Read, reflect, pray
Kōshin chant from Tōyama-gō
遠山郷の庚申の唱え言葉
A chant remembered as having been spoken before Sarutahiko in a local account published by the Tōyama-gō tourism association. It is one regional tradition.
English sound explanations and source text
English sound explanations
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.
‘O-kōshin de kōshin de’ is the first half of words recalled as having been recited before Sarutahiko Ōkami at Konota in Tōyamagō. It records a locally transmitted sound form; its meaning as an ordinary sentence is not established.
This sound form is recorded in a local recollection. Its etymology and literal meaning remain unconfirmed.
It continues ‘maitara maitara suwāka.’ This recitation survives in a recollection, but its original language and individual word meanings have not been confirmed, so the content of a wish has not been conjecturally translated into it.
The explanation follows this locality’s recorded sounds without assuming the same meaning as a similar mantra.
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.
お庚申で庚申で
o koushinde koushinde
まいたらまいたらすわか
maitaramaitarasuwaka
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.