The Mantra and Praise of the Wrathful King Bhurkuṃkūṭa

Translation of ཁྲ་བའ་རྒྱལ་པ་སྨ་བརྩགས་ལ་བསྟད་པའ་སྔགས (ཁྲོ་བོའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་སྨེ་བརྩེགས་ལ་བསྟོད་པའི་སྔགས)

Language: English
Date: 2025 CE
Translator: samye-translations-stefan-mang
Extent: 65 passages, 425 words
Text: complete digital text
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In the language of India: krodha-bhurkuṃkūṭa-rāja-stotra-mantra

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In the language of Tibet: khro bo'i rgyal po sme brtsegs la bstod pa'i sngags

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In the English language: The Mantra and Praise of the Wrathful King Bhurkuṃkūṭa

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Homage to the Three Jewels!

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Homage! Homage! Homage and praise!

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Wrathful toward the malevolent, great wrathful deity,

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Awakened, awakened, primordially awakened,

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Dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya—

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To you, renowned as Bhurkuṃkūṭa, I offer homage!

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Poised upon a lotus, sun, and moon-disc throne,

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Encircled by a blazing halo of apocalyptic fire,

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You appear, dark green and blemished,

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With three faces and six arms.

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Your right face is white, your left is red,

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Your central face is green, all with three eyes—each baring terrifying fangs,

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Devouring filth like healing nectar.

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In your right hands: a vajra and a sword.

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In your left: a lasso and an iron hook.

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The final pair of hands cross at your heart in the threatening gesture.

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You act tirelessly, beyond pure or impure.

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Your head and limbs adorned with venomous serpents,

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You practice yogic austerity with fearless power.

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Wrathful King, to you I offer homage!

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You transmute the impure into pure—

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Wrathful King, homage and praise to you!

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You protect us from all dangers—

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Wrathful King, homage and praise to you!

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You guard against illness and plague—

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Wrathful King, homage and praise to you!

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You are supreme in purifying

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Tainted food and garments;

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You delight, without exception,

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Gods, nāgas, yakṣas, and spirits alike.

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You protect against disease, illness, and plague—

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I offer homage and praise to you!

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Please grant us your protection.

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You cleanse our impurities,

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You remove our defilements,

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You lift our burdens,

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You free us from all bonds—

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I offer praise to you!

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Those devoted to you

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Find ease in body, mind, and faculties.

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Homage to you, deity of ease.

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They are purified in body, mind, and faculties.

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Homage to you, deity of purity.

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They are cleansed in body, mind, and faculties.

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Homage to you, deity of cleanliness.

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They are clear in body, mind, and faculties.

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Homage to you, deity of clarity.

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They are limpid in body, mind, and faculties.

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Homage to you, deity of limpidity.

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When gods, nāgas, pretas, piśācas, rākṣasas

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Yakṣas and bhūtas hear this sacred praise,

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Their suffering will dissolve, joy will arise—

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They will shine white as the snowy peaks,

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Pure as crystal,

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Clear as a mirror,

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Transparent as the sky.

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May the eight classes of beings—

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On earth and in the heavens above,

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Gods, nāgas, and all others—

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Abide in virtue, free from harm,

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Devoted solely to peaceful deeds.

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The Mantra and Praise of the Wrathful King Bhurkuṃkūṭa

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