畫像儀軌分第四
Chapter 4: Image Rituals
「持明之人欲畫本尊大金剛陪囉嚩像者，當先訪求巧妙畫匠。而彼畫匠須是清淨，無有懈怠輕慢之過，兼具慈悲忍信之心。求得如是有德人已，持明之人隨彼畫人所索工直，隨索便與不得酬價。得畫匠已，持明之人方可求彼勇猛正直人衣，或來女人隱觸之衣，或求女人產生衣。若無如是等衣，即用屍衣。求得衣已，即於寂靜無人到處，令彼畫人擇日起首作㡧畫像。除持明人及畫匠外，諸餘之人並不得見，若令人見作法不成。大金剛陪囉嚩相者，一身九面，裸形黑色，三十四臂，一十六足。第一面者黑色摩呬沙目佉相；右邊設哩誐上有三面，中青色、右赤色、左黃色，皆忿怒相；左邊設哩誐上亦三面，中白色、右煙色、左黑色；二設哩誐中間畫第八面，赤色；於第八面次上畫第九面，作妙吉祥童子相，黃色。如是九面皆忿怒相。具三十四手：右第一手執刀、第二手執頻泥波羅、第三手執擣杵、第四手執麁哩迦、第五手執迦拏野、第六手執大斧、第七手執槍、第八手執箭、第九手執鉤、第十手執寶棒、第十一手執朅椿誐、第十二手執輪、第十三手執金剛杵、第十四手執骨朵、第十五手執利劍、第十六手執拏摩嚕迦；左第一手執髑髏、第二手執人頭、第三手執契吒、第四手執人足、第五手執羂索、第六手執弓、第七手執頞怛囉、第八手執鈴、第九手執人手、第十手執屍衣、第十一手執籤人、第十二手執火爐、第十三手執拶沙迦、第十四手作期剋印、第十五手執幡、第十六手執帆；左右二手執象皮。右第一足踏人、第二足踏水牛、第三足踏黃牛、第四足踏驢、第五足踏𩢵駝、第六足踏狗、第七足踏羊、第八足踏野狐；左第一足踏鷲、第二足踏獯狐、第三足踏烏、第四足踏師子、第五足踏細曩鳥、第六足踏儞怛囉、第七足踏摩賀設俱曩鳥、第八足踏娑囉娑。於像前畫尸陀林，中有種種囉叉娑鬼神、吠多拏等。又畫尼俱陀樹，樹上有懸掛人屍及有籤屍。復於林下畫眾人屍，有雜類飛鳥及狐狗等食眾屍相。於本尊前畫持明人，裸身被髮，以髑髏為冠，以五種甘露藥塗身，手持拏摩嚕迦及髑髏朅椿誐等，作瞻顧本尊陪囉嚩。面復大笑，行入尸陀林相。如是畫像畢已，將此㡧安於深密寂靜之處，常燒人肉為香供養。持明人用人骨為數珠，於此像前以虔心專註一日三時持誦大明滿三洛叉，然後隨意作法，決定成就。此畫㡧像不得寄於他人，亦不得輒於人前開展令人瞻見。持明之人以酒肉為食。又復一日三時以吠嚕左曩及人血相和為香，於㡧前焚燒以為供養。如是至誠不退者，決定獲得最上成就。」
The practitioner who wishes to have an image of the great and mighty Vajra Bhairava painted should first seek out a skilled artist. This artist must be pure, free from laziness and contempt, and endowed with compassion, patience, and trustworthiness. Once such a virtuous person has been found, the practitioner should pay the artist whatever fee is asked, without bargaining. Having secured the artist, the practitioner must then obtain the clothing of a brave and upright person, or the undergarment of a woman, or a woman's birthing garment. If such cloth is unavailable, a burial shroud may be used. Once the cloth is obtained, the practitioner should take it to a quiet, secluded place and have the artist select an auspicious day to begin painting the image. Apart from the practitioner and the artist, no one else may see the work—if it is seen by others, the ritual will fail.
The appearance of the Great Vajra Bhairava is as follows: He has one body with nine faces, is naked, black in color, has thirty-four arms, and sixteen feet. The first face is black, like a buffalo. To its right, on the upper part, are three faces: the middle one is blue, the right one red, and the left one yellow—all with wrathful expressions. To its left, also on the upper part, are three faces: the middle one is white, the right one smoke-colored, and the left one black. Between these two sets of faces is the eighth face, which is red. Above the eighth face is the ninth face, resembling the youthful Manjushri, colored yellow. All nine faces are wrathful in appearance.
He has thirty-four hands: On the right, the first holds a sword, the second a *pinipala*, the third a pestle, the fourth a *krikata*, the fifth a *kanaya*, the sixth a great axe, the seventh a spear, the eighth an arrow, the ninth a hook, the tenth a jeweled staff, the eleventh a *khatvanga*, the twelfth a wheel, the thirteenth a vajra, the fourteenth a club, the fifteenth a sharp sword, and the sixteenth a *damaru*. On the left, the first hand holds a skull, the second a human head, the third a *kheta*, the fourth a human foot, the fifth a noose, the sixth a bow, the seventh a *kartari*, the eighth a bell, the ninth a human hand, the tenth a burial shroud, the eleventh a corpse impaled on a stake, the twelfth a fire brazier, the thirteenth a *damaruka*, the fourteenth makes a threatening gesture, the fifteenth holds a banner, and the sixteenth a sail. The two middle hands (right and left together) hold the skin of an elephant.
On the right side, his first foot treads on a human, the second on a buffalo, the third on a cow, the fourth on a donkey, the fifth on a camel, the sixth on a dog, the seventh on a sheep, and the eighth on a fox. On the left side, his first foot treads on a vulture, the second on a hyena, the third on a crow, the fourth on a lion, the fifth on a garuda bird, the sixth on a *nidra*, the seventh on a *mahasakuna* bird, and the eighth on a *saras* bird.
Before the image, paint a charnel ground, filled with various rakshasa demons and vetala spirits. Also paint a nyagrodha tree, with human corpses hanging from it and bodies impaled on stakes. Beneath the tree, paint many human corpses, with all kinds of birds and beasts, as well as foxes and dogs, eating the bodies.
In front of the deity, depict the practitioner: naked, with loose hair, a crown of skulls on his head, his body anointed with five ambrosial medicines, holding a *damaru* and a skull-topped staff (*khatvanga*). He gazes upon the deity Bhairava with joy, laughing, and walks into the charnel ground.
Once the image has been painted in this way, place it in a profoundly secret and quiet place. Regularly burn human flesh as incense. The practitioner should use human bone beads for his meditation rosary and, before this image, recite the great mantra three hundred thousand times with single-minded devotion three times a day. After completing this recitation, he may proceed with his desired practice, and it will surely succeed.
Do not entrust this image to anyone else, nor show it to others casually. The practitioner may eat meat and drink alcohol. Additionally, three times a day, burn a mixture of *bilva* wood resin and human blood as incense before the image. If one practices with such sincerity and unwavering resolve, the supreme attainment will certainly be realized.