སྟང་ཆན་མ་རབ་ཏ་འཇམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 48

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May they purify my food!
May they ensure that even food mixed with the five impure foods
Is unadulterated for me!

“ ‘I will eat all the food,
Even what is mixed with the five impure foods!

“ ‘May all adulterated foods
From all the collections of seeds
Enclosing the essential nutrients of the soil
Be unadulterated for me!

“ ‘Just as the cord, cut and burned,
Was restored once more,
May adulterated foods likewise
Be made unadulterated for me!

syād yathedam khakhame khakha khakha khukhume śime śime śihume śime śime svasti svasti svasti svasti mama śānte sārāgre |

“ ‘Just as what is mixed with the five impure foods
Is eaten without being adulterated—
Just like the burned cord—
May this truth manifest!

syād yathedam kalake kalale balani karuḍa ālāye agne saṃkrāmane svāhā |

“ ‘I go for refuge to Buddha Vipaśyin, Śikhin,
The Thus-Gone One Viśvabhū, Krakucchanda,
Kanakamuni, Kāśyapa,
And fearless Gautama!

“ ‘I worship the bodies of those seven supreme humans
With flowers and fragrances!
With body, speech, and devout mind,
I go to them for refuge!

“ ‘May the gods who have special devotion
For those buddhas replete with supernatural powers
Be elated and joyous,
And with devout minds protect me!’ ”

At these words from the Blessed One, the monks rejoiced, and praised what the Blessed One had said.

Colophon

This was translated and edited by the Indian preceptors Śīlendrabodhi, Jñānasiddhi, and Śākyaprabha, along with the translator-editor Bandé Yeshé Dé who edited and finalized the translation. Later still, the translator Zhönnu Pal