Toh 235From the Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Great Cloud,” the Sixty-Fourth Chapter “The Array of Winds That Send Down Rainfall” Together with Its Ritual Manual [colophon title]

Summary

This brief discourse is identified more precisely in its colophon as a supplementary chapter from The Great
Cloud on “the array of winds that bring down rainfall.” It describes a visit from the Buddha Śākyamuni to the realm of the nāgas.
The assembly of nāgas pays homage to the Buddha with a grand panoply of magically emanated offerings, and their king asks him to explain how
the nāgas can eliminate their own suffering and aid sentient beings by causing timely rain to fall. The Buddha, in response, extols the
benefits of loving-kindness and then teaches them a dhāraṇī that when accompanied by the recitation of a host of buddha names will dispel
the nāgas’ suffering and cause crops to grow. At the nāga king’s request, the Buddha then teaches another long dhāraṇī that will cause rain
to fall during times of drought. The discourse concludes with instructions for constructing an altar and holding a ritual rainmaking
service.

Acknowledgements

This translation was produced by Joshua Capitanio for the Mahamegha translation team. It was further revised by the 84000 editorial
team after comparing it with the available Sanskrit sources.

The translation was completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

Introduction

This text is a short dhāraṇī-sūtra that may be regarded as an addendum to the longer sūtra called The Great
Cloud (Toh 232) and seems to have been intended for ritual and
recitation purposes. The longer discourse is a Mahāyāna scripture that emphasizes bodhisattva conduct and the teaching that the Buddha
does not pass into parinirvāṇa. Among the many benefits listed for those who uphold The Great Cloud, timely
rainfall is mentioned, and thus the sūtra came to be associated with rainmaking among Indian Buddhists. This short text, which circulated
independently of the longer sūtra called The Great Cloud, is presented as the “sixty-fourth chapter” of that
longer sūtra, which in all its extant versions contains only thirty-eight chapters.

The dhāraṇī-sūtra centers on an assembly of nāgas who receive a visit from the Buddha in their own palace. The assembled nāgas
pay homage to the Buddha with a grand panoply of magically emanated offerings, and vow to support the Buddhist teachings. A visiting great
nāga king asks him to explain how the nāgas can eliminate their own suffering and aid sentient beings by causing rain to fall and crops to
grow. The Buddha, in response, extols the benefits of loving-kindness and then teaches them a dhāraṇī that when accompanied by the
recitation of a host of buddha names will pacify the nāgas’ suffering and cause crops to grow. At the nāga king’s request, the Buddha then
teaches another long dhāraṇī that will assist sentient beings by providing timely rain and in particular cause rain to fall during times
of drought, thereby nourishing sentient beings. The Buddha then presents several dhāraṇīs and lists of buddha names that, when recited,
should bring about their specified results. The text concludes with brief instructions for constructing an altar and holding a ritual to
be performed when reciting these dhāraṇīs for the purpose of bringing rainfall.

The text appears to have circulated widely and enjoyed considerable popularity, as evidenced by the fact that it was translated
into Chinese four different times between the sixth and eighth centuries. Two Tibetan translations of this text exist. Toh 234 is a shorter version entitled The Essence of
All Nāgas, The Great Cloud Chapter on the Array of Winds (Mahāmeghavāyumaṇḍalaparivartasarvanāgahṛdaya). The slightly longer text translated here (Toh 235) is simply titled
The Great Cloud, but in the colophon the title is similarly given as The Sixty-Fourth
Chapter of The Great Cloud “The Array of Winds That Send Down Rainfall” Together With its Ritual Manual. This text is also
included in the Tantra and Dhāraṇī sections of the Degé Kangyur, where it appears as Toh 657 and Toh 1063, respectively. The text is
included in the Tibetan Kangyur collections of different periods and is also recorded in the Denkarma catalog of Tibetan
imperial translations (but not in the Phangthangma catalog). Thus, it appears likely that it was first translated from Sanskrit into
Tibetan by the early ninth century, as the compilation of the Denkarma is usually dated to 812 ce. Five
versions of this text are also found among the manuscripts recovered from the caves of Dunhuang. In addition to these Tibetan translations, a
partial Sanskrit version is also extant.

The English translation presented here was based primarily on the Tibetan Degé edition, in consultation with the Comparative
Edition (dpe bsdur ma) and the Stok Palace manuscript edition. The Tibetan was compared
with the available Sanskrit manuscripts, and cases where there was significant divergence or where the Sanskrit presented a clearer
reading have been noted in the endnotes.

The Translation

The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra

The Great Cloud

Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Thus did I hear at one time. The Bhagavān was at the home of the nāga kings Nanda and Upananda, a lavish palace made of jewels
and gems within a great multitude of clouds, together with a great assembly of bhikṣus, a great
assembly of bodhisattvas, and a great host of nāga kings.

There were the nāga kings Nanda, Upananda, Sāgara, Anavatapta, Manasvin, Varuṇa, Takṣaka,
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Vāsuki, Mucilinda, Airāvaṇa, Pauṇḍra, Śrītejas, Śrībhadra, Vidyunmālin, Precious Jewel Crest, Cūḍāmaṇidhara, Avabhāsanaśikhin, and
Indrāyudhaśikhara. There were also the nāga kings Indradhvaja, Indrayaṣṭi, Jambudhvaja, Svastika, Mahāmaṇḍalika, Mahābhujaṃga, Jyotīrasa,
Śaśitejas, Noble Intelligence, and Somadarśana, and there
were the nāga kings Sudarśana, Supratiṣṭhita, Maṇikaṇṭha, Meghasambhava, Varṣadhāra, Prasphoṭaka, Visphoṭaka, Visphūrjita, Mahāphaṇaka,
and Gambhīranirghoṣa. There were also the nāga kings Mahānirnādanādin, Vinardita, Utpalaka, Mahāvikrama, Īṣādhāra, Citrasena, and Mahāpāśa, the nāga king Elāpattra, All Illuminating, Kharakarṇa, Śaṅkha, Dardara, the nāga
king Upadardara, Kṣemaṃkara,
Bhujaṃgama, Mahābhujaṃgama, Mahābala, Soarer, Apalāla, Lambura, Kṛmiśa, and Kṛṣṇa. There were also the nāga kings
Indrasena, Naḍa, Upanaḍa, Kambudhāra, Dramiḍa, Sundara, Elephant’s Trunk, Tīkṣṇaka, Piṅgala, Vidyujjvāla, Mahāvidyujjvāla, Baladeva, and Kambala. There were also the nāga kings Bharukaccha, Amṛta,
Tīrthaka, Vaiḍūryaprabha, Suvarṇakeśa, Kanakaprabha, Śaśiketuprabha, Sūryaprabha, Udayana, and Gaveśīrṣa. There were also the nāga
kings Śvetaka, Kālaka, Yama, Śrāmaṇa, Toad, Saṃhatana, Nimindhara, Dharaṇiṃdhara, Sahasraśīrṣa, and Maṇicūḍa. There were also the nāga kings
Amoghadarśana, Balāhaka, Suṣeṇa, Gopāla, Naradatta, Vinīta, Jarāyana, Kumbhīra, Kumbhīramukha, and Viṣaṃdhara. There were also the nāga
kings Āśīviṣa, Padmaka, Lāṅgula, Pralamba, Bhīṣaṇa, Sutejas, Pañcaśīrṣa, Ballira, and Victorious Chariot. There were also the nāga kings Uttaraka, Dīrghapuccha, Sphāraśīrṣa, Bimbika,
Vitara, and
Aśvaka, the nāga kings Triśīrṣa, Nāgasena, Mahātejas, and Naladatta, and the nāga kings Bhīmaka, Dīptaprabha, Saptaśīrṣa, Bṛhaddruma,
Priyadarśana, Mahāpracaṇḍa, Vimalatejas, Sunetra, Mahāghora, and Arciḥskandha. There were also the nāga kings Fierce,
Ugrakrodha, Ratnāmbuda, Mahāmeghāmbuda, Indraprabha, Pādapa,
Meghacandra, Sāgaramegha, Mahāgandhakusuma, and Kumudākara.
There were also the nāga kings Ratnanetra, Mahāketudhvaja, Mahāmeghagarbha, Himavat, Śrīgarbha, Meghaśaktika, Rajaniṃdhara, Ambuda, and
Great Water-Giver and the nāga kings Vaiśvānaratejas, Megheśvararāja, Vigatakrodha, Earth Vase, Nāgaśūra, Jalaṃdhara, Meghacchatra, Aṅgiramukha, Tejasvin, and Meghasphuṭita. There were also the nāga kings Anantakrama, Suṣeṇa, Mahāśarīra,
Vṛkodara, Śāntin, Vīra, Kākanāda, Uddhura, Viṣogra, and Sughoṣa. There were also the
nāga kings Amṛtasāra, Mahāpravarṣaka, Completely Quaking, Saṃghaṭṭaśabda, Dundubhisvara, Amṛtadhāra, Nandika, Garjasphoṭaka, Śūrasena, Nārāyaṇa, and
Vaḍabāmukha, and there was the nāga king Deceiver.

Those and other great nāga kings, altogether eighty-four septillions nāgas, gathered, sat down, and stayed there
together. At this point, all those nāga kings, together with their retinues, arose from their seats, draped their robes over one shoulder,
knelt with their right knees on the ground, joined their palms, and saluted the Bhagavān. Showing great respect and honor to the teacher,
they made offerings to the Bhagavān of various, supremely beautiful flowers, incense, perfumes, garlands, ointments, powders, clothes,
parasols, victory banners, banners, silk tassels, music, cymbals, small cymbals, songs, jeweled flowers, jeweled tassels,
pearl necklaces, nāga flowers, and supremely beautiful
pearl-adorned nets. They then circumambulated the Bhagavān and stood to one side.

Having stood to one side, they made a vow together: “With oceans of bodies as numerous as all the atomic particles in all the
oceans of world-systems, we make offerings to all oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas with their retinues. Within each and every atomic particle of earth,
water, fire, and wind and all the atomic particles of apparent forms within all the infinite oceans of world-systems lie oceans of clouds
of bodies that are beyond countless, unfathomable, inconceivable, unparalleled, immeasurable, inexpressible, and more numerous than all numerable oceans. Upon each and
every one of these bodies are emanated immeasurable, countless oceans of clouds of hands, from which are emanated oceans of clouds of all
manner of offerings, distinct and radiating continuously in all directions. With these, we will make offerings to all buddhas and
bodhisattvas.”

Thinking thus, they continued: “We will fill the sky with unfathomable, countless, inconceivable, immeasurable, incalculable,
inexpressible, distinct emanations of bodies engaging in the perfect conduct of Samantabhadra, with oceans of clouds of bodhisattva
bodies, and likewise with a multitude of oceans of clouds of all manner of jewels, densely arrayed rays of light, and bodies of all suns
and moons, together with oceans of clouds of jeweled garlands and flowers; oceans of clouds of great mansions made from the essence of all brilliant jewels; oceans of clouds of
storehouses of all manner of powders and trees; oceans of clouds of incenses, perfumes, and all manner of apparent forms; oceans of clouds of the sounds of instruments resounding with all
manner of music; and oceans of clouds of all manner of trees used for incense. We will fill the sky with these emanations, with oceans of
cloud of all manner of offerings that are unfathomable, countless, inconceivable, immeasurable, incalculable, inexpressible, and distinct.
Having done all this, we will proceed to pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of kings of jewels within which all the arrayed realms of existence
are illuminated. Having done so, we will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and
make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of arrayed kings of jewels that shower down a rain of all-illuminating
gemstones; oceans of clouds of kings of jewels blazing with the light of all gemstones, resounding with the melodic sounds of the
attainment of buddhahood; oceans of clouds of kings of jewels filling everywhere with the universal resounding of the melodies of all the
Dharma teachings of the buddhas; oceans of clouds of emanated buddha bodies illuminated by jeweled light radiating from all directions;
oceans of clouds of kings of jewels that display the appearance of all the arrays of distinct retinues; oceans of clouds of kings of
jewels whose brilliant lamp-like rays of light enter into all buddha realms; oceans of clouds of kings of jewels that display the appearances of all the immeasurable palaces of the tathāgatas
in all the inconceivable buddhafields; and oceans of clouds of kings of jewels that illuminate the display of the bodies of the buddhas of
the three times within the atomic particles of all variety of gemstones. With these, we will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas and
bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make
offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of distinct multistoried palaces of sundry jewels, incense, and
flowers; oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces completely adorned with kings of jewels of an infinite variety of colors; oceans of
clouds of multistoried palaces with jeweled lamps and radiant incense; oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces thoroughly bedecked with
all manner of pearls; oceans of clouds of the anthers of all manner of flowers; and oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces beautifully
adorned with infinite jewel garlands. We will then fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces that
completely contain an adornment of all essences whose brilliance illuminates the ten directions; oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces
that appear completely ornamented everywhere with adornments of fine particles of all manner of jewels; oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces overflowing with adornments of all manner of
decorations; and oceans of clouds of multistoried palaces with flowered arches at each doorway hung with lattices of bells. With these, we
will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing necklaces of gold and various jewels and
jeweled chokers; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing
various brilliant flowers; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing various lotus flowers with the blue color of the indranīla jewel and the golden hue of the
Jambu River; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing precious jeweled lotus lamps; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing
brilliantly bejeweled lotus victory banners; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing various lotus flowers adorned with jewels; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing lotus flowers
decorated with indranīla jewels and blazing with golden light; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing lotus flowers endowed with
inexhaustibly brilliant blazing light; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing lotus flowers that produce all manner of blazing
jewels; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing lotus flowers that produce all manner of supremely sublime blazing jewels; and
distinct oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing lotus flowers endowed with the light rays of the sound of the Buddha’s speech. With
these, we will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of trees festooned with all manner of gemstones; oceans of clouds of
incense trees wreathed all over with leaves that emanate
clouds of joined palms; oceans of clouds of trees that appear as an infinite array of all forms of trees; oceans of clouds of trees draped
with clouds of all manner of flowers; oceans of clouds of trees endowed with infinite troves that produce all manner of adornments; oceans
of clouds of trees completely illuminated by multitudes of all radiant jewels; oceans of clouds of trees that manifest busts of bodhisattva bodies made from all manner of sandalwood
powders; oceans of clouds of trees endowed with the brilliant solar light of the storehouse of all manner of precious clothing of the
infinite tree spirits adorning all seats of awakening with inconceivable brilliant light; and oceans of clouds of trees emitting pleasing
tones that resound with all manner of melodies.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing infinite jewel-colored lotus flowers; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing the brilliant,
multifaceted kings of jewels; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing adornments of all manner of ornamentation; oceans of clouds of
lion thrones containing garlands of lamps that radiate the brilliant light of various jewels; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing
the source of a universally resounding rainfall of jewels; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing precious garlands of all manner of
incense, flowers, and lotus flowers; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing the kings of jewels that completely manifest the
adornments of the seats of all buddhas; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing clouds of jewels and completely adorned with railed
arches draped with garlands of all manner of adornments; oceans of clouds of lion thrones containing trees with precious jeweled branches
and stores of incense powders; and oceans of clouds of lion
thrones containing adornments of nets festooned with various incenses and jeweled bells as bright as the sun. With these, we will pay
homage to all the oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of immeasurable palaces formed from all manner of wish-fulfilling
kings of jewels; oceans of clouds of canopies adorned with all manner of flowers with indranīla anthers; oceans of clouds of canopies with
all manner of incenses and gemstones; oceans of clouds of canopies formed like lamps radiating jewel light; oceans of clouds of canopies
of kings of jewels resounding with melodies appearing from the Buddha’s magical display; oceans of clouds of canopies that display the
appearance of being completely adorned with bejeweled cloth; oceans of clouds of canopies of precious jewels that shine with a blazing
flood of flowers; oceans of clouds of canopies of nets of
sundry bells that fill everywhere with their sounds; oceans of clouds of canopies of nets of lotus flowers having the essence of
gemstones, resplendent with the brightness of infinite variegated blazing lotus flowers; oceans of clouds of canopies of victory banners
that shine with the brilliant light rays of golden anthers; and oceans of clouds of canopies bedecked with an inconceivable amount of
brilliant, radiant adornments. With these, we will pay homage to all the vast oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them,
honor them, and make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of parasols with all manner of various precious jewels; oceans of clouds of
parasols of flowers adorned with the ten precious jewels, which radiate brilliant light; oceans of clouds of parasols containing stores of
pearls in an infinite variety of colors; oceans of clouds of parasols of the kings of jewels that resound with the teachings on compassion
of all the buddhas and bodhisattvas; oceans of clouds of
parasols with radiant garlands of various jewels; oceans of clouds of parasols hung with nets of bells completely decorated with brilliant
jewel dust; oceans of clouds of parasols adorned with tree branches made from all manner of gemstones; oceans of clouds of parasols with the radiant kings of jewels that shine profusely like the
sun and with all manner of incenses and perfumes; oceans of clouds of parasols imbued with stores of sandalwood powder spreading
everywhere; and oceans of clouds of parasols imbued with all manner of adornments, filling everywhere and illuminating the vast, great
domain of the buddhas. With these, we will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and
make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with oceans of clouds of multitudes of the splendor of all jewels; distinct oceans of clouds of multitudes
of the light of the forms of all radiant jewels; oceans of
clouds of multitudes of the light that illuminates clouds of flowers; oceans of clouds of light rays of all jewels endowed with multitudes
of light emanated by the Buddha; oceans of clouds of multitudes of light that pervades all buddhafields with light; oceans of clouds of
multitudes of the light of jeweled branches that resound in the buddha realms in all directions; oceans of clouds of multitudes of the
light of the light rays of beryl, precious substances, and all the kings of precious jewels; oceans of clouds of multitudes of light that,
in a single instant of thought, fully display the infinite forms of sentient beings; oceans of clouds of multitudes of light endowed with
pleasing emitted sounds arisen from the aspirations of all the buddhas; and oceans of clouds of multitudes of the light of the kings of
jewels that possess the melodies that tame sentient beings in all assemblies—with these, we will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas
and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make
offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of oceans of clouds of the light rays of stores of all gemstones; oceans of clouds of
light rays of the forms, voices, scents, tastes, and sensations of all the buddhas; oceans of clouds of the radiant light of all precious
jewels; oceans of clouds of light rays that fill everywhere with the sounds of the Dharma of all the buddhas; oceans of clouds of light
rays that illuminate the entire array of buddhafields; oceans of clouds of the light rays of all multistoried palaces of flowers; oceans
of clouds of the light rays of the particles of all jewels; oceans of clouds of light rays possessing the roar of the entire succession of
buddhas arising within a single eon, which brings sentient beings to maturation; displays of inexhaustible jewels; oceans of clouds of light rays of the anthers of all flowers; and
distinct oceans of clouds of light rays emitted from the array of all thrones. With these we will pay homage to all the oceans of buddhas
and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of distinct oceans of clouds of the infinitely colored radiant light of precious jewels;
oceans of clouds of the radiant light of all-illuminating kings of jewels; oceans of clouds of radiant light that illuminates the great,
vast array of all buddhafields; oceans of clouds of the radiant light of all manner of incenses; oceans of clouds of the radiant light of
all manner of adornments; oceans of clouds of the radiant light of the emanations of all buddhas; oceans of clouds of the radiant light of
the anthers of trees of various jewels; and oceans of clouds of the radiant light of all manner of clothes. With these we will pay homage to all the vast oceans of buddhas and
bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make
offerings to them.

“We will fill the sky with emanations of inconceivable oceans of clouds of the adornments of all manner of various incenses and
flowers; oceans of clouds of lotus nets of all manner of radiant jewels; oceans of clouds of stores of pearls endowed with the colors of
all manner of jewels; oceans of clouds of powders made from all manner of jewels, incenses, and sandalwoods; oceans of clouds of parasols
with all manner of jewels; oceans of clouds possessing pleasing kings of jewels and beautifying melodies; oceans of clouds of garlands
with hosts of gemstones possessing the brilliance of the sun; oceans of clouds of infinite stores of jewels; and oceans of clouds of
distinct bodies that are perfect in every way. With these, we
will pay homage to all the vast oceans of buddhas and bodhisattvas. We will exalt them, honor them, and make offerings to them.”

With such words, they made this aspiration. At this point, all the nāga kings circumambulated the Bhagavān three times and
prostrated, touching his feet. With the Bhagavān’s permission, they each took their seats.

At that time, possessing the strength of irreversible aspiration, the great lord of the nāgas in the trichiliocosm called
Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja came to this Jambudvīpa continent in order to listen to the Dharma and
make offerings, pay homage, and venerate the Tathāgata. Then, the nāga lord Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja arose from his seat, draped his robe over one shoulder, touched his right knee to
the ground with joined palms, and addressed the Bhagavān, asking, “If the Bhagavān might find time to grant an explanation in response to my inquiry, I would ask a
question of the bhagavān, tathāgata, arhat, complete and perfect Buddha.”

The Bhagavān replied to Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja, “Nāga lord, ask whatever you wish, and
I will give you an explanation that will delight your mind.”

The nāga lord
Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja asked the Bhagavān, “Bhagavān, how can all the suffering specific to nāgas
be eliminated? How can they become happy and joyful? How can
abundant rains be sent here to the continent of Jambudvīpa, time after time? How can all manner of grasses, trees, medicinal herbs, and forests to come to arise? How can all grains
come to grow? How can all beings to come grow? How can all people here in the continent of Jambudvīpa attain happiness?”

The Bhagavān replied to the nāga lord
Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja, “Nāga lord, excellent. It is excellent that you have thought to ask this
question of the Tathāgata, in order to benefit all sentient beings and establish them in happiness. Nāga lord, I will explain this to you—listen well and bear my words in mind. Nāga lord, if
you possess this unique Dharma teaching, all the suffering specific to nāgas of all the nāgas will be eliminated, and they will become
joyful. What is that unique Dharma teaching? It is loving-kindness. Nāga lord, gods and humans who abide in that loving-kindness will not
be harmed by fire. They will not be harmed by weapons. They
will not be swept away by water. They will not be harmed by poison. They will not be overcome by enemy troops. They will sleep happily and
wake happily. They will always be protected by their own merit and become brilliant with the splendor of great merit. They will be
unconquerable by the world with its gods. They will become beautiful and pleasing to behold. They will be unobstructed on all paths. They
will cut off all suffering and become utterly joyful. Having gained all manner of happiness and realized the most unexcelled Dharma among
humans, they will take birth in the Brahmā world after their body passes away.

“Nāga lord, these are the benefits for gods and humans who abide in loving-kindness. Therefore, Nāga lord, you should abide with
your body, speech, and mind engaged in actions of loving-kindness. Nāga lord, moreover, you should proclaim the dhāraṇī known as bestowing all
happiness. This dhāraṇī will eliminate all the suffering specific to nāgas of all the nāgas, bestow all happiness, send
abundant rains again and again here to the continent of Jambudvīpa, and cause all grasses, trees, medicinal herbs, forests, and crops to
grow. Nāga lord, how does the dhāraṇī called bestowing all happiness go?

tadyathā || dhāraṇi dhāraṇi uddhāraṇi sampratiṣṭhite vijaya varna satyapratijñāsaradā
jñānavati utpadani vināmani abhiśecani abhivyāhāra śubhavati jīmatu ehi kumabālan vaha hara kleśāna dhuna pāvama śodhaya mārgan nirāhikadharmātā śuddhāloka vitimirarājasa
dukkha śamana sarva buddha avalokana adhiṣṭhite prajñā jñānabhe svāhā ||

“Nāga lord, the words of this dhāraṇī can accomplish all purposes. They involve the Dharma body. They are blessed by all the
buddhas. They bestow all manner of happiness. You should
uphold and proclaim them.
Nāga lord, furthermore, you should uphold and bear in mind the names of the tathāgatas who manifest emanations with the brilliant essence
of all the blessings arisen from the family of clouds, who possess a glorious multitude of water-holding clouds
of banners of gnosis, and whose lineage and family arise from a single portion
of the tip of a hair of golden Vairocana. These names will eliminate all the suffering of the nāgas and fulfill all the provisions of
happiness for all nāgas, all nāga families, all nāga lineages, all nāga paternal lines, all nāga
origins, all nāga birthplaces, all nāga kings, all nāga daughters, and all nāga servants. What are these names? They are as follows:

“Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Vairocanagarbhamahāmegha. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Nāgakulodbhavameghavirājita. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata
Water-Holding Cloud. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Splendor of Glorious Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Arising.
Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud That Vanquishes All Arrays of Wind. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Unfathomable Space. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud’s Host
of Blazing Lightning. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Powerful Great Cloud Hero. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Beautiful Cloud. Homage
to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Thick Cloud. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata
Great Multitude of Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud Light.

“Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Lion. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Parasol. Homage to the bhagavān
tathāgata Pleasant Appearance Great Cloud. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Filled with Great Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata
Resounding of the Drum Tones Pervading All Ten Directions of the Brilliant Maṇḍala Arisen from Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata
Great Cooling Cloud’s Deep Roar That Vanquishes Unhappiness. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Expansive Great Cloud. Homage to the
bhagavān tathāgata Ganges Water Cloud. Homage to the bhagavān
tathāgata Powerful Cloud-Like Hero. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Dragon’s Roar Resounding. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Display of
All Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Expanse.

“Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Dripping Cloud.
Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud-Like Resounding. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud-Like Exaltation. Homage to the bhagavān
tathāgata Wearing Cloud-Like Garments. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud-Born Harvest. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Abiding in
the Cloud Abode. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Rain Cloud. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud Gatherer. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Abundant Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān
tathāgata Great Cloud Utpala. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Incense Body. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud
Exaltation. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Lord. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Illuminator. Homage to the
bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Bestowal. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Like a Cloud of Great Precious Jewels. Homage to the bhagavān
tathāgata Cloud-Like Victory.

“Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud River. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Collected Clouds. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Vanquishing Untimely Clouds and Lightning.
Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud-Like Vision Appearing and Resounding in Space. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud
Emitting Sound. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud
Producing Rainfall. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud Fulfilling Equanimity’s Splendor. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Cloud’s
Great Water Endowed with Six Flavors. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Cloud Spray. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Great Clouds
Filling the Ocean. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Complete Cloud Coverage in Times of Drought. Homage to the bhagavān tathāgata Infinite
Cloud Forms. Homage to all the bhagavān, tathāgata, foe-destroyer, complete and perfect buddhas of the great cloud, who possess the brilliance of the cloud that illuminates all the clouds
in the continent of Jambudvīpa with glorious, splendid radiance.

“Nāga lord, by proclaiming the names of these tathāgatas, you can eliminate all the suffering specific to nāgas of all the
nāgas, bestow happiness, send abundant rains again and again here to continent of Jambudvīpa, and cause all grasses, trees, medicinal
herbs, forests, and crops to grow.”

Then Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja, lord of the all the nāgas in the trichiliocosm, addressed
the Bhagavān, asking, “Bhagavān, in future times and future seasons when rain is not falling here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, what
words can be spoken so that a great rain can be made to fall? I beg you to pronounce the words of such a secret-mantra dhāraṇī that can utterly pacify all plague, hostility,
and harm when one is terrified, when harm arises, when one is
drawn into conflict with lawless people, when plague and harm arise, when one is sick or dying, and when the constellations are in
inauspicious abodes. I beg you to bless us with the
blessings of the Buddha.

“I beg the Bhagavān, with your supreme compassion and concern for the welfare of all sentient beings, to pronounce the words of
such a secret-mantra dhāraṇī that can
exhort all the nāgas, bring joy to all the gods, vanquish all māras, destroy all sentient beings’ fears, turn back all harm, produce
peace and auspiciousness, pacify the effects of all inauspicious constellations, clear away all five obstacles to rainfall spoken by the
Bhagavān, and cause excellent rain to fall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa. Bhagavān, this I beg of you.”

The Bhagavān replied to Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja, “Nāga lord, it is excellent, excellent,
that you have asked this question of the Tathāgata for the sake of all sentient beings’ welfare, benefit, and happiness. Nāga lord, in
that case, you should listen well and bear my words in mind. There is a dhāraṇī called the crest of heroic majesty endowed with
the great roar of thunder that arises from great compassion. For the sake of all sentient beings’ welfare, benefit, and
happiness, all the buddhas spoke this dhāraṇī, blessed it,
rejoiced in it, and explained it. When there is no rain, it can cause a great rainfall. When there is great rain, it can cause it to stop. It can completely pacify all fatal harm, exhort all
the nāgas, please all the gods, vanquish all māras, and bring all manner of happiness to all sentient beings:

tadyathā || mahājñāna avabhāsāni śrītejolakṣmi vṛṣṭivikrama vajra siṁhatane paramavirāja
nirmalaguṇa ketusūryaprabhe vimalāṇgayaṣṭi bhara bhara sambhara sambhara dudumbu hana hana mahāprabhe vibhūta mahā maho andhakāre
prajñāgraśuddhe paripūrṇṇamaitri maitri viraṇaskandha maitrāmabuddhare jala jala jala jala jalam buddhare bodhyaṅgakusume daśabale
caturveśvaradhe aṣṭādaśa apanigabuddhadharme śubhamadi puṇyarāśi śukladharmasamanvite gambhāre virajase vimale viśiṣaprāpte
nirāsrapadharme sarvalokajyaiṣṭha jeṣṭhaparapravare anuttare asaṇge dhara dhara dhiri dhiri dhuru dhura śāntamahe śāntavege cara cara
cara cara ciri ciri curu curu paramabuddhānumate
mahāprajñāpāramite svāhā ||

Homage to the tathāgata Vairocana, endowed with oceans of gnosis. Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. To make a great
rain fall here on the continent of Jambudvīpa, I will proclaim the essential mantra of all the nāgas. By the verity of all the buddhas
and bodhisattvas, all five obstacles to rainfall will be cleared away.

syād yathedam || sara sara siri siri suru suru nāgā nāgā java
java jivi jivi juvu juvu ||

Great nāgas, come quickly! By the verity of the Buddha, send down a great rainfall here in the continent of
Jambudvīpa!

cara cara ciri ciri curu curu

Great nāgas, come quickly! By the verity of the Buddha, send down a great rainfall here in the continent of
Jambudvīpa!

vara vara
viri viri vuru vuru

By the verity of the Buddha, all nāgas are summoned. With minds of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and
equanimity, through the great blessings, verity, and kindness of all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, great nāgas, come quickly! Remember
the Buddha’s Dharma and the qualities of the bodhisattvas!

bhara bhara bhiri bhiri bhuru bhuru

With minds of loving-kindness, all you great wriggling attendants who hold the water of the great rivers and clouds, come
quickly! Remember the teacher’s sublime teachings!

ghaḍa ghaḍa ghiḍi ghiḍi ghuḍu ghuḍu

With minds of loving-kindness, all you fierce, wrathful, powerful poison-tongued ones, come quickly! By the verity of all the
tathāgatas, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā!

taṭa taṭa tiṭi tiṭi tuṭu tuṭu

All you with your emanated poisonous bodies bearing great jeweled crowns, remember the blessings of the Three Jewels! By the verity of Vajrapāṇi, send down rainfall here in the
continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā!

kala kala kili kili kulu kulu

All you who dwell in the great waters and ride mounted on chariots of stacked clouds, come quickly! With minds of
loving-kindness, send down a flow of rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa! You are commanded by Vajrapāṇi, by the verity and
blessings of the Tathāgata!

rala rala rili rili rulu rulu

All you slitherers, abandon your sleep, and through the power of the tathāgatas of the three times:

ghama ghama ghimi ghimi ghumu ghumu svāhā

All nāgas, you are summoned! With minds of
loving-kindness, generating the preliminary mind of awakening:

nara nara niri niri nuru nuru svāhā

All you great powerful mahoragas with a thousand different crooked heads, red heads, and red eyes, you are summoned! Hey,
hey, you great slitherers, remember the tathāgatas, who possess supreme compassion, blaze with the splendor of all merit, and are free
from the afflictions!

gaṭa gaṭa giṭi giṭi guṭu guṭu svāhā

All you powerful vanquishers, endowed with unobstructed brilliance, send down rainfall here in the continent of
Jambudvīpa!

śara śara śiri śiri śuru śuru svāhā

Hey, hey, great nāgas, remember your own families and your paternal lineages, and without delay, through the blessings of the
verity of all gods, send down flowing rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Through the blessings of the verity of Brahmā, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

By the verity of Śakra, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

By the verity of the Four Great Kings, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of the eight ones, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of the stream enterers, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of the once-returners, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of the non-returners, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of the worthy ones, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of the pratyekabuddhas, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity of all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa,
svāhā.

Great nāgas, by the verity and blessings of all the tathāgatas, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa,
svāhā.

By the verity of all gods, pacify all harm, svāhā.

By the verity of all nāgas, send rainfall down here to the great earth, svāhā.

By the verity of all yakṣas, protect all sentient beings, svāhā.

By the verity of all gandharvas, remove all conflict and harm among people, svāhā.

By the verity of all asuras, turn back all malignant constellations, svāhā.

By the verity of all garuḍas, make all the nāgas act with loving-kindness and send down a great flow of rainfall here in the
continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

By the verity of all kinnaras, pacify all evil and satisfy all sentient beings, svāhā.

By the verity of all mahoragas, send down a broad and vast flow of rainfall and seize the five hindrances to rainfall,
svāhā.

By the verity of all humans, completely protect all people, svāhā.

kara kara kiri kiri kuru kuru dara dara diri diri duru duru naṭa naṭa niṭi niṭi nuṭu
nuṭu

Lady Swift Departure, Lady Bearer of Great Clouds’ Water, Lady Possessed of Clouds, Lady Possessed of Great Clouds, Lady
Great Cloud Water Bearer, Lady Bright Cloud, Lady Cloud Born, Lady Seasonal Cloud, Lady Cloud Source, Lady Cloud Roar, Lady Cloud Dweller, Lady with a Cloud Crown, Lady Cloud Garland
Wearer, Lady Adorned by Clouds, Lady Cloud Mount, Lady Cloud Home, Cloud Essence, Cloud Locks, Cloud Light, Having a
Retinue of Clouds, Lady Who Abides in Vast Clouds, Lady Holding Clouds as Offerings, Lady Bringing Harvest, Lady Mountain Dweller, Nāga
Mother Bhagavatī, Great Cloud with the Glorious Color of Stars, Lady Cool, Lady Whose Domain Is a Great Storm, Lady Who Manifests the Great Nāgas, Bhagavatī, Lady Who Holds the Six
Extracted Essences—by the verity of the Buddha, please send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

ghara ghara ghiri ghiri ghuru ghuru ghiriṇi ghiriṇi ghuma ghuma ghuma ghuma ghuma ghuma ghuma ghuma ghumari

Lady Endowed with Nine Heads, Lady Endowed with a Great Cloud Garland, Lady with a Garland of Lightning, Lady Who Holds All
Slitherers, Lady Wearing Cloud-Like Raiment, Lady with the Domain of All Strong Poisons, Lady Mounted on Arrayed Clouds, Lady Dragon’s
Roar, Lady Roar, Lady Who Incites Nāgas, Goddess Possessing a Garland of Great Clouds—exhort all the nāgas, saying, ‘Without delay,
through the blessings of the Tathāgata, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa,’ svāhā.

yara yara yiri yiri yuru yuru jara jara jiri jiri juru juru jhara jhara gutu gutu
gugutu gaṭa gaṭa giṭi giṭi hara hara hili hili mulu mulu tala tala tili tili tulu tulu hana hana daha daha paca paca gṛhṇa gṛhṇa marda
marda pramarda pravarśa vignan maitreya ājñāpayati svāhā

buddhe buddhe bubuddhe subuddhe hara pāpana sarva satvānān adhiṣṭhayapuṇyama sarva
buddhanān dharini dhare śubhamate guṇāgraprāpane mahājñānolake śukladharme sadyapratijñā mahāyānādhyuṣite lokajyeṣṭhabhagavati
buddhamaitreyayuvuraya sarva kṣetrāni śukleśvetvama paradāre panaṭaravasini dhudhure dhudhuru śama śama śāntamānase

May you completely clear away all hindrances to rainfall, svāhā.

By the verity of all the tathāgatas of the three times, who engage in perfect conduct with minds of loving-kindness and
possess flawless minds of austerity, we exhort all the great nāgas.

Great nāga king Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the
continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga kings Nanda and Upananda, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Sāgara, we exhort you— send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Anavatapta, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Manasvin, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Varuṇa, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Takṣaka, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Vāsuki, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Mucilinda, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Airāvaṇa, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Nuta, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Śrītejas, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Śrībhadra, we exhort you—send
down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Vidyunmālin, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Mahāmaṇicūḍa, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Cūḍāmaṇidhara, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

Great nāga king Avabhāsanaśikhin, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

These and all other nāga kings, we exhort you—send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

nāge nāge mahānāge ghoramānase nāgahṛdaya dhuma kule ugraroṣe pracaṇḍatejo viṣogre āśāviśe atighore kṛṣṇapiṇgale canacale
lolajihve mahāphanakare kālapāśe raudravāsani ṭuṭumāve ghaṇa ghaṇa śikhini kaṇa kaṇa gaṇa gaṇa mahāgaṇagaṇe para para piri piri puru
puru visphurjane bhuru bhuru mahābhoge maṇidhari phiri phiri phuru phuru phara phara varṣa varṣa jalāmbudhare ṣambu ṣambu vataḍutampe
dhud dhud dhud dhumve meghaprabhe meghavātine ḍhaka ḍhaka ḍhaka ḍhu ḍhumve ghaṇā ghaṇā śikini kana kana gaṇa gaṇa mahānāgagane
nirātraṇya vajra dakāri mahānāgādhivataye ghuma ghuma ghuma payāstika jāṅgārighujaṃśame pikatasaṅkate ghoravisphurjani
vijṛmabhante

All nāgas, you are summoned. Through the blessings of all buddhas and the word and minds of loving-kindness of all the
tathāgatas of the three times, send down rainfall here in the continent of Jambudvīpa, svāhā.

namaḥ sarvabuddhebhyaḥ sidhyantu mantrapadāni svāhā”

From the hundred thousand lines of the noble Mahāyāna sūtra “The Great Cloud,” this is the sixty-fourth chapter, entitled “The Array of Winds That Send Down Rainfall.”

Ritual Procedure

One who desires to produce a great rainfall should
first go to an open, clean area and erect a blue canopy, decorating it with blue pennants. The Dharma practitioner should bathe their body, abide by the eightfold precepts, and don clean blue
garments. Having anointed themselves with pleasant-smelling incense, they should consume the three white foods and seat themselves upon a
blue cushion, facing east. After supplicating all the tathāgatas, they should read aloud this chapter on the array of winds from The Great Cloud, day and night without interruption.

They should set out four vases filled with blue water, together with as much offering cakes, incense, and flowers as they can
gather. The Dharma practitioner should then use liquified cow dung to draw figures in the four directions. In the eastern direction they should use cow dung to draw a three-headed nāga
king, three cubits tall, with a retinue of various nāga attendants. In the southern direction they should draw a five-headed nāga king,
five cubits tall, with a retinue of various nāga attendants. In the western direction they should draw a seven-headed nāga king, seven
cubits tall, with a retinue of various nāga attendants. In the northern direction they should draw a nine-headed nāga king, nine cubits
tall, with a retinue of various nāga attendants. The Dharma practitioner should guard their own body, abiding in loving-kindness, and
establish an attitude of compassion toward all sentient beings. Then, they should supplicate all the buddhas and bodhisattvas and share
the virtuous roots with the nāgas. This is the ritual procedure.

If one reads aloud this chapter on the array of winds from The Great Cloud during a time of
drought, then within one full day, two full days, or up to seven full days, it is certain that rain will fall. The ocean may recede with
the tides, but this ritual for bringing rainfall, the speech of the Great Sage, will never change. That being the case, however, one must
abide in discipline and virtuous qualities and abandon lax discipline, meat, fish, and the like. One should consume rice gruel, curds,
milk, rice with sugar, the three sweets, and so forth. In this fashion, the ritual will be successful. As this was
spoken by the King of Sages, there should be no doubts about this.

From the noble Mahāyāna sūtra “The Great Cloud,” this is the sixty-fourth chapter “The Array
of Winds That Send Down Rainfall” together with its ritual manual.

Colophon

Translated, revised, and finalized according to the new terminology by the Indian preceptors Jinamitra and Śīlendrabodhi and
the great editor-translator Bandé Yeshé Dé.

Notes

Bibliography

three white foods

dkar gsum
དཀར་གསུམ།

three sweets

mngar gsum
མངར་གསུམ།

ten precious jewels

rin po che bcu
རིན་པོ་ཆེ་བཅུ།

five obstacles to rainfall

char pa’i bar chad byed pa lnga
ཆར་པའི་བར་ཆད་བྱེད་པ་ལྔ།

Nuta

nu ta
ནུ་ཏ།

Precious Jewel Crest

gtsug na nor bu rin po che
གཙུག་ན་ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།

Noble Intelligence

dpal gyi blo gros
དཔལ་གྱི་བློ་གྲོས།

All Illuminating

kun tu snang
ཀུན་ཏུ་སྣང་།

Mahābala
mahābala

Soarer

’phur lding
འཕུར་ལྡིང་།

Elephant’s Trunk

glang chen sna
གླང་ཆེན་སྣ།

Kambala
kambala

Suvarṇakeśa
suvarṇakeśa

Gaveśīrṣa
gaveśīrṣa

Toad

sbal pa
སྦལ་པ།

Saṃhatana
saṃhatana

Padmaka

pad ma ka
པད་མ་ཀ

Victorious Chariot

shing rtas rgyal
ཤིང་རྟས་རྒྱལ།

Vitara

bi ta ra
བི་ཏ་ར།

Fierce

gtum po
གཏུམ་པོ།

Great Water-Giver

chu sbyin chen po
ཆུ་སྦྱིན་ཆེན་པོ།

Earth Vase

sa’i bum pa
སའི་བུམ་པ།

Completely Quaking

rnam par g.yo
རྣམ་པར་གཡོ།

Deceiver

yon po
ཡོན་པོ།

Water-Holding Cloud

sprin gyi chu ’dzin
སྤྲིན་གྱི་ཆུ་འཛིན།

Splendor of Glorious Clouds

dpal ldan sprin gyi gzi brjid
དཔལ་ལྡན་སྤྲིན་གྱི་གཟི་བརྗིད།

Great Cloud Arising

sprin chen ’byung
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་འབྱུང་།

Cloud That Vanquishes All Arrays of Wind

rlung gi dkyil ’khor thams cad rnam par ’joms pa’i sprin
རླུང་གི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་ཐམས་ཅད་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས་པའི་སྤྲིན།

Unfathomable Space

mkha’ dpag med
མཁའ་དཔག་མེད།

Great Cloud’s Host of Blazing Lightning

sprin chen po’i glog ’bar ba’i tshogs
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་པོའི་གློག་འབར་བའི་ཚོགས།

Powerful Great Cloud Hero

sprin chen mthu rtsal dpa’ bo
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་མཐུ་རྩལ་དཔའ་བོ།

Beautiful Cloud

sprin mdzes
སྤྲིན་མཛེས།

Great Thick Cloud

sprin stug chen po
སྤྲིན་སྟུག་ཆེན་པོ།

Great Multitude of Clouds

sprin gyi dkyil ’khor chen po
སྤྲིན་གྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་ཆེན་པོ།

Cloud Light

sprin gyi ’od
སྤྲིན་གྱི་འོད།

Great Cloud Lion

sprin chen seng ge
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་སེང་གེ

Great Cloud Parasol

sprin chen gdugs
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་གདུགས།

Pleasant Appearance Great Cloud

blta sdug sprin chen
བལྟ་སྡུག་སྤྲིན་ཆེན།

Filled with Great Clouds

sprin chen pos khebs pa
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་པོས་ཁེབས་པ།

Resounding of the Drum Tones Pervading All Ten Directions of the Brilliant Maṇḍala Arisen from Clouds

sprin las byung ba snang bar byed pa’i dkyil ’khor phyogs bcu mtho ’gebs rnga’i sgra dbyangs shin tu rab sgrogs
སྤྲིན་ལས་བྱུང་བ་སྣང་བར་བྱེད་པའི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་ཕྱོགས་བཅུ་མཐོ་འགེབས་རྔའི་སྒྲ་དབྱངས་ཤིན་ཏུ་རབ་སྒྲོགས།

Great Cooling Cloud’s Deep Roar That Vanquishes Unhappiness

sprin chen bsil ’byung mi dga’ rab ’joms sgra zab sgrogs pa
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་བསིལ་འབྱུང་མི་དགའ་རབ་འཇོམས་སྒྲ་ཟབ་སྒྲོགས་པ།

Expansive Great Cloud

sprin chen bdal
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་བདལ།

Ganges Water Cloud

gang gA’i chu sprin
གང་གཱའི་ཆུ་སྤྲིན།

Powerful Cloud-Like Hero

rtsal gyis sprin ltar dpa’ bo
རྩལ་གྱིས་སྤྲིན་ལྟར་དཔའ་བོ།

Dragon’s Roar Resounding

’brug sgra bsgrags
འབྲུག་སྒྲ་བསྒྲགས།

Display of All Clouds

sprin kun du ston
སྤྲིན་ཀུན་དུ་སྟོན།

Great Cloud Expanse

sprin rgya chen
སྤྲིན་རྒྱ་ཆེན།

Dripping Cloud

sprin ’dzag
སྤྲིན་འཛག

Cloud-Like Resounding

sprin ltar rnam par sgrogs
སྤྲིན་ལྟར་རྣམ་པར་སྒྲོགས།

Cloud-Like Exaltation

sprin ltar ’phags
སྤྲིན་ལྟར་འཕགས།

Wearing Cloud-Like Garments

sprin lta bu’i na bza’ mnabs pa
སྤྲིན་ལྟ་བུའི་ན་བཟའ་མནབས་པ།

Cloud-Born Harvest

sprin gyis lo tog skyed
སྤྲིན་གྱིས་ལོ་ཏོག་སྐྱེད།

Abiding in the Cloud Abode

sprin gyi gnas la gnas pa
སྤྲིན་གྱི་གནས་ལ་གནས་པ།

Rain Cloud

char sprin gyi sprin
ཆར་སྤྲིན་གྱི་སྤྲིན།

Cloud Gatherer

sprin ’du bar mdzad
སྤྲིན་འདུ་བར་མཛད།

Abundant Clouds

sprin rnam par rgyas
སྤྲིན་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱས།

Great Cloud Utpala

sprin chen ud pa la
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་ཨུད་པ་ལ།

Great Cloud Incense Body

spos kyi sku
སྤོས་ཀྱི་སྐུ།

Great Cloud Exaltation

sprin chen ’phags
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་འཕགས།

Great Cloud Lord

sprin chen dbang phyug
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་དབང་ཕྱུག

Great Cloud Illuminator

sprin chen ’od mdzad
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་འོད་མཛད།

Great Cloud Bestowal

sprin chen byin
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་བྱིན།

Like a Cloud of Great Precious Jewels

nor bu rin po che chen po'i sprin lta bu
ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཆེན་པོའི་སྤྲིན་ལྟ་བུ།

Cloud-Like Victory

sprin ltar rnam par ’joms pa
སྤྲིན་ལྟར་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས་པ།

Cloud River

sprin gyi chu bo
སྤྲིན་གྱི་ཆུ་བོ།

Collected Clouds

sprin sdud
སྤྲིན་སྡུད།

Vanquishing Untimely Clouds and Lightning

dus ma yin pa’i sprin dang lce ’bab pa rnam par ’joms pa
དུས་མ་ཡིན་པའི་སྤྲིན་དང་ལྕེ་འབབ་པ་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས་པ།

Great Cloud-Like Vision Appearing and Resounding in Space

sprin chen po ltar nam mkha’ mthong nas bsgrags pa
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་པོ་ལྟར་ནམ་མཁའ་མཐོང་ནས་བསྒྲགས་པ།

Great Cloud Emitting Sound

sprin chen sgra ’byin
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་སྒྲ་འབྱིན།

Great Cloud Producing Rainfall

sprin chen char chu skyes
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་ཆར་ཆུ་སྐྱེས།

Cloud Fulfilling Equanimity’s Splendor

snyoms pa’i gzi brjid sgrub pa’i sprin
སྙོམས་པའི་གཟི་བརྗིད་སྒྲུབ་པའི་སྤྲིན།

Cloud’s Great Water Endowed with Six Flavors

ro bro ba drug dang ldan pa’i chu chen po’i sprin
རོ་བྲོ་བ་དྲུག་དང་ལྡན་པའི་ཆུ་ཆེན་པོའི་སྤྲིན།

Great Cloud Spray

chu ’thor sprin chen
ཆུ་འཐོར་སྤྲིན་ཆེན།

Great Clouds Filling the Ocean

sprin chen rgya mtsho ’gengs
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་འགེངས།

Complete Cloud Coverage in Times of Drought

char mi ’bab pa na sprin gyis kun du ’gebs pa
ཆར་མི་འབབ་པ་ན་སྤྲིན་གྱིས་ཀུན་དུ་འགེབས་པ།

Infinite Cloud Forms

sprin gzugs mtha’ yas
སྤྲིན་གཟུགས་མཐའ་ཡས།

Lady Swift Departure

shin tu mgyogs par bzhud ma
ཤིན་ཏུ་མགྱོགས་པར་བཞུད་མ།

Lady Bearer of Great Clouds’ Water

sprin chen po’i chu ’dzin ma
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་པོའི་ཆུ་འཛིན་མ།

Lady Possessed of Clouds

sprin ldan ma
སྤྲིན་ལྡན་མ།

Lady Possessed of Great Clouds

sprin chen ldan ma
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་ལྡན་མ།

Lady Great Cloud Water Bearer

sprin chen chu ’dzin
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་ཆུ་འཛིན།

Lady Bright Cloud

sprin gsal ma
སྤྲིན་གསལ་མ།

Lady Cloud Born

sprin ’byung ma
སྤྲིན་འབྱུང་མ།

Lady Seasonal Cloud

dus sprin ma
དུས་སྤྲིན་མ།

Lady Cloud Source

sprin gyi ’byung gnas ma
སྤྲིན་གྱི་འབྱུང་གནས་མ།

Lady Cloud Roar

sprin sgrogs ma
སྤྲིན་སྒྲོགས་མ།

Lady Cloud Dweller

sprin bzhugs ma
སྤྲིན་བཞུགས་མ།

Lady with a Cloud Crown

sprin gyi cod pan ldan ma
སྤྲིན་གྱི་ཅོད་པན་ལྡན་མ།

Lady Cloud Garland Wearer

sprin gyi phreng ba mnga’ ma
སྤྲིན་གྱི་ཕྲེང་བ་མངའ་མ།

Lady Adorned by Clouds

sprin gyis rnam par brgyan ma
སྤྲིན་གྱིས་རྣམ་པར་བརྒྱན་མ།

Lady Cloud Mount

sprin bcibs ma
སྤྲིན་བཅིབས་མ།

Lady Cloud Home

sprin la gnas bcas ma
སྤྲིན་ལ་གནས་བཅས་མ།

Cloud Essence

sprin gyi snying po
སྤྲིན་གྱི་སྙིང་པོ།

Cloud Locks

sprin gyi ral pa can
སྤྲིན་གྱི་རལ་པ་ཅན།

Cloud Light

sprin ’od
སྤྲིན་འོད།

Having a Retinue of Clouds

sprin gyi ’khor ldan
སྤྲིན་གྱི་འཁོར་ལྡན།

Lady Who Abides in Vast Clouds

rgya chen sprin bzhugs ma
རྒྱ་ཆེན་སྤྲིན་བཞུགས་མ།

Lady Holding Clouds as Offerings

mchod phyir sprin thogs ma
མཆོད་ཕྱིར་སྤྲིན་ཐོགས་མ།

Lady Bringing Harvest

lo thog ’ongs sgrub ma
ལོ་ཐོག་འོངས་སྒྲུབ་མ།

Lady Mountain Dweller

ri sul na bzhugs ma
རི་སུལ་ན་བཞུགས་མ།

Nāga Mother Bhagavatī

klu’i yum bcom ldan ’das ma
ཀླུའི་ཡུམ་བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ།

Great Cloud with the Glorious Color of Stars

sprin chen dpal ldan skar mdog can
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་དཔལ་ལྡན་སྐར་མདོག་ཅན།

Lady Cool

bsil reg ma
བསིལ་རེག་མ།

Lady Whose Domain Is a Great Storm

tshub ma chen po spyod yul ma
ཚུབ་མ་ཆེན་པོ་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་མ།

Lady Who Manifests the Great Nāgas

klu chen rnam par rol mdzad ma
ཀླུ་ཆེན་རྣམ་པར་རོལ་མཛད་མ།

Bhagavatī

bcom ldan ’das ma
བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ།

Lady Who Holds the Six Extracted Essences

pon tra bcud kyis len drug ’dzin ma
པོན་ཏྲ་བཅུད་ཀྱིས་ལེན་དྲུག་འཛིན་མ།

Lady Endowed with Nine Heads

dbu dgu dang ldan ma
དབུ་དགུ་དང་ལྡན་མ།

Lady Endowed with a Great Cloud Garland

sprin chen phreng ldan ma
སྤྲིན་ཆེན་ཕྲེང་ལྡན་མ།

Lady with a Garland of Lightning

klog tshogs phreng ldan ma
ཀློག་ཚོགས་ཕྲེང་ལྡན་མ།

Lady Who Holds All Slitherers

lag gis ’gro thams cad ’dzin ma
ལག་གིས་འགྲོ་ཐམས་ཅད་འཛིན་མ།

Lady Wearing Cloud-Like Raiment

sprin lta bu’i na bza’ man bsam
སྤྲིན་ལྟ་བུའི་ན་བཟའ་མན་བསམ།

Lady with the Domain of All Strong Poisons

dug drag po thams cad spyod yul ma
དུག་དྲག་པོ་ཐམས་ཅད་སྤྱོད་ཡུལ་མ།

Lady Mounted on Arrayed Clouds

sprin bkod pa la bcibs ma
སྤྲིན་བཀོད་པ་ལ་བཅིབས་མ།

Lady Dragon’s Roar

’brug sgrogs ma
འབྲུག་སྒྲོགས་མ།

Lady Roar

sgra sgrogs ma
སྒྲ་སྒྲོགས་མ།

Lady Who Incites Nāgas

klu’i tshogs la skul ma
ཀླུའི་ཚོགས་ལ་སྐུལ་མ།

Goddess Possessing a Garland of Great Clouds

lha mo sprin chen phreng ldan ma
ལྷ་མོ་སྤྲིན་ཆེན་ཕྲེང་ལྡན་མ།

Anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja
anantaparikarasāgarameghavyūhatejomaṇḍalachartākārarāja
rgya mtsho’i sprin bkod pa’i gzi brjid kyi dkyil ’khor gdugs lta bu’i rgyal po
རྒྱ་མཚོའི་སྤྲིན་བཀོད་པའི་གཟི་བརྗིད་ཀྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་གདུགས་ལྟ་བུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ།

Jambu river

’dzam bu’i chu bo
འཛམ་བུའི་ཆུ་བོ།

nāga