Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 46
इदं तु देव्याः कवचं देवानामपि दुर्लभम्। यः पठेत्प्रयतो नित्यं त्रिसन्ध्यं श्रद्धयान्वितः ॥ ४६ ॥
idaṁ tu dēvyāḥ kavacaṁ dēvānāmapi durlabham | yaḥ paṭhētprayatō nityaṁ trisandhyaṁ śraddhayānvitaḥ || 46 ||
Translation
This Armour of the Goddess is hard to obtain even for the gods. Whoever recites it every day at the three junctures, purified and full of faith,
Word by word
- idaṁ
- this
- tu
- indeed
- dēvyāḥ
- of the Goddess
- kavacaṁ
- armour
- dēvānām api
- even for the gods
- durlabham
- hard to obtain
- yaḥ
- whoever
- paṭhēt
- recites
- prayataḥ
- purified, self-controlled
- nityaṁ
- daily
- trisandhyaṁ
- at the three junctures of the day
- śraddhayānvitaḥ
- endowed with faith
Meaning
The fruits of the recitation begin here. The three junctures are dawn, noon and dusk. The sentence continues into the next verse.