Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 49
अभिचाराणि सर्वाणि मन्त्रयन्त्राणि भूतले। भूचराः खेचराश्चैव जलजाश्चोपदेशिकाः ॥ ४९ ॥
abhicārāṇi sarvāṇi mantrayantrāṇi bhūtalē | bhūcarāḥ khēcarāścaiva jalajāścōpadēśikāḥ || 49 ||
Translation
All hostile rites and all mantras and yantras used on this earth; beings that move on land, those that move in the sky, those born of water, and those that work at another's bidding;
Word by word
- abhicārāṇi
- hostile rites
- sarvāṇi
- all
- mantrayantrāṇi
- mantras and yantras
- bhūtalē
- on the earth
- bhūcarāḥ
- those that move on land
- khēcarāḥ
- those that move in the sky
- ca ēva
- and also
- jalajāḥ
- those born of water
- upadēśikāḥ
- those that act at another's bidding
Meaning
A list begins of the hostile forces that cannot harm one who wears the Armour. It runs on to verse 52, where the verb is given.