Praised by a Hundred Million Dharmas of Praise
Eleven kinds of bodhisattva, each named for the hand that offers — Flower-Hand, Fragrance-Hand, Garment-Hand, Jewel-Hand, and more — rain their own offering down in turn. Heavenly sons hold the throne aloft with their own bodies, and a final list of bodhisattva qualities closes the entire description with a single summary formula naming what the throne was made from.
Eleven Hands, Each Its Own Offering
The passage closes its long description of the throne and the assembly around it with two final images — bodhisattvas named for the very hand that offers, each raining down exactly what that hand is named for, and heavenly sons literally holding the throne aloft with their own bodies — before a ten-item summary formula gathers everything said across seven Parts into a single sentence.
百萬億華手菩薩，雨一切華；百萬億香手菩薩，雨一切香；百萬億鬘手菩薩，雨一切鬘；百萬億末香手菩薩，雨一切末香；百萬億塗香手菩薩，雨一切塗香；百萬億衣手菩薩，雨一切衣；百萬億蓋手菩薩，雨一切蓋；百萬億幢手菩薩，雨一切幢；百萬億幡手菩薩，雨一切幡；百萬億寶手菩薩，雨一切寶；百萬億莊嚴手菩薩，雨一切莊嚴具。百萬億諸天子，從天宮出，至於座所；百萬億諸天子，以淨信心，并宮殿俱；百萬億生貴天子，以身持座；百萬億灌頂天子，舉身持座。
A hundred million Flower-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of flower; a hundred million Fragrance-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of fragrance; a hundred million Garland-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of garland; a hundred million Powdered-Incense-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of powdered incense; a hundred million Anointing-Incense-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of anointing incense; a hundred million Garment-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of garment; a hundred million Canopy-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of canopy; a hundred million Banner-Pole-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of banner-pole; a hundred million Banner-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of banner; a hundred million Jewel-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of jewel; and a hundred million Adornment-Hand Bodhisattvas, raining down every kind of adorning implement. A hundred million heavenly sons, coming forth from their own heavenly palaces, arriving at the very place of the throne; a hundred million heavenly sons, with a pure and faithful mind, coming together with their own palaces; a hundred million heavenly sons of noble birth, holding up the throne with their own bodies; and a hundred million consecrated heavenly sons, raising their whole bodies to hold up the throne.
百萬億思惟菩薩，恭敬思惟；百萬億生貴菩薩，發清淨心；百萬億菩薩，諸根悅樂；百萬億菩薩，深心清淨；百萬億菩薩，信解清淨；百萬億菩薩，諸業清淨；百萬億菩薩，受生自在；百萬億菩薩，法光照耀；百萬億菩薩，成就於地；百萬億菩薩，善能教化一切眾生。百萬億善根所生，百萬億諸佛護持，百萬億福德所圓滿，百萬億殊勝心所清淨，百萬億大願所嚴潔，百萬億善行所生起，百萬億善法所堅固，百萬億神力所示現，百萬億功德所成就，百萬億讚歎法而以讚歎。
A hundred million contemplating bodhisattvas, reverently reflecting; a hundred million bodhisattvas of noble birth, giving rise to a pure mind; a hundred million bodhisattvas, every faculty delighted and at ease; a hundred million bodhisattvas, their deep mind entirely pure; a hundred million bodhisattvas, their faith and understanding entirely pure; a hundred million bodhisattvas, every one of their karmic actions entirely pure; a hundred million bodhisattvas, sovereign and free in taking birth; a hundred million bodhisattvas, the light of the Dharma shining forth from them; a hundred million bodhisattvas, accomplished upon their own ground; and a hundred million bodhisattvas, skillfully able to teach and transform every living being. Born from a hundred million wholesome roots, upheld and protected by a hundred million buddhas, brought to full perfection by a hundred million kinds of merit, made pure by a hundred million supreme minds, adorned and purified by a hundred million great vows, arising from a hundred million wholesome practices, made firm by a hundred million wholesome dharmas, manifested by a hundred million spiritual powers, and accomplished through a hundred million merits — it was with a hundred million dharmas of praise that it was praised.
The final sentence functions as the closing bracket to everything described since the throne first appeared seven Parts ago: ten separate causes — wholesome roots, the buddhas' own protection, merit, pure mind, great vows, wholesome practice, wholesome dharma, spiritual power, and accomplished merit — each stated as the source of a hundred million somethings, before the very last clause admits that even praise itself was offered a hundred million times over. Naming the heavenly sons who "hold up the throne with their own bodies" is a small, physical detail amid all this abstraction — a reminder that despite the scale, this is still a throne someone has to carry.
Part 180 Complete
This closes Part 180. Chapter 23 continues in Part 181, where this same throne, prepared in exactly this way, turns out to be prepared identically by the Tuṣita heavenly king of every single world.