སྟང་ཆན་མ་རབ་ཏ་འཇམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 19

19

Mansions are formed.
The first is made of gold.
The second is made of silver.

“The third is made of beryl.
The fourth is made of pure crystal.
The fifth is made of red pearl.
The sixth is made of emerald.
The seventh is made of ruby.
The eighth is made of all seven precious substances.

“Hundreds of thousands of women
Adorned with many various pieces of jewelry
And garments
Inhabit each one of them.

“They are learned in singing and playing musical instruments
And in artistic skills.
Enthralled and satiated
With such delights,

“I am intoxicated there
With sweet drink and pleasures.
Thus, my attendants wander off
And wreak havoc throughout the ten directions.

“Women and men,
And likewise boys and girls,
And infants in the womb are terrorized.
Those in the animal realms are also harmed.

“The stars, the sun, and the moon,
And the terrible planets are harmed.
They steal grain, seeds, and fruit,
Flowers, medicine, food, and drink.

“Stealing the splendor of human beings,
They make high beings low.

“Whatever wars, fights, and strife
There are in the world,
All that is scorched, destroyed, slain, or split
Is an expression of bhūtas.

“They conceal and reveal,
Turn back and confront,
Frighten and seek out,
And show hostility.

“They cause nightmares
And cause harm to the slumbering.
Projecting clicking sounds from doorways,
They screech and devour.

“They appear in the form of friends and relatives
And begin conversation.
They appear in the form of beautiful girls
And indulge their desires.

“They appear in the form of the sun and stars,
And in the form of the moon.
Those detrimental to life
Appear in the form of wind and shooting stars.

“They appear as frightening jackals and dogs,