དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.13

5.13

The buddhas who in these three realms
Liberate beings from their bondage. {47}

“ ‘The all-seeing lords of the worlds
See into the ten directions.
They open the door to deathlessness
And liberate many beings. {48}

“ ‘In the past there have been
Countless empty eons.
The lords of jinas were not seen
And the ten directions were blind. {49}

“ ‘There was an increase in the dreadful hells,
And among the asuras and the animals.
Thousands of millions of beings
Took rebirth among the pretas. {50}

“ ‘There was a diminution of rebirths as devas,
And at death beings went to the lower existences.
The Dharma of the buddhas was not heard
And these existences were sinful. {51}

“ ‘There was a diminution among all beings
Of the wisdom of the way of pure conduct.
Their happiness was destroyed
And the concept of happiness was lost. {52}

“ ‘They performed incorrect practices
And followed that which was not the Dharma.
They were not subdued by a lord of the world
And fell into the lower existences. {53}

“ ‘Lamp of the World, you are now seen.
After a long time, you have come.
You, compassionate one, have appeared here
For the sake of all beings. {54}

“ ‘You have joyfully and happily attained
The unsurpassable wisdom of the buddhas.
We rejoice in what you have attained,
As does the world and its devas. {55}

“ ‘Leader, it is through your power
That our airborne palaces have become magnificent.
Hero, we offer them to you.
Great Muni, accept them. {56}

“ ‘Guide, please enjoy them
Out of compassion for us.
And then we and all beings
Will reach the highest enlightenment.’ {57}

“Bhikṣus, the Mahābrahmās in the presence of the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened buddha Mahābhijñā­jñānābhi­bhū fittingly praised him with those verses, and then said to the Bhagavān, ‘Bhagavān, turn the wheel of the Dharma in the world!