འཕགས་པ་རག་པའ་རྒྱལ་མ་ས་སར་འབྲང་བ་ཆན་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང 18

18

“ ‘The iron-trunked śālmali trees have split.
All the iron cauldrons have cooled.
In the forest of sword leaves,
The leaves born from karma do no harm.

“ ‘Yama, King of the Law,
You govern people with justice.
It is right for you to tell us—
The reason for this is no trifling thing!’

“When the embodiment of the Law,
The King of the Law, resolute in justice,
Heard such words
From those bereft of compassion,
He said, ‘Tell me immediately what happened!
Tell me what it is like!’

“Then Yama’s cruel minions,
Wicked in their disposition,
Said to Yama,
King of the Law:

“ ‘A great being, Your Majesty,
Was born in the narrow confine of this Avīci Hell.
Avīci is its name,
And so it is called a narrow confine.

“ ‘This person, who made beings happy—
We see he has diverse karma.
Being happy everywhere,
He is now going to a divine realm.’

“When Yama perceived this,
The King of the Law was amazed and said:

“ ‘In a previous lifetime,
The body of this miraculous person
Was beautified by the amulet
Fastened around his neck,
Just as the caitya of the Teacher was beautified
By many hundreds of physical remains.’

“Then the yakṣa guardians of hell said to Yama, King of the Law: ‘Your Majesty, why is this called an amulet?’

“The King of the Law replied:

“ ‘One who recollects it, word for word,
Will not go to the lower realms.
The insightful who meditate on the amulet
Go to pleasant realms.

“ ‘You guardians of hell—
Go to Puṣḳalāvatī!
Look at the tall pyre there,
Surrounded by gods!
After seeing it,
You will feel love for all beings!’

“Yama’s minions went that very night to Puṣḳalāvatī.

“There and then,