dolma's worship. 317 



" Hail ! Dolma ! Thou ever ready heroine ! 

 Born, like a lightniug-flash, from the pitying tear ^ 

 Shed for humanity by The Lord of the three worlds 

 The Lotus-born! 



Hail ! to Thee whose face is shining 

 As a hundred harvest moons 

 Lit by the splendid light of 

 A full thousand fulgent stars ! 



Hail ! ! Thou whose hand is decked with 



The Blue and Golden water-lotus! 



Thou beneficent and zealous Soother of difficulties, 



Thou monopoliseth the realms of woe, as well as action. 



Hail ! O ! Thou with head adorned by Tathagatha ^ 

 Conqueror of the Universe ! 



Thou hast overcome Thine enemies without exception 

 And shown Thyself a saintly Victor. 



Hail! By Thy mystic ^ Tut4a-ra-hung.^ ^ 

 Thou possesseth the realms of earth and sky. 

 Thou treadest under foot the seven worlds 

 And makest one and all to bend ! 



Hail! The mighty gods adore Thee — 



Indra, Agni, Brahma and the Lord of the Winds ; 



The risen ghosts and the dread ' Ti-za '; 



The horde of harmful spirits praise Thee ! 



Hail! By Thy mystic ' irP and ';;/iaY' 

 Thou destroy est the cunning schemes of Thy opponents. 

 With Thy right leg flexed and the left extended, 

 Thou consumest Thine enemies with devoiiring fire ! 



Hail ! With Thy awful word ' tu-re ' « 

 Thou banishest the bravest of devils ! 

 With the mere frown of Thy tear-born face 

 Thou completely routeth enemies ! 



' The allasion here is that Avalokita — " The Storehouse of Pity" — on looking down upon 

 the world shed tears out of pity for the misery of humanity. The tear from the loft eye 

 on falling to the earth formed a lake, on which instantly, like a lightning-flash, appeared, 

 floating on a lotus flower, the goddess Dolma, who was then commissioned by Avalokita to 

 soothe human suffering. 



^ In this form of Dolma's image a figure of Tathagatha Amitabha Buddha is seated on 

 her hair. 



^ &* Part of Dolma's spell or mantra already given under head of " Eosaries," vide 

 page 288. 



