འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9.10

9.10

Will always come and give their protection
Whether the person is asleep or awake.

“ ‘Caṇḍā and Caṇḍālikā,
And also the yakṣiṇī Caṇḍikā,¹⁰⁹⁸
Great Conch ¹⁰⁹⁹ and Kūṭadantī,
And Thief of All Beings’ Complexion¹¹⁰⁰—

“ ‘The multitudes of those kinds of deities,
All with great might and miraculous power,
Always protect the holders of this sūtra
And are never apart from them day and night.

“ ‘The great lady Sarasvatī
And innumerable goddesses;
The lady, the goddess Śrī,
And her numerous entourage;

“ ‘The goddess of this great earth;
The goddesses of harvests, parks,¹¹⁰¹ and forests;
The goddesses of trees, rivers, and winds;¹¹⁰²
And the goddesses of caityas, and so on—

“ ‘These and all other goddesses,
With great joy arising in their minds,
Will all come and give their protection
To those who are holders¹¹⁰³ of this sūtra.

“ ‘If they see holders of this sūtra, they will
Increase their life, color, and strength
And will adorn them, day and night,
With magnificence and good qualities.

“ ‘They will also bring to an end
All bad signs from planets and lunar asterisms,
The occurrence of ruin and disasters,
And seeing bad omens in dreams.

“ ‘Also, the goddess of this great earth,
Who has enduring majesty and might,
Will always be satisfied by the Dharma’s flavor
Through the power of this sūtra.

“ ‘Even if the earth’s fertility has sunk
As far as a hundred yojanas,
She¹¹⁰⁴ will cause the earth’s fertility to ascend
And bring enrichment to this great earth.¹¹⁰⁵

“ ‘The fertility of the earth will rise
From sixty-eight hundred thousand¹¹⁰⁶
Yojanas deep in the earth,
From as far as its vajra foundation.

“ ‘Through the power of hearing this king of sūtras,
A great accumulation of merit is obtained,
And everyone in the vast assemblies
Of the devas will obtain the benefit.

“ ‘Moreover, the multitudes of devas
Will be endowed with might and light.
They will always be happy with perfect joy
And will eliminate all signs of degeneration.