bod skyong brtan ma bcu gnyis

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བོད་སྐྱོང་བརྟན་མ་བཅུ་གཉིས
the twelve Tenma guardians of Tibet; x bod 'dir o rgyan sangs rgyas gnyis pas bod skyong brtan ma bcu gnyis la gtad pas mu stegs pa dngos su mi 'jug here in Tibet, because the second buddha, Padmasambhava of Uddiyana, entrusted the protection of the land to the twelve Tenma, the Tirthikas themselves have not really been able to penetrate [RY]

the 12 tenmas, protectors of Tibet [IW]