སྟང་ཆན་མ་རབ་ཏ་འཇམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 20

20

As many as the host of stars,
At the locales of trees
And shrines.

“In the beautiful form of young men,
They shine and make the sounds of carriages.
At locations and on roads
They manifest various forms.
These yakṣas open the entrances
To cities and homes.

“Seizing life force and body,
They gravitate toward bad pathways.

“In various forms,
With various sounds
And various diseases,
They manifest illnesses in the body.
They falsely present the symptoms
Of all diseases.

“They distort everything—
The nature of all that appears in the world
Is twisted by them.
Led forth by the sūtra noose,
They are all present here.”

Then, Vaiśravaṇa arose,
And with palms joined said:

“You with designs of wheels on your feet,
You are like a shining golden sacrificial post.
Illuminator of the world,
Great Sage, you are like fire!

“Sixty-four thousand yakṣas
With terrible secret mantras
Dwell in the north
And perpetrate harm in the north.

“In the presence of the Lord of the World,
I will pronounce their punishment:

syād yathedam khaṅge khaṅge khaṅga garbhe vicakṣaṇe cakra rājane candre capale pātāle bhīmavadavati kharāgre bhṛikuṭimukhe kuṭila­karāgre ekākṣi vargavati sāraṅgavati mārgavati gargavate citravati citrakānti |

“May I have well-being in the north! Svāha!

“May Brahmā and Śakra,
The guardians of the world and Maheśvara,
All the yakṣa generals,
And Hārītī with her sons
Accept from me these flowers, incense,
And burnt offerings!

“Through their vigor,
Brilliance, majesty, and might,
May all illnesses be vanquished
And may I be safe
From all perils and misfortunes!