Read, reflect, pray
Homage to Ōmiyanome
拝大宮能売神詞
A prayer asking that family and friends gather harmoniously in a home filled with laughter and liveliness.
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.
In particular, I offer these words.
Before Amenouzume no Mikoto,
also called Ōmiyanome,
also called Miyabi,
also called Yanohahaki in this prayer, I bow in reverence.
May I, [name], not act against the wishes of the kami I regularly serve,
nor against the hearts of ruler and parents.
May my hands and feet not move wrongly and cause failure.
May the people of my household not fall into discord.
May we gather in friendship with friends, relatives and others,
and may the work I do advance ever further.
May we smile and laugh in a home filled with laughter.
By night and day, grant blessing through the power of Miyabi.
Bending my knees and bowing low like a deer,
bowing my head deeply as a cormorant stretches its neck,
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
辞別けて、
kotowakete,
天宇受売命、
amenouzumenomikoto,
亦名大宮能売神、
matanomina ohomiyanomenokami,
亦名宮比神、
matanomina miyabinokami,
亦名矢乃箒神の御前を慎み敬ひ。
matanomina yanohahakinokamino mimahewo tsutsushimi wiyamahi.
某が常に仕奉る神等の御心、
soregashiga tsuneni tsukahematsuru kamitachino mikokoro,
君親の心に令違ず、
kimioyano kokoroni tagahashimezu,
手蹟足蹟令為ず、
tenomagahi ashinomagahi nasashimezu,
家内の者等己が乖々令在ず、
yanuchino monodomo onoga mukimuki arashimezu,
朋友親族佗諸人をも睦び集へ、
tomogaki ukarayakara adashimoromorohitowomo mutsubi tsudohe,
吾為業を弥進に進給ひて、
waganasuwazawo iyasusumeni susume tamahite,
恵良恵良に笑ひ和波布家と令在、
werawerani warahi nigihafu iheto arashime,
夜守日守に宮比の御霊を幸へ給へと。
yonomamorihinomamorini miyabino mitamawo sakihahe tamaheto.
鹿自物膝折伏せ、
kajimono hizaworifuse,
鵜自物項根突抜て、
ujimono unanetsukinukite,
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.