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great benefits, and great authority, grasp this dharmaparyāya of the dhāraṇī, take it, bear it, read it, master it, and fully explain it widely to others!" [Ānanda] replied, "Bhagavān, I have received it in order to propagate it." Then, in order to elaborate on this very meaning, the Bhagavān spoke these verses at that time: / "This sūtra of the dhāraṇī mantra / Has been taught by all buddhas; / For the benefit of sentient beings, / I too have explained it. / Whoever holds or reads / This sūtra of the dhāraṇī mantra / Will remember past lives / Throughout twenty-one lifetimes. / To the one who recites this dhāraṇī mantra, / Any non-human whatsoever, / Yakṣas, kumbhāṇḍas, or rākṣasas, / Will never cause obstacles. / To the one who recites this dhāraṇī mantra, / Whoever is the Kāmāvacareśvara, / That evil Māra, will never / Cause any obstacles. / The parents, brothers, / Sisters, friends, and kin / Of the one who holds this dhāraṇī mantra / Will never fall into lower realms. / Therefore, whoever, fearless, hears / This sūtra of the dhāraṇī mantra / And recites this dhāraṇī mantra / Should never be afraid. / Whatever obscuring karma has been committed / Throughout a thousand ten million eons / By the one who holds this dhāraṇī mantra / Will be purified in seven days. / Whatever merit of a bodhisattva / Has been accomplished over ten million eons / Will be outshone in seven days / By the one who holds this dhāraṇī mantra. / The four guardians of the world in the four directions, / The Caturmahārājas— / Virūḍhaka, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, / Virūpākṣa, and Vaiśravaṇa— / Splendid, renowned, / Along with their retinues and ministers,