dhyānam praṇamāmi sadā rāhuṃ śūrpākāraṃ kirīṭinam । saiṃhikeyaṃ karālāsyaṃ lokānāmabhayapradam ॥ 1॥ । atha rāhu kavacam । nīlāmbaraḥ śiraḥ pātu lalāṭaṃ lokavanditaḥ । cakṣuṣī pātu me rāhuḥ śrotre tvardhaśariravān ॥ 2॥ nāsikāṃ me dhūmravarṇaḥ śūlapāṇirmukhaṃ mama । jihvāṃ me siṃhikāsūnuḥ kaṇṭhaṃ me kaṭhināṅghrikaḥ ॥ 3॥ bhujaṅgeśo bhujau pātu nīlamālyāmbaraḥ karau । pātu vakṣaḥsthalaṃ mantrī pātu kukṣiṃ vidhuntudaḥ ॥ 4॥ kaṭiṃ me vikaṭaḥ pātu ūrū me surapūjitaḥ । svarbhānurjānunī pātu jaṅghe me pātu jāḍyahā ॥ 5॥ gulphau grahapatiḥ pātu pādau me bhīṣaṇākṛtiḥ । sarvāṇyaṅgāni me pātu nīlacandanabhūṣaṇaḥ ॥ 6॥ phalaśrutiḥ rāhoridaṃ kavacamṛddhidavastudaṃ yo bhaktyā paṭhatyanudinaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ san । prāpnoti kīrtimatulāṃ śriyamṛddhi- māyurārogyamātmavijayaṃ ca hi tatprasādāt ॥ 7॥ ॥ iti śrīmahābhārate dhṛtarāṣṭrasañjayasaṃvāde droṇaparvaṇi rāhukavacaṃ sampūrṇam ॥