[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-d557) › [The Sutra of the Sublime Golden Light (3)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000) › 3.10 # འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.10 The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (3) 3.10 - **Language:** English ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.3.10) “You who are guardians of the world Should protect with unwavering diligence The Golden Light, the Supreme King and Lord of Sūtras of those with the ten strengths, “So that this profound, precious sūtra That bestows happiness on all beings Will remain long in this Jambudvīpa For the sake of the happiness and benefit of beings. “It will bring an end to all the suffering Of the beings that are in the hells And the suffering of the lower existences In the worlds of this trichiliocosm. “Within this Jambudvīpa, May all the kings in Jambudvīpa With great, perfect joy Protect their domains through the Dharma.¹⁹¹ “May those who make Jambudvīpa happy With excellent harvests and joy Make all beings become happy Throughout the whole of Jambudvīpa. “Those who are lords of humans here, Who delight in their domain and who are happy and joyful, Who delight in the wealth of sovereignty, Should listen to this lord of the sūtras. “The opposing hordes of enemies will come to an end; This source of goodness will repel enemy armies. Ruination through the greatest fear will be averted. This lord of sūtras is the source of goodness.¹⁹² “A king who wishes for good qualities Should view this supreme lord of sūtras As being like a beautiful, precious tree That is in the home, and the source of all qualities. “Just as cool water dispels thirst When¹⁹³ found by someone fatigued by heat, That is what this supreme king of sūtras is like For a king who is thirsty for good qualities. “Like a precious casket in the hands, Which is a source of every jewel, That is what this supreme king of sūtras, The Golden Light, is for the multitudes of kings. “The devas make offerings to this lord of sūtras. The lords of the devas pay homage to it. - [Previous: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.3.9) - [Next: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.3.11) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.3) ## 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-d557.3.9-10) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.suvarnaprabhasa*bo-d557~en-84000.3.10) · Pramāṇa