[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) › 16 # བསལ་བའ་ཚལ་ཆན་པའ་མད 16 Great Cool Grove 16 - **Language:** English ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.16) asuras, and stealers of vitality. Vāsava, the king of all gods, has come. I pay homage to him. He, too, pays homage to the Blessed One: “Heroic perfect Buddha, All seeing and all knowing—I bow to you. I bow to you, perfect hero. I have come, paying devout respect.” The Four Great Kings then draped their upper robes over one shoulder and knelt on their right knee. Bowing solely to the Blessed One with palms joined, they said the following, unified in sense, phrasing, and tone: “Venerable Blessed One, this Great Sūtra of Cool Grove, the protection of the Four Great Kings, covers all four communities. It repels everything from yakṣas and rākṣasas all the way up to harm doers. It protects, guards, and shields the four communities, ensuring their happiness and well-being so they can dwell at ease.” The Blessed One replied to the Four Great Kings, “Great Kings, you have upheld the great king of vidyā-mantras. I have accepted The Great Sūtra of Cool Grove. Great Kings, to rejoice in The Great Sūtra of Cool Grove, I will, moreover, utter the great king of vidyā-mantras.²⁶ Listen carefully and retain it. I will disclose it now.” “May the Blessed One please do so,” replied the Four Great Kings, and they listened to what the Blessed One said. The Blessed One then opened his robe with his precious right hand and said to the assemblies of bhūtas, “I will reveal it. I will disclose it to the great king Vaiśravaṇa. I will make it comprehensible to everyone.” The blessed, completely perfect Buddha then - [Previous: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.15) - [Next: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.17) ## Linked texts (1) - [བསིལ་བའི་ཚལ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo.16) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.16) · Pramāṇa