仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.548

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Explanation: In Sanskrit yakṣa, translated here as "awe-inspiring virtue" (weide) and also translated as "exhaustive" (jin), because they can exhaust all adversaries. As that sūtra says, this is the bodhisattva Sarvamāramardanaprabha. In accordance with the previous wheel of Dharma, he manifests an exquisitely marvelous body, his activity-wisdom being complete, because he has attained mastery. "Holding a vajra bell in his hand": the sound of the bell reverberates to awaken sentient beings, symbolizing the use of prajñā to alert the deluded masses. In accordance with the wheel of command, he manifests the wrathful Vajra of Pure Body, displaying a four-armed body, subduing all terrifying yakṣas who constantly seek an opportunity day and night to seize people's vital energy and harm sentient beings, in order to tame them. "Radiating lapis-colored light" reveals his ability to banish yakṣas and the like. He has the Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa of the northern direction, along with immeasurable hosts of yakṣas and immeasurable rākṣasas, as his retinue. The rest is as in the text. Hereafter is the fifth part: the bodhisattva of the central direction.