金光明最勝王經疏 5.44

5.44

Sūtra: "If there is a human king who reverently makes offerings to this most victorious Suvarṇaprabhāsa scripture, you should diligently protect him and cause him to attain peace and stability. When you four kings, together with your other retinues of immeasurable, incalculable hundreds of thousands of yakṣas, protect this sūtra, that is precisely guarding and upholding the saddharma of the buddhas of past, future, and present. When you four kings and the rest of the heavenly host, together with all the yakṣas, fight in battle against the asuras, you will always attain victory. If you can protect and uphold this sūtra, through the power of the sūtra you will be able to eliminate many sufferings, hostile bandits, famine, and all pestilences. Therefore, if you see members of the fourfold assembly upholding, reading, and reciting this king of sūtras, you should also diligently and jointly protect them, eliminating decline and distress for them and granting them peace and joy."