agastiruvāca ājānubāhumaravindadalāyatākṣa- -mājanmaśuddharasahāsamukhaprasādam । śyāmaṃ gṛhīta śaracāpamudārarūpaṃ rāmaṃ sarāmamabhirāmamanusmarāmi ॥ 1 ॥ asya śrīrāmakavacasya agastya ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ sītālakṣmaṇopetaḥ śrīrāmacandro devatā śrīrāmacandraprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ । atha dhyānaṃ nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśaṃ vidyudvarṇāmbarāvṛtam । komalāṅgaṃ viśālākṣaṃ yuvānamatisundaram ॥ 1 ॥ sītāsaumitrisahitaṃ jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam । sāsitūṇadhanurbāṇapāṇiṃ dānavamardanam ॥ 2 ॥ yadā corabhaye rājabhaye śatrubhaye tathā । dhyātvā raghupatiṃ kruddhaṃ kālānalasamaprabham ॥ 3 ॥ cīrakṛṣṇājinadharaṃ bhasmoddhūlitavigraham । ākarṇākṛṣṭaviśikhakodaṇḍabhujamaṇḍitam ॥ 4 ॥ raṇe ripūn rāvaṇādīṃstīkṣṇamārgaṇavṛṣṭibhiḥ । saṃharantaṃ mahāvīramugramaindrarathasthitam ॥ 5 ॥ lakṣmaṇādyairmahāvīrairvṛtaṃ hanumadādibhiḥ । sugrīvādyairmāhāvīraiḥ śailavṛkṣakarodyataiḥ ॥ 6 ॥ vegātkarālahuṅkārairbhubhukkāramahāravaiḥ । nadadbhiḥ parivādadbhiḥ samare rāvaṇaṃ prati ॥ 7 ॥ śrīrāma śatrusaṅghānme hana mardaya khādaya । bhūtapretapiśācādīn śrīrāmāśu vināśaya ॥ 8 ॥ evaṃ dhyātvā japedrāmakavacaṃ siddhidāyakam । sutīkṣṇa vajrakavacaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmyanuttamam ॥ 9 ॥ atha kavacam śrīrāmaḥ pātu me mūrdhni pūrve ca raghuvaṃśajaḥ । dakṣiṇe me raghuvaraḥ paścime pātu pāvanaḥ ॥ 10 ॥ uttare me raghupatirbhālaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ । bhruvordūrvādalaśyāmastayormadhye janārdanaḥ ॥ 11 ॥ śrotraṃ me pātu rājendro dṛśau rājīvalocanaḥ । ghrāṇaṃ me pātu rājarṣirgaṇḍau me jānakīpatiḥ ॥ 12 ॥ karṇamūle kharadhvaṃsī bhālaṃ me raghuvallabhaḥ । jihvāṃ me vākpatiḥ pātu dantapaṅktī raghūttamaḥ ॥ 13 ॥ oṣṭhau śrīrāmacandro me mukhaṃ pātu parātparaḥ । kaṇṭhaṃ pātu jagadvandyaḥ skandhau me rāvaṇāntakaḥ ॥ 14 ॥ dhanurbāṇadharaḥ pātu bhujau me vālimardanaḥ । sarvāṇyaṅguliparvāṇi hastau me rākṣasāntakaḥ ॥ 15 ॥ vakṣo me pātu kākutsthaḥ pātu me hṛdayaṃ hariḥ । stanau sītāpatiḥ pātu pārśvaṃ me jagadīśvaraḥ ॥ 16 ॥ madhyaṃ me pātu lakṣmīśo nābhiṃ me raghunāyakaḥ । kausalyeyaḥ kaṭī pātu pṛṣṭhaṃ durgatināśanaḥ ॥ 17 ॥ guhyaṃ pātu hṛṣīkeśaḥ sakthinī satyavikramaḥ । ūrū śārṅgadharaḥ pātu jānunī hanumatpriyaḥ ॥ 18 ॥ jaṅghe pātu jagadvyāpī pādau me tāṭakāntakaḥ । sarvāṅgaṃ pātu me viṣṇuḥ sarvasandhīnanāmayaḥ ॥ 19 ॥ jñānendriyāṇi prāṇādīn pātu me madhusūdanaḥ । pātu śrīrāmabhadro me śabdādīnviṣayānapi ॥ 20 ॥ dvipadādīni bhūtāni matsambandhīni yāni ca । jāmadagnyamahādarpadalanaḥ pātu tāni me ॥ 21 ॥ saumitripūrvajaḥ pātu vāgādīnīndriyāṇi ca । romāṅkurāṇyaśeṣāṇi pātu sugrīvarājyadaḥ ॥ 22 ॥ vāṅmanobuddhyahaṅkārairjñānājñānakṛtāni ca । janmāntarakṛtānīha pāpāni vividhāni ca ॥ 23 ॥ tāni sarvāṇi dagdhvāśu harakodaṇḍakhaṇḍanaḥ । pātu māṃ sarvato rāmaḥ śārṅgabāṇadharaḥ sadā ॥ 24 ॥ iti śrīrāmacandrasya kavacaṃ vajrasammitam । guhyādguhyatamaṃ divyaṃ sutīkṣṇa munisattama ॥ 25 ॥ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ । sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ rāmacandraprasādataḥ ॥ 26 ॥ mahāpātakayukto vā goghno vā bhrūṇahā tathā । śrīrāmacandrakavacapaṭhanācchuddhimāpnuyāt ॥ 27 ॥ brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ । bho sutīkṣṇa yathā pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā mama purāḥ śubham । tathā śrīrāmakavacaṃ mayā te viniveditam ॥ 28 ॥ iti śrīmadānandarāmāyaṇe manoharakāṇḍe sutīkṣṇāgastyasaṃvāde śrīrāmakavacam ॥