འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 4.3

4.3

The one who is the lord over all devas,
We pray that you cut through our doubts
And cut through our concerns.

“ ‘ “Why is a king, who has been born
In the human world, called a deva?
For what reason is a king
Given the title of ‘son of the devas’?

“ ‘ “If he is a deva, then why is it that
He is born into this world of humans,
Becomes a lord of humans,
And acts as a king for humans?”²⁹⁷

“ ‘The protectors of the world asked
Those questions of the lord of Brahmās,
And that principal deity, Brahmā,
Said these words to the protectors of the world:

“ ‘ “The world protectors have thus
Asked me such kinds of questions,
So I will teach an excellent treatise
In order to bring benefit to beings.

“ ‘ “I will describe the births
Of kings within human existences
And the causes through which
They become the kings of their domains.

“ ‘ “Blessed by the lords of devas,
He will enter the mother’s uterus,
First, he is blessed by the devas,
And afterward, he comes into the womb.

“ ‘ “Although born in the human world,
He becomes a lord of humans.
As he is born from the devas,
He is called ‘a son of the devas.’

“ ‘ “The deva lords of Trāyastriṃśa state,
‘You are the child of all the devas.’
They bestow upon him the right to be king
And he emanates to become a lord of humans.

“ ‘ “He brings to an end all evil acts
And destroys that which is not Dharma.
He establishes beings in good works
In order to direct them to the paradises.

“ ‘ “The lord of men, whether
A human or a gandharva,
A caṇḍāla or a rākṣasa,
Prevents wickedness.

“ ‘ “The lord of men is a father and mother
For those who engage in good actions.
He has been blessed by the kings of devas²⁹⁸
To teach them the ripening of results.

“ ‘ “He has been blessed by the kings of devas²⁹⁹
In order to teach the ripened results
Of the karma of performing good actions
And performing bad actions in this life.

“ ‘ “Whenever a king does nothing about
The wicked inhabitants in his realm