[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Buddhist tantras and tantric exegesis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra) › [Action tantras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya) › [Vajra Family](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra) › [Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara) › [Nīlāmbaradharavajrapāṇikalpadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani) › [འཕགས་པ་ལག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ་གོས་སྔོན་པོ་ཅན་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo) › Rituals for the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi # Rituals for the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi Translation of [འཕགས་པ་ལག་ན་རྡ་རྗ་གས་སྔན་པ་ཅན་གྱ་ཆ་ག་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས (འཕགས་པ་ལག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ་གོས་སྔོན་པོ་ཅན་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo) - **Language:** English - **Date:** 2019 CE - **Translator:** [samye-translations-stefan-mang-peter-woods](https://indike.org/pramana/person/samye-translations-stefan-mang-peter-woods) - **Extent:** 28 passages, 214 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** lotsawahouse · Samye Translations; Stefan Mang; Peter Woods (tr.), Rituals for the Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi, Lotsawa House… · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site ## Contents - [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p1) - [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p2) - [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p3) - [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p4) - [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p5) - [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p6) - [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p7) - [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p8) - [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p9) - [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p10) - [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p11) - [p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p12) - [p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p13) - [p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p14) - [p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p15) - [p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p16) - [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p17) - [p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p18) - [p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p19) - [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p20) - [p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p21) - [p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p22) - [p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p23) - [p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p24) - [p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p25) - [p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p26) - [p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p27) - [p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p28) ## Text ### [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p1) Homage to the Three Jewels! ### [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p2) Homage to the overlord of yakṣas, Blue-Clad Vajrapāṇi, ### [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p3) Authorized by as many Buddhas as grains of sand in the river Ganges, ### [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p4) You who appear baring your fangs; ### [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p5) You whose eyes are like masses of flames; ### [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p6) You whose breath blazes with fiery tongues; ### [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p7) You whose roar terrifies; ### [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p8) You whose hands and legs are adorned with the nāga Vāsuki; ### [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p9) You who sport the nāga Kāla as a sash; ### [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p10) You who make the nāgas Nanda and Upananda your earrings; ### [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p11) You who don a jeweled crown of blazing snakes; ### [p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p12) You who consume blazing poisonous serpents; ### [p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p13) You whose visage is expansive; ### [p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p14) You whose eyebrows and forehead are tensed; ### [p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p15) You whose upper teeth bite your lower lip; ### [p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p16) You whose accoutrements are those of Yāma; ### [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p17) You whose tongue moves as fast as lightning; ### [p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p18) You whose large belly digests snakes; ### [p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p19) You who terrify with the sound of clapping hands; ### [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p20) You, on whose belt, Garuḍa, the ruler of nāgas, is tied; ### [p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p21) You who proclaim, “A la la!” ### [p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p22) You whose shins reach 80,000 leagues down to the depths of the ocean; ### [p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p23) You who bear Indra and Sūrya upon your shoulders; ### [p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p24) You who annihilate all nāgas; ### [p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p25) You whose bellowing laughter makes everything tremble; ### [p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p26) You who have the appearance of Yāma; ### [p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p27) You who frighten the three realms; ### [p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods.p28) You, the slayer of nāgas! --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.vajra.nilambara.nilambaradharavajrapanikalpadharani*bo~en-woods) · Pramāṇa