. That is, through this kavach you obtain every kind of benefit that ought to be present in your life.

Many times it happens, the speaker says, that our bhagya is quite weak. It is such that we are doing all the work but the expected result we look for is not being obtained. Then when we do the analysis of the janma kundali, it is found there that whichever grahas of our bhagya there are, they are afflicted somewhere, they are in a nich rashi, they are in a wrong bhava, on account of which their effect is not being received in the right manner. Or they are seized by Rahu and Ketu, on account of which their effect is not able to be had in that way — and this we call durbhagya. By the wearing of this kavach, he says, whatever graha-caused badhas of this kind there are, and the effect of the kundali which is not being received, that shubh effect begins to be obtained by you.

Whenever you set out, the speaker says, on the yatra of Shrimad Dham Vrindavan, Golok and the rest, of Mathura and the rest; or to any swaroop of Bhagavan Narayan, at Gaya Dham ji, at Gaya ji, or at any such chief swaroop sthan — as many puris as there are, the Saptapuri — go to all these places. Go to Ganga ji, Yamuna ji, the Triveni SangamThe confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the unseen Saraswati at Prayagraj — remembering it, or mentally invoking the Ganga and Narmada, is prescribed to instantly purify the mind if impure thoughts arise during japa. and the rest; then, while you remain wearing this kavach, you should certainly there again do as much Japa of this kavach as possible. Walking and moving about, you may do its japa in those dhams. The effect of this kavach increases very greatly. Remaining lifelong in the shelter of this kavach, he says, you can obtain the Kripa of Bhagavan Krishna and Bhagavati Radha.