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5. May that collective aggregate of the five Buddhas, preserve you, who, 

 for the preservation of mankind, created, from his own abode, the. one light ^ in 

 the supreme Lotus, named Ncigavdsa, which sprang from the root planted by 

 ViPASYi, which being one portion became five-fold, and which plays eternally 

 ' — I adore it. 



6. May that mysterious portion of Prajna as Guhyeswari, ^ born of the 

 Lotus with three leaves, by the will of Manjudeva, void of being, the personi- 

 fication of desire, favourable to many, and praised by Brahma, Vishnu, and 

 Siva, who in Durga, the giver of boons, was manifested on the ninth day of 

 the dark half of the month Mdrgasirsha, be propitious to you — I adore her. 



7» May SwAYAMBHU, in a visible form as B.^tna Linges'wara^ of the 

 Srivatsa shape, the chief of the eight Vitardgas, ^ the raft by which the ocean of 



6. The object of invocation is the Adi Buddha, in the form of Light, manifested on the Sam- 

 hhundth mountain ; the flame is said to burn eternally in the centre of the hemisphere of Sambhu 

 Chaitya. 



7. The jSa^/J of ^c?j jBmc?c?A(2 is here addressed as manifested in the element of water, the 

 following legend is cited by Mr. Hodgson from the Sambhu Parana — " When Manjunath had 

 let off the waters, the luminous form of Buddha appeared. Manjunath resolved to erect a 

 temple over it, but water bubbled up so fast that he could find no foundation. On his having 

 recourse to prayer, the Goddess Guhyeswari appeared, and the water subsided — Guhyeswari, the 

 Goddess of the hidden form, is very like an adoption from Saiva mysticism. This, and the preceding 

 verse, are both very obscure. 



8. This, and the following seven verses, refer to the eight Vitardgas of the nine Bodhisatwas 

 addressed in verse four, all but the first, manifested portions of themselves under some visible but 

 inanimate shape, thus 



Maitreya, was visible as a flame called Srivatsa^ 

 Anantaganja, as a Lotus. 



Samantabhadra, as a Flag. 



Vajrapani, as a Water Jar. 



Manjunath, as a Chouri. 



ViSHKAMBHI, as 3 Fish. 



KsHiTiGERBHA, as a Umbrella. 



Khagerbha, as a Conch Shell. 



