Ofudesaki 06:047

Ofudesaki
Author: Miki Nakayama Date Published: 1998 Pages: 486 (English ed.) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 unnumbered set

Ofudesaki 06:047 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

The children were conceived in three days and three nights,	kono nin o mi-kka mi-yosa ni yadoshi-komi	この人を　三か三よさに　やどしこみ
and there Izanami stayed for three years and three months.	san-nen mi-tsuki todomarite ita	三ねん三月　とゝまりていた

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

It took three days and three nights to conceive these children, and Izanami stayed there for three years and three months.

Inoue/Eynon

After conceiving these beings over three days and nights, She remained confined for three years and three months.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

• See Ofudesaki chushaku 06:029–51

Yoshitaro Ueda (2009)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 35:76

Nine hundred million, ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine children were conceived over “three days and three nights.” Thereafter, Izanami-no-Mikoto stayed at Jiba of Origin for “three years and three months.”

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