[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) › [Grahamātṛkānāmadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka) › [འཕགས་མ་གཟའ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཡུམ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997) › [The Noble Dharani “The Mother of the Grahas”](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997~en-84000) › 3 # འཕགས་མ་གཟའ་རྣམས་ཀྱ་ཡམ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས 3 The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” 3 - **Language:** English ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997~en-84000.3) with his vajra palms placed together at his heart, and addressed the Blessed One. “Blessed One the grahas are vicious and have a vicious nature. They are fierce and have a fierce nature. They are wrathful, and, because of their wrathful intention, they hurt, harm, and steal the life force of beings. Some take wealth, some take life, and some shorten the length of a being’s lifespan. Will the Blessed One please teach a Dharma discourse that will protect beings from these beings who are harmful and bring misfortune?” “Well done, Vajrapāṇi,” the Blessed One replied, “it is good that the compassion you have generated for being of benefit to beings has led you to ask the Thus-Gone One about the most secret of secret teachings. Please listen, pay attention, and focus as I explain them. I will explain the most secret of secret excellent offerings and the excellent recitation for incanting offering water for the grahas who have a vicious nature and are so very wrathful and terrifying. “I will give a systematic explanation Of worshiping them with the offering rite, Identifying the perpetrator when harm has occurred,⁸ The colors of the celestial grahas, “How they can be appeased, And the offerings and mantras That will pacify wrathful Devas, asuras, “Kinnaras, nāgas, Yakṣas, rākṣasas, Pūtanas, and humans Brimming with fierce, fiery energy.” A radiant light referred to as “the manifestation of compassion” blazed forth from blessed Śākyamuni’s heart and entered the crowns of the grahas. At that very instant, Sūrya and the rest - [Previous: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997~en-84000.2) - [Next: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997~en-84000.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་མ་གཟའ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཡུམ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997.3) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997~en-84000.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.grahamatrka*bo-d997~en-84000.3) · Pramāṇa