仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經陀羅尼念誦儀軌 1.11

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解曰：言金剛寶者，如彼經云虛空藏菩薩也。依前法輪現勝妙身，修施等行三輪清淨。手持金剛摩尼者，梵云摩尼，此翻云寶，體淨堅密猶如金剛，即是金剛如意寶也，隨諸有情所求皆得。依教令輪，現作威怒甘露軍茶利金剛，示現八臂，摧伏一切阿修羅眾眷屬諸惡鬼神，惱害有情行疾疫者，令調伏故。放日色光者，顯能除遣修羅等也。與彼南方增長天王及將無量恭畔茶眾、薜荔多眾而為眷屬。四俱胝者，且一俱胝者，《華嚴經》云百洛叉為一俱胝，即當此方百億數矣。餘三俱胝准此應悉。與如是眾往護其國。

The commentary states: The one called 'Vajraratna' is Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva, as stated in that sūtra. In accordance with the aforementioned dharma wheel, he manifests an exceedingly wondrous body, practicing giving and other actions with the three wheels purified. As for holding a vajra-maṇi in his hand: in Sanskrit it is called maṇi, translated here as 'jewel'; its substance is pure, firm, and dense like a vajra, meaning it is a vajra wish-fulfilling jewel, granting whatever sentient beings seek. In accordance with the injunction wheel, he manifests as the awe-inspiring and wrathful Amṛtakuṇḍalī Vajra, displaying eight arms, subduing all the hosts of asuras and their retinues of evil spirits and deities that afflict sentient beings and spread pestilence, in order to tame them. Emitting sunlight-colored radiance signifies the ability to dispel asuras and the like. He is accompanied by Virūḍhaka, Heavenly King of the southern direction, who leads immeasurable retinues of kumbhāṇḍas and pretas. As for 'four koṭis': as for a single koṭi, the Avataṃsaka Sūtra states that one hundred lakṣas make one koṭi, which corresponds to the number of one hundred million in this land. The remaining three koṭis should be understood accordingly. Together with such hosts, he goes to protect that state.