陀羅尼雜集 4.36

4.36

爾時大梵天王復白佛言：「世尊！若有女人不生男女，或在胎中失壞墮落或生已奪命，此諸女等欲求子息保命長壽者，當常繫念修行善法。於月八日十五日受持八戒，清淨洗浴著新淨衣禮十方佛。至於中夜，以少芥子置已頂上誦我所說陀羅尼呪者，令此女人即得如願，所生童子安隱無患盡其形壽終不中夭。若有鬼神不順我呪者，我當令其頭破為七分如阿梨樹枝。」即說護諸童子陀羅尼呪：

At that time, Mahābrahmā again addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One! If there are women who cannot bear sons or daughters, or whose children miscarry and abort in the womb, or whose lives are taken right after birth—should these women wish to seek offspring and secure long lives, they must constantly fix their mindfulness and cultivate wholesome dharmas. On the eighth day and fifteenth day of the month, they should receive and uphold the eight precepts, bathe purely, put on fresh clean garments, and pay homage to the Buddhas of the ten directions. At midnight, placing a few mustard seeds upon their heads, they should recite the dhāraṇī-mantra that I have spoken. This will cause such women to attain their wishes immediately; the children born to them will be secure and free from affliction, living out their full life span without dying prematurely. If any spirit does not comply with my mantra, I shall cause its head to split into seven pieces like the branches of an arjaka tree." He then spoke the dhāraṇī-mantra for protecting infants: