Goloka Dhamadhipatih Paresvarah

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Song Name: Goloka Dhamadhipatih Paresvarah

Official Name: Balabhadra Stotra Kavaca; Canto 8 Chapter 12 Verse 4 to 13

Author: Vyasadeva

Book Name: Garga Samhita

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

goloka-dhāmādhipatiḥ pareśvaraḥ

pareṣu māḿ pātu pavitra-kīrtanaḥbhū-maṇḍalaḿ sarṣapavad vilakṣyate

yan-mūrdhni māḿ pātu sa bhūmi-maṇḍale

(2)

senāsu māḿ rakṣatu sīra-pāṇir

yuddhe sadā rakṣatu māḿ halī ca

durgeṣu cāvyān musalī sadā māḿ

vaneṣu sańkarṣaṇa ādi-devaḥ

(3)

kalindajā-vega-haro jaleṣu

nīlāmbaro rakṣatu māḿ sadāgnau

vāyau ca rāmo 'vatu khe balaś ca

mahārṇave 'nanta-vapuḥ sadā mām

(4)

śrī-vāsudevo 'vatu parvateṣu

sahasra-śīrṣā ca mahā-vivāde

rogeṣu māḿ rakṣatu rauhiṇeyo

māḿ kāma-pālo 'vatu va vipatsu

(5)

kāmāt sadā rakṣatu dhenukāriḥ

krodhāt sadā māḿ dvivida-prahārī

lobhāt sadā rakṣatu balvalārir

mohāt sadā māḿ kila māgadhāriḥ

(6)

prātaḥ sadā rakṣatu vṛṣṇi-dhuryaḥ

prāhne sadā māḿ mathurā-purendraḥ

madhyandine gopa-sakhaḥ prapātu

svarāt parāhne 'vatu māḿ sadaiva

(7)

sāyaḿ phaṇīndro 'vatu māḿ sadaiva

parāt paro rakṣatu māḿ pradoṣe

pūrṇe niśīthe ca duranta-vīryaḥ

pratyūṣa-kāle 'vatu māḿ sadaiva

(8)

vidikṣu māḿ rakṣatu revatī-patir

dīkṣu pralambārir adho yadūdvahaḥ

ūrdhvaḿ sadā māḿ balabhadra ārāt

tathā samantād baladeva eva hi

(9)

antaḥ sadāvyāt puruṣottamo bahir

nāgendra-līlo 'vatu māḿ mahā-balaḥ

sadāntarātmā ca vasan hariḥ svayaḿ

prapātu pūrṇaḥ parameśvaro mahān

(10)

devāsurāṇāḿ bhaya-nāśanaḿ ca

hutāśanaḿ pāpa-cayendhanānām

vināśanaḿ vighna-ghatasya viddhi

siddhāsanaḿ varma-varaḿ balasya

TRANSLATION

1) May Lord Balarama, who is the master of Goloka, who is the supreme controller of all controllers, and whose fame is spotless, protect me. May Lord Balarama, who on His head holds the earth as if it were a single mustard seed, protect me in this world.

2) May Lord Balarama protect me when I am surrounded by many armies. May Lord Balarama, who holds a plow, always protect me in battle. May Lord Balarama, who holds a club, always protect me in many fortresses. May Lord Balarama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect me in the forest.

3) May Lord Balarama, who wears blue garments and who stopped the Yamuna, always protect me in fire. May Lord Balarama protect me in the wind. May Lord Balarama protect me in the sky. May Lord Balarama, who is Lord Ananta Himself, always protect me in the great ocean.

4) May Lord Balarama, who is Vasudeva's son, protect me on mountains. May Lord Balarama, who has a thousand heads, protect me in great disputes. May Lord Balarama, who is Rohini's son, protect me from diseases. May Lord Balarama, who fulfills desires, protect me from catastrophes.

5) May Lord Balarama, who is the enemy of Dhenukasura, always protect me from lust. May Lord Balarama, who killed Dvivida, always protect me from anger. May Lord Balarama, who is the enemy of Balvala, always protect me from greed. May Lord Balarama, who is the enemy of Jarasandha, always protect me from illusion.

6) May Lord Balarama, who is the best of the Vrsnis, always protect me at sunrise. May Lord Balarama, who is the king of Mathura' City, always protect me in the morning. May Lord Balarama, who is the friend of the gopas, always protect me at midday. May Lord Balarama, who is supremely independent, always protect me in the afternoon.

7) May Lord Balarama, who is the king of serpents, always protect me at sunset. May Lord Balarama, who is greater than the greatest, always protect me in the evening. May Lord Balarama, whose power is invincible, always protect me in the middle of the night. May Lord Balarama always protect me at every sunrise.

8) May Lord Balarama, who is the master of Revati, protect me from every direction. May Lord Balarama, who is the enemy of Pralamba, protect me from every direction. May Lord Balarama, who is the best of the Yadavas, protect me from below. May Lord Balarama always protect me from above. May Lord Balarama protect me from near and far. May Lord Balarama protect me everywhere.

9) May Lord Balarama, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, always protect me from within. May powerful Lord Balarama, who enjoys pastimes as the king of serpents, protect me from without. May Lord Balarama, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul residing in everyone's heart, always protect me.

10) Please know that this kavaca of Lord Balarama is the best of armors. It destroys the fears of the demigods and demons. It is a blazing fire that burns up the fuel of a host of sins. It is the death of a host of obstacles. It is the abode of spiritual perfection.

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

The Balarama Kavaca appears in the Garga Samhita Canto 8 Chapter 12. This kavaca will ensure one fill protection against Maya. Garga Muni previously gave this mantra to the Vraja gopis. Herein Sri Pradvipaka Muni speaks the same kavaca to Duryodhana. After bathing and dressing in clean cotton garments, a person should sit on a kusa-grass mat, purify his hands with mantras, bow down, and with fixed intelligence meditate on Lord Krsna's elder brother, Lord Balarama while chanting this kavaca.

UPDATED: June 26, 2009