གསལ་རྒྱལ་གྱ་ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ 4

4

They will be very pleasant to see, beautiful to the eye,
With a fine countenance, lotus-hued,
And free from the flaws of craving.³²

“Whoever smears a stūpa of the Sugata
With oil mixed with the best fragrances
Will be worshiped with incense,
And their body, anointed with sandalwood, will be like the rays of the sun.

“Whoever washes a stūpa of the Lord of Sages
With scented water, clean and clear,
Will have an unblemished body, free of pain,
With a soft complexion, free of sorrow.

“One who beautifies, with various paints,
The shrines at a stūpa of the Buddha³³
Will become enveloped in³⁴
All the various qualities of the Sugata.

“Those who, in the springtime,³⁵
settle all the dust around a stūpa with clean water,
For them, women will joyfully wave away dust
With golden-handled fans.

“Whoever, for the sake of the Three Jewels,
Creates a mandala that delights the noble ones
Will have hands and feet with webbed fingers and toes,
And every limb, too, will be flawless.

“Whoever offers flowers to the Three Jewels,
Along with freshly grown fruit,
Will, as they transmigrate among beings,
Obtain every supreme taste and possess indominable might.³⁶

“Whoever venerates a statue of the Victor here
With vast garlands and cascades of flowers
Will, among the worlds of gods and humans,
Be well dressed in various, attractive garments.³⁷

“Those who offer fragrances at stūpas of the Buddha,
With infusions of many and various types of incense,
As well as agarwood incense,
Will have their entire body perfumed.

“Whoever joyfully donates yak-tail fans
To a stūpa of the Sugata,
That eminent one will also be fanned significantly
By the joyful mind, the yak-tail fan, that is the compassion of the victors.

“Whoever offers to the omniscient one a delightful mirror,
Totally stainless, like the full moon,
Will, amid their series of rebirths,
Be suitable to gaze at by gods and men.