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in which there is a great deal of fighting and argument and where the lifespan is a hundred years, then may the aspiration of this prayer of mine be fulfilled. May I be reborn in this buddha realm as a nāga king who reveals treasures.⁴³³ May I take rebirth seven times in each of the continents in this buddha realm, Vijitaghoṣa.⁴³⁴ In each lifetime may I reveal and give away hundreds of thousands of millions of trillions of treasures filled with various precious things. Each treasure will be a thousand yojanas across and filled with various precious things such as gold coins, and so on, up to and including sapphires, deep blue sapphires, jyotīrasas, and bluestones. May I reveal these and give them to beings. Just as I perform that heroic deed in this buddha realm, may I take rebirth seven times in each continent within the buddha realms in the ten directions that have the five degeneracies, which are as numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges River, and so on, as previously described.’

“Noble son, when I made that prayer, a hundred thousand trillion⁴³⁵ devas appeared in the middle of the sky and sent down a rain of flowers and said, ‘Excellent, Sarvaṃdada,⁴³⁶ excellent! Your aspiration will be fulfilled exactly as you have prayed.’ The populace heard that the devas in the middle of the sky gave King Ambara the name Sarvaṃdada, and having heard that they thought, ‘We should now ask him for gifts that are hard to give,