[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Protective spells and dhāraṇī-sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani) › [Dhāraṇīs of goddesses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess) › [Mārīcīdhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani) › [འཕགས་མ་འོད་ཟེར་ཅན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo) › [The Marici Dharani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000) › 1 # འཕགས་མ་འད་ཟར་ཅན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས 1 The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī 1 - **Language:** English ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.1) Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas.¹⁷ Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was in Śrāvastī in Prince Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada’s park, with a large saṅgha of 1,250 monks and a great number of bodhisattva great beings. “Monks,” said the Blessed One, “there is a certain goddess named Mārīcī who arrives just before the sun and moon. She cannot be seen, cannot be seized, cannot be bound, cannot be stopped, cannot be opposed, cannot be enchanted, cannot be cut by a blade, cannot be decapitated, cannot be injured, cannot be burned, and cannot be brought under an enemy’s control. “Monks, whoever knows the goddess Mārīcī’s name also cannot be seized, cannot be bound, cannot be stopped, cannot be opposed, cannot be enchanted, cannot be cut by a blade, cannot be decapitated, cannot be injured, cannot be burned, and cannot be brought under an enemy’s control. “Since I know the name of the goddess Mārīcī, may I, too not be seen, not be seized, not be bound, not be stopped, not be opposed, not be enchanted, not be cut, not be decapitated, not be injured, not be beaten, not be burned, and not be brought under an enemy’s control. These are the mantra verses: “tadyathā oṃ padākramasi¹⁸ parākramasi udayamasi nairamasi arkamasi markamasi urmamasi vanamasi gulmamasi cīvaramasi¹⁹ mahācīvaramasi - [Previous: intro.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.intro.8) - [Next: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་མ་འོད་ཟེར་ཅན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.goddess.maricidharani*bo~en-84000.1) · Pramāṇa