འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9.5

9.5

It is beloved by everyone, by all beings,
And also by all the many millions of devas.

“Also, in the past, I became a cakravartin king
For nine hundred and ninety million¹⁰⁷² eons,
And have been the king of smaller kingdoms.¹⁰⁷³
Moreover, for countless hundreds of thousands of eons

“I have also been Śakras, who were the lords of the devas,¹⁰⁷⁴
And I have been great Brahmā kings,
And it would be difficult to know the full number of times
That I made offering to the lords of great love in the ten directions.

“It would be difficult to know the extent of the accumulation of merit from
My good action of having in the past listened to and rejoiced in this sūtra.
It is through the power of that merit that I realized enlightenment
And attained the sublime true wisdom of the Dharma body.”

Then that great assembly, having heard the words of that teaching, greatly marveled at it, and they all aspired to continuously promulgate and practice The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light.

Chapter 22: Protection and Care from Devas and Yakṣas

Then the Bhagavat said to the great goddess Śrī, “Any noble man or noble woman who has a trusting mind and faith and wishes to make an inconceivable, vast, and great offering of requisites to the past, future, and present buddhas, and wishes to know and realize the profound field of activity of the buddhas of the three times, whether dwelling in a town, in a market town, or on a mountain, should without doubt and single-mindedly teach extensively and promulgate this king of sūtras there. Those who listen to the Dharma should avoid distraction and be single-minded.”

The Bhagavat then recited these verses¹⁰⁷⁵ to the goddess and the great assembly: