陀羅尼雜集 2.77

2.77

此大神呪乃是過去三恒河沙諸佛所說。我於過去從諸佛所得聞是呪，從是以來已逕百劫，所修功德於神仙中無能及者，內祕菩薩大乘戒行、外現神仙清妙法身，菩薩六度諸波羅蜜具足修竟，外現方便處神仙中，雖共和光不同其塵，是名菩薩烏和拘舍羅方便處身。若閻浮提諸國王等，前身薄福處在末法，微末善根得為人王，身無福力心闇少智，復值五滓鈍濁眾生，譬如癡人破車遲牛，欲過嶮道甚難可過。我見此已慈心憐愍，為度沒溺難苦眾生，為欲携持令得出難，并濟其王遲牛之厄故，我今日說此神呪。若其國王聞此語已，心生慚愧自知薄福，改往修來發弘廣心，慈悲臨覆愍苦眾生，忍惡修善不抂民物，建護正法任賢用智，徵善退惡與民更始，其王若能修是諸德，復能讀誦此陀羅尼，晝夜專念恒不廢忘，心王爾時轉當聰辯，志性和柔不念諸惡。諸天善神漸來親附，增其智慧益其神力。以天護故轉當精進，以精進故我等諸天、日月五星、二十八宿，咸來擁護求願與願。遣諸龍王給其雨澤，穀米豐熟疫氣消除，諸災消滅善徵日生。當知悉是大神呪力。

This great dhāraṇī-mantra was spoken by Buddhas as numerous as the sands of three Gaṅgā rivers in the past. Having heard this mantra spoken by the Buddhas in the past, one hundred kalpas have already passed since then. Among divine ṛṣis, none can match the merit I have cultivated. Internally, I conceal the Mahāyāna precepts and conduct of a bodhisattva; externally, I manifest the pure and wondrous Dharma-body of a divine ṛṣi. Having fully cultivated and completed the six bodhisattva perfections, I externally manifest skillful means by dwelling among divine ṛṣis; although blending with their light, I do not share their dust. This is called the bodhisattva body that dwells in skillful means of upāyakauśalya. If the kings of various countries in Jambudvīpa have little merit from previous lives and live in the degenerate Dharma era, becoming human kings by meager roots of goodness, with bodies lacking the power of merit and minds dark with little wisdom, moreover encountering sentient beings dull and corrupt with the five corruptions—just like a foolish person with a broken cart and slow oxen wishing to cross a treacherous path, which is exceedingly difficult to cross—having seen this, I give rise to a mind of loving-kindness and pity. In order to deliver sentient beings drowning in distress and suffering, wishing to assist them to emerge from difficulty, and to rescue those kings from the disaster of the slow oxen, I now speak this dhāraṇī-mantra. If a king, upon hearing these words, gives rise to shame, recognizes his own meager merit, reforms the past to cultivate the future, gives rise to a vast mind, oversees with loving-kindness and compassion out of pity for suffering beings, endures evil, cultivates goodness, does not wrong the people or things, establishes and protects the true Dharma, employs the worthy and uses the wise, summons the good, dismisses the evil, and makes a fresh start with the people—if the king can cultivate these virtues, and can also read and recite this dhāraṇī, being single-mindedly mindful of it day and night without ever abandoning or forgetting it, the sovereign mind will then become increasingly clever and eloquent, and his disposition will become harmonious and gentle, without thinking of evils. The devas and benevolent spirits will gradually come close and attach themselves to him, increasing his wisdom and enhancing his supernormal power. Because of the protection of the devas, he will become increasingly vigorous; because of his vigor, we devas, the sun, moon, five planets, and twenty-eight lunar lodges will all come to protect him, granting whatever he seeks and wishes for. We will dispatch the nāga kings to provide rainfall, so that grains and crops ripen abundantly, pestilential vapors are eliminated, all disasters are extinguished, and auspicious omens arise day by day. You should know that all this is the power of the great dhāraṇī-mantra.