འཕགས་པ་རག་པའ་རྒྱལ་མ་ས་སར་འབྲང་བ་ཆན་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང 34

34

Wards off the influence of celestial bodies,
Brings harmony with the lunar mansions,
And breaks the chain of karma.

“Indigestible food, traversed hexes,
The actions of one’s enemies,
The evil eye, written hexes,
And dreadful kākhordas,

“Mantra-infused powders,
Poisonous compounds, and poisoned food—
All of these will be pacified
For one who wears the protection.

“One who transgresses the incantation
Will bear the consequence of retribution.⁷⁹
Threatened by the amulet’s curse,
Dreadful rival armies
And fearsome enemies will flee.

“Omniscient buddhas and gentle bodhisattvas
Will afford their protection.
Śrāvakas of great austerity
And pratyekabuddhas will afford protection.

“Moreover, gods and nāgas
With miraculous powers and myriad forms
Offer protection to those
Who always make use of it.

“The Sage has said,
‘Merely by hearing
This queen of incantations,
The best of humans is always fearless.’

“Nightmares, misdeeds,
Severe epidemics,
Contagions, severe illness,
Royal consumption,⁸⁰

“The other myriad types of illness,
Including, boils, rashes, scabs,
And the infectious diseases
That grip all people,

“And perniciously harmful beings
Who seize humans—
None of these will occur
When one has powerful protection.
Even prisoners will be freed
When protected by it.⁸¹

“Drawing the amulet
Will also increase the lifespan
Of one who is snared by the lasso of time
And led to Yama’s realm.

“One whose lifespan has run out,
Or who will die in a week,