IV: The Path of Good Wishes which Protecteth from Fear in the Bardo

Verses 5–8

When [I am] unprotected, [and] karmic influences have to be followed here,
I beseech the Conquerors, the Peaceful and the Wrathful, to protect me;
When suffering miseries, because of the karmic influence of propensities,
Let it come that the blissful Samādhi of the Clear Light may dawn [upon me].
When assuming supernormal rebirth in the Sidpa Bardo,
Let it come that the perverting revelations of Māra occur not therein;
When I arrive wheresoever I wish to,
Let it come that I experience not the illusory fright and awe from evil karma.
When the roarings of savage beasts are uttered,
Let it come that they be changed into the sacred sounds of the Six Syllables;
When pursued by snow, rain, wind, and darkness,
Let it come that I see with the celestial eyes of bright Wisdom.
Let it come that all sentient beings of the same harmonious order in the Bardo,
Without jealousy [towards one another], obtain birth on the higher planes;
When [destined to] suffering from intense miseries of hunger and thirst,
Let it come that I experience not the pangs of hunger and thirst, heat and cold.