Ofudesaki 06:049

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 06:049 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

By this providence once taught,	kono mono ni ichido oshieta kono shugō	このものに　一どをしゑた　このしゆごふ
the children were conceived in the same body three times.	onaji tainai san-do yadorita	をなぢたいない　三どやどりた

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

By this providence once taught, children were conceived into the same womb three times.

Inoue/Eynon

According to My Providence that I once taught Her, conception occurred three times within the same womb.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

• See Ofudesaki chushaku 06:029–51

Yoshitaro Ueda (2009)

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

Although Izanagi-no-Mikoto withdrew from physical life, the original number of children were conceived again by the divine providence already taught to Izanami-no-Mikoto. The children, when born, were again half an inch tall and, after growing to three and a half inches (3 sun 5 bu) in ninety-nine years, they all passed away for rebirth once more. Then the children were conceived for the third time. This is what is referred to by the phrase “the children were conceived in the same body three times.”

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