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nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas, demigods, humans, nonhumans, or any other type of destruction, unless it is due to the forceful ripening of karma. Even then, they will have those experiences only minimally, not greatly.

“In pursuing any kind of mundane or supramundane objective, one should aspire to make virtuous qualities proliferate and not diminish them.”

Then the Bhagavān spoke these verses:

“Those who remember the names
Of those protectors of the world
Will completely abandon all inopportune states
And quickly go to good rebirths.

“Having delighted the buddhas that have appeared,
Rousing faith from seeing those teachers,
And seeing them also as lamps of the world,
They will make auspicious offerings.

“For countless millions of eons,
Helping beings to abandon saṃsāra,
Those whose unobscured eyes behold the guides
Will also be purified.

“Those who remember the names
Of those protectors of the world
Will become worthy of the world’s veneration,
Wherever those people are born.

“Such people will accumulate marvelous physical signs,
Will be born into rich households,
Will be heroic, and will become generous benefactors,
Giving abundantly without miserliness.

“If some remember these names,
Then for many millions of eons
The scent of divine red sandalwood
Will arise from their mouths.

“If a woman were to hear the names
Of those great sages,
Then upon abandoning her female attributes
She would skillfully become a man.

“Those who remember these names
Will never see
Their fathers, mothers, siblings,
Or any friends and relatives suffer.

“Those who remember these names,