Read, reflect, pray
Homage before the home altar
拝家之神棚詞
A prayer before the household kamidana, honoring the Ise kami and other kami, and asking for protection and perseverance on the way.
English meaning and source text
English meaning
About this English rendering
This site’s English rendering of the Japanese meaning guide, aligned with this edition. It is separate from the source words for recitation and is not an official liturgy. Sacred sounds are explained where possible, not given speculative literal translations. Historical beliefs, royal authority, illness and protection claims belong to the text; they are not present-day judgments, medical advice or guarantees of results.
At this sacred seat we establish a himorogi to welcome the kami,
invite the kami to dwell here,
and exhaust our words of praise each day.
Beginning with the great kami of the two Ise sanctuaries,
the innumerable kami of heaven and the innumerable kami of earth,
dwelling in great and small shrines throughout the provinces, islands and places of the Great Eight-island Land,
the countless kami,
the many kami attending upon them,
the kami worshiped in separate sanctuaries and associated shrines,
and the kami named 曾富登神 in this text: before you all, we bow in reverence.
The source’s name 曾富登神 is preserved without deciding its individual identification.
If I have committed a fault, please reconsider and hear it anew, and forgive it.
Through the noble workings entrusted to each of you, grant your grace and blessing.
May I learn from the ways of the kami,
devote myself to that path and accomplish worthy deeds:
with reverence, I offer this homage.
Source text and reading aid
Roman letters are provided for every line of this source text.
How to use the Roman letters
Roman letters follow the kana displayed in this site’s Japanese reader; some readings are editorial additions documented on the Japanese page. These are a reading aid, not restored Sanskrit or a recording of a temple’s chanting. Historical spellings (such as wo, wi, we and ha used as a particle) are kept. Double vowels and repeated vowels mark the written kana; rhythm and pronunciation can differ by tradition.
You can simply read the meaning or sit quietly. No recitation is required. For a temple or shrine’s own recitation, follow that tradition’s published guidance.
本文
此の神牀に神離立てて、
koreno kamutokoni himorogi tatete,
招奉り令坐奉りて、
wogi matsuri mase matsurite,
日に異に称辞竟奉る。
hini keni tatahegotowohematsuru.
伊勢両宮大神等を始奉り、
isefutamiyanoohokamitachiwo hajime tatematsuri,
天御神八百万国御神八百万の神等、
amatsumikami yahoyorozu kunitsumikami yahoyorozuno kamitachi,
大八島国々島々所々に坐大小社々に鎮座坐す、
ohoyashima kuniguni shimajima tokorodokoroni masu ohoki chihisaki yashiroyashironi shizumarimasu,
千五百万の神等、
chiihoyorozuno kamitachi,
其従へ給ふ百千万の神等、
sono shitagahe tamafu momochiyorozuno kamitachi,
枝宮枝社の神等、
edamiyaedayashirono kamitachi,
曾富登神の御前をも慎み敬ひ。
sohodonokamino mimahewomo tsutsushimi wiyamahi.
過犯す事の有るをば見直し聞直し坐て、
ayamachiwokasu kotono aruwoba minahoshi kikinahoshi mashite,
各々掌分坐す御功徳の随に恵み賜ひ幸へ給ひて、
onomoonomo shiriwakemasu miisawono manimani megumi tamahi sakihahe tamahite,
神習しめ、
kaminarahashime,
道に功績を令立給へと。
michini isawowo tateshimetamaheto.
畏み畏みも拝み奉る。
kashikomi kashikomimo wogami tatematsuru.
Connected kami and buddhas
These connections include figures addressed, mentioned, or associated by tradition. They do not assign a universal recitation practice.
Sources and edition (1)
English explanations on this page were prepared by Inori no Mori from the cited text and its Japanese explanations. They are not an official translation or a prescribed liturgy.