ད་བཞན་གཤགས་པ་བགྲ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.2

1.2

Holder of the Swords, Naradatta, Varuṇa, Indradatta, Giving Faith, and Naradatta—all went to the Blessed One, bowed down at his feet, and sat to one side. Śakra, king of the gods, together with the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, also went to the Blessed One, bowed down at his feet, and sat to one side. The gods Santuṣita, Śrībhadra, and Nirmāṇa also went to the Blessed One, bowed down at his feet, and sat to one side. Brahmā, the lord of the Sahā universe, together with many thousands of gods, also went to the Blessed One, bowed down at his feet, and sat to one side. The gods Īśvara, Maheśvara, and Praśāntavinīteśvara, along with many thousands of divine beings from the pure realms, also went to the Blessed One, bowed down at his feet, and sat to one side. Moreover, the gods Sūrya and Candra also went to the Blessed One, bowed down at his feet, and sat to one side.

At that point youthful Mañjuśrī rose from his seat, draped his upper robe over one shoulder, and knelt with his right knee on the ground. With his palms joined, he bowed toward the Blessed One and asked, “Blessed One, how did you spend the last three months? The faculties of the Blessed One are so clear,