འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 370

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should one practice this rite of the wrathful lord Yamāntaka correctly, one will attain accomplishment. And this lord of wrath should always be used against none other than those evil kings and sentient beings who harm the teachings,²⁴⁶⁸ such as the great yakṣas who are extremely powerful and engage in acts of oppression or assistance but lack great compassion.”

The Blessed One, remaining silent, entered the samādhi called the buddha’s blessing through miraculous transformation. The divine youth Mañjuśrī, too, remained silent. The entire assembly and its surroundings began to shake in six different ways.

The hosts of divine beings, all the youthful lords,
Were alarmed and terrified.²⁴⁶⁹
All the gods, the nāgas,
The dānava lords, the mātṛs,

The grahas, the mukhyas,²⁴⁷⁰ and so forth—
All of the hosts of divine beings trembled.
Human beings also trembled, their minds disturbed,
And so did the evil-minded pūtanas.²⁴⁷¹

After that the violently predisposed human kings,
Fearful and distressed,
Took refuge in the instructions
Of the Dharma king.²⁴⁷²

Awed by the great radiance of Vajrapāṇi,
The lord of guhyakas, himself a yakṣa,
And by the youthful prince Mañjughoṣa,
Lord of the mantra,
They forged then, in Mañjughoṣa’s presence,
A samaya connection²⁴⁷³ by saying,

“Protect us, O venerable boy²⁴⁷⁴
Who cares for all beings!
We are being burnt
By the extremely fierce, cruel mantras.
We stand before you on earth
In a stupor caused by our anger.”

Then the bodhisattva with the form of a child
Of great splendor addressed them as follows:
“Do not be afraid, all of you gods,
Yakṣas, rākṣasas, and dānavas.

“Your samaya, now explained to you by me,²⁴⁷⁵
Cannot be violated by any deity
By any human or nonhuman being,
And especially not by any spirit.²⁴⁷⁶

“Being perpetually of a kind mental disposition,