Even the Flesh-Eating Kings Bow
The king's samādhi ripples outward from nāgas and heavenly kings to the elephant-king Airāvata, and finally reaches the beings this pilgrimage has never redeemed before — rākṣasa, yakṣa, kumbhāṇḍa, and piśāca kings who drink blood and devour flesh, transformed all at once into beings of loving-kindness.
Nāgas, Heavenly Kings, and Airāvata
The sky itself becomes an offering — nāga kings raise fragrant clouds, ten thousand heavenly kings fill the air with music, and the great elephant-king Airāvata spreads out lotus thrones and ornaments formed entirely of jewels.
十千龍王起大香雲，激電震雷，注微細雨。有十千天王，所謂：忉利天王、夜摩天王、兜率陀天王、善變化天王、他化自在天王……如是等而為上首，於虛空中作眾妓樂。無數天女歌詠讚歎，雨無數華雲、無數香雲、無數寶鬘雲、無數寶衣雲、無數寶蓋雲、無數寶幢雲、無數寶幡雲，於虛空中而為莊嚴，供養其王。伊羅婆拏大象王，以自在力，於虛空中敷布無數大寶蓮華，垂無數寶瓔珞、無數寶繒帶、無數寶鬘、無數寶嚴具、無數寶華、無數寶香，種種奇妙以為嚴飾，無數采女種種歌讚。
Ten thousand nāga kings raised great clouds of fragrance, flashing lightning and rolling thunder, and let fall a fine rain. There were ten thousand heavenly kings, namely: the king of the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, the king of the Yāma heaven, the king of the Tuṣita heaven, the king of the Nirmāṇarati heaven, the king of the Paranirmita-vaśavartin heaven... and others such as these as their foremost, making every kind of music in the open sky. Countless heavenly maidens sang songs of praise, and rained down countless clouds of flowers, countless clouds of fragrance, countless clouds of jeweled garlands, countless clouds of jeweled garments, countless clouds of jeweled canopies, countless clouds of jeweled banners, and countless clouds of jeweled pennants, adorning the open sky and making offerings to the king. The great elephant-king Airāvata, through his own sovereign power, spread out countless great jeweled lotus flowers in the open sky, and let hang down countless jeweled necklaces, countless jeweled silken sashes, countless jeweled garlands, countless jeweled ornaments, countless jeweled flowers, and countless jeweled incenses, adorned throughout with every kind of marvel, while countless serving maidens sang every kind of song of praise.
Blood-Drinking Kings, Transformed
The samādhi's reach goes furthest here — beings whose very nature is to drink blood and devour flesh give rise to loving-kindness and bow before the king, and the text insists the same transformation occurs across every world without exception.
閻浮提內復有無量百千萬億諸羅剎王、諸夜叉王、鳩槃荼王、毘舍闍王，或住大海，或居陸地，飲血噉肉，殘害眾生；皆起慈心，願行利益，明識後世，不造諸惡；恭敬合掌，頂禮於王。如閻浮提，餘三天下，乃至三千大千世界，乃至十方百千萬億那由他世界中，所有一切毒惡眾生悉亦如是。
Within Jambudvīpa there were, further, measureless hundreds of thousands of millions of rākṣasa kings, yakṣa kings, kumbhāṇḍa kings, and piśāca kings, some dwelling in the great ocean, some dwelling on land, who drink blood and devour flesh, harming and killing beings; all of them gave rise to a mind of loving-kindness, resolved to act for the benefit of others, clearly recognized the world to come, and ceased committing any evil; and with reverence, they joined their palms and bowed their heads to the king. Just as in Jambudvīpa, so too in the remaining three continents, and throughout the great trichiliocosm, and throughout hundreds of thousands of millions of nayutas of worlds in the ten directions — every venomous and evil being everywhere was transformed in just the same way.
飲血噉肉，殘害眾生 — who drink blood and devour flesh, harming and killing beings. This pilgrimage has shown loving-kindness overcoming fear, hatred, and enmity before, but never quite this literally — beings defined by their own predation, transformed not into gentler versions of themselves but into beings who recognize the world to come and simply stop.
Part 1026 Complete
This continues chapter thirty-nine, 入法界品, in fascicle sixty-six. Part 1027 follows King Great Light rising from his samādhi to name his own liberation with nine further similes, before naming a nineteenth teacher and Good-Wealth's tearful departure.