[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Protective spells and dhāraṇī-sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani) › [Protective and healing dhāraṇīs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection) › [Deity-Specific Protections](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity) › [Mahāśītavanīsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra) › [བསིལ་བའི་ཚལ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo) › [Great Cool Grove](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000) › 11 # བསལ་བའ་ཚལ་ཆན་པའ་མད 11 Great Cool Grove 11 - **Language:** English ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.11) Lives within our realms, As do one named Exceedingly Dark, One named Black Lady, And one named Pitch Dark. They pay respect to Gautama. “Those great beings, yakṣas of the earth, Dwell on the surface of the earth. Surrounded by this host, I have come here. I have come to pay homage, Together with this host. Heroic Gautama, we have come, Paying devout respect to you. “The pretas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas Who run before me Have huge bodies, strong and fierce. Their teeth are large, their stomachs bloated. Śūrpakas hang²⁰ On their horrific, pendulous ears. “They have a six limbs and hard teeth That are like saffron-colored hammers. Their teeth are also jagged and sharp, Spear-like and terrifying. “They have elephant heads, gourd-like snouts, Heads like tigers and lions, Iron teeth, and iron hair. They instill fear in grahas “They carry iron cudgels And iron hammers in their hands. With sharp teeth and long arms, They take terrifying forms. They have lips of iron, large heads, and disheveled hair. They are black with yellow eyes and crooked noses. They have gourd-like necks and red eyes, Or one eye, and bloated bellies. Their lips dangle, and some have only one hand, Some one foot, and some two feet. Some have no mouth, or two mouths. They are ferocious And terrifying to humans. “They frighten and terrify With clubs, sticks, and tridents in hand. Frightening and terrifying, They strike fear in the grahas, Causing them to cry out in fear. They disorient their minds, Cause madness and stupefaction, And then steal their vitality. “It is difficult for those who terrify the world To rely on the Great Powerful One.²¹ Sixty-four thousand of them Run before the Great King. - [Previous: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.10) - [Next: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.12) ## Linked texts (1) - [བསིལ་བའི་ཚལ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo.11) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.11) · Pramāṇa