[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) › 18 # བསལ་བའ་ཚལ་ཆན་པའ་མད 18 Great Cool Grove 18 - **Language:** English ### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.18) which had never before been heard, they were frightened and anxious. Bristling with uneasiness, they joined their palms and paid homage to the Blessed One. Unified in sense, phrasing, and tone, they said: “Well spoken was the vidyā-mantra That vanquishes hostile bhūtas. We must convey a vidyā-mantra That ensures the well-being of the world of humans. The following is that vidyā-mantra, So please pay heed to us, world protector. Syād yathedam uhuhala kulijiva abhuya masuravela addyā vaddyā addyā vate nadda vaddye marudya marudya vade maruddya phala svāhā “Blessed One, please accept the following, which repels all bhūtas: Syād yathedam ili ili mili mili kili kili vanara nilapaya bhubhubhura thirū phuphuphura gaśalī raukhadayamala khuli khulivaya svāhā “This king of vidyā-mantras²⁹ establishes a boundary, repels all bhūtas, and accomplishes all aims for one year.” When all the beings from yakṣas, rākṣasas, and gandharvas all the way up to harm doers heard the Blessed One’s great king of vidyā-mantras,³⁰ which had never before been heard, and when they heard the Four Kings’ protection, which had never before been heard, they were frightened and anxious. Bristling with uneasiness, they burrowed deep into the earth. They were compelled to burrow deep. The Blessed One then transformed the ground into vajra,³¹ so they scurried in the four directions. The Four Great Kings then manifested massive heaps of flames in the four directions, so the beings fled into the sky. Next, the Blessed One transformed the sky into gold. The great king Vaiśravaṇa, guardian of the world, surrounded and attended to by gods and gandharvas, rose up into the sky. To vanquish everyone from yakṣas and rākṣasas up to harm doers, to care for all sentient beings, - [Previous: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.17) - [Next: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.19) ## Linked texts (1) - [བསིལ་བའི་ཚལ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo.18) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.18) · Pramāṇa