三寶感應要略錄 2.122

2.122

唐天寶元年壬子。西蕃太石康五國。來侵安西國。其年二月十一日。奏請兵。玄宗詔發兵師。計一萬餘里。累月方到。豈頓救之。大臣白言。且可詔問不空三藏。帝依奏詔請天王。為救帝秉香爐。不空誦仁王護國經陀羅尼二七遍。帝忽見神人可五百員。帶甲冑荷戈楯在殿前。帝驚異問三藏。答曰。此是毘沙門第二太子𦚭健。領兵制陛下意。往救安城故來辭也。其年四月。安奏云。二月十一日已後。城東北三十里。雲霧晦冥中有人眾。可長丈餘。皆被金甲。至酉時鼓角大鳴。聲振三百里。地動山傾經二日。大石康等五國。當時奔潰。諸帳幕間。有金色毛鼠。齧斷弓弩弦及器仗。悉不堪用。辭顧城樓上。有光明天王現形。無不見者。謹圖天王樣矣。

In the renzi year, the first year of the Tianbao era of the Tang, five kingdoms—the Western Fan, Taishi, Kang, and others—came to invade the protectorate of Anxi. On the eleventh day of the second month of that year, a memorial was submitted requesting troops. Xuanzong decreed the dispatch of an army; but calculating the distance at over ten thousand li, it would take months to arrive, so how could it rescue them immediately? A great minister reported: "For now, Your Majesty might issue a decree inquiring of Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra." In accordance with the memorial, the Emperor decreed an invocation of the Heavenly King. To deliver the relief, the Emperor held an incense burner, and Amoghavajra recited the dhāraṇī of the Sutra of Benevolent Kings Protecting the State fourteen times. The Emperor suddenly saw about five hundred divine beings wearing armor and helmets and bearing halberds and shields appear before the palace hall. The Emperor asked the Tripiṭaka Master in surprise, and he replied: "This is Vaiśravaṇa's second prince, Jian, commanding troops according to Your Majesty's will to rescue the city of Anxi, and he has come to take his leave." In the fourth month of that year, Anxi memorialized: "From the eleventh day of the second month onward, thirty li northeast of the city amid gloomy clouds and mist, there were divine beings over ten feet tall, all clad in golden armor. At the hour of the rooster (5–7 p.m.), drums and horns sounded loudly, the sound shaking for three hundred li, and the earth shook and mountains crumbled for two days. The five kingdoms including Daishi and Kang broke and fled in rout at that moment. Among their tents, golden-haired rats gnawed through the strings of bows and crossbows and all weapons, rendering them entirely unusable. Turning to look at the city gate tower, there was the Radiant Heavenly King manifesting his form, visible to everyone. We respectfully present a sketch of the Heavenly King's likeness."