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may you give me the prophecy of my attainment of the highest, most complete enlightenment.’

“A śakra³⁸⁰ named Sanema and another śakra named Pāracintin both said, ‘Dear Mahākāruṇika, may we too, and so on, up to and including when you have attained enlightenment, be your disciples, one with wisdom and one with miraculous powers.’³⁸¹

“Also, another śakra named Cāritra­caraṇa­sudarśayūthika said, ‘Mahākāruṇika, may I, and so on, up to and including when you are in your last life, be your son.’³⁸²

“Also, a mountain goddess named Saurabhyākiṃśukā said, ‘Mahākāruṇika, may I be your wife in those lifetimes,³⁸³ and when you have attained enlightenment, may you give me the prophecy of my attainment of the highest, most complete enlightenment.’

“Also, a lord of the asuras named Kaduścara said, ‘Mahākāruṇika, while you, worthy being, perform bodhisattva conduct throughout countless eons, may I attend upon you as a servant, as an assistant who is kindly at your service. When you are in your last life, may I be your attendant.³⁸⁴ Worthy being, when you have attained enlightenment, may I supplicate you to turn the Dharma wheel that possesses the Dharma teaching. When you have taught the Dharma, may I be the first to practice it and attain a result. May I drink the elixir of the Dharma. May I obtain the medicine³⁸⁵ of deathlessness. May I attain arhathood in order to eliminate all kleśas.’

“In the same way, devas, nāgas, and asuras as numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges River prayed to become followers of Mahākāruṇika and were established as his disciples.