སྟང་ཆན་མ་རབ་ཏ་འཇམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 33

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The Blessed One then embraced those guhyaka lords with love, and induced them to take up the bases of training.

[They said:]
“Were we to disregard the seal,
We would travel the same course
As those who have killed their mother,
Killed their father,

“Killed an arhat,
Divided the saṅgha,
Or hatefully
Drawn the blood of a perfected buddha.

“Our heads would split into seven pieces,
Like the blossom of a basil shrub,
And afflicted with a yakṣa illness,
Our bodies would contract white leprosy.

“Were we to transgress the queen of incantations,
The sūtra Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm,
Uttered by the victorious ones,
Things would not go according to our wishes.”

Just then all the illnesses, perils, calamities, diseases, and disturbances raging throughout the city of Vaiśālī ceased. The yakṣas, rākṣasas, humans, and non-humans ventured out from their respective domains. Swans, parrots, myna birds, kokila cuckoos, peacocks, wild geese, jīvañjīva pheasants, and flocks of other birds all melodiously warbled. The kinnaras became free of physical ailments, like divine daughters. Jeweled utensils clanged without being touched. Kettledrums, conch shells, clay drums, small kettledrums, lutes, and flutes sounded right where they stood. Pomegranate trees, wood-apple trees, āmalakī trees, banyan trees, bodhi trees, plakṣa trees, kapittha trees, udumbara trees, sal trees, and tamāla trees all released their fragrances. A hundred thousand gods exclaimed, “Ah, Ah!” A rain of flowers fell from the sky, and the fragrances of non-humans manifested in the world.

Then, with palms joined, the four great kings said to the Blessed One, “Venerable Blessed One! This Dharma teaching, the king¹⁸ of sūtras, Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm, is the buddha seal that delivers from all grahas. Whoever observes the bases of training, dons the saffron-colored robes,