Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 22
मालाधरी ललाटे च भ्रुवौ रक्षेद् यशस्विनी। त्रिनेत्रा च भ्रुवोर्मध्ये यमघण्टा च नासिके ॥ २२ ॥
mālādharī lalāṭē ca bhruvau rakṣēd yaśasvinī | trinētrā ca bhruvōrmadhyē yamaghaṇṭā ca nāsikē || 22 ||
Translation
May Mālādharī protect my forehead, Yaśasvinī my eyebrows, Trinētrā the space between my eyebrows, and Yamaghaṇṭā my nose.
Word by word
- mālādharī
- Mālādharī (she who holds a garland)
- lalāṭē
- on the forehead
- bhruvau
- the eyebrows
- rakṣēt
- may she protect
- yaśasvinī
- Yaśasvinī (the renowned/famous one)
- trinētrā
- Trinētrā (the three-eyed one)
- bhruvōrmadhyē
- in the space between the eyebrows
- yamaghaṇṭā
- Yamaghaṇṭā (she with the bell of Yama)
- nāsikē
- on the nose
Meaning
This verse continues bodily protection, assigning divine forms to facial features.