Verse 19

¹²Om. May Hari make every guard for me, his lotus feet set on the back of the king of birds, carrying conch, wheel, shield, sword, mace, arrow, bow and noose, eightfold and eight-armed. ¹³In the waters let him guard me in the fish's body, from the hosts of water creatures and from Varuna's noose. On land let the dwarf, the boy of maya, guard me; in the sky, the wide-strider whose form is all forms. ¹⁴In hard country, in forests, at the head of battle and the like, let the master guard me, the man-lion, enemy of the leaders of the demon herds, at whose great laugh the quarters cried out and the young fell from the womb.

¹⁵On the road let the boar guard me, who is sacrifice in its very shape and lifted the earth on his tusk. On the mountain peaks and in exile let Rama, the eldest brother of Bharata, guard us, and Laksmana with him. ¹⁶From every harsh duty and from all carelessness let Narayana guard me, and Nara from mockery. Let Datta guard me from the loss of yoga, and Kapila, lord of yoga and master of the strands, from the bondage of works. ¹⁷Let Sanatkumara guard me from the god of desire, and the horse-headed one on the road from slighting the gods. Let the best of the divine sages guard me from lapses inside the worship of the Person, and Hari the tortoise from every hell.

¹⁸Let the Bhagavan Dhanvantari guard me from what does me no good, and Rsabha, who has conquered himself, from the fear of the pairs. Let Sacrifice guard me from the world's blame and from the harm men do, and Bala, the lord of serpents, from the brood of Krodhavasa. ¹⁹Let the Bhagavan Dvaipayana guard me from not waking up, and the Awakened One from the carelessness of the heretic crowds. Let Kalki, who took his great descent for the keeping of dharma, guard me from the filth of the Kali age.