འཕགས་པ་རག་པའ་རྒྱལ་མ་ས་སར་འབྲང་བ་ཆན་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང 32

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For vaiśyas should be drawn Vaiśravaṇa
And Indra, the lord of the gods.

“Prajāpati, the wise one,
Should be drawn for boys.

“For women of dark complexion,
A wrathful figure should be drawn.
For the fair complexioned,
One beautiful and famous should be drawn.

“For large women, Māṇibhadra
Should be carefully drawn,
For slight women, Pūrṇabhadra,
As I, the self-existing one, have taught.

“For pregnant women, Mahākālī
And the brahmā gods should be drawn.
Other deities should also be drawn
According to the prescriptions outlined above.

“When drawn correctly,
After carefully following the protocols,
An amulet that is constantly tied to one’s neck
Will bring about good fortune.

“One should paint a flaming wish-fulfilling gem
Atop a flag with the lotus at the tip.
A lasso or similarly a wheel
Should be drawn at the center of a lotus.

“One should draw a vajra above the lotus,
And a hammer at the lotus’s center.
A spear should be drawn atop the lotus,
Just as it occurs in the rite.

“As stipulated in the rite,
One should draw all gems
With tips aflame, aglow with light
And bound with silk.

“Hooded nāgas with nine heads
And flaming gems
Should be carefully drawn,
Each with vajras in their hearts.⁷⁷

“The adept should always paint
Bala and Sārthavāha for kings.

“For all vidyādharas,
The vidyā goddess should be drawn.
The sun and moon with the lunar mansions,
The eight planets,⁷⁸ Rāhu, and Ketu should also be drawn.

“If painted carefully as prescribed
And worn by an intelligent person,
Even the impotent and eunuchs
Will obtain a son.

“The amulet accomplishes all aims,
Brings auspiciousness, and quells all misdeeds.
As the self-existing one has taught,
The most sublime state will be attained.

“One will have supreme happiness in this world,
And one will have supreme happiness in the next world too.
The god realms, such as the Heaven of the Thirty-Three,
Will become one’s home.