Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 35
पद्मावती पद्मकोशे कफे चूडामणिस्तथा। ज्वालामुखी नखज्वालामभेद्या सर्वसंधिषु ॥ ३५ ॥
padmāvatī padmakōśē kaphē cūḍāmaṇistathā | jvālāmukhī nakhajvālāmabhēdyā sarvasaṁdhiṣu || 35 ||
Translation
May Padmāvatī protect my colon, Cūḍāmaṇi my phlegm, Jvālāmukhī the radiance of my nails, and Abhēdyā all my joints.
Word by word
- padmāvatी
- Padmāvatī (she who is lotus-like)
- padmakōśē
- in the colon
- kaphē
- in the phlegm
- cūḍāmaṇi
- Cūḍāmaṇi (the crest jewel)
- jvālāmukhी
- Jvālāmukhī (she with a fiery mouth)
- nakhajvālām
- the radiance of the nails
- abhēdyā
- Abhēdyā (the impenetrable one)
- sarvasandhiṣu
- in all the joints
Meaning
This verse assigns divine forms to protect internal and structural bodily components.