དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.25

5.25

And billions of Brahmās have arrived here. {70}

“ ‘They have scattered flowers upon the Guide
And bowed to the feet of the Leader.
They have brought to you all their airborne palaces
And have praised you and again supplicated you. {71}

“ ‘You with infinite vision, turn the wheel!
In many millions of eons you are difficult to find.
Reveal the power of kindness that you have developed in the past
And open the door to deathlessness.’ {72}

“The one with infinite sight knew their request
And taught the Dharma in many ways.
He taught the four truths extensively,
And the dependent origination of all that occurs. {73}

“The one with infinite sight explained
Ignorance as the first cause, and the suffering of death:³²¹
‘Know that the death of humans and
All these faults originate from birth.’ {74}

“As soon as he taught the Dharma
In infinite various ways,
Eighty quintillion beings who heard it
Quickly reached the level of the śrāvakas. {75}

“Then the following second time
That the Jina taught many dharmas,
Beings as numerous as the sands of the Ganges
Instantaneously became śrāvakas. {76}

“After that, at that time, the saṅgha
Of the world’s guide became innumerable.
Even if you were to count them for a quintillion eons
You would not reach the end of them. {77}

“Those sixteen princes,
Who were his own young sons,³²²
Those mendicants requested the Jina,
‘Guide, teach us the highest Dharma! {78}

“ ‘May we become knowers of the world
Just like you, supreme among all beings!³²³
May all of these beings who exist
Become just like you, the hero with pure sight!’ {79}

“The Jina, knowing the aspiration
Of the youths who were his own sons,
Taught the highest, supreme enlightenment
Through many quintillions of parables. {80}

“He taught through many thousands of causes,