The following text is taken from the precious translation of Bsam-gtan-glin-pa Phrin-las-'gro-'dul-las-rab "The lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava", translated to English by Lama chonam Bsam Gtan and Sangye khandro. You can find it on Google : www.wisdom-books.com
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on to Mandarava
E ma ho!
In the previous a eon of Bhaskara,
As the daughter of King Indradeva known as Pandaravasini
She trained on the path to abandon samsara and actualize
Buddhahood.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Later in the a eon known as Ratnavistirna,
She was born into the holy caste as the princess Natyendri.
Suryagarbha and his entire kingdom were placed
on the path of Dharma.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the bright A eon of Buddha Kanakamuni’s revelation of the doctrine,
With the blessing of the Buddha’s of the three times,
She naturally emanated the five embodiments as manifestations in
The five continents to tame the minds of beings.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Born as a princess of the god Brahma and consort,
she was known as Øzer Nangyen.
All the people of the kingdom of Kanika, in India, were placed
on the path of Dharma.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
By the blessing of the aryas, in the land of Damaru,
She was born from a lotus and summoned Hayagriva as her aid.
Through peaceful and wrathful means the kingdom was turned to
the path of virtue.
To the feet of Mandarava, I pray!
In the abode of the god Indra, in the land of Kangkari,
She was the mother of the Buddha Dampa Togkar, and she
tamed the hordes of demigods.
She was famed for her subjugation of the entire country, which
was transformed to the path of the Buddha.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the subterranean region at the peak of the jewel mountain,
she manifested as a nagini to cure all rampant diseases among nagas.
Known as Dharmindra, she placed all the nagas on the path to
enlightenment!
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the presence of Buddha Kashyapa,
She generated the bodhicitta and emanated as the daughter of
King Sukhapala named Shri Sagara.
She was responsible for the perfect enlightenment of one
hundred thousand nuns.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
During the time of Shakyamuni Buddha,
She manifested herself twenty-five times; her further emanations
are utterly inconceivable,
Such a one opening the door to the path of the secret mantra,
vehicle.
To the feet of Mandarava, I pray!
Then, in the western paradise of Sukhavati,
Here a million manifestations reveal the secret mantra;
her dakini emanation appears with each of them!
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Light from the five places of the supreme consort Pandaravasini
Radiated into all the paradises to become the manifestations of the
five dakinis of the sphere of truth.
Blessing and empowering the syllable 'hrih'
this light emanated
into the land of Zahor.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Through her miraculous powers, her father and mother, the king
and queen, had astonishing indications in their dreams.
In the male wood-horse year, on the tenth day of the month,
She was born and immediately recited the sounds of the vowels
and consonants!
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
At the very moment of birth, she prostrated to her parents to
repay their kindness,
and sang a pleasing song for all who had gathered.
The gods came to bathe her, and her fame encompassed
this world.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Seeing the suffering of birth, old age, sickness, and death, she felt
Deep repulsion,
Her mind turned from samsara, and became well-trained
in the five sciences of the holy Dharma.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the land of Gautala, in accordance with the prophecies of
Master Drime and Vajravarahi, she debated the heretic Kyabsel.
She defeated and subjugated all heretics at that time.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the land of Zahor, she brought three hundred women to the path
and transformed the suffering of the king and queen at the death
of Prince Palde.
She discovered the flesh of the holy sage, which became the chief
object of the people’s devotion.
To the feet of Mandarava I supplicate!
She reconciled Bheta and Zahor, ending their war.
In accordance with the prophecy of Pandaravasini, she brought
her entourage to the Dharma.
She generated fervent prayers to remain in samsara for the welfare
of others.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Meeting with the king, she discussed the requests for her hand in
marriage from the royal suitors of every direction.
Without attachment to samsara, she received a prophecy from
Vajrasattva,
Skilfully escaping; she took the vows of ordination before the
Abbot preceptor.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Thoroughly investigating the scriptures, she studied the Tripitaka,
and in the pleasure grove, she taught the Dharma to her five
hundred attendants.
She received prophecy directly from the emanation of
Guru Padmasambhava.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Arriving in the flower garden, she actually met face to face with
the guru.
When she invited him to her palace to teach the Dharma,
a wandering cowherd took notice.
Rumors ensued, and the king took action to punish them.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Despite the king and queens attempt to burn the Guru Padmasambhava alive he revealed his miraculous powers. The king and ministers were filled with deep remorse. The guru stayed with the king and queen, at which time the king formally offered Mandarava as the consort for the guru of Oddiyana.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
All the males in the land of Oddiyana became disciples of
the guru;
And Mandarava revealed the Dharma to all the females, who
achieved liberation.
She reached perfect maturity through receiving the master’s
pointing-out instructions.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Receiving the profound Dharma of indication,
She went to the Maratika cave together with the guru
and truly accomplished the deathless state of becoming an
immortal pure awareness holder.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the land of Kotala, she tamed the beings through miraculous means
and achieved great victory over the magic of the heretics.
In the charnel ground of Yongdu, she placed the hordes of
obstructers under oath.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In accordance with the prophecy of Padmasambhava,
She went to the land of Chamara, where she placed the entire male
and female cannibals upon the Dharma path.
They accomplished the rainbow body, and the entire country
was emptied!
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In Ngampatsal and the eight great countries,
And in Kailadrog and the eight minor power places, she revealed eight major and minor miraculous, enlightened physical deeds.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Then the Guru Padmasambhava and consort went together to the land of Oddiyana to banish all perverted views through
skillful means.
They turned the wheel of Dharma, and everyone was liberated in the rainbow- light body.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In accordance with the prophecy of the guru.
She went to Shambala and, with her great skilful means, tamed beings in twenty five paradises.
One million, three hundred thousand fortunate disciples were liberated to the rainbow body.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Then she travelled to the peak of the highest mountain in Bheche, India.
Where all remaining transmissions, without exception were given.
She manifested herself as two utpal flowers of white and red –one in Tibet and one in Nepal.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Dissolving in the expanse of space like a rainbow, without remains.
She departed to the Akaniska Paradise of Padmavyuha.
She transformed into the embodiment of the supreme consort, the primordial wisdom dakini.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
Together with nine hundred pure awareness holder disciples.
After dissolving into a rainbow body, she manifested herself once again for the benefit of others.
Mandarava emanated unceasingly, manifesting herself as a dakini to tame the minds of beings in every essential way.
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!
In the realm of Great Bliss, she is known as the secret wisdom consort of Pandaravasini, in the realm of Khechari as Natyendri and in the realm of Zahor, as Dungmen Karmo
To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate!