naga dosha-defects removal mantra

॥ नाग दोश निवारण मन्त्र॥

|| nāga dośa nivāraṇa mantra ||

Näga:

the race of Kadru or Surasaa inhabiting the waters or the city Bhoga-vati1 under the earth ; they are supposed to have a human face with serpent-like lower extremities [see esp. Nag. v , 17 RTL. 233 &c.] ; their kings are Shesha , Vaasuki , and Takshaka ib. 323 ; 7 or 8 of the Na1gas are particularly mentioned MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; with Buddhists they are also represented as ordinary men

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॥ नाग दोश निवारण मन्त्र॥

|| nāga dośa nivāraṇa mantra ||

अनंतो वासुकि शेषः पद्मनाभश्च कंबळः

anaṁto vāsuki śeṣaḥ padmanābhaśca kaṁbaḻaḥ

anaṁto/ananta; Endless one; eternal,

vāsuki ; one who protects (like cloth or covering),

śeṣaḥ/shesha; remainder; one who remains even after deluge,

padmanābha; One whos the lotus navel;The lotus stalk from Visnu;Umblical chord;The one who creates,

kaṁbaḻa; The insect which spins fiber for blanket,

शंखपालो धार्तराष्ट्र तक्षक काळियस्तथ॥

śaṁkhapālo dhārtarāṣṭra takṣaka kāḻiyastatha ||

śaṁkhapālo /shankapaala; çaìkha conch or shell, also refered to temple bone on forehead; One who protects the conch.

dhārtarāṣṭra /dhaartaraashtra; the son of Dhṛtaräñöra (Duryodana); One born of a firm empire.

takṣaka /takshaka; One who cuts (like a carpenter)

kāḻiya; Käl+iya; who is from time, beyond Time, dark (the manifestation of ignorance etc)

एतानि नव नामानि नागानां च महात्मानां

etāni nava nāmāni nāgānāṁ ca mahātmānāṁ

These nine names of nägäs of great fame,

सायंकाले पठेन्नित्यं प्रातःकाले विशेषतः॥

sāyaṁkāle paṭhennityaṁ prātaḥkāle viśeṣataḥ ||

In the evening whoever recites at dawn inspecial

तस्य विषभयं नास्ति सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत्

tasya viṣabhayaṁ nāsti sarvatra vijayī bhavet

Those poisonous fear will be be negated and will be victorious all over.

-sanskrit text courtesy tvrao_agd

-translation SanjayP