Then the Bhagavat said to the virtuous goddess who is the goddess of the Bodhi tree, “Now know this, Goddess Śrī, you should listen well and remember this praise of the buddhas and purification through regret that came as a loud sound from a golden drum that was seen in the bodhisattva’s dream at night.

“In the past, there was a king by the name of Lord of Golden Nāgas, who always praised and extolled the buddhas in the ten directions and three times as being like a red lotus.”

He then recited these verses of praise to the multitude:

“ ‘Those jinas who have appeared in the past, And the jinas present in the ten directions, I pay homage to all those jinas And I praise all those jinas.

“ ‘A lord of munis is peaceful, totally peaceful, and pure. His body shines with a golden color. A buddha’s voice is the most melodious of all voices, Speech that resounds like the voice of Brahmā.

“ ‘He has hair like a bee, a peacock, and ink, With blue curls, like the blue jaybird. His teeth are as white as snow or a conch And always shining as if adorned by gold.

“ ‘His eyes are blue, wide, and perfectly stainless; They are like blue lotuses in blossom. His broad, excellent tongue is the color of a red lotus— It is like a lotus, a shining lotus blossom.

“ ‘Between the eyebrows, the ūrṇā hair is the color of a conch or lotus root. It curls to the right and is the color of a white beryl. It is like a crescent moon, a sliver of the moon. The protector Muni’s body shines like a carpenter bee.

“ ‘His face has a bright and prominent nose That is smooth, excellent, and like a golden staff— A perfect, sublime, noble, supreme nose, The always smooth nose of all the jinas.

“ ‘From each and every pore there Rises a hair that curls to the right, Growing as a dark blue curl, Blue and adorning, like a peacock’s neck.

“ ‘As soon as he was born, his body shone, Filling all worlds in the ten directions with light, Ending the endless sufferings in the three worlds, And satisfying beings with every happiness.

“ ‘He created an accumulation of all happiness For the beings in the hells, the animals, The pretas, devas, and human beings, And brought to an end all lower existences.

“ ‘His excellent color is beautiful like gold; His body resembles purified gold. The Sugata’s face is like a stainless moon; It is a beautiful and stainless face.

“ ‘His smooth body has limbs that are like a youth’s. He walks and strides like a supreme lion. His powerful arms hang down very long Like vines on a sal tree moved by the breeze.

“ ‘He shines light rays as a fathom-wide aura; He is as bright as a thousand suns. The stainless body of the lord of munis Illuminates all of the infinite realms.

“ ‘He is shining with light, like the moon In endless hundreds of thousands of realms. All of their lights cease to be because They are brightly illuminated by the Buddha.

“ ‘The sun of the Buddha is the lamp of the world. The Buddha’s sun is like a hundred thousand suns, And within hundreds of thousands of realms Beings can see the sun of the Tathāgata.

“ ‘His body is formed from a hundred thousand merits. His body is adorned by all good qualities. The Jina’s arms are like the trunk of an elephant king. His supreme hands and feet are stainless and shining.

“ ‘The buddhas who have been are as numerous as particles, As numerous as the dust on the surface of the earth; Those who will appear, who are as numerous as the smallest particles, And those who are present, who are as numerous as the smallest particles,

“ ‘To those jinas I pay homage In pure faith, with body and speech, Offering flowers and offering perfumes With a hundred colors and a virtuous mind.

“ ‘I could not describe those qualities of the jinas In a thousand eons with a hundred tongues. The virtues that the jinas have perfected Are a numerous variety of supreme essences.

“ ‘With a thousand tongues I could not describe Even a little of the qualities of a single jina, Let alone the qualities of all the jinas. For just a single quality there would be a vast teaching.

“ ‘If the world and its paradises became an ocean And up to the summit of existence became filled with water, It would be possible to measure that with the tip of a hair, But one could not measure a single quality of the sugatas.

“ ‘Whatever supreme results of merit I have accumulated Through all my teaching, praises, and offerings With faith, and with my body, speech, and mind, Through that may beings attain buddhahood.’

“The king thus praised the Buddha, And then the king made this prayer: ‘Wherever I am reborn, Throughout endless future eons,

“ ‘May I see a dream of such a drum; There, may I hear this kind of confession; And may I obtain in those hundreds of lifetimes A praise of the jinas like this Source of Lotuses.

“ ‘May I hear in a dream of those Infinite, unequaled qualities of the buddhas, Which are rare even in a thousand eons, And then teach them in the day.

“ ‘May I free beings from the ocean of suffering. May I complete the six perfections And afterward attain the highest enlightenment, And may I attain a realm without equal.

“ ‘Through the ripened result of offering a drum, And through the cause that is praising the jinas, May I directly see the Śākya lord of munis, And may I attain there the prophecy of my buddhahood.

“ ‘May these who are my two sons— Kanakendra and Kanakaprabhāsvara— May these two youths also attain there The prophecy of their highest enlightenment.

“ ‘May those beings who have no savior or defender, Who are without a protector and are suffering, Throughout all future eons Have saviors, defenders, and protectors.

“ ‘May the sources of all suffering come to an end, And may there be the sources of all happiness. May I have the conduct of enlightenment in future eons, Which are as numerous as the eons of the past.

“ ‘Through The Sublime Golden Light confession, May my ocean of bad actions dry up, May I be purified of my ocean of karma, [And may my ocean of kleśas cease to exist.]

“ ‘May my ocean of merit become complete. May my ocean of wisdom be pure. Through the power of the light of stainless wisdom, May there be an ocean of all qualities.

“ ‘May the precious qualities of enlightenment be complete. May I attain the radiance of merit through The power of The Sublime Golden Light confession. May I attain this pure enlightenment.

“ ‘Through the sublime light of stainless wisdom, May I obtain the light from my body. Through the light of my merit being bright, May I become the lord of all three worlds.

“ ‘May I always have the power of merit. May I be liberated from the ocean of suffering And practice enlightened conduct in future eons With every ocean-like happiness.

“ ‘May I, in a future time, attain A realm that possesses infinite qualities, Just like the supreme realms in the three worlds That have existed throughout the past, That possessed all the infinite qualities of the jinas.’

“Goddess Śrī, you should know That King Lord of Golden Nāgas, Who experienced giving rise to this prayer, Has now taken birth as you.

“Those two sons in that past time, Kanakendra and Kanakaprabhāsvara, Are now Rūpyaketu and Rūpyaprabha, And they have received their prophecy from me.”

All that gathered multitude, on hearing that teaching, developed the enlightenment mind and said that now and in the future they would practice this purity through regret and make the prayer.

All developed the aspiration to enlightenment.

“May we now and in all future times Always make this confession!”