སྟང་ཆན་མ་རབ་ཏ་འཇམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 21

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“Homage to you, heroic being!
Homage to you, supreme being!
We pay homage with palms joined!
Homage to you, king of Dharma!”

The great king Dhṛtarāṣṭra arose,
And with palms joined said:

“You who are in full bloom, like a bouquet of flowers,
You with the voice of a kalaviṅka bird’s call,
Who resound with the sound like that of kokila birds and peacocks,
And like the roar of kettledrums and thunder,

“Great Sage,
Sixty-four thousand yakṣas, rākṣasas, and gandharvas
Dwell in the east
And perpetrate harm in the east.

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

syād yathedam dhāraṇi dhāraṇi pradhvaṃsani bhañjani prabhañjani vidhamaṇi kiṃpuruṣe śakale sārethe sāravati śūladhare śūladhāriṇi śuddhacaraṇe ghoṣavati śārāgre śānte |

“May I have well-being in the east! 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!

“Homage to you, heroic being!
Homage to you, supreme being!
We pay homage with palms joined!
Homage to you, king of Dharma!”

King Virūḍhaka then arose,
And with palms joined said:

“All-knower, all-seer,
Defeater of all proponents,
Dispeller of all doubts,
Leader of all worlds,

“Sixty-four thousand
Kumbhāṇḍa pretapūtanas
Dwell in the south
And perpetrate harm
Against those who appear there.

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