འཕགས་པ་རན་ཆན་དྲ་བ་ཅན་གྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 13

13

As many rays of light as there are
Grains of sand in the Ganges stream forth.

“Those who trust in the infinite light
Of the world protector
Shall in one life behold many buddhas—
Millions of buddhas.

“Those who hear the teaching
Of this discourse by the Dharma king
And never doubt it
Shall become like me.

“Those who hear the teaching
Of this discourse in Vaiśālī
Shall themselves preach it to others
At a later time.

“Those who preach this widely
Shall come to pervade as many worlds
As there are grains of sand in the Ganges
With a single burst of light.

“One may fill with gold
All the buddha realms,
The numbers of which defy counting,¹⁰
And offer it to the world protectors.

“Yet, in comparison, those who hear this name
And who are truly delighted by it
And utter their homage to the buddhas
Obtain inconceivably more merit.

“The mass of merit gained
By repeatedly paying homage
To all the world protectors
Cannot be expressed by any measure.

“Those who hear the world protector’s name
And do not hesitate about it
Will have their bodies filled with light
And become like precious gems.

“After they have passed beyond,
Those who remember the name of the sage
Will have the sweet scent of divine red sandalwood
Waft from their mouth.

“Those who hear the name
Of the Buddha, the protector, the essential being,
Will have light stream from their pores,
Beautifying their bodies.

“In all of their ensuing lives
They will become deeply learned.
They will retain their unfathomable erudition,
Just like Ānanda does for the Buddha.

“When they behold the one who illuminates the world,
They will attain boundless happiness.
As they engage in bodhisattva conduct,
They will recall all their lives.

“Even when they see the victors’ heart sons,
They will attain boundless happiness.