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“ ‘ “Displaying there a Dharma kingdom
Will cause the kings to rejoice.
The lords of devas will favor⁴³¹ him,
And they will protect that human king.

“ ‘ “The sun, the moon, and similarly
The lunar asterisms will move perfectly.
The winds will arise at the proper times,
And the rains will also come at the right time.

“ ‘ “There will be excellent harvests in the kingdom
And likewise in the realms of the devas.
The devas and the children of devas
Will fill the abodes of the devas.

“ ‘ “In that way the monarch will
Give up his own dear life
In order to make the world happy
And not give up the precious Dharma.

“ ‘ “The one who is adorned by good qualities
Relies on being in possession of righteousness.
He constantly makes beings happy,
And he constantly rejects bad actions.

“ ‘ “He protects the realm with righteousness,
And he correctly teaches righteousness.
He establishes beings in good actions
And turns them away from bad actions.

“ ‘ “When he correctly subjugates
Those who commit bad actions,
There will be good harvests in the kingdom,
And the king will have majesty.

“ ‘ “The king will be renowned
And will protect the happiness of beings.” ’ ”

Chapter 21: Susaṃbhava

Then at that time, the Bhagavat recited these verses:

“Whenever I was a cakravartin king,
I gave away the earth with its oceans.
I offered the four continents
Filled with jewels to the past jinas.

“Because I sought the Dharma body,
There was nothing in the past that was pleasant
And cherished that I did not give away,
And in many eons, I even gave up my cherished life.

“Many countless eons ago,
I was King Susaṃbhava
Within the teaching of the sugata Ratnaśikhin,
A sugata who had passed into nirvāṇa.

“He was a cakravartin who ruled the four continents,
And he reigned⁴³² over the land as far as the oceans.
At that time, the excellent king went to sleep
In the royal palace for the teaching of the lord of jinas.

“In a dream he heard the qualities of a buddha,
And in a dream⁴³³ about the dharmabhāṇaka
Ratnoccaya, he clearly saw him
Teaching this lord of the sūtras.

“That king awoke from his sleep,