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Bala Raksha

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śrī gaṇēśāya namaḥ । avyādajō'ṅghri maṇimāṃstava jānvathōrū yajñō'chyutaḥ kaṭitaṭaṃ jaṭharaṃ hayāsyaḥ । hṛtkēśavastvadura īśa inastu kaṇṭhaṃ viṣṇurbhujaṃ mukhamurukrama īśvaraḥ kam ॥ 1 ॥ May the divine Lord protect your feet through His eternal power, Your knees and thighs through Yajna, Your waist through Achyuta, Your abdomen through Hayagriva, Your heart through Keshava, Your chest through the Supreme Lord, Your neck...

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śrī gaṇēśāya namaḥ ।

Trimurti with Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva in a divine form

śrī gaṇēśāya namaḥ ।

avyādajō’ṅghri maṇimāṃstava jānvathōrū
yajñō’chyutaḥ kaṭitaṭaṃ jaṭharaṃ hayāsyaḥ ।
hṛtkēśavastvadura īśa inastu kaṇṭhaṃ
viṣṇurbhujaṃ mukhamurukrama īśvaraḥ kam ॥ 1 ॥

May the divine Lord protect your feet through His eternal power, Your knees and thighs through Yajna, Your waist through Achyuta, Your abdomen through Hayagriva, Your heart through Keshava, Your chest through the Supreme Lord, Your neck through Vishnu, and Your face through the all-powerful Lord Urukrama.

chakryagrataḥ sahagadō harirastu paśchāt
tvatpārśvayōrdhanurasī madhuhājanaścha ।
kōṇēṣu śaṅkha urugāya uparyupēndras
tārkṣyaḥ kṣitau haladharaḥ puruṣaḥ samantāt ॥ 2 ॥

May Lord Hari with His Sudarshana Chakra protect you from the front and with His mace from behind. May Madhusudana guard your sides, Lord Urugaya protect the corners with His conch, Upendra protect above, Garuda protect the sky, and Lord Haladhara protect you on earth from all directions.

indriyāṇi hṛṣīkēśaḥ prāṇānnārāyaṇō’vatu ।
śvētadvīpapatiśchittaṃ manō yōgēśvarō’vatu ॥ 3 ॥

May Lord Hrishikesha protect your senses, Lord Narayana protect your life energy, Lord Shvetadvipa-pati protect your consciousness, and Lord Yogeshwara protect your mind.

pṛśnigarbhastu tē buddhimātmānaṃ bhagavānparaḥ ।
krīḍantaṃ pātu gōvindaḥ śayānaṃ pātu mādhavaḥ ॥ 4 ॥

May Lord Prishnigarbha protect your intellect, and may the Supreme Lord protect your soul. May Govinda protect you while you play, and may Madhava protect you while you rest.

vrajantamavyādvaikuṇṭha āsīnaṃ tvāṃ śriyaḥ patiḥ ।
bhuñjānaṃ yajñabhukpātu sarvagrahabhayaṅkaraḥ ॥ 5 ॥

May Lord Vaikuntha protect you while you move, the Lord of Goddess Lakshmi protect you while you sit, and may the Lord who accepts all sacrifices protect you while eating, destroying all fears caused by harmful influences.

ḍākinyō yātudhānyaścha kuṣmāṇḍā yē’rbhakagrahāḥ ।
bhūtaprētapiśāchāścha yakṣarakṣōvināyakāḥ ॥ 6 ॥

May all harmful beings such as Dakini, Yatudhana, Kushmanda, child-afflicting spirits, ghosts, demons, Yakshas, Rakshasas and Vinayakas be destroyed by the power of Lord Vishnu.

kōṭarā rēvatī jyēṣṭhā pūtanā mātṛkādayaḥ ।
unmādā yē hyapasmārā dēhaprāṇēndriyadruhaḥ ॥ 7 ॥

May Kotara, Revati, Jyeshtha, Putana and other harmful mother spirits, along with madness, epilepsy and all forces that disturb the body, life energy and senses, be removed by divine protection.

svapnadṛṣṭā mahōtpātā vṛddhabālagrahāścha yē ।
sarvē naśyantu tē viṣṇōrnāmagrahaṇabhīravaḥ ॥ 8 ॥

May all bad dreams, great misfortunes, and harmful influences affecting elders and children disappear. May they flee in fear upon the remembrance of Lord Vishnu’s holy name.

॥ iti śrīmadbhāgavatē daśamaskandhē
gōpīkṛtabālarakṣā samāptā ॥

Thus ends the sacred prayer of protection for the child, performed by the Gopis, from the Tenth Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa.

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