Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 26
कामाक्षी चिबुकं रक्षेद् वाचं मे सर्वमङ्गला। ग्रीवायां भद्रकाली च पृष्ठवंशे धनुर्धरी ॥ २६ ॥
kāmākṣī cibukaṁ rakṣēd vācaṁ mē sarvamaṅgalā | grīvāyāṁ bhadrakālī ca pṛṣṭhavaṁśē dhanurdharī || 26 ||
Translation
May Kāmākṣī protect my chin and Sarvamaṅgalā my speech; may Bhadrakālī protect my neck and Dhanurdharī my spine.
Word by word
- kāmākṣī
- Kāmākṣī (she of loving eyes)
- cibukaṁ
- the chin
- rakṣēd
- may she protect
- vācaṁ
- speech
- mē
- my
- sarvamaṅgalā
- Sarvamaṅgalā (the all-auspicious)
- grīvāyāṁ
- at the neck
- bhadrakālī
- Bhadrakālī (the auspicious Kālī)
- ca
- and
- pṛṣṭhavaṁśē
- at the spine
- dhanurdharī
- Dhanurdharī (bearer of the bow)
Meaning
The protection continues downward from the face to the neck and back. Each part of the body is placed in the keeping of a named form of the Goddess.