Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham (First Chapter)
Verse 20
एवं दश दिशो रक्षेच्चामुण्डा शववाहना। जया मे चाग्रतः पातु विजया पातु पृष्ठतः॥
ēvaṁ daśa diśō rakṣēccāmuṇḍā śavavāhanā। jayā mē cāgrataḥ pātu vijayā pātu pṛṣṭhataḥ॥
Translation
Thus, may Cāmuṇḍā, whose vehicle is a corpse, protect the ten directions. May Jayā protect me in front, and Vijayā protect me behind.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- daśa
- ten
- diśō
- directions
- rakṣēt
- may she protect
- cāmuṇḍā
- Cāmuṇḍā
- śavavāhanā
- she whose vehicle is a corpse
- jayā
- Jayā (victory)
- mē
- me
- cāgrataḥ
- in front
- pātu
- may she protect
- vijayā
- Vijayā (conquest)
- pṛṣṭhataḥ
- behind
Meaning
This twentieth core verse summarizes directional protection with Cāmuṇḍā and assigns Jayā and Vijayā for spatial protection.