Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Read, reflect, pray

Homage before the home altar

拝家之神棚詞いへのかみだなをおがむことば

A prayer before the household kamidana, honoring the Ise kami and other kami, and asking for protection and perseverance on the way.

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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(ほんぶん)

此(これ)の神牀(かむとこ)に神離(ひもろぎ)立(た)てて、

koreno kamutokoni himorogi tatete,

招(をぎ)奉(まつ)り令坐(ませ)奉(まつ)りて、

wogi matsuri mase matsurite,

日(ひ)に異(け)に称辞竟奉(たたへごとをへまつ)る。

hini keni tatahegotowohematsuru.

伊勢両宮大神等(いせふたみやのおほかみたち)を始(はじめ)奉(たてまつ)り、

isefutamiyanoohokamitachiwo hajime tatematsuri,

天御神(あまつみかみ)八百万(やほよろづ)国御神(くにつみかみ)八百万(やほよろづ)の神等(かみたち)、

amatsumikami yahoyorozu kunitsumikami yahoyorozuno kamitachi,

大八島(おほやしま)国々(くにぐに)島々(しまじま)所々(ところどころ)に坐(ます)大(おほき)小(ちひさき)社々(やしろやしろ)に鎮座坐(しづまりま)す、

ohoyashima kuniguni shimajima tokorodokoroni masu ohoki chihisaki yashiroyashironi shizumarimasu,

千五百万(ちいほよろづ)の神等(かみたち)、

chiihoyorozuno kamitachi,

其(その)従(したが)へ給(たま)ふ百千万(ももちよろづ)の神等(かみたち)、

sono shitagahe tamafu momochiyorozuno kamitachi,

枝宮枝社(えだみやえだやしろ)の神等(かみたち)、

edamiyaedayashirono kamitachi,

曾富登神(そほどのかみ)の御前(みまへ)をも慎(つつし)み敬(ゐやま)ひ。

sohodonokamino mimahewomo tsutsushimi wiyamahi.

過犯(あやまちをか)す事(こと)の有(あ)るをば見直(みなほ)し聞直(ききなほ)し坐(まし)て、

ayamachiwokasu kotono aruwoba minahoshi kikinahoshi mashite,

各々(おのもおのも)掌分坐(しりわけま)す御功徳(みいさを)の随(まにま)に恵(めぐ)み賜(たま)ひ幸(さきは)へ給(たま)ひて、

onomoonomo shiriwakemasu miisawono manimani megumi tamahi sakihahe tamahite,

神習(かみならは)しめ、

kaminarahashime,

道(みち)に功績(いさを)を令立給(たてしめたま)へと。

michini isawowo tateshimetamaheto.

畏(かしこ)み畏(かしこ)みも拝(をが)み奉(たてまつ)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.

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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.

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