陀羅尼雜集 3.34

3.34

此大神呪乃是過去八恒河沙諸佛所說。我於過去從諸佛所得此陀羅尼句，不與諸龍同其事業，常遊諸國修菩薩行，面覩諸佛諮受教誨，愍念眾生佐佛化愚，常以正法攝持守護，於生死海拔濟令出，身為大船、口為法橋、心為大海，出慈悲水溉灌眾生枯槁福田，悉令生長菩提根牙。我所饒益其喻如是。若諸國王欲求所願，欲令其國豐實安樂，欲令無有他方怨賊，欲使國土無諸疫病，怨家讎對自然殄滅，眾官承法不復惱人。其王爾時於其國內熾然正法，率諸群臣以正法教，溫良恭儉孝養父母，慈悲憐愍孤窮眾生，躬自迴駕供養三寶，於三寶所不生疑悔，生父母師長想、朋友知識想，於身命財生不堅想，我及國土如幻如化，愍傷眾生如視赤子。若其國王能修是德，復能讀誦此陀羅尼，於月八日十四日十五日，淨潔洗浴著新淨衣，於正殿上若高樓上正東而坐，日未出時散三色華，三種名香栴檀、沈水、薰陸香等供養十方佛已。應當為我和修吉龍王，敷置法坐正南而坐，以青㲲覆我座上，三種華，三種漿蒲桃、石蜜、安石榴漿，燒黑沈水以待於我。其王爾時正東而坐，叉手合掌誦此陀羅尼二十一遍。誦呪已訖其王即出，與諸群臣默然而坐。我和修吉龍王當與諸天龍神八部八萬四千到是王所，於虛空中默然而受其王供養。王於爾時若於夢中惺悟心得見我身，如轉輪聖王七寶侍從，見已歡喜轉更精進，以精進故我及天龍八部鬼神便當勤心守其國土，求願與願不違其意。真誠如是。

This great dhāraṇī-mantra was spoken by past buddhas [as numerous as] the sands of eight Ganges Rivers. In the past, I obtained these dhāraṇī phrases from those buddhas. I do not share the occupations of ordinary nāgas; I constantly travel through various realms cultivating bodhisattva conduct, behold the buddhas face to face, solicit and receive their instructions, take pity upon sentient beings, assist the buddhas in transforming the foolish, constantly sustain and protect them with the true Dharma, and pull them out of the ocean of birth and death, causing them to escape. My body is a great ship, my mouth is a Dharma bridge, and my mind is a vast sea, pouring forth the water of loving-kindness and compassion to irrigate the parched fields of merit of sentient beings, causing the sprouts of the roots of bodhi to grow in all of them. The benefit I bring is like this.
If any king wishes to obtain what he seeks, wishes to make his realm prosperous, abundant, peaceful, and joyful, wishes to prevent enemy bandits from other regions, wishes to ensure that his country is free from epidemics, that his adversaries and foes are naturally obliterated, and that the officials follow the Dharma and no longer distress the people, that king should then make the true Dharma blaze forth within his realm. He must lead his ministers with the teaching of the true Dharma, be gentle, good, respectful, and frugal, filial in nourishing his parents, compassionate and sympathetic toward the orphaned and destitute, and personally turn his carriage to make offerings to the Three Jewels. Toward the Three Jewels he must produce neither doubt nor regret, but produce the conception of them as parents, teachers, elders, good friends, and spiritual mentors. Toward his own body, life, and wealth, he should produce the conception that they are unstable, and regard himself and his country as like an illusion, like a phantom, grieving for sentient beings as though looking upon his own infant. If the king can cultivate these virtues, and furthermore can read and recite this dhāraṇī on the eighth, fourteenth, and fifteenth days of the month, he should bathe until pure, put on fresh, clean clothes, and sit facing due east in the main hall or atop a high pavilion. Before sunrise, having scattered flowers of three colours and offered three kinds of famed incenses—sandalwood, agarwood, and frankincense—to make offerings to the buddhas of the ten directions, he should then arrange a Dharma seat facing due south for me, the Nāga King Vāsuki, cover my seat with blue-green fine cotton, and await me with three kinds of flowers, three kinds of syrups—grape, rock sugar, and pomegranate syrup—and burn black agarwood. The king at that time, sitting facing due east, should join his palms and recite this dhāraṇī twenty-one times. Having finished reciting the mantra, the king should immediately come out and sit in silence together with his ministers. I, the Nāga King Vāsuki, together with eighty-four thousand [members] of the eight classes of devas, nāgas, and spirits, will arrive at the king's place and receive the king's offerings in silence within the empty sky. If at that time the king, as if waking in a dream, sees my form in his mind—like a wheel-turning sage king attended by his seven treasures—upon seeing me he will rejoice and become all the more diligent. Because of his diligence, I, along with the devas, nāgas, the eight classes of spirits, and ghosts, will diligently guard his country, grant him whatever he seeks and desires, and never go against his wishes. This is truly and sincerely so.