འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9.9
The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) 9.9
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9.9
“ ‘And also the hundred thousand yakṣas
Who have miraculous powers and great might
Will always come to places of danger
And give protection to those individuals.
“ ‘Vajrapāṇi, the king of yakṣas,
With a retinue of five hundred
And a great assembly of bodhisattvas
Will always come and give protection to them.
“ ‘Maṇirāja,¹⁰⁸⁹ the lord of yakṣas,
And similarly, King Complete Excellence,
Aṭāvika, Kubera,
Piṅgala, and Kapila—
“ ‘These and other yakṣa kings,
Together with retinues of five hundred yakṣas,
Will all come and give their protection.¹⁰⁹⁰
“ ‘Citrasena and Gandharva,
Jinarāja and Jinarṣabha,
Maṇikaṇṭha and Nīlakaṇṭha,
Varṣādhipati, all those,
“ ‘And Supremely Victorious and Mahākāla,¹⁰⁹¹
And similarly also Svarṇakeśin,¹⁰⁹²
Pāñcika, and Chagalapāda,
And similarly also Mahābhāga,
“ ‘Praṇālin¹⁰⁹³ and Dharma Protector,
King of the Monkeys,¹⁰⁹⁴
Sūciroma and Sūryamitra,¹⁰⁹⁵
And also Ratnakeśa will give protection.
“ ‘Great Pranili and Nakula,
Candana and Kāmaśreṣṭha,
Nārāyaṇa and Haimavata,
And similarly also Sātāgirista—
“ ‘All of them have great miraculous powers,
Are very courageous and mighty.
If they see someone who keeps this sūtra,
They will all come and give their protection.
“ ‘Anavatapta, the nāga king,
The king of nāgas Sāgara,¹⁰⁹⁶
Elapatra and Mucilinda,
And Nanda and Upananda,
“ ‘These among a hundred thousand nāgas
Possessing miraculous powers and majesty
Give their protection to keepers of the sūtra
And are therefore always present day and night.
“ ‘Bali and Rāhu,
Vemacitra and Saṃvara,
Kharaskandha and Great Hollow,
And similarly also Prahlādana,
“ ‘And all the other asura kings,
A countless assembly of devas
With great might and supreme courage,
Will all come and give their protection.¹⁰⁹⁷
“ ‘Hārītī, the mother of spirits,
With her retinue of five hundred yakṣas,