འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 304

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Any rite that interrupts the life force [of the target].
The magnitude of the karma incurred
Is described here only briefly:

“The karmic consequences of mantras
Employed in tantric procedures are far reaching and extensive.
This has been taught in this king of manuals
And can also be found in other tantras.

“Although one may be able to use any mantra,
One should not perform inferior rites.
Whatever worldly mantras there are,
They are all of dubious benefit.

“All the supramundane mantras, on the other hand,
Are always endowed with good qualities.
The mantra accomplishments are infinite,
As they are proclaimed to be.

“The count begins from one,
But, similarly, twenty are described.
Then thirty, if put briefly,
And after that, forty.

“Next is sixty—[a number] divisible by three.¹⁹³⁶
With an extra ten, it becomes seventy.
If another ten is added,
The number, they say, is eighty.

“If another ten is added, the number is called ninety,
And with another ten, it is a full one hundred.
One hundred now being the base for counting,
Ten of these makes one thousand.

“Ten thousands is one ayuta;¹⁹³⁷
Ten ayutas is one lakh.
Ten lakhs is one vilakh (one million),
And ten of these is one koṭi (ten million).

“Ten koṭis is one vikoṭi (one hundred million),
And ten of the latter is one arbuda (one billion).
Ten arbudas is one nirbuda (ten billion),
And ten of these is, as expected, one khaḍga (one hundred billion).

“Ten khaḍgas is one nikhaḍga (one trillion),
And ten nikhaḍgas is, as expected, one kharva (ten trillion).
Ten kharvas is one padma (one hundred trillion),
And ten padmas is one mahāpadma (one quadrillion).

“Ten mahāpadmas¹⁹³⁸ is one vāha (ten quadrillion);
Ten of these is one vivāha (one hundred quadrillion).
The next after that is known as mahāvivāha (one quintillion),
And ten of these is called māya (ten quintillion).

“Ten māyas is one mahāmāya (one hundred quintillion);
Mahāmāya, after another multiplication by ten,
Is termed by the guides of the world samudrā (one sextillion),
As [known] in the science of algebra.

“The next number, after the multiplication
By the ‘half of twenty,’ is mahāsamudrā (ten sextillion);
Mahāsamudrā, when multiplied by ten,
Is called sāgara (one hundred sextillion).

“When multiplied by the ‘half of twenty,’
It becomes mahāsāgara (one septillion);
The latter, multiplied by ten,
Is called pragharā (ten septillion).

“Ten pragharās, as they are called,
Are proclaimed to be one gharā (one hundred septillion);
Ten of the so-called gharās
Are said to be one aśeṣa (one octillion).

“Aśeṣa, multiplied by the ‘half of twenty,’
Becomes mahāśeṣa (ten octillion).