Eng & San recAs for the dharma-reciters (dharmabhāṇaka), who, having collected this teaching of the buddha, understand it, retain it, read it, teach it, and make it into a book (pustaka), wherever they hold religious discourses (dharmakathā) in the wilderness (araṇya), forest (utpathamārga), village (sagrāma), city (nagara), town (nigama), kingdom (rāṣṭra) or capital (rājadhāni), if they explain this exposition of religion (dharmaparyāya) in detail, then we will protect them, shield them, guard them, rejoice them, fulfill energy (bala), attain recollection (smṛti), acquire intelligence (mati), be accordance with realization (prativedha), fulfill eloquence (pratibhāna), inspire the unbelieving with faith, and liberate those who have faith. According to the tathāgata’s guiding principle of the dharma (tathāgatadharmanaya), Lord, we will uphold and disseminate it”