[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) › [Healing and Disease Pacification](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease) › [Bhadrakarātrī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri) › [འཕགས་པ་མཚན་མོ་བཟང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617) › [Auspicious Night](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617~en-84000) › 4 # འཕགས་པ་མཚན་མ་བཟང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 4 Auspicious Night 4 - **Language:** English ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617~en-84000.4) And the entirety of living things Achieve perfect happiness, And be free from the afflictions! May all good things be seen,²⁴ And may nothing²⁵ evil at all occur!²⁶ {4} “So that one maintains this and applies oneself Night and day, without idleness, The sage has unremittingly proclaimed The teaching of Auspicious Night.”²⁷ {5} Then the Bhagavān, for the safeguarding of all sentient beings, offered this teaching of Auspicious Night ²⁸ and taught the following Dravidian mantras: tadyathā| bi nā bi ni| bi na pūraṇi| buddha-martaṇḍe| mānini mānini| ṇi ṇi ṇi ṇi| ṭi ṭi ṭi ṭi| vīrati| gauri| gāndhāri| caṇḍāli| mātaṃgi| pukkasi| brāhmaṇi| drāviḍi| drāmiḍi| śavari| sadālambha| hīna­madhyama­dhāriṇi| maholani| dalabhani| dalābhadre| mahādalini| calini| muṣṭe| cakravarti| mahācakravarti| śavari śavari| mahāśavari| bhu tsing gi| bhu tsi ring gi ni| ni mi ni ming gi ni| nimiṃdhari bhu ta ni svāhā tadyathā| e ṭu ṭu ṭu ṭu| na ṭu mi rṇi| ki rṇi| eṁ ku| sid da ta ri| tsa la lu| rni rtu| nirma llu| gallu| a ba tra no ne| śe ku nir ba ra da sa le| ta ra ke| ta re| ta rod tu| nod tu| ti la la lu| bhūtapataye| ba ta yi ye svāhā tadyathā| arakāte | narakāte| pāṃśuka| pāyiye| kapotaka pāyiye| tapodhane svāhā “Monk, when, with the intention of safeguarding all sentient beings, sons of good family or daughters of good family keep the meaning of Auspicious Night’s teachings,²⁹ together with its prose, its stanzas, and its Dravidian mantras, in their mind, or when they remember it, read it,³⁰ concentrate on it, master it, or correctly teach it in detail to others, their body will be indestructible by fire, indestructible by poison,³¹ and unharmed by punishment inflicted by authorities³² or assault from thieves; furthermore, they will not die prematurely and will certainly reach nirvāṇa. “No matter where one is reborn, When one has read the sūtra Auspicious Night, One is bound to remember one’s past lives, become an arhat, - [Previous: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617~en-84000.3) - [Next: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617~en-84000.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་མཚན་མོ་བཟང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617.4) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617~en-84000.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.disease.bhadrakaratri*bo-d617~en-84000.4) · Pramāṇa