འཕགས་པ་ཤན་ཏ་རྒྱས་པ་ཆན་པའ་སྡ་ཉ་མའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 12.9

12.9

If they build a monastic compound for the saṅgha where monks can reside, their karmic obscurations will also be purified, and later on their eyes will never be impaired within saṃsāra.”

The entire retinue of nāgas exclaimed, “Great compassionate one, benefactor of all beings in the three times, healer of all diseases, we pay homage to you!”

The nāga Blue Color then started to lament loudly:

“You purify all negative deeds,
You have performed austerities,
You are endowed with all splendor,
You know all actions, and you are the king of all beings.

“I am lacking water.
I live in the wilderness,
Where I am tormented by scorching winds,
And I reside in stinking places.

“I have not experienced a single day of happiness
In ten billion years,
And my retinue and I
Are constantly devoured by others.”

The Blessed One replied:

“There are beings who commit negative deeds
But accomplish merit later on.
Even if they physically feed the saṅgha of monks
After beating the gong,

“Through the residue of their former karmic action,
They will undergo much suffering
Wherever they are born,
Yet they will not lack food and drink.

“Alternatively, they will be born
As nāgas due to their karmic actions,
And the tops of their heads
Will be adorned by the king of jewels.

“As nāgas who give water,
They are known as the source of water.
Water will flow
In the places where those nāgas reside.

“Wherever they go—
Whether on earth or in the sky—
Water will appear
As soon as they think about it.

“There are also sentient beings
Who have obtained a human body,
Although they committed a variety of negative deeds.
If they do not revere the Saṅgha,