% Text title            : Shri Tulasi Kavacha Ashtakam
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% Category              : devii, devI, kavacha, aShTaka, tulasI
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OM tulasyai namaH ||
OM mUrdhAnaM me sadA pAtu vR^indAvanavihAriNI |
lalATaM pAtu me devI puNDarIkAkShasevitA || 1||
netre pAtu jaganmAtA karNau pAtu haripriyA |
nAsikAM pAtu saugandhyA mukhaM pAtu manoharA || 2||
jihvAM pAtu jagaddhAtrI kaNThaM pAtu haripriyA |
skandhau pAtu cha vR^indAkhyA bAhU pAtu shubhapradA || 3||
hR^idayaM pAtu vaiShNavI vakShaH pAtu maheshvarI |
nAbhiM pAtu tapaHsiddhA kaTiM pAtu pavitradA || 4||
UrU pAtu jaganmAtA jAnunI kR^iShNavallabhA |
ja~Nghe pAtu cha sAvitrI pAdau pAtu haripriyA || 5||
pUrve pAtu cha vR^indA mAM AgneyyAM pAtu mAdhavI |
dakShiNe viShNukAntA mAM nairR^ityAM pAtu vaiShNavI || 6||
pratIchyAM pAtu lakShmIrmAM vAyavyAM pAtu devatA |
udIchyAM pAtu gaurI mAM aishAnyAM pAtu nAradapriyA || 7||
UrdhvaM pAtu mahAdevI adhastAt pAtu pAvanI |
antarbahishcha mAM pAtu tulasI viShNuvallabhA || 8||
tulasIkavachaM puNyaM yaH paThet shraddhayAnvitaH |
haribhaktiM parAM labdhvA viShNulokaM sa gachChati ||
tulasIdalamAtreNa yaH kuryAt keshavArchanam |
tasya puNyaphalaM vaktuM na shaknoti chaturmukhaH ||

iti shrItulasIkavachAShTakaM sampUrNam ||

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