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trail guards, fort guards, and customs guards. It will intoxicate them, cause paralysis and stupefaction, and seize their hands, feet, minds, and tongues. Through this queen of incantations, Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra, the person will escape on each and every occasion.

“Oh wonder! Brahmin! You transcended anguish,
Crossed over existence within the world,
And finally, after so long,
Saw the transcendence of all resentment and fear!

“Patience is the supreme austerity;
Patience is the supreme nirvāṇa—so proclaims the Buddha.
As for the ordained who harm others,
One who is violent toward others is not a proper renunciant.

“On the other hand, just as those with eyesight
Also have capabilities,
The wise, in this world of the living,
Avoid misdeeds.

“To all the buddhas
Of present, future, and past
I pay homage!
To all of them I go for refuge!

“Since in the world it is the bliss-gone arhats
To whom the moon goes for refuge,
Buddhas, with compassion for the world,
Free the moon from Rāhu!¹⁰

“ ‘Rāhu! The moon dispels darkness.
Illuminating the sky,
It shines with white
And pristine light.
Instead of seizing it in the sky,
Instantly release the lantern of creatures!’

“Then, suddenly,
Rāhu, with his body trembling and in a sweat
Like a sick person,
Abruptly released the moon.

“ ‘Rāhu, why did you,
Trembling and in a sweat
Like a sick person,
Suddenly release the moon?’

“ ‘If, upon uttering these verses of the Buddha,
The moon were not released,
My head would crack into seven pieces,
And even while alive, I would be unhappy.’¹¹

“Oh wonder! Amazing is the emergence of buddhas
Who see the truth!
If one recites these verses,
Rāhu will release the moon.

“By such truth and true words, as follows: