Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her ... - Khamkoo

64 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1
‘‘Monstrous she-devil, you are quite brazen to talk such nonsense,
How can I listen to the perfidious and evil miasma you spout?
We are the ruler of the mountains and rivers of the whole
earth,
Under the canopy of High Heaven I alone am the honored one.
Hundreds of thousands of armored troops submit to my might,
So it’s impossible to think that I would be unable to subdue you!
For full thirty-six years I have governed all-under-heaven,
The four seas know my fame, and the myriads of clans all obey.
Throughout the ages the state’s orders are spread through the
world,
In past and present the king’s law brings order to the cosmos.
The executioner’s sword will not behead loyal and filial sons,
But when it comes to crimes, blood relationship means nothing:
Mislead your lord and be unfilial, and you will be beheaded!
We’ll exterminate this devilish monster, this monstrous vixen!’’
When Marvelous Goodness saw how enraged her father was,
she stepped forward with folded hands, and said: ‘‘If the basin of
your belly is like the ocean, it can absorb the hundred rivers. But
because of this trifling matter, the breath of your rage resembles a
mountain! I implore you, daddy, to show kind grace, and I hope
that you will kindly consider [my request].’’
A breast like the moon reflected in water: undefiled by dust;
Asceticism like ice and frost: that Way will forever endure.
Namo Guanshiyin pusa
When Marvelous Goodness saw her father’s towering rage,
She stepped forward and told him the following, in detail:
‘‘The light and shade of a hundred years are a one-night guest,
Alas, there is no way this floating world can endure forever.
Man and wife by marrying and wedding create suffering,
Widely planting roots for the Underworld, earth’s prison.
If you really want to pressure me to marry a prince consort,
My father, you should post a notice and find me a physician. 42
That physician should really be a renowned physician,
Famous throughout the whole wide world as the very best.