འཕགས་པ་རག་སྔགས་ཀྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་སྒྲན་མ་མཆག་ག་གཟངས 8

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and all vetālas will not harm them either. Ānanda, these mantrapadas of the dhāraṇī were spoken by ninety-nine million Buddhas; whoever transgresses these mantrapadas of the dhāraṇī rebels against all of them. Ānanda, one should keep in mind these mantrapadas of the dhāraṇī even when staying in a royal palace. One should keep them in mind even when among bandits. One should keep them in mind even when among rākṣasas. One should keep them in mind even when among ferocious beasts of prey. One should keep them in mind even when in a desolate wilderness. One should keep them in mind even when in deep waters and treacherous places. One should keep them in mind even when in fire. One should keep them in mind even when in water. For the one who keeps them in mind, none of those fears will arise. Even whatever poison they eat will turn into food itself. Ānanda, one who holds these mantrapadas of the dhāraṇī cannot be harmed by any bhūta. They cannot be harmed by any preta, any pūtana, any slayer, any transforming sorcery, any kākhorda, or any human or amanuṣya; Ānanda, in short, they cannot be harmed by any injury from others. Ānanda, one deserving to be killed will be freed with [only] a fine; one deserving to be punished with a fine, by being beaten; one deserving to be beaten, by being rebuked; one deserving to be rebuked, by being threatened; one deserving to be threatened will be freed by being glared at with fixed eyes. Ānanda, that someone for whom a rakṣā, complete protection, binding through complete care, śānti, and svastyayana have been performed with these mantrapadas of the dhāraṇī should meet with misfortune is impossible; in the world with its devas, Māras, and Brahmās, together with ascetics and brāhmaṇas,