The Noble Mārīcī Dhāraṇī
Translation of འཕགས་མ་འད་ཟར་ཅན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས (འཕགས་མ་འོད་ཟེར་ཅན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས)
- Language
- English
- Date
- 2020 CE
- Translator
- samye-translations
- Extent
- 22 passages, 389 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- lotsawahouse · Samye Translations (tr.), The Noble Mārīcī Dhāraṇī, Lotsawa House (version 1.1-20211116) · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site
Contents
Text
p1
In the language of India: Āryamārīcī-nāma-dhāraṇī
p2
In the language of Tibet: Pakma özer chen shé chawé zung (‘phags ma ‘od zer can zhes bya ba’i gzungs)
p3
In the English language: The Noble Incantation of Mārīcī
p4
Homage to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas!
p5
Thus have I heard.
p6
Once the Blessed One was dwelling in Śrāvastī, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s garden in the Jetavana grove,
p7
Together with a great gathering of twelve hundred and fifty monks,
p8
And a great gathering of many bodhisattva mahāsattvas.
p9
At that time, the Blessed One said to the monks:
p10
“Monks, there is a goddess called Mārīcī.
p11
She travels before the sun and moon.
p12
She is invisible, ungraspable, unstoppable, insuperable, indomitable, unsurpassable, unassailable, invulnerable, unconquerable, imperishable, and invincible.
p13
Monks, whoever recalls the goddess Mārīcī’s name likewise will become invisible, ungraspable, unstoppable, insuperable, indomitable, unsurpassable, unassailable, invulnerable, unconquerable, imperishable, and invincible.
p14
Thus, I myself, by recalling the goddess Mārīcī’s name, have become invisible, ungraspable, unstoppable, insuperable, indomitable, unsurpassable, unassailable, invulnerable, unconquerable, imperishable, and invincible.
p15
The sacred mantra is as follows:
p16
oṃ, goddess Mārīcī, please protect me on the road! Please protect me from taking wrong paths! Please protect me from dangerous beings! Please protect me from the danger of tyrants! Please protect me from the danger of elephants! Please protect me from the danger of thieves! Please protect me from the danger of nāgas! Please protect me from the danger of lions! Please protect me from the danger of tigers! Please protect me from the danger of fire! Please protect me from the danger of water! Please protect me from the danger of snakes! Please protect me from the danger of poison! Please protect me from the danger of opponents and adversaries!
p17
In all instances, disturbed or undisturbed, weakened or not, please protect me from lions! Please protect me from tigers! Please protect me from nāgas! Please protect me from snakes! Svāhā! Please protect me from all dangers, harm, infectious disease and adversity! Protect! Protect!
p18
Please protect me and all beings from all adversity, danger and disease! Svāhā!
p19
Homage to the Three Jewels!
p20
Homage to the goddess Mārīcī!
p21
Recite this, the heart-essence of Mārīcī:
p22
When the Blessed One had said this, the monks and bodhisattva mahāsattvas, together with the whole assembly and the world of gods, human beings, asuras and gandharvas, rejoiced and praised the speech of the Blessed One.