[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332) › 4.29 # 七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.29 七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.29) 「四大天王中，我最為第一， 我雖作天王，不脫鬼神苦。 我作鬼神王，已經五百歲， 東西常馳騁，濟度諸群生。 哀哉過去世，曾作人中王， 治化不以理，今作鬼王身。 又願諸國王，正治於國事， 莫作貪濁行，復受鬼神身。」 > "Among the Four Great Heavenly Kings, / I am the very foremost; > although I am a heavenly king, / I have not escaped the suffering of ghosts and spirits. > I have been a king of ghosts and spirits / for already five hundred years, > constantly galloping east and west / to ferry across the multitude of beings. > Alas, in a past life / I was once a king among men; > governing and transforming not in accordance with principle, / I now bear the body of a spirit king. > I further pray that all kings of nations / govern their state affairs with rectitude: > do not engage in greedy and turbid conduct, / only to receive again a ghost or spirit body." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.28) - [Next: 4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.30) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332~en-mt.4.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [陀羅尼雜集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1336.3.75) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1332.4.29) · Pramāṇa