[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa) › [འཕགས་པ་གསེར་འོད་དམ་པ་མདོ་སྡེའི་དབང་པོའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556) › [The Sutra of the Sublime Golden Light (2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000) › 198 # འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 198 The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (2) 198 - **Language:** English ### [198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.198) And all those devas⁴²⁶ are gladdened by him. “ ‘ “To subdue the deceitful, evil people Who are inhabitants in his domains, And to benefit the Dharma in his kingdom, He will give away his life and his kingship. “ ‘ “To accept unrighteousness And to knowingly pay it no attention Is a dreadful danger for the realm With which nothing else can compare. “ ‘ “When there is the appearance of dishonesty, If those who are dishonest are not punished, Then afterward there will be in the land Extremely dreadful dishonest people. “ ‘ “They will destroy that kingdom Like elephants do a great pond. The lords of devas will also be disturbed,⁴²⁷ And it will bring ruin to the paradises. “ ‘ “Everything in the land Will become pernicious. Therefore, the evil actions of those who Are wicked should be successively subdued. “ ‘ “He should protect the kingdom with righteousness And he should never practice unrighteousness. He should not become a sinful lord,⁴²⁸ Even if he has to give up his life. “ ‘ “Toward his family and other people, Toward all the people in his kingdom, The king should not show favoritism Through which he will fall into bias. “ ‘ “The renown of a king who is Righteous will fill the three worlds, And he will bring joy to the lords of devas Who are in the Trāyastriṃśa paradise. “ ‘ “They will think, ‘Our son in Jambudvīpa Is in this way a righteous king. He displays⁴²⁹ a Dharma kingdom, And establishes beings in good actions.’⁴³⁰ “ ‘ “The king, through his good actions, Inspires beings in this world to think That the paradises are being filled With devas and the children of devas. - [Previous: 197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.197) - [Next: 199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.199) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་གསེར་འོད་དམ་པ་མདོ་སྡེའི་དབང་པོའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556.198) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d556~en-84000.198) · Pramāṇa