Kalika Kavach
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The Brahmastra-like protective armor-hymn to Kali from the Rudrayamala Tantra, used strictly for destroying enemies as a last resort.
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What is Shree Kalika Kavach and when is it used?
The speaker says the Kalika Kavach belongs to the Kalika Kalpa of the Rudrayamala Tantra and its viniyog is only for the destruction of enemies — there is no viniyog in it for the Devi's pleasure or love. It is for the most extreme situation: a person walking the path of dharma whose wealth, honour, family women, land or property are under the evil eye of a wicked man so strong in power, money and standing that no one can stop him, and the victim has no help from the administration and no money to act. In ordinary situations, he says, a Brahmastra is never used; use it for petty harm and you yourself will suffer the consequence.
Sankalp for the Kalika Kavach: by the enemy's name, or against known and unknown enemies
The speaker says the kavach is used when no path remains — a life in the family has already been lost, or the situation has formed where it seems it will be. If you know for certain which person is doing this, take the Sankalpa by his name. If the name is not known, take it in the name of known and unknown enemies. And if someone has openly threatened to shoot you and a killing seems to be coming, then leave aside all deliberation and all thought of tantra-mantra — even then you may use it.
Precaution: the Kalika Kavach is svayam-siddha, so a householder without tapobal must do it only as told
The speaker says this Kavach is svayam-siddha in itself and gives immediate effect. But if you have no Tapobal at all, and especially if you are a householder, try to do it thoughtfully and exactly as he describes. His purpose in the video is only to give information; doing the sadhana under the direction of a highly knowledgeable and discerning person would be better. He is not trying to create hatred toward anyone; the aim is that, within shastric limits, when no path remains, a dharmic person takes refuge in the Devi to protect his own life and is not harmed.
Daily recitation of the Kalika Kavach: 108 paths of the mool kavach in the temple at sandhya
The speaker says the daily requirement is 108 recitations of the mool Kavach, at sandhya. Eat during the day as usual, then go to the temple in the evening and sit from 6 or 7 PM until 8, 9 or 10, as long as you can; sitting outside the temple is fine as long as it is within the temple courtyard. First remember Guru and Ganesha, light the lamps, do Achamana and the other opening acts, then recite the mool kavach 108 times, leaving out the purva-pithika and Phalashruti; recite the phalashruti once at the very end, and after the 108 paths make the samarpan.
Using the Kalika Kavach after the temple cycle: daily maintenance at home and a named sankalp when needed
The speaker says that once the Kavach is made siddha this way, the enemy troubling you will receive fitting punishment during the sadhana itself, so be at ease on that count. If the need ever arises again in life, then after the 41 or 108 days done outside in the temple, continue at home with one recitation morning and evening — no more is needed; it only has to stay in memory. When needed, take a Sankalpa in the temple: if a known person is troubling you, by his name — "O Bhagavati, this person is troubling us in such-and-such way; give him fitting punishment so that he stops" — if that is the situation; and then recite the kavach 108 times.
Should Rudraksha and Kavach be removed during menstruation?
Women and girls must remove Rudraksha and general Kavach during menstruation due to energy imbalances — except Kamakhya Kavach and Kalika Kavach, which should be worn continuously without removal.
What can be done while sharing a room away from home?
Do the Kali Kavach — there is no difficulty. And after completing a Saptashati Mahavidya krama, the speaker does not ask you to do the Havan of all thirteen chapters: do an ordinary Havan with a Stotra or Satnamavali of Bhagavati.
What can be done when a pishachini is troubling badly?
You can do an anushthan of the Tantrokta Bajrang Baan, he says; you can do the Kali Kavach; you can do the Bhairav Hriday. On this very channel there is a whole video on the Narsingh Satakshari — if a pishachini is troubling very much, a tremendous prayoga of the Narsingh Satakshari has been given, and you should do it by vidhi-vidhan. If you feel it is dominating a person's body a great deal, then use the Narsingh Satakshari and the Datta Mala Mantra jointly.
Can the Kali Chalisa be recited and offered to one's ishta devi?
Yes, absolutely, it can be done, he answers. If Bhadrakali is your ishta and adhishthatri shakti then you may certainly recite the Kali Chalisa, and you may also recite the Kali Kavach. In an ordinary household Bhadrakali is worshipped only if she is your kuldevi; otherwise the puja of Bhadrakali is not ordinarily done at home. But if she is your kuldevi then certainly do it — and if you have been doing it, then do it now, you should not leave it.
What should be done when a relative repeatedly performs abhichaar on the family?
A listener who worships Mata Kali and Bhagavan Shiva says an uncle who has learnt vidya repeatedly performs abhichaar — not on him, but his father keeps falling ill. The speaker answers: first, in Gupt Navratri try to complete at least 1100 japa of Bhagavati Kali's kavach, and write her beejaksharas on bhojpatra as a yantra, made by a learned person or by yourself in a pure state on the very first day, in a good choghadiya, in Amrit kaal, with the praan pratishtha vidhi if you know it.
Five paath of the Kalika kavach nightly, begun from the Chaturdashi
Beginning from this Amavasya tithi, download the PDF of the Kalika kavach that has been given on the channel and start from the Chaturdashi — from the day on which the Chaturdashi tithi is in effect in the night hours of this Bhadrapada Amavasya — and daily do at least five paath, taking the sankalp that O Bhagavati, be pleased and protect me in every way, even in the sleeping state and in the waking state.
The days a woman must miss cost nothing, and the Tantrokta Ratri Suktam is added at the night hour
You are a woman, he says, and two, three or four days in between will be missed — for that there is no difficulty at all; becoming pure and clean again, after bath and dhyan, you will do its paath again. Do the paath in the night hours only, after nine o'clock. And if possible, along with it do the paath of the Tantrokta Ratri Suktam as well. Continue this much and by the completing of one paksha a difference will begin to appear to you.
Why a sadhana is kept secret: ten opinions rule out every kavach
The speaker says this is exactly why one is told to keep a sadhana secret: people make noise and take decisions from ten places. He acts out the chain — some baba said the Hanuman Chalisa gives results; someone else says the Chalisa can do nothing, 'we did it ten years, nothing happened, nothing will happen for you either'; the bajrang-baan should not be done because Hanuman ji gets angry; durga-kavach and Chandi Kavach must not be done because Bhairav ji gets bound in it, though it is the Devi herself who speaks of binding Bhairav; Kamakhya Kavach — 'Kamakhya is not worshipped at home, which fool told you to do it'; Bairi Nashan or Kalika Kavach — 'no, no, far too ugra a shakti'; Panchmukhi Hanuman Kavach — 'you would have to keep Brahmacharya and stay completely pure, not possible, how can we live without thinking wrongly about girls' — and so no kavach can be done at all. He calls that condition pitiable, lower than an animal: a person who cannot keep his mental state pure, cannot hold himself steady in one place, has no control over himself, and then casts aspersions on the devi-devatas. His closing charge: where you are protected and where you are not is a churning to hold within yourself — how you will guard against tantrik attack, which Kavach you will accomplish, with what vidhi and which rules, and who makes you negative, outsiders, insiders or you yourself; decide by self-churning, look within before blaming others, walk the path, and neither make others negative nor become negative yourself.
May the Kali kavach be read at home?
Asked whether path of the Kali kavach may be done at home, the speaker says: absolutely, do it. But the subject of siddhi and the rest will depend on which Kali kavach you are doing.
Structure of repeated paths of the Jagan Mangal Kavach and the water samarpan
The speaker says the lines given before the viniyoga — Bhairav spoke, then Bhairavi spoke, then Bhairav spoke — are recited only with the first path. Then the viniyoga, beginning "ओम श्री जगन मंगलस्य कवचस्य", is spoken in full with water in hand and the water let fall, once. The kavach body runs from its first mantra, "शिरो में कालिकम पातु", to the line "दशकम माम यथा तथा" just before the phalashruti "इति ते कथितम दिव्यम कवचं". If 11 paths are to be done in a day, 10 stop there and restart from the beginning; on the 11th the phalashruti is read through to the end. Then water is taken in hand and offered into Bhagavati's left hand, dedicating the whole fruit of the day's kavach japa to her and asking for protection and fulfilment of the sankalp as her prasad.
Further stages of the Kali kavach sadhana beyond the basic anushthan
The speaker says there are other, far more intense vidhans of this kavach: once this anushthan is done, the next stage follows — it normally proceeds in three stages, and further on there are eighteen charans, in which small things change at each step, sometimes the form, sometimes the mandal pujan. He withholds them for now, saying he will explain them to those who complete this level; for now do only this much, and many benefits will come.
If one already recites the Kali Kavach, must the Saptashati's kavach also be done?
If you are doing the paath of the Saptashati, the speaker says, then do only the Saraswati kavach; that alone is plenty. It comes under the angas, in the anga vidya. Of the six angas, one anga is the kavach, so you should do it.
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