དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.11

5.11

“Bhikṣus, then those fifty hundred thousand quintillion Mahābrahmās, speaking as one voice, recited these verses to the Bhagavān:

“ ‘Guide, Bhagavān, teach the Dharma!
Turn the wheel of the Dharma!
Beat the drum of the Dharma!
Blow the conch of the Dharma! {42}

“ ‘Send down the rain of the Dharma onto the world!
Teach perfectly with your beautiful voice!
Teach the Dharma as we request,
And liberate quintillions of beings!’ {43}

“Bhikṣus, the Bhagavān gave his assent by saying nothing to the Mahābrahmās.

“The same occurred in the southwest, the same in the west, the same in the northwest, the same in the north, the same in the northeast, and in the downward direction.

“Bhikṣus, at that time the airborne palaces of the Brahmās who were in the fifty hundred thousand quintillion worlds in the upward direction became very beautiful, bright, radiant, glorious, and majestic.

“Bhikṣus, those Brahmās wondered, ‘These airborne palaces of the Brahmās have become very beautiful, bright, radiant, glorious, and majestic. Who is this a sign of?’

“Bhikṣus, the Mahābrahmās who were in the fifty hundred thousand quintillion worlds came to each other’s homes³⁰⁸ and spoke with each other.

“Bhikṣus, the Mahābrahmā named Śikhin spoke these verses to the great assembly of Brahmās:

“ ‘Friends, what is the reason why this has occurred?
Why have the airborne palaces become brilliant?³⁰⁹
Their majesty, color, and brightness
Have exceptionally increased for what reason? {44}

“ ‘We have never seen such a thing as this before.
No one has ever heard of such a thing before.
Today this place has been filled by this light.
What is the cause for this extreme beauty? {45}