འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.17

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which will be a benefit⁷⁸² for us and our followers, and the other devas will also obtain a perfect benefit.⁷⁸³ Why is that? Because a human king has listened single-mindedly to this sūtra and obtained it.

“Bhagavat, Mahābrahmā has constantly taught worldly and nonworldly instructions to beings. Śakra, the lord of the devas, has also taught various kinds of instructions, and the ṛṣis who possess the five higher cognitions have taught many instructions. But, Bhagavat, although there are these countless hundreds of thousands of quintillions of instructions by Brahmā, Śakra, and the ṛṣis endowed with the five higher cognitions, nevertheless, The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light, which the Buddha Bhagavat taught for devas and humans with a motivation of love, compassion, and kindness, is a hundred thousand quintillion times superior to those former instructions. They cannot even serve as an analogy for it. Why is that? Because through its power all the kings in Jambudvīpa will guide the world through the true Dharma and bring happiness to beings. We and our followers will give our protection so that there will be no calamity of suffering—moreover, there will be no calamity of invasion;⁷⁸⁴ bad, unvirtuous actions will all be cast far away; all demons and hinderers⁷⁸⁵ in the land will be dispelled; and through the guidance of this true Dharma there will be no conflict.

“For this purpose, the human kings will light the lamp of Dharma in their own lands, bringing infinite illumination, and will benefit⁷⁸⁶ the hosts of devas and their entourages.

“Bhagavat, we Four Mahārājas