འཕགས་པ་སྤྲན་ཆན་པ 1

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Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Thus did I hear at one time. The Bhagavān was at the home of the nāga kings Nanda and Upananda, a lavish palace made of jewels and gems within a great multitude of clouds,⁵ together with a great assembly of bhikṣus, a great assembly of bodhisattvas, and a great host of nāga kings.

There were the nāga kings Nanda, Upananda, Sāgara, Anavatapta, Manasvin, Varuṇa, Takṣaka, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Vāsuki, Mucilinda, Airāvaṇa, Pauṇḍra, Śrītejas, Śrībhadra, Vidyunmālin, Precious Jewel Crest,⁶ Cūḍāmaṇidhara, Avabhāsanaśikhin, and Indrāyudhaśikhara. There were also the nāga kings Indradhvaja, Indrayaṣṭi, Jambudhvaja, Svastika, Mahāmaṇḍalika, Mahābhujaṃga, Jyotīrasa, Śaśitejas, Noble Intelligence,⁷ and Somadarśana, and there were the nāga kings Sudarśana, Supratiṣṭhita, Maṇikaṇṭha, Meghasambhava, Varṣadhāra, Prasphoṭaka, Visphoṭaka, Visphūrjita, Mahāphaṇaka, and Gambhīranirghoṣa. There were also the nāga kings Mahānirnādanādin, Vinardita, Utpalaka, Mahāvikrama, Īṣādhāra, Citrasena, and Mahāpāśa, the nāga king Elāpattra, All Illuminating,⁸ Kharakarṇa, Śaṅkha, Dardara, the nāga king Upadardara, Kṣemaṃkara,⁹ Bhujaṃgama, Mahābhujaṃgama, Mahābala,¹⁰ Soarer,¹¹ Apalāla, Lambura, Kṛmiśa, and Kṛṣṇa. There were also the nāga kings Indrasena, Naḍa, Upanaḍa, Kambudhāra, Dramiḍa, Sundara, Elephant’s Trunk,¹² Tīkṣṇaka,