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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 8.4

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) 8.4

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8.4

And Nirmāṇarati devas,
The hosts of devas of Tuṣita,
Maitreya who will become perfect,⁹⁹³

“ ‘The devas of the Yāma paradise,
The devas of Trāyastriṃśa,
The devas of the Four Mahārājas,
And all the entourages of numerous devas—

“ ‘The devas of earth, water, fire, and air;
Those who dwell upon Sumeru Mountain;
The devas of the mountains of the seven oceans
Together with entourages of many devas,

“ ‘And Vāsuki and Pañcaśikha;
The devas of the sun, moon, planets, and constellations—
These and a multitude of other devas
Who bring happiness⁹⁹⁴ to the world,

“ ‘These and a multitude of other devas
Who do not aspire to bad actions,
Hārītī who has reverence for the Buddha
And her beloved youngest son,⁹⁹⁵

“ ‘Devas, nāgas, and yakṣas,
Gandharvas and asuras,
The assemblies of kinnaras,
The mahoragas, and so on,

“ ‘I invite every one of them
Through the Bhagavat’s power.
May they have love and compassion
And bestow unimpeded eloquence upon me.

“ ‘Those who know the minds of others
Among all the assemblies of devas and humans,
May they all give their blessing
And bestow sublime eloquence upon me.

“ ‘All of those beings that there are
As far as the end of the element of space,
The limits of the realm of phenomena,
May they bestow sublime eloquence upon me!’ ”

The great goddess Sarasvatī, having heard the brahmin’s prayer, said, “O great being, well done! Any man or woman who practices that rite as previously described, based upon that mantra and that praise through mantra, and goes for refuge with veneration to the Three Jewels and remains in single-pointed mindfulness, whatever they accomplish,⁹⁹⁶ none of it will be a waste. Moreover, if they possess, read, and recite this extremely wonderful Sublime Golden Light,

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