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འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.18

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) 7.18

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7.18

You request self-control, a loving mind, and patience.
You are now the eldest sister⁹⁶⁴ of Yama,
And for clothes you always wear blue silk.

“You possess both beautiful and ugly forms.
All who see your eyes become afraid.⁹⁶⁵
Your immeasurable, sublime, supreme activity transcends the world.
You directly regard all humans and gather them all.⁹⁶⁶

“Sometimes you dwell on profound mountains of rock,
Sometimes you dwell in caves or on riverbanks,
And sometimes you dwell in great forests of trees—
Goddess, those are the places where you primarily dwell.

“All wild people of the mountains and forests
Continually make offerings to you, the goddess.
They make banners and flags from peacock feathers,
And you protect the world at all times.

“You are always encircled by tigers, lions, and wolves.
Cattle, sheep, chickens,⁹⁶⁷ and so on, depend upon you.
When you ring a great bell, the sound that emerges
Resounds even on the Vindhya Mountains.

“Sometimes you hold a trident,⁹⁶⁸
And usually your right and left hands hold sun and moon standards.
On the ninth and eleventh day of the waning moon,
I will always make offerings to you at those times.

“Sometimes you manifest as Vasu, the sister of Mahādeva,
Who, on seeing a battle, always has kindness
And is always looking upon all beings.
You are a supreme goddess whom no one transcends.

“Sometimes you manifest as the gopi Rādhā,
And when you fight the devas, you are always victorious.
You remain in worlds for a long time,
Manifesting both subdued patience and wrath.

“You have perfectly understood all the four Dharmas⁹⁶⁹
Known by great brahmins, and miracles, mantras, and so on.
Among the ṛṣis,⁹⁷⁰ you have attained independent power
And have the ability to create seeds and this great earth.

“When goddesses and so on gather
Like ocean waves,⁹⁷¹ they gather around you.⁹⁷²
You are chief among all the assemblies of many yakṣas, nāgas,
And so on, and you have the power to guide them.

“You are the supreme female celibate.
Your words arise like those of the lord of the world.
You are like lotuses in a royal residence.

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