Ofudesaki 09:059–60

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 09:059–60 is a set of verses from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

This Stand is to be made one block atop another.	kono dai mo dandan dan to tsumi agete	このだいも　たん／＼／＼と　つみあけて
The uppermost is to be two shaku and four sun.	mata sono yue wa ni-shaku shi-sun ni	またそのゆへハ　二尺四すんに

Place a flat vessel on top,	sono ue e hirabachi nosete oitanara	そのうゑゝ　ひらばちのせて　をいたなら
and I shall surely bestow the Food of Heaven.	sore yori tashika jikimotsu o yaro	それよりたしか　ぢきもつをやろ

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

This Stand shall be built with each block piled upon another. The uppermost one should be two shaku and four sun.

Put a flat vessel on it! Then I will surely bestow the Jikimotsu, the Heavenly Food.

Inoue/Eynon

Stack the layers of the Kanrodai in succession, and the top layer is to be made two feet and four inches across.

Place a flat vessel on top of it. Through this, I shall definitely bestow upon you the Heavenly Food.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

This section contains translated material that has not yet been subjected to peer-review to check for accuracy and clarity. While the translator(s) have given their best effort to render Japanese text into English, we would like readers to keep in mind that the present translation may require further revising and refining. Any input to improve the present translation is greatly welcomed. Translator(s): Roy Forbes

9:59, 60 *Note: Refer to notes for 9:47 and 9:55

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 140 五九、六〇、註　本号四七、五五註参照。

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